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HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO-LTD.ATW

TRAVEL

THE

SHORT

SAFE

SEA

WAY

by the

British Line

CHINA NAVIGATION CO.LTD.

CANTON LINE

Service suspended temporarily

MACAO LINE

DAILY SERVICE From Hong Kong: 8 A.M, & 5.30 P.AL. From Macao: 3.00 A.M. & 2.00 P.M. YOTE.-In compliance with the Quarantine Bogulations and until further notice, the ordinary Sunday excur sion steamer to Macao will leave. Hong Kong at 9 am and return from Macao at 2,00 pan.

RACE MEETING EXCURSION TO „MAUAO

SUNDAY, 11th December, 1938, -

B.S. KINSHANTM"

will leave Hong Kong on Sunday, 11th December, at 9.30 AM. and return from Macao on Monday morning, 12th Dec, at 3.30 A.M.

Note:--All vessels equipped with Wireless. QUEEN'S BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD APE Telephone 20101

BURNS PHILP LINE

Passenger & Freight Service Ti

AUSTRALIA

LAST-MINUTE

EVACUATION

FROM CANTON

(Continued from Page 1)

as to enable the last lot to get away from the doomed city, Ac- cordingly. without giving the chauffeurs more than an after- ncon's rest, the cars were sent away again, this time to Chungta, a dis- tance of 45 miles, where the medi- cal' college had * rural health centre. Two Journeys were made that night before dawn and the chauffeurs rested for a morning. On this day, our numbers "had again swollen, this time to over 140 persons,

DON BOSCO'S DEATH TO

BE COMMEMORATED

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1938.

FOREIGN MAILS

FIRST CLASS MAIL

The Public are reminded that sealed letters and packets, irres-

prepaid as such.

Salesian Society's Fine Work pestive of contents, are classified as first class mail and must be

For Poor Boys

Un Friday, December 9, the Salesian Society in 'Hongkong will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of the great hu- maaltarian and teacher and the founder of the Society, Don Bosco. At the Society's institute in Shaukiwan, the St. Louls Industrial Home in West Point and the Aberdeen Industrial School, appropriate, exercises will be held on that day, mad a public lecture on the life and work of Don Bosco will also be given at the Club Lusitano by Father G. Byrne, S.J.

The event recalls the rapid growth of the society in the com- Things now were getting critical; Paratively short space of 79 years. the stores and Banks had ali Founded in Turin, Italy, in 1859 closed; everybody was running the alm of caring for and educat- away. The endeavour now was to ing poor boys, especially the neg- evacuate everybody and everything levied ones, the numbers have in- before dawn. Three return trips to creased from 18 to 12,238, and the Chungfa were forced that night, number of institutions from one to the last bus" leaving at 430 sm, 307.

The Salesian Society and its in- with two servants strapped to a narrow ledge of the ambulance. stitutions have their beginning in a

SOME USEFUL

HINTS FOR

FORWARDS

(BY THE QUIZ”)

A good attack" is a good defencel

Even Chungia was now consider-boys' club where evening classes The stronger the forwards, the ed unsafe, so the last convey drove were held and the boys were cared less worried the defence becomes. straight, through to Mel-Hang Pit for materially and splitually. However good a forward may be

As the club drew attention and individually

walt

he is bound to be

CHRISTMAS LETTER MAIL FOR CANADA

(By Imperial Airways Service)

The Last Christmas Letter Mall (15 cents per half-ounce) for Canada by the "Imperial Airways Flane" will be closed as follows

Registered Mail -...

5.00 p.m. 5th December. Ordinary Mall

7.00 pm. 5th December.

This mail is expected to arrive at Vancouver or Victoria B.O. on the 23rd December, 1938.

CHRISTMAS LETTER MAIL FOR SOUTH AFRICA

By Imperial Airways Service)

The last Christmas Letter Mall (15 cents per half-ounce) for South Africa by the "Imperial Airways Plane" will be closed as follows:-

Registered Mau Ordinary Mall ..

5.00 pm. 12th December 7.00 p.m. 12th December

This mail is expected to 'arrive at Durban m the Mist Desemben, 1938.

CHRISTMAS LETTER MAIL FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND

AUSTRALIA

¡By Imperial Airways Service)

The last Christmas Letter Mall (15 cents per half-ounce) for Great Britain and Australia by the "Imperial Airways Plane" will

closed as follows:

be

Registered Mall Ordinary Mail

5.00pm. 15th December 7.00 p.m. 15th December This mall is due to arrive at London" on the 22nd December and Sydney on the 24th December. 1938,

of Plums): Owing to the difficult going, involving several mountain admiration, so help came and harmful rather than an asset if he passes, the destination was not workshops were started and cap-is too inclined to play solo. The reached until 11.30 am, on Octo-able apprentices turned out fit for cardinal rule of the forward line ber 181, The party that had left many crafts and industries. The should De combination coupled earlier in the Ford saloon had been success of one school encouraged with occasional individual effort deposited there on the roadside to the opening of others, until the near the circle.

for daylight.

Society spread over Italy, Europe, On taking

No douby Individualism is also count, we had still some 90 people, America and elsewhere.

good at times, but it should be the

Ordinary mall (not Registered, Insured or Parcels) will be ac- Chungia who, judging

In China, there by

are Salesian exception Lather than the rule. events had to be evacuated before Houses at Macao, Shiuchow, Hosal. The forwards should keep them cepted for Canton and despatched as circumstances permit.

Yunnan and Shanghal besides selves at a good distance in order Ordinary letter mall only for West Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Eze- Hongkong.

to avoid scrambling which is utter-chwan, Kwelchow and Hunan will be accepted at senders' risk. At the two Industrial schoolsly detrimental to good combina "dead. beat," The leader of the which the Salesians are operating tion. The forward line, more or Letters and Postcards for Europe (except Great Britain and Eire), group felt that something had to in the Colony, hundreds of poor less, should work in a "W" forma-

and South America are forwarded "vía Siberla" is superscribed. be done: after a meal and an and unfortunate boys are given an tion. The two wingers

and the hour's rest, although without sleep elementary school education and centre forward should keep up for two nights and no previous ex-trained in various trades, such as whereas the two inside men should perience of driving an ambulance printing, carpentry, electrical en- rall back occasionally in order to (but he had handled "quick" cara gineering etc. The success of this assist the defence.

M.V!

the next day,

The whole convoy of cars were then in Mel-Hang. chauffeurs

*NEPTUNA'

sailing

MIDNIGHT Tuesday,

6th DEC

For SAIGON, MADANG, SALAMATA,

RABAUL, SYDNEY AND

MELBOURNE.

Excellent passenger accommodation with a large no supplement, number of single cabins at

Built-in Swimming Bath and Spacious Sports Deck.

First Class to Sydney:-

Single 47.10.0d. Return- £76.0,00..

Passenger & Freight Agents GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.

P. & Q. Building. Telephone No. £8031.

THE

BLUE FUNNE

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST PASSENGER SERVICES

FREIGHT AND

LONDON SERVICE

HECTOR"

Rotterdam & Glasgow MENESTHEUS " Buils, 27.DEC., for Mars.. O'blanca,

London, R'dam, Hamburg & Glasgow LIVERPOOL SERVICE “BELLEROPHON" Saila 23 DEC,, for Harra, Låverpool,

& Bromborough

Sails 14 DEC., for Mar., London,

NEW YORK SERVICE "PREMIUS"

.

Sails 18 JAN., for Boston & New York,

vin Cape of Good Hope.

PACIFIC SERVICE (150 DAIREN, KOBE, NAGOTA &VOKOZAKAJ

INWARD SERVICE

"ANTILOCHUS" "AENEAS" "HELEN US" *IXION"

Due

6 DEC., From Europe via the Etraits 9 DEC., From U.K. via the Straits

15 DEC. From U. E. via the Straits

19 DEC., From The Pacific Coast

Specially reduced fares are quoted for cargo steamers with

limited passenger accommodation

For freight, passage rates and 'information apply to

Butterfield & Swire,

Tel. 30333.

Agents. 1, Connaught Road, O.

efore), he drove it into Chungfa work has been amply proved, and The centre forward should make in a little under four hours, clip the goodwill and esteem in which openings, draw the defence and Amoy ping an hour off the official time, the Society is held by the dovern-dear the ball to the unmarked man Straits ever the passes and hair-pinment and citizens here is further to shoot. Long and through passes Haiphong, Pakhoi and Holhow.

testimony of appreciation of its to the wings and even to the in- Parcels from Calcutta and Straits Talma.....

bends.

As he neared Chungfa he found fire achievement. the sky covered with smoke 'and

flame; the town had been bombed YACHTING TEAM

LI

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RACE

Civilians Beat Services

and was burning. The bus was driven through debris to the health centre, filled with humanfiy," and at once headed for the north. The District Magistrate, with the in- tention of preventing the rural health workers from departing. came running up to interview the leader who, however, calmly re- mained as "chauffeur" "and got away. Still about 70 people re-ices by 66 points to 30 in a ladies! mained with "impedimente."

To make the trip to Mel-Hang would involve about ten hours for around trip, too long a perfod under the circumstances. A mid- dle stop had to be found some- where, and a place called Ngow Pul Chrack (Cow's Backbone) W25 chosen; this was situated only an hour and half's run from Chung-

The Civilians defeated the Ser-

team race under the auspices of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club sailed yesterday afternoon,

Detailed results were:-

CIVILIANS TEAM

Artemis, A4 (Miss H. Crawhall

Wilson)

Jon, AB (Mrs. Johnsen)

Joss, A8 (Mrs. Trenchard

- Davis)

fa: it brought back one load; onGull. A9 (Mrs. Waddle)

Kingyuan...

INWARD MAILS

From

Per

Due

Van Heutsz... Antilochus.

6th Dec.

6th

Dec.

6th

Doc

7th

Dec.

7th Doo.

Holbow

7th- Des.

Laos

7th Dec.

Emp. of Canada.

7th Dec.

Sulyang..

ith Doc.

!Yochów..

8th Dec.

Airways Plane

8th Dec.

.....Changte..

side men is what is most desirable Australia and Manila in order to harass the defence. Tentain and Swatow Deception should be another attri-Haiphong, ..................qu bute of the leader so that the op-Manila ponents could not study his move- Shanghai and Swalow.. ments or anticipate his passes to shanghal and Swatow tither side,

Air Mail. by * Imperial Airways The most outstanding quality of Direct Service ”—London date. Imperial a forward should be his opportun- 1st December. ism in the circle. I have seen Straits and Europe via, Suez (Pa- many a forward trying ni vazn to pers etc.,) London date, 10th score from acute angles when

November and London Parcels— they should have passed to an

London date. 3rd November ................ man in the dee who Saigon favourably positioned Japan and Shanghai than himself. Occasional selt. ÍUS.A., Honolulu and Japan-(San effort is also advisable but, if over-

Francisco date, 18th

unmarked

15 more

done, is likely to mar combination, Shanghai Keeping positions is also very es- Japan and Shanghai Pts.sential. The habit of stopping the Java

ball with the hand should, bè dis- couraged among forwards...

13

15

10

9

8

the next trip. however, instead of Kittiwake, A12 (Miss Corrigan) 11. bringing a live load, the cars cat-Jean, A15 (Miss Whitham) ried luggage. On being sent back La Linda, A16 (Mrs. McClat again, all the chauffeurs fell asleep

over their steering wheels; all the whlie, at the Chungfa end, nurses

waltd on the roadside and spent

the night there.

Soon after sunrise on October

chie) D.N.F.

Total.

66

SERVICES TEAM

19. by superhuman efforts, the Carpenter, Ai (Mrs. MacMillan) evacuation of Chungfa was Co- D.N.F.

pleted. Not a few hours too soon Nereld II. A2 (MIS.. D'Arcy olther, for the rural health centre Evans) D.N.F. was smashed by bombs that very Eve," A5 (Mrs. Gowllandi, morning and the long bridge blown up. At the Cow's Backbone, we felt no immediate danger apart from aeroplanes.

a

PROBLEMS

Problems that presented now were how to reduce seven return journeys for Shiukwan info six, how to prevent the cars from being

Isobel, A7 (Mrs. Morres) DNF. Redshank, A10 (Mrs. John-

stone) .... True Blue, A11 (Miss King)..... Koala, A18 Mrs. Luce)....

Total

straits

Chitral

Dec.

Marechal Joffre.. Aramis.

Doc..

Dec.

November).|Pres. Coolidge....

Dec.

Tokusima Maru

Doc.

M/V Canton .....

Dec.

Tjibadak......

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Aeneas.

Dea.

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways

Direct ServiceLondon date, Imperial 4th December

SHANGHAI SCOTS Bangkok and Holnow

Japan

#

Airways Plane Kwelyang... Montevideo Maru

10th Dec

10th Dec.

11th Dec.

OUTWARD MAILS

Beautiful Dresses At than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails REGISTERED AND PARCEL MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier

CELEBRATE

Brilliant Ball

<>

Pts.

Shanghai Scots celebrated St. Andrew's Day with, a brilliant ball at the Cercle Sportif Francais last Wednesday,

are advertised to close at or before 9 am., registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 pm, on the previous day. :

Shanghai

For

TUESDAY

Owing to the death of Queen Manila, Makasser and Sourabaya... 5 Maud of Norway. His Excellency Swatow. Foochow and Tientsin.

the British Ambassador, Sir Archi-Holhow and Pakhol.... bald Clark Kerr, and Lady Clark Fort Bayard and Haiphong.

7 Kerr, Sir Herbert Phillips, British Swatow and Foochow..... 12 Consul-General, and Lady Phillips,

30

commandeered (we had the largest SHANGHAI FIRE

ambulance belonging to the Chin- ese Youths' Medical Reller Associa- tion taken from us in Canton on the last day just when it was most needed), how to obtain better food

KILLS TWELVE

and Judge Bir Allan and Lady Mossop were unable to be present;

The President of St. Andrew's, Soclety, Mr. W. J. Keswick, was piped in by the combined pipers of the 1st Battalion, Beaforth High-

landers and the Shanghal Scottish.

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Tuesday, El

8.30 AM 8.30AM 8.30 AM

Per

Date and Time

Steel Seafarer... Tisadane......

Vingchow.... Kiungchow....

Noon

Jean Dupuis Seistan..

530 PM

300 P

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Reg.

6.00 PM

Und.

1,39 PM G.P.O.

Reg.

5.00 M

Urd.

7,00 FK

Wed., 7th

· 10.00 AM

Saigon and (Papers only for Madang and Salamata) and (Papers and Parcels and Parcelsi for Rabaul).

WEDNESDAY

The Victorian influence was Parcels only for Singapore

evident among the many beautiful Haiphong

dresses worn by the ladies. The year's debutantes

Swatow and Tientsin Swatow were

THURSDAY

Shanghai, Déc. 1. The biggest fire here since the Misses Jean MacKenzie, Jean Mc- Amoy and. how to time the trips into Chapel fire, which brought the Nicoll. Joan Carrel. Joan Ogilvie, Shiukwan so as to reach there just shanghai hostilities to an end, oc- Kathleen Clark, Jean Findlay after dawn, before the daily air-curred here yesterday within 50 Buchlason, Audrey Brister. Jean Shanghai and Japan..

yards" of the headquarters of the Todd, Frances Long, Besale 'Stead Saigon The leader, having assured the British forces in the Shanghai and Marjorie EynoR. safety of the party, happily in area, in the western outskirts, stalled in the Methodist Mission

raids commenced.

At least G00 houses were des-"

fire brigades to cope with raging inferno,

NATAL v. M.C.C.

Durban, Dec. 5.

theat lunch to-day-Reuter.

The fire was finally extinguished by 4 p.-Reuter.

and then walted patiently for the rest of the contingent. Fortunate-troyed, and 12 Chinese are known

to have lost. their lives. lyl, with loan of trucks from the

British troops from the head- In their match against the M. BAT, and then the National Red

quarters barracks assisted the CC. tourists, Natal had scored Cross, the whole party arrived French Concession and Settlement 282 for the loss of eight wickets sufely on the following day, the last load on the night, of October 22. exactly eight days after the first party had left Canton. All credit is due to the chauffeurs who practically drove all through the week; each car had travelled over most difficult country as those who ments, miscroscope, and even a the regular supply from Bwatow, have traversed that road can well radio among other things. The are, constantly being brought to testify. During the whole time, all party,, with one or two exceptions, the Hongkong market, it is unlike- petrol had to be carried from the behaved exemplarily which is goodly that the prices of this particu- start in Canton, ✅ together with presage for the future work that lar foodstuff will soar again in the medical · supplies, X-ral, instru- 'they had set out to perform, future.

As vegetables from the New Ter- ritories such as mustard-plant, lettuce etc, and from Tientsin, such as cauliflower etc., apart from

Manila

Airmai

Neptuna

Van Heute:"

Norviken..... Fooshing.....

Anshun....

Telnan..

5.00 r

1030 AM

Lao P 3.30 PM

1.30 PM

5.30 PM

Thursday, 8th

Marechal Jofre..

Aramis

K.P.O

Reg. 5.09 PM Ord.

**5.20 PM

GP.O.

Rez.

6.00 PM

Pres. Coolidge... Ord.

7.00 PM

K.P.O.

Reg

5.00 PI

Ond.

5.34 12

O.P.O.

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Blep

6.00 M

Airways Plane Urd

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Hog. Ord,

5.00 M

5:30 PM

G.P.O

Beg

6.00

Airways Plane 10rd.

7.00 PM

for "Imperial Airways, Direct Service"--due 15th December,

Air Mail for Malaya. Java and Aus-

tralia by Imperial Airways Direct Imperial Servicp-due. Sydney, 17th Dec.

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