1938-12-28 — Page 7

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

CHRISTMAS BOYCOTT

SUCCESSFUL

MOVEMENT AGAINST JAPANESE GOODS MAY LAST FOR MONTHS

Kwellin, December 27. Through world wide appeals. the International Peace Campaign has succeeded in persuading many people to refrain from buying Ja- panese goods for Christmas un the ground, that the proceeds of the sale "will go to help Japan in the conduct of her war in China," an official of the China Branch of the .P.C. stated. 10-day.

A large part of Japan's foreign trade consists in the export of toys, cheap exules, habe dashery, imitation jewellery, china and glassware, "light Blertale goods, stationery and miscellaneous novel- the Christmas tles, and for their sale she is largely dependent on trade, said this official.

SOO SIH-WEN RELEASED

Shanghai, Dec. 27. Mr Soo Sth-wen, former puppet mayor of Shanghal. was released by the Japanese authorities following a charge involving opium to the value of $232,500.

The arrest was instigated through Colonel Salimura, of the Special Ser vice Section.

A cargo of dangerous drugs was shipped to Shanghai last June" by a group of Japanese connected with puppet muni- cipal regime, who did not make

report to their superiors concerning this deal. All these Japanese were" arrested for illicit smuggling, but Boo was exonerated.

The discovery of this deal

puppet when the occurred

municipality Was removed from Pootung to Kiangwan, International.

AMERICANS HAVE WARM CHRISTMAS

New York, Dec. 27. The United States was de- prived of its traditional white Christmas by unseasonable weather marked by a heavy toli in life in fires, ac- cidents and drownings.

warm

Traffic accidents alone, caused

no less than 263 deaths.

An extremely severe cold wave

is now said to be on the way, from Curda-Reuter.

PARIS SNOW-COVERED

Paris, Dec. 27.

The white Christmas in Fiance caused more people than usual to celebrate the lesival instead of reserving themselves for the trail- tlunal New Year festivities.

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Shops did a Disk trade in holly. Mistletoe and Christmas trees.

were crowded.

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to be

Encouraging results have beer. achieved by the Christmas Boycot Campaign owing to the sympathies of people in Europe and America and renewed efforts of the In- ternational Peace Campaign have brought a further stimulus to the movement." It is believed that the effect wl not be confined to the Christmas season, for the encoun tering by dealers of such strong antipathy to Japanese goods will affect the purchase of goods from Japan sex many months,

GENERAL

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1938. --PAGE T

THIRTEENTH EXTRA RACE MEETING

PHOTOGRAPH taken at the thirteenth extra race meeting

held at Happy Valley, (Photo by Leica).

FULL HONOURS

AT FUNERAL

OF SEAMAN

Full naval honours were ac- corded at the funeral, which took place at the Colonial Cemetery yesterday, Able Sex- man Derrick William Farr, of H.M.S. Dainty.

The Rev. D. Vaughan Edwards, Chaplain of the Royal Naval Dockyard, oletated at the grave- side. and a large number of officers and men from various H.M. Ships were present..

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To carry on its rellet work for victims of aggresdon, one resolu- Wen in the Campaign's Paris meet- ing is the setting up of a peace hospital in China. The representa- tive added that work on this hospital is progressing, and ait n tonal committees which enjoy the [co-operation of relief organisations have undertaken to raise funds for this project. In Great Britain, the is being hospital project conducted by the China Campaign Committee.

The funeral procession, Appeals and publicity for thes

started from the Royal two objectives are conducted in Hospital, was headed by a this country through the China party, following by a band Branch, which Has offices in

posed of Royal Marines Chungking and Hengyang. In the MS, Kent. near future, activities will be ex- The coffin was placed m. a gun tended to South-east China, Head-carriage drawn by the deceased's

tarters: of the International shipmates.

dence

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Newspapers By Air

English-speaking visitors to the continent of Europe aste with appreciation that Londen newspapers are on sale in Paris

and elsewhere early on the day of their issue in London. For nearly four years a newspaper freight service has been operat- ed to Paris, regularly carrying every day as much as 24 tons uf newspapers and leaving Croydon before dawn,

Able Seaman Farr, a native of was sent to Borden, Hampshire.

First newspaper freight service hospital on December 12 following was tried out in May, 1934, and an injury sustained in

boxingan for six months, being then contest on December 9, and died suspended for the winter. Service on Monday night:

was resumed in April. 1935, and- which thereafter has continued without Naval interruption. No service has falled

SEASON'S GREETINGS

Aring to get through on account of FROM

com-mechanical trouble, but a few ex

foggy Cays have from ceptionally-

obliged cancellation.

Senior pilot of the service. MI. 3. W. Duggan, recently completed is thousandth return flight to

Pace Campaign is in Wilson Pa- Following the burial service, a ace. Geneva, with Lod Robert bugler from the Royal Marines Paris. Passengers as well as news-

Cecil as president.-International.

THE KING AND

TOC H

......

Message From Duke mcers

Of Windsor

Messages from the King and from the Duke of Windsor wele cheered to the een by 7500 people at the Tou f* birthday festival at the Royal Alber Hall recently..

The King's message read: "The Our sincere

paper freight are now carried, on the aircraft.

and

ALL GOOD WISHES

for

THE NEW YEAR

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

sounded the "Last Post."

MANY WREATHS "Wreaths were sent by mother and father, Hls Shipmates, No. 5 Mess, IL.M.S. Dainty, The

Com- mander-in-Chief. Officers and. Men of China Fleet at Hongkong. The "Torpedo Party," Captain and of FM.S. Dainty. Ship- mates of No. Mess. HMS.

Christopher, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. "John Coats Shipmates Dainty. Mess. H.M.S. Dainty. Shipmates a pretty fair-haired, blue-eyed child, who would have been one of Di No. 3 Mess, HM.S. Dainty. the wealthiest heirs in Britain--was found crushed to death on a block of luxury Mess. December 13 at the bottom of the lift shaft in 4 st Shipmates

No. HMS. Dainty, Shipmates of No. 5 flats in Lowndes Street, S.W. London Mess. HMS. Dainty, Chief and P.O.'s Mess of H.M.S. Dainty, Capt. and Officers and Ship's Company. of H.M.S. Kent, Capt, and Officers and Ship's Company of H.M.S.

World's Wealthiest Baby Crushed To Death

Was

of

No.

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HAT-SNATCHING RAGAMUFFINS ARRESTED

The Shanghai hat-snatching "rackel," which in recent weeks. has caused grief to many passengers in buses, tramcars and rickshaws, saf- fered a serious blow in the arrest last week of nine mem- bers of 2 gang accused of Д large having operated on

the scale in

International Settlement.

He ran away from his nurse as his she was bringing, him and three-year-old sister Mary back from a walk.

Then. It is believed, he went in the lift, because he wanted to sur- prise his parents by riding up alone to their fifth-floor flat.

His nurse could only sobbingly tell the police that she lifted him from his pram, and. when she turned after attending to his A sister. found he had gone. search revealed his body in the well of the lift.

The Stev ul Paris were snow- Queen and I send

Company of H. M. S Ship's covered, and skis and sleighs ap-thanks to the members of Toc H Delight. Capt. and Officers and peared in the capital, in the Forest for the kind and loyal message Diamond. Capt. and officers and Fontainebleau and on the slopes which has reached us from the ship's Company of HMS. Eagle

birthday festival. As your patron, ear Engnlen Hotels and winter sports resorts I am glad to think that Toc Hand Surgeon Capt. G. V. Hobbs. CAPT THOMAS FAIRBAIRN continues to provide the youth of

The death occurred in Ningpo on Soldiers marning the Maginot the Empire with material aid, Line were legaled with traditional while it also shows that voluntary December 11, at the age of 77, of Capt. Thomas Fairbairn who for employed by Christmas dinners in underground service for others is as important

jume years In building the character of each forts and rest camps.

individual as it is in improving Messrs. Jardine Matheson and Co. Capt. Fairbairn had retired from

Christopher's father is a member the general lot of the community.etive service and was living in The nine, mostly boys, were of the famous cotton family. He seized by the Municipal Police at is the son of Mr. Ernest Coats, of We pray that your work" may prosper throughout the coming Hongkew when the Shanghai inci-

1ent broke out last year. He lost a hot-water shop in an alleyway Sundrum. Ayrshire. Little Chris- topher was a million pound baby, "Hat-snatching through his possessions at that time. of Shantung Road..

hali-brought up on the wealth of twe and in March of this year decided

live in retirement in Ningpo. open büs and tram windows per-rich influential families.

On his mother's side he was the "He was buried in the Ninggo Forsists in both the Settlement and the French Concession despite the elgn Cemetery on December 13.

colder weather which causes most great grandson of the man who

made

millions-Bir the Horlick bus and tram windows to be near-

His great-grand- James Horück.

The weather now seems turning warmer-Reuter.

The Duke of Windsor's message was: "Please give my best wishes were to all assembled for birthday fes-

tival in Albert Hall.-Edward."""

GERMANS CELEBRATE

Berlin, Dec, 27. Christmas in Germany was as year."

traditional German white as a Christmas is expected to be. Lighted Christmas. 'trees visible in almost every window,

Housewives st uggled gamely to provide traditional Christ- mas fare in spite of the shortage of eggs, butter, nuts, almonds, oranges and other foods, and at concentration camps alone did Christmas pass without celebration. Thousands spent the holidays sking and skating.

spending

DARKENING WORLD

Lord Clarendon in a speech said that the world had recently pass- ed through an acute crida, being saved by the bold action of one

man.

COASTAL DISTRICTS

CALM

the boys.

and

are

"

CABARET DANCE

ly closed. The ragamuffin boys father on his father's side made a who operate this "racket",

vast fortune out of his. Paisley According to a new arrival from usually so fleet of foot that they

cotton mills. Yeungkong, on the West Kwang- are well within a network of alley-" "Looking forward." he added, "I tung coast, northeast of Kwangways by the time a pursuit can be

the begun. am afraid we cannot say as yet howwan, calm prevails in

The hats which they obtain are that there is no cause for anxiety." areas there despite alarming re-

The Rev. P. B. Clayton, founder-ports in the past few weeks of disposed of at very low prices to

The Royal Engineers Old Com- He:T Hitler, after.

rades Association held their annual padre, said: "The task of Toe Japanese attempted landing there, receivers apparently working with

carnival and cabaret dance in the Christmas Eve with old party com-is beginning in a darkening world." says "Central News."

harbours important The announcement that there rudes at Murich, passed Christmas

The Japanese naval blockade of Peninsula Hotel last night, when. Pay alone at Berchtesgaden. was a message from the Duke of communication centres there, how-

'Field-Marchal Goering and Herr Windsor was received with loud lever, have been blockaded in pre- the China coast and the con-a large crowd gathered to make von Ribbentrop, the Foreign Minis- applause, and after it had been paration for emergency, he reveal-scquent sinking or requisition of merry,

The function being a fancy dress many fishing Junks has left. 1,000, cheering WOK

arded. there were with their families at read

Tension in Pakhol, important 600 fishermen without employment, affair, many varieties of costumes their conintry homes, while Dr.stamping for fully two minutes. Goebbels, the Propaganda Minister, After the impressive Toe H ritual town on the western Kwangtung Efforts are understood to be under-were on view and added to the was in bed with an internal chill from "darkness into light." the coast has been eased considerably way to transfer them to the in-occasion. Dancing was continued have them take up till 2 a.m. to the strains of an It is stated that he is improving-Earl of Clarendon ilt the lampa of since the departure of the Japan-terior and

farming, says "International." excellent dance band. jese warships, he said. Reuter.

ter,

ixty-seven new, branches.

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