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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS.
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"HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED.
Q.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
that
on
NOTICE IS HEREBY PARTICULARS AND CON-
the FOUR DITIONS of the Sale by Public GIVEN Auction to be held on Monday, | TEENTH ORDINARY YEAR the 6th day of Feb., 1939, at 3|LY MEETING of HONG KONG p.m., at the Oflices of the Public | TELEPHONE COMPANY, Works Department, by Order of LIMITED, will be held His Excellency the Governor of | TUESDAY, the 7th day of "one Lot of Crown Land at March, 1939, at the BOARD
Kennedy Street, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 75 years.
years, with the option of renewal
ROOM of the Company. Second Floor, Exchange Building, Hong Kong, at Noon, for the purpose
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG.
PROBATE JURISDICTION.
IN THE ESTATE of JOHN DUNCAN ISBISTER“ „late. of Greenock, Scotland, En. gincer, deceased..
NOTICE is hereby given that the Court has by virtue of the provisions of Section 58 of Or
of receiving a Statement of | dinance No. 2 of 1897, made an Accounts and the Report of the Order limiting the time for credi Board of Directors. for thetors and others to send in their claims against the above estate Intending bidders are advised financial year ended 31st Decem. that immediately after the dis- her. 1938, and re-electing two to the 21st day of February,
1939. posal of the lof the Purchaserrectors and the Auditors. (if not the aplicant), will be
with to deposit required authorised officer who will he present at the safe, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase
price.
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PARTICULARS OF THE LOT
No. of Sale,
Inland Lot No. 5120.
Adjoining Inland Lot No: 05+4
Kennely Street.
Registry No,
Localit
Boundary
Measure-
minta.
As per
sale plan
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Rentṣl. Annual
Contents in
Equare foot
on Upset Price. i
About
2,100.
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81
89
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be closed from the 25th February to 7th March, 1939, both days inclusive.
Dated this 31st day of Janu- ary, 1939.
Order of the Board. W. L. MCKENZIE,
Secretary.
14. Des Voeux, Road, Central.
All Creditors and others are
accordinghy hereby required tr send their claims to the under signed on or before that date.
Dated the 24th day of January, 1939/
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HONG KONG TRAMWAYS. LIMITED
"NOTICE 1 S
HEREBY
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WILKINSON & GRIST, Solicitors for the Administrator, No. 2, Queen's Road Central,
Hong Kong.
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE. CO., LTD.
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EDITORIAL
DEATH!
COUPER.-Mrs. Ceolia Couper, At
| FULL_APPROVAL
her residence No. 536, Nathan OF PREMIER'S
Road. Kowloon, at 5.30 a.m. on January 31, 1939, after' á" long
Hiness. Aged 70 years. A Re- FOREIGN POLICY
quiem Mass will be sold at 7.30 am. on Wednesday, February 1, 1939, at the Rosary Church. Kowloon. Macao, Manila and Kobe papers please copy.
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HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 1-1b39.
CHILE'S AGONY
To
THE PEOPLE of Chile universal condulences will be extended as a result of the har- rowing experiences through which they have been passing during the past Iew days One can well vimalize the terrible havoc wrought by the latest earthquake and the sufferings and horrible conditions under which the terror- stricken people must now be living. Truly, their trials and tribulations are great.
THE CATASTROPHE has claimed
no fewer than 80,000 casual- ties, of whom some 30,000 are dead and the remainder injured. Whole towns and villages have been de- of thisvastated, the water and food sup-
. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY GIVEN tha:"Certificate No. 8768 YEARLY GENERAL MEET ING of HONG KONG "TRAM- WAYS, LIMITED will be held at the offices of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, the 17th day of February, 1939. at 12 o'clock noon, to transact the ordinary business of the Company.
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that the REGIS.
PUBLIC AUCTION.'"
PARTICULARS AND CON DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 6th day of February, 1939, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the
TER OF MEMBERS of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency
Company will be CLOSED from Governor of one Lot of Crown FRIDAY, the 3rd to FRIDAY, Land at Cheung Sha Wan, in the the 17th February, 1939, both
days inclusive.
the
.. Colony of Hong Kong for
a term of 75 years, commenc. ing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent, to be fixed by the Surveyor
rtis Majesty the KING, for one further term of 24 years less the last three days 'thereof.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis posal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) la. cask. This sum will be refunded
By Order of the Board' W. E. SIMMONS, Secretary, Hong Kong, 25th Jan., 1939.
THE STAR" FERRY CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO
€11
SHAREHOLDERS.
NOTICE IS
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HERERY
on payment of the Purchase GIVEN THAT THE FORTY.
price.
FIRST ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING OF THIS COM.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT PANY will be held at the Office
No. of Bals,
Begistry No.
Locally,
New Kowloon Inland Adjoining New Kow. loon Inland Lot No. 1854, Castle Peak Rd.
Lot No. 2653.
· Cheung Sa Wan
Boundary
ressure-
manta.
K. B. L.V.
ft. ft. fifty
As par
salo plain
Annual
Rratal.
Contents in
Square feet.j
* Upset Price, I
10%
909%
#1 Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. on Friday, the 24tb February, 1939, at 11.30 a.m. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together $ with a Statement of Accounts
lor the year ended 31st Decem ber, 1938.
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4.896
90
TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
LONDON.
Local Examinations.
Hong Kong Centre. The following are the dates of the forthcoming Examinations:--
PRACTICAL:
(Vocal and Instrumental Music)
Early May,
Last day of Entry Baturday.
25th February, 1939..
THEORETICAL:
(Paper Work)
on Baturday,
10th June, 1939. Last day of Entry Saturday.
11th March, 1939. Regulations, Official List of Pieces and Studies, Entrance Forms and Information on ap- plication to the Local Secretary.
J. E. ANDERSON, c/o ANDERSON MUSIC CO.. LTD. Ice House Street, Hong Kong.
The Register of Shares of the Company will be CLOSED from Friday, the 17th February, 1939, to Friday, the 24th Febru. ary, 1939, both days inclusive. By order of the Board of Directors,
"
C. M. MANNERS,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 30th Jan., 1939.
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What do
you want?
If there is anything you want
buy or kay Clandfed advertisement.
25 words $1.00 prepaid for 3 insertions.
dated Hongkong, 301h January, 1924 for-392-shares Company, numbered 181285/ 181676 inclusive, registered in the name of Lee Hysan (dec'd) has been Lost or Destroyed, and should this certificate not be pro- duced to the Company before the 30th January 1939, a new certi"- cate for the shares
will
be
ply have been cut off, communica. tions have been, suvered and are
now non-existent, and there is the looming menace of epidemics in the stricken areas.
UNDOUBTEDLY the worst natural
disaster on the American con- tinents in the twentieth century. exceeded only by the disastrous earthquakes in Japan in 1923 und issued, and the aforesaid Certifi-in Quetta on May 31. 1935, when a cate No. 8768 will be thereafter | tail of more than 35000 lives werd treated by this Company as Null] token. the exact toll in Chile will and Vold.
By Order of the Board
of Directors,
R. A. WICKERSON,
"Secretary and Manager
PLANE FIRED · ON BY SHIPS
Imperial Airways
Craft Safe
Tuesday morning at seven o'clock the RMA. Delia, Im- perial Airways' plane with Cap- lain J. N. Wilson at the con- truf left Kai Tak, Hongkong on the southbound schedule fight for Bangkok with "mail and passengers.
not easily be ascertainable for sme days to come. A final count, is now being made. With the casualties already known and the
Lord Baldwin And Personal Contacts
PACIFICATION OF EUROPE
LONDON, Jan 31 (BWS)— Full approval of the Prime Minister's foreign polley was expressed last night by Lord Baldwin who. In a speech at Worcester, said that before he retired from the Premiership he had several conversations with Mr. Chamberlain both on. the past and on the future. "I said to him that history alone can tell whether a Prime Minister has done good work or not, but I
do know that my chief task, dur- ing the most of my time in office, was directed to peace at home. You and I know well enough the anxieties we have had lately,
"We have discussed the possi- bility of making direct contact with those powerlul men in coun- tries that they are ruling and we agreed that the time was not yet, but that the time is approaching. The great work that iles before you is as hard' a one as mine, perhaps harder. It is the paqification not of England, but of Europe. These contacts must be made. I wish I might have done it myself but my bolt is shot.
"It will be your task and the blessing of all mankind will be
steer yours if you can
this country and Europe through the next two or three years Into the paths of peace."
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1939.
HEARING IN
MOVE AGAINST
INSURANCE
LANDLORDS
CLAIM
Individual
Items
Examined
The case in which the Cheong Shing Hong, commission agents, of No, 31 Bonham Strand West, claims from the Chins Under- writers, Ltd. the sum of $30,908.23
ns
New Ordinance To
Be
Introduced
The Attorney-General," the Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, is to Introduce an Ordinance im Legislative Connel to-moOTTOW amending the Prevention of Eviction Ordinance by suspend- ing during the continuance in force of the original Ordinance, common law rights enjoyed by landlords,
the rateable proportion due under an insurance policy of loss and damage to goods as the result of a tire in plaintiffs' godown at
The proposed sub-section reads: No. 103 Connaught Road West
During the continuance in early last year, was continued at force of this Ordinance, a land the Supreme Court yesterday lord's common law rights of re- before the Chier Justice, Sir entry are suspended, except where Atholl "MacGregor.
the tenant has abandoned posses- alleges sten, and it in purported exercise
frm
The defendant that the claim is fraudulent be-of common law rights, otherwise 'cause, in no less than 127 items out than where the terant abandona a landlord effects or of 137, the price claimed is higher possession, than the market, price at the attempts to effect, such re-entry time of the fire. Detenidants also either peacefully or forcibly, the allege that certain entries in the tenant shall have a clv!!, remedy Books have been fraudulently against him for an injunction and damages without prejudice to Buy altered.
Plaintiffs are represented by statutory Hability of the landlord Mr. Eldon Potter K. C., and Mr. to criminal proceedings.” H. C. Macnamara,, instructed by The following additions are also Mr. E. Davidson, of Messrs. Hast-contained in the amendments to ings and Co., while the Hon. Mr. the original Ordinance: Lea D'Almada e Castro. Jnr., and "In respect of a dwelling house Mr. D. J. N. Anderson, Instructed to which this Ordinance applies. by Mr. O. E. C. Marton, of Messrs.the court shall, in addition to any Deacons. are appearing, for the powers which it may have under defendants.
this or any other enactment, in Mr. Potter yesterday continued any proceedings have power to de- his examination of each indivi-termine any question in relation to dual item mentioned in the claim. the rent payable or to be paid by and submitted that in certain) a sitting tenant. cases the price claimed was even "Before the issue of any warrant lower than the market price under the Distress for Rent Or- dinance, 1883, the judge or the Registrar. 3g the case may be. may require proof to his satisfac- tion that the tenant is unwilling to pay the rent demanded or that such rent is not excessive.”
Lord Baldwin added that they allowed for by defendants.
The case is proceeding.
shook hands on that. There were. The continued, two very dangerous illusions about us in parts of the continent of Europe-that we were
afraid of war and that our people
were afraid of war, and that our people would not make sacrifices necessary to organise themselves in the event of war.
He knew that if ever, the time came the people would brace them- selves to stand the first shock and there could be but one result-this country, with a cause to fight for namely, liberty of human spirit, "will fight with unanimity of all classes and of all ranks that has never been seen in any war that has yet taken place."
NO CONQUERING
J.
distinct possibility that the list OF CHINA
will be ricreased when the number of deaths through epidemic dis- eases 's included and those in the outlying areas are included. It is feared that the final figures of Thoth dead, and Injured will reach a
very large figure.
APPARENTLY the worst part of the country hit by the quake was the central portion, known as the mediterranean region, slightly to the south of Santiago, capital of Chile. This is fertile agricul- barters its tural country, which products for manufactured goods. mostly of British, American, Ger- man and French make. It is this region which produces the foods required by the nitrate mining districts in the porth. THERE CAN BE no doubt that the
Elying south along the coast the devastating tremors will mean Delia was fired at by several ships a severe blow to the people of west of Walchow, in the Gulf of Chile who can afford to lose so Tongking. The report does not many lives. So far as the liveli- signify what ships or if the plane hood of the country is concerned, was hit by shells.
this will also be badly hit.
It is understood that all flights of Imperial Airways in and out of Hongkong are made known to the Japanese in advance, thus ensuring safety for these planes in the air. Captain Wilson landed the Della in Hanol at 11.25 am, and depart- ed from that city at 12.30 p.m. for Bangkok.
Passengers flying in the Della were, Captain I. A. Dykes, new re- lief captain on this route. Mr. A. C. Tully of Asiatic Petroleum Co.,
hand as to the exact NO DETAILS have yet come to
эгез
affected by the disaster but the
cables would indicate that it cover- ed a fairly large portion of the
Whether or not it ap country.
preached the Quetta quat: in area, it is too early yet to say, but it a close second so certainly runs far as casualties are concerned. The Kangra disaster of 1905 runs behind, some 20,000 persons perish-
Vernon Bartlett
Says No
CHUNGKING, Jan. 31 (Cen- iral)--"The Japanese would never conquer the Chinese," declared Mr: Vernon Bartlett. diplomatic
of correspondent "London News Chronicle" and authority on international af- Tairs, In a message to the China Branch of the International Peace Campaign.
This eminent journalist säid that he gained this conviction during his visit to China last year, as representative of the International Peace Campaign. "I did my best to convince my compatriots after my return, that even the fall of Canton end Han- kow would not fundamentally alter the situation," Mr. Bartlett stated. HELP AT LAST "Our people, and I believe our government," Mr. Barilett tinued. "are at last beginning to realise that the Chinese, whether they know it or not, are fighting the battle for that freedom, of thought which is the foundation stone of rivilisation. We have, at last begun to give financial help and that help will, I belleve, In- crease very rapidly.
con-
and Mr. M. Watson, British tourists. By contrast, the Quetta quake teated." Mr. Bartlett concluded.
on his way to Bangkok
affected a smaller area than the Kangra one and it lasted for only half a minute: Incidentally, it la
SHOCK RECORDED of interest to note that 20,000 per
IN HONGKONG
sons lost their lives in the earth- quake In Formosa in February. Of course, these figures are An earthquake of great intensity 1935. Is believed to have occurred yester. easily overshadowed by the catas day moming about 3,500 miles trophe which shook Japan in 1923. submarine quake Pacific Ocean which exceeded any of those men- thhed.
which
in 1930, ..ge
southeast of Hongkong, places the epicentre somewhere occurred in the near New Zealand.
The shock was felt in the Colony, the Royal Observatory stating that It occurred at 10.18 Hongkong Time. The first wave was recorded on the Observatory seismograph
at 10.27 am and the transversa wave at 10.34 a.m.
It is stated that the armplitude of 40 millimetres "recorded, åt such a distance was of such a nature that it the shock occurred in an inha
HONGKONG has had its share of
tremors but nonc of these have been of any great conse-. quence. China Ukewise has had her share, the most serious quakes affecting Kansu and Kwangs! couple of years ago,
AS STATED, the sympathy of the world will go to the people of bited part it would occasion terr-Chile' in their latest dreadful ex- A loss.
pirience.
CONSCRIPTION IN CHINA
ויי
LORRY CRASH · VERDICT
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DEATH OF MRS. C. COUPER
(Continued from Pagë 1)
Mrs. Cecilla Couper, an old and Witnes's did not think the journey was
respected member of the" Portu- carried out under hazardous conditions, and he be- died at her residence at No. 530, guese community in Hongkong, neved all precautions
Nathan Road, yesterday pneumonia, at the age of 70. widow of the late Captain Wilson.
The late Mrs. Couper
was the Couper, who died some time agg
were taken
necessary
L
from
He agreed that military lorries were licensed by the Government and he knew military vehicles generally conformed to local traff in Kobe. regulations.
he The military.
Before her death Mrs. Couper knew," conformed with the licen-expressed the wish to be bunted. sing regulations and with speed beside her husband in Japan, and regulations.
Messrs. Brown, Jones and Co., are. The lorries were not designed arranging to send the remains to primarily for towing, but a towing Kobe.
Axture was attached. The differ- Four daughters, two living in ence in the hook arrangements Macao and two in Manila, survive. was... «responsible- for different A grandson, Mr. Heidler, resides in
methods
of attachment be-Hongkong,
tween the two lorries. The towing A Requiem Mass will be held at fixture to the Brst lorry in the the Rosary, Church. Kowloon, at convoy, was of 1934 design, and in 7:30 am, to-day. the lorry that went over the em- bankment it was of 1938 design.
He had not experienced 1 vacuum service that was out, o order and he "would not allow a The annuni general meeting of
in it.
MOTHERS' UNION
St. Andrew's Church Mothers'
vehicle on the road it he knew that a defect of this nature existed Union was held at the Church Hall
yesterday, when Mrs. J. R. Higgs' He knew of a more powerful presented the annual report. The vehicle for towing guns, the Hong-Rey, J. R. Higgs spoke to the meet- Ing, congratulating the Union on kong Singapore Royal Artillery employing such vehicles for the its successful year. towing of six-inch howitzera
TRAFFIC OFFICER TESTIFIES
The following were elected to hold office this year Mrs. J. R. Higgs, President; Mrs. R. Baldwin,
Acting Sub-Inspector J. Scrim Secretary; Mesdames 8. E. Green, of the Traffic Department, testi- Hunt, Patterson and Shirley, Com- fled to making an examination |mittee,
TOSSED BY A BUFFALO
The brakes, shoes, cams, nings, etc.,
The were in good" order, rear towing spring bar was miss- ing from the lorry, and the off- side bracket attached to this was
of, and taking measurements in, the vicinity of the accident.. He went to the scene socie 200 yards above the Kowloon Dairy, where he saw a military lorry. No. 2348. turned upside down, 30 feet from Tossed by a buffalo at the Ken- the south side of the road, with nedy Town slaughter house yester- its head towards the road. The day morning, a butcher. named chassis lay 20 feet east of the Man Pak, sustained injuries to his body. An A. A. gun lay 56 feet head and body, necessitating his from the chassis and 37 feet from removal to the Queen Mary, Hos- "Thanks to your refusal to be de- the south side of the road. Tow-pital. It was learned last night feated I believe that the Tokyo-ing gear was found opposite the that A condition is satisfactory. Berlin-Rome attempt to dominate chassis nearer the road. The front the world by force will now be dem axle lay on a large rock 27 feet
uphill from the chassis.
Graze marks were found on a stone projecting 18 inches above the ground, from which up to a dis- tance of 132 feet. uphill heavy These finished at the chassis.
marks were noticeable.
From the chassis.to a point 39 feet uphill, the road was all torn To their verdict, the jury add- up. Further uphill marks similar ed the following riders:- to those described above were (1) We feel that the authori- found. Opposite the bent chasals ties might take notice of this case PRISON AND CANE the road was also torn up for 28 and take greater precautions in Sentence of a year's inprison-feet uphill. The lorry lay about shackling a heavy vehicle of this ment and 12 strokes of the cane was passed by Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Court yesterday on Lau Bang, 22, on a charge of shat-yards. ching. It was stated by the prose- The battery in the lorry 'was cution that his victim was Mrs. L. Moore, of Camilic Apartments, Beltran Road, and that he snatch- ed the handbag as he rode past Mrs. Moore. Defendant was stat- ed to imve a bad police record.
CHUNGKING, Jan, 31 (Reuter) The newly-created Military Service Bureau to co-ordinate conscription work all over the nation will be to mally inaugurated to-morrow with Chen Tseh-jun as Director..
whee!
ten feet below the road surface From the bent chassis to the top of the hill the distance was 153
torn away.
RIDERS
nature when in tow;
(2) We feel that there should be some method of independent -braking to a vehicle of this nature. The jury also attached to their badly broken up. The vacuum verdict a note, stating, "We wish to in our 'opinion the server pump was in good order. add that Parts of the engine were broken driver was in no way to blame. The front wheel server was still and we consider that he did attached to the front axle, which everything possible to avoid this was torn away from the chassis unfortunate accident."
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