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SHAREHOLDERS.

The Thirty-fourth Annual Gen. eral Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of Messrs.

· Dodwell & Co., Ltd., Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building, on Thursday, the 13th April, 1939,

HONG KONG & WHAMPOA

DOCK CO., LTD. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of Shareholders will be held in the Offices of the Com- pany, 2 Queen's Building, Hong Kong, on Monday, 27th March,

SPLENDID MAGIC PERFORMANCE AT K.C.C.

At the Kowloon Cricket Club yesterday evening Mr. E. Glamaili, magician and illusionist, demon- strated his ability of now you mately over one hundred people.

see, "now you don't" to approxi-

Admission was, without charge,

and the audience were thoroughly

entertained

Many magic tricks are in Mr. most

at 11 a.m. for the purpose of.re. 1939, at Noon for consideration | Glamaill's' repertoire the ceiving the report of the General of the Directors Report and Managers together with a State Statement of Accounts for the ment of Accounts for the year year ending 31st December, 1938, ended 31st December, 1938.

The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from 29th March to 13th April, 1939, both days inclusive.

DODWELL & COMPANY, LIMITED,

General Managers.

The Share Register and Trans- fer Books will be closed from 16th to 27th March, 1939, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

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E. COCK, Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 1st March, 1939.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY the YEARLY MEETING of Society will be held at the HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, Hong Kong, on Friday, 21st APRIL, 1939, at 11 am., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 31st. December, 1938, and of declaring Dividend, etc.

The 'SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be

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By Order of the Board,

A. W. HUGHES,

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outstanding, if it is, possible to distinguish from the many others. However, clear attention was cor- is the The Crystal Water Mystery."

coin on his artist's centrated

manipulation, "egg-straordinary."

The sentiment expressed by "La Fume" and many card tricks.

the many in the audience was hope that Mr. Glamalli would give another exhibition of his skill.

CANTON STUDENTS ENTERTAIN MR. Q.

ROOSEVELT

EDITORIAL

Photograph taken at the Hongkong Riding School annual sports held last Sunday. Mr. Bob Charles, riding master, may be seen "in the centre of the above picture. (Photo by Leica).

Book Reviews

THE HOLY

TERROR

by

Essays

SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1939.

Hello & Goodbye

(BY A. W. HYER)

-The present commercial transport list Includes two new ships within as many days.

The limited de luxe passenger and freight matorship at the Kowloon pier is the Acadia (5,000 ions) built in Flensburg, Thi is her fivet call at Hongkong since she took to sea about nine Lamonths ago.

The Maersk Line has chartered this comfortable motorship which has been sailing across the Atlantic Ocean. Lei sure travel in the in.y. Acadia would be a super-pleasure to the wanderlust.

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"

The other new transport is the club. This executive of the Bank Pan American Airways' Boeing of Indo-China arrived on another Clipper (this flying boat and her business call in the Colony. sistership have yet to be christen-Empress of Asia

ed), due in Hongkang to-morrow

at noon on a "stiskedown" cruise, COMPLIMENTS ARE forthcoming. is a duplicate of the ship which to the Canadian Pacific S. 8. called in this port two weeks ago. Co., and their capable handling of President Pierce

the foot traffic upon the arrival of Chinese IN FROM A MANILA call, Friday, the Empress of Asia on Thursday of their

the President Pierce was pass-at 8.30 am. All gates were closed showing port examined and, discharging to the pler. The general public, including baggage coolles, were both infreight at 9.30 am.

The docking and most A stowaway Mr. Gennadi Rvery onderly.

discharging of passengers was Vinokooroff. about 35 years of age, į

time. was attempting a new style of free carried out in "quick and thorough riding." Mingling with the passen-

Mr. Quentin Roosevelt came gers his presence was not detected

the by

early artists on the practice art are invaluable in evolution the gradual method and ideals of wonderful artistic flowering, Faking his readers through was published by John Murray

H, G. Wells (Michael Joseph 8/8).

д imaginary world of every- on Feb. 28. where and

nowhere Mr. Wells

one and nobody in The Holy

It

gives them the story of every WITH THE EIGHTH

ROUTE ARMY

on

the

based of the presentday world and places on the shoulders

A Tea Party was given by the Canton University Students' Asso-Terror. clation at St. Francis Hotel yes. The theme is terday, in honour of Mr. Quintin discontents Roosevelt. the grandson of the late President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States, who is on a visit to the Colony,

The Chairman of the Associa- tion, Mr. Tong Chan-hon, sald, in part: We are here to-day to ex- tend a hearty welcome to a distr tinguished guest from the Western Hemisphere. Mr. Quintin Rooke- velt. the grandson of the late President Theodore Roosevelt of

are

very

the United States, needs little in- troduction. Such a famous family name must be known to all.

Recently, the famous Museum China to of Boston sent him to study Ethnology. We fortunate, indeed, to have with us to-day such a scholar as Mr. Quintin Roosevelt who takes a sympathetic attitude toward our people. We fervently hope that his research work will help materially promote better under-

TO JAPAN TOKYO professes to

astounded by Great Britain's reply to its note standing.

ed discriminatory treatment

Mr. Roosevelt gave a short ac-

In the course of a few days.

"

Mr. Wells, with his flow of pro- fic ideas, gives the reader much of interest in revealing what is 'of well undoubtedly the trend

rather impracti. conceived-if

The spirit cable-opinion.

of

"

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of China

and

until the steamer was underway down from Shanghal to the Colony, for a couple of hours. Then into This young man, grandson of the the "brig" where, he remained until famous, forner U.S.A. President Mr. bis arrival m Hongkong and T. Roosevelt, is on his way to the

Interior North the Police Department took charge. North China Front, by James He wanted a free ride to Shang-Tibet in search of historical data and specimens for 1 Boston Monday, he will all to Other news concerns Mr. E, L. Museum of Rudolph Whitlow, who event Bertrum. Macmillan & Co.:15/-hal; he is broke! ually becomes "Rud the Master net.

Here we have a readable book Foster who was removed to the Haiphong and enter the North After his excursion. World Director and Dictator."

a by an entertaining writer who Queen Mary Hospital. for removal from there,

Mr. Roosevelt will return to the responsibility of making

sympathetic

Mr. A. Savary, number one of America and finish his studies at "drastic change" in the economic knows his subject thoroughly and of his appendix. and social le of the world who describes in

and extremely capable way what the Restaurant de Paris, a popular the University.

Dr. D. J. Collins comes, dowis other words, organising a World Revolutionary movement he saw on the north China front dining spot in Manila, comes visit-

"Common and his adventures there. Mr. ing the Colony on a short vacation from Shanghai for a short stay in the Colony. This prominent den- for the uplift of the

Bertram takes his readers to the and business call," man."

Another business caller is Mr. w.tist is on a strictly, business call, front by giving them a vivid pic-

Returning" to Hongkong after hia lumber and other branches of in- fure of conditions as they really arts of the southern city. Gold, no vacation.

brings before exist. He readers some of the leading Chi-dustry does this gentleman have many months absence was Sir Met by a large His call will be Victor Sassoon. nese generals in the Democratic his fingers in.

group of friends and business ac- (formerly the so-called Communist) brief.

including Eighth Route

Miss D. Caffray's work is inter-quaintances Sir Victor expressed. unrest among the common people General Chu Teh, Mao-tung and esting to all members of the Epis-himself pleased with his call in. las vividly described and

others, and analyses their charac-copal Missions in the Far East. America and at his return to 2 trife ex- the description is

ters and policies.

This capable missionary has been beautiful Hongkong. While in the aggerated, it is a natural adjunct

The author, whose previous book on a tour of investigation, through city he is stopping at the Glouces- of the character of Rud-The Crisis in China-The

Story of the south, of their many branchester Hotel.

A huge, genial, gay man is Mr. Holy Terror.

the Stan Mutiny" attracted 80 Now she is returning to Kobe and

W. E. Woodward, from New York much attention, gives a first-hand her work in Japan.

The 28-foot flag flying at the mast City. This year will be spent in account of some little known but highly significant phases of the of the President Pierce as she came travelling about the world by rall, Sino-Japanese War. Having lived into the harbour yesterday morn-ship and plane. Then down he with the Eighth Route Army leading is in honour of the Ban Fran- sits and puts exactly what he Golden Gate Exposition. thinks and his conclusions in book. The ed with the peasant soldiers in- Every ship in the American Pres-form. When asked if he was writ- death of the leader and direc- tor Rud in a state of demention timately in their life with all its dent Line's fleet will fly a duplicate ing during his travels, he replied. hardships and enthusiasms, Mr. pennant during the months to "No, I am having too good a time; brought about by his success in Bertram peculiarly well atted come while the exposition is in I will tend to that when I return to New York in June. One of the to write on this subject and his progress. readers have the satisfaction of

The next trip outbound, the many books to Mr. Woodward's' knowing that he knows exactly President. Pierce will skip the port credit is the interesting story env what he is talking about.

of Shanghai, and will call at titled "Meet General Grant." He tells how, under the in-Shanghai on the homebound Jour- fluence of this most mobile army | ney.

though

in

Mr. Wells satirically gets

at the present many thrusts dictatorships and democracies ellmax and at. religion and his

tribulations.

the

Army,

.

Hong Kong, 20th March, 1939. Protesting against the alleg count of his mission and said that is a subtle complement to

meted out to Japanese nation" he would proceed to Haiphong common sense of man in all histers for six months and march- cisco als in Singapore. Nothing and then to Kunming in Yunnanfu trials and could be more ludicrous than

The Secretary, Sunny Tal, com- Japan holding up her hands mented on the activities of the in horror at what she con- Association for last year. siders an insult, to her nation- äl honour,

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LIMITED.

NOTICE TO

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JAPANESE in Malaya had been suspected of plotting to

:

TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

WEEKLY RETURN

In the Colony of Hongkong in- cluding the Island, Kowloon and the New Territories during the week ending at 8 am on Satur- day. March 18. 1939, there were altogether 71

ANNUAL DANCE

The joint annual dance of the undertake action prejudicial Diocesan Old Boys and Diocesan

the

from liberating the world tyranny and mistakes of govern ments, brings the reader down to earth again with perhaps better realization of the world's Ins.-N.E.A.

unrest

they

of

in-

<

Dr. A. 0. Potter is certainly en- |joying" "his : trip to the Far East. Arriving from Vancouver the Hon- orary Assistant of the General THE DORADO Imperial Airways Secretary of Rotary International plane left Kat Tak Friday spend only a few hours in the Com morning with Captain A, L. Dykeslony due to connexions He sailed

One passenger on the Atuta Maru this morning. at the controls. Mr. H. C. Lee, travelled to Bang for the South. kok. Pounds of mail 1034 for all ports... Air France

Business calling is Mr, V.. Des- borough from the National Carbon Co.. in Shanghai. Business is fine, the trip was fine, life in general Appeared to be fine. Pan American Airways:

of the inhabitants have developed a technique 9 settlement of the guerilla resistance that is problem most difficult, for they finitely flexible, and deeply rooted are fighting men who can never in the heart of the Chinese CAPTAIN DUFOUR brought the adopt a passive life, and when masses.

Air France's Ville de Beyrouth "Tri- their natural livelihood of

Emphasis is laid on north China in from Hanoi on Thursday at 115 denied because, in Mr. Bertram's opinion, p.m. under trying circumstances, gandage and raiding is

what course can they the north, and especially the The rain was pouring in sheets and THE SECOND NEW Boeing Clipper

to the Colony and calculated! Old Girls Associations was held published

מס

LIGHT AND SHADE IN. FRANCE by Moma Clarke John Murray.

who

the

COMING from a Country SHAREHOLDERS which sees splinters in the eyes of others but which fails

INDIA'S NORTHWEST in the world" the people of north | Imperial Airways FRONTIER by Sir William China have recovered their Öght- NOTICE IS. HEREBY to see the beam in its own,

Barton-John Murray

ing spirit and rallied to the ban- *GIVEN that the SEVENTIETH the Japanese note is all the

The constant

on the ner of the Chinese Republic, how more amusing. Coming from "ORDINARY YEARLY MEET-

Frontier of India they have found out in practice the country which shows the

North-West ING of the Company will be least consideration for the

makes a problem, not to say a the weaknesses of the Japanese traffic accidents perpetual

danger, spot. The military machine, and how held at its HEAD OFFICE. feelings of foreign visitors

as the result of which 1 person hardihood Union Bullding, Hong Kong, and foreign residents, which

was killed and 31 persons were makes on FRIDAY, 21st APRIL, 1939, | looks upon every foreigner as

injured. at 1.20a.m., for the purpose a spy, and which does every-

Of 71 accidents, 27 were collisions of receiving the Report of the thing within its power

to between vehicles; 2 were collisions Directors and the Statements al make life for foreigners in between vehicles and pedestrians: Account to 31st December, 1938, Japan as uncomfortable as 16 accidents were due to other

them possible, it is entirely out of causes. and of declaring Dividends, etc.

Sir William Barton, for northwest, is the real key of the visibility was practically nil.

is due to arrive about noon to. place and utterly uncalled

pursue?

for Civil struggle now going on many years in the Indian The SHARE TRANSFER for.

Chier Engineer of the Asiatic morrow from Manila. The capable Service, discusses all the. issues mastery of China south of

the Petroleum Co., Mr. G. M. Parks re-Captain H. B. Beer, of the Pacific BOOKS of the Company will be

concerned in a masterly book, Great Wall

tuned from an inspection trip in Diision, will be at the controls. CLOSED from 3rd APRIL to

INDIA'S NORTH-WEST FRON- The book is one that is highly the interior of China. In a few min Due to the fact that this is a 21st APRIL, both days inclusive,

TIER." which John Murray recommended,

utes the passed the passport bust-"shakedown" trip for the Clipper Feb 28. As A

EMPIRE OUTPOST

ness and was into his motor and no paying passengers are being car- By Order of the Board,

ried, only mail. to bring about a breach of at the Peninsula Hotel las night.proof of its value and authori- Hongkong-Am Outpost of the away. A. W. HUGHES, the peace. Accordingly, the Over 200 members with their ty it has a Preface by the Mar Empire. Kelly & Walsh $1.

A very charming lady bundled Mr. W. Bond, Number One for carried out General Manager. Į authorities

friends spent an enjoyable even ques of Willingdon.........

Produced in a most attractive into a cellophane raincoat was on China National Aviation Corpora manner by Mesars Kelly & hand at Kai Tak to meet the genfältion, is returning to his office after Hong Kong, 20th March, 1939. number of raids of Japanese ing

establishments in conformity

Walsh, this little booklet should Mr. G. H, Sprague, of the Standard a businem trip of several months with the law. Against this

have a good sale and we predict Vacuum Oil Co, returning to his in America. Also travelling round- "LIGHT AND SHADE IN that the buyers will include the cffice from a "bustness trip in the trip in the new Clipper is Mr. Har action the Japanese protested

bert Poncetti, Boeing Co., engineer. and, apart from alleging that fortified zones and it was FRANCE" is the title of a capti-thousands

have come to interior of China,

The Clipper is due to depart on estimated that the position in

book vating

Mr. Le Prevost is practically an- of reminiscences Hongkong for refuge who will the measures taken against

compares Singapore their

very which John Murray published on take it to send to their friends other member of the commuters Monday morning with mail only.'- nationals

dis- were

with favourably criminatory, denied that any

Clarke went to Paris forty years Japan.

containing Actually an album Japanese were engaged in

21 photogravures, it is well done espionage work in Malaya: APROPOS of this state-ago for a month and stayed

susceptiblii- up to show scenes of the Colony SHAREHOLDERS BRITAIN'S reply

ment, it is of considerable ifetime, and that was

France by day and by night, and some and its people la charmingly aspects of Chinese life. couched in a courteous but interest to note that H.M. ty to the fascination of

Government availed itself of evidenced by the many lumina- It is something well worth NOTICE IS HEREBY firm tone and maintained

which find their sending to one's friends who will GIVEN that the SEVENTY that all raids on Japanese the occasion to draw the ting anecdotes THIRD ORDINARY YEARLY establishments complained of attention of the Japanese way into the story of her French value it.

TIEN HSIA MONTHLY (Kelly & MEETING of the Company will were carried out in com- Government to a number of life. As the fashion correspondent

Walsh $3/-)^/ be held at its HEAD OFFICE. pliance with the law. The examples of Japanese police of The Times" she knew all the

The March issue maintains the Union Building, Hong Kong, police action, it was further surveillance and spy mania" dictators of the Rue de la Prix:

as a theatre critic she knew high standard which this publi- all the stars in the incompar-cation has gained. on FRIDAY, 21st APRIL, 1930, Pointed out, showed that the which were quoted.

intention existed among Jap- H.M. GOVERNMENT, the able galaxy of the French Theatre, Cadena Scotian Literature by anese nationals to undertake reply concluded hope that and as a lover of French ways Chung Tso-you must be classed of receiving the Report of the action likely to prejudice the Japanese nationals will take and habits she has known the as a really well considered effort Pirectors and the Statements of interests of the Colony and account of their obligations people in the aspects that never and the tribute paid to Scottish Account to 31st December, 1938, calculated. to disturb the as residents in British terri-strike the tourists and

writers is an appreflative and in and of

peace. Japanese nationals in tory and thus obviate the are rarely recorded with the teresting one. Ancient Chinese of declaring Dividend, etc.

· humour. that are Medicine and Its Modern Inter- Singapore, the British, reply need for any further measures charm and

pretation throws much light on

MOSCOW, Mar 24 (Reuter)The emphasized, were not subject on the part of the authorities. here

the methods of healing practised. to any restrictions beyond WHEN the Japanese Gov- THE SPIRIT

Twenty-five cases of tuberculosis list of the new Political Bureau has those in force against all ernment see fit to do away

BRUSH by Shio Sakanishi by the healers of old, the simply John Murray

city of the language used making were notified to the Health De-just been announced and includes other nationals.

with some of their own

"THE SPIRIT OF THE BRUSH; it easy of the most ordinary compartment on Mar. 23, in addition Stalin, Andreyenew Vorcabilon, THE BRITISH reply invited childishness and intolerable being the Outlick of Chinese prehension. Spanish Vignettes to eight cases of cerebro-spinai Zhdanov, Kaganovitch, K Tokyo to make a comparison "spy manis laws, they will Painters on Nature, A D 217-960; makes pleasant reading and the fever, six cases of measles, threeKikoyan Molotov Krushev, Beris between the defence measures perhaps understand that has been translated by Bhlo Musical Chronicle must also de cases of dysentery, two cases each and haven

Field Marshal Bluecher is BIO taken in connexion with the none of our laws, after all, are Sakensal as the later addi: serve mention as a contribution of small-pos diphtheria and en- Singapore Base and measures as discriminatory as they tion to the well-known Wisdom wich help taken by the Japanese in their think they are.

BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE CO., LIMITED.

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NOTICE TO

at 11.25 a.m., for the purpose

The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 3rd APRIL to 21st APRIL, both days inclusive, By Order of the Board,

W. HUGHES,

General Manager Hong Kong, 20th March, 1939,

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that of Feb 28. Its author. Moma elsewhere..

which

OF THE

East Bervices.

TRAFFIC SUMMONS! AIRPORT NEWS

Mr. WE. Pers, residing at No. 7, Imperial Airways:

NORTHBOUND Causeway Hill, appeared on a sum- mons before Mr. R.A. D. Forrest at Saturday: Bangkok, Hanol, Hong- the Central Court yesterday for

Long. driving a car in a dangerous man- Dorado-5 p.m. ner and was fined $10

The defendant was stated to have turned into Ewo Breek from Hen- nessy Road at a speed in excess of the linitt on March 10.

An article For driving in a closed road at Kennedy Road on Mar. 8, E O. Repich, residing at No. 295, Prince Edward Road, was fined $5 by Mr. R. AD. Forrest at the Central Court yesterday,

COLONY HEALTH

RETURNS

These such a literary succes

make the fame teric fever and

chicken pox

IN SOUTHBOUND Tuesday: Hanoi, Bangkok.

Delphinus, Dorado-7 and 73

3.30.

Pan American Airways:—

A

EASTBOUND

Sunday: UB.A., Manila, Hongkong.

Boeing Clipper-noon.

Monday: Manila, USA.

Boeing Clipper-8,30 am.

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