1939-04-12 — Page 13

HUNGKONG DAILY PRESS

BANKS

HONGKONG AND

SHANGHAI BANKING

CORPORATION

Authorised Capital ....................$50,000,000

THE

CHARTERED

BANK OF INDIA,

AUSTRALIA &

CHINA

לן

Toned & Fully Paid-Up 820,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1855 Reserve Fundi:

Sterling...

....£6,500,000 H.K. Currency Reserve $10,000,000 Reserve Liability of

Proprietors

"Bend Office:-HONG KONG

J

Paid-up Capital ................................ £ 3,808,000 Reserve Fand

£3,000,000 $20,000,000 Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors...................... £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE: LONDON: 38. Bishopsgate EC.2. Sub-Agencies in London: 117/122, Leadenhall Street, 30.3.

West End Branch: 14/18. Cockspur Street. 8.W.1. Manchester Branch;

Board of Directors. Hen, Mr. A. L. Shield

W. H. Leck, Esq.,

Chtirman.

Deputy Chairman.

J. K. Bousfeld, Esq., A. H. Compton, Esq., Hon. Mr. 8. H. Dodwell,

D. F. Landale, Esq.,

G. Miskin, Esq.,

K. S. Morrison; Esq.,

Hon. Mr. T. E. Poarce,

H. V. Wilkinson, Esq.,

Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn,

71. Mosley Street,. Manchester.

CLIVE STREET

Para Pen BUALA

SINGAPORE

FIGHT AGAINST CANCER

French Scientists" Hopes

WAS

GENERAL

יד

CHINESE HYDRAULIC ENGINEERS KEPT BUSY IN N.W. & S.W. PROVINCES

* ̈CHUNGKING, April 18 (Central)—Hydraulic engineëring works. aiming At the Improvement of existing irrigation and navigation systeys, and the building or finding of new ones, are functionlig at full" speed in China's north-western and south- western provinces Labouring on numerous projects destined to facilitate transportation or to turn parched areas into centres of productivity are hundreds of experts who formerly worked in places that have since become war areas,

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1939. --PAGE 13

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

FOR SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

VIS SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA and Honolulu

B.S. PRESIDENT TAFT”

„Saily Apr. 3lat ni 800 AM. SS. “ PRESIDÈNT CLEVELAND *** 8.S. " PRESIDENT PIÈRCE”. S.S." PRESIDENT COOLIDGE” SS." PRESIDENT TAFT”

9.8. “PRESIDENT OLEVELAND ’

In

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Artificial radio-motivity" to- day is where aviation thirty years ago. But in fifty years it may have eliminated Cancer as a dread disease. For Jollet-Curle and his wife. co-discoverers of induced radio- Rainfall is scarce in the north-inaugurated, shortly. Meanwhile, activity, are concentrating their west and droughts are trequent. four irrigation districts have been efforts on the biological reaction Both as preventive and productive planned in Kwelchow, four in

One radio-activated sub-measures, the Chinese Government Kwangsi, an extensive of certain stances and in particular its in the pre-war years spent huge Hunan affecting 20,000 acres effect on cancerous tissues. Insums of money in building irriga-|land, and an even larger one in their "laboratory at the College tion systems. Last year in spite of, Yunnan where 66,700 acres of land de France, Paris, Mr. Jollet-Curte or rather because of the war, the will be put under plows. has installed

most modern construction work on

Take 8,300 acres as the average two new scientific equipment of its kind watering projects were rushed to size of the irrigation districts in

completion. in the world.

Szechwan, Kwelchow and Kwangsi, "Our laboratories are the only The first one known as the Mei-the aggregate area will be 103,400 ones in the world which "possess hut Canal is now watering about acres. These, pit's the Àrea Ove different apparati 'for bom-33,400 acres of erstwhile uncultiv- estimates already Individually barding atoms," he stated. The able land in Merhalen, about mid-eiven, will amount to about 675,000 Importance of our work may be way between Blan and Prochi, the acres of soll that will become pro- judged roughly when one reali-western terminus of the Lunghai ductive through Irrigation. zes that there are only ten grams Railway. The total cost amounted second principal item now occupy- of radium in the whole world to $540,000. Over in Kangú is the ing the time and energy of Chinese yet have already prepared accond system also finished in 1938. hydraulic engineers pe aina

Wa such quantities of radio activat-Called the Taohal Canal after the communication.

the

Chief Manager.

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Mr. Jollet-Curie

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CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITs received for One Year or shorter periods in Local or Other Currencies at rates which will be quoted on application.

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits Local Currency and Sterling with received for one year or shorter interest allowed at rates, obtainable perioda in Local and other Caron application. rencies on terms which will bel The Bank's Head Office in quoted on application.

London undertakes Executor and Also up to date Safe Deposit Trustee business, and claims re- Boxes in various sizes To Let

of British covery

Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be Hong Kong, 13th Mar. 1939.

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is conducted by the HONG KONG

& BEANGHAI BANKING COR-| Rules may be ob-.

PORATION.

tained on application.

For the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI

BALEING CORPORATION.

V. M. Grayburn,

Chief Manager.

Hong Kong, 25th Feb., 1939.

LIMITED

Manager.

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........

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June 30th üb 6.00 AM,

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AND FORTNIGHTLY THEREAFTERE

FOR

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The

S.S." PRESIDENT TAFT" S.S. PRESIDENT ADAMS

to

ed element that at least thirtyTac River, it has tumed 0,000 acres Pouring into the Yangtze a short grams would have been

into barren soll

he is

LOHUI CANAL

productive distance above Chungking is the

Kl River In the past, because of rapids and hiçden rocks, only nat- Now fast approaching completion bottom boats could navigate it. work on a new tube which

the "Lohul Canal in Shensi. Late last year work was started on states is the only one in the Situated between Pucheng and the river to canalize it. When world which will permit obten-Tali, it will, upon its completion, finished, large junks will be able tion of X-rays under A tension be able to irrigate an area of 83,-to sail up 140 miles from its con of 2,800.000 volts and which even 400 acres, thus increasing the an- fiuence with the Yangtze to bring

by radium. surpasses the gamma rays emitted nual agricultural steidz by $5,000,- down a daily freight of 1,200 tons.

000 All important work on this

CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT "It is difficult if not impos- canal. has been finished with the sibic to foresee what will be the exception of its No. 5 tunnel, where In the meantime, experts are im- acientinc to-morrow. We have the presence of quicksand and proving the channel of the Ou River scarcely launched out into a new groundwater impeded the progress from its confluence with the Yang- tually shed a new light on domain which we hope wil even-considerably last year.

tze, at Fuling, below Chungking, to In addition, there are two new Kungtan, on the Kwelchow" border. cer. Mr. Jollet-Curie related." canals which have already been Others have been assigned to leng- "Already we have tried numer- | planned and on which construction then the navigable channels on. the

animals ous experiments on

in work will be started soon. They Kialing River, the Tsingsul River It is are the Helhut and Yenhut Canals, and the Yentsin River in Szechwan cluding rats and of little importance to 18 whe- both in Shensi. The former can Due to sand bara, some are navig'- ther the animal be healthy or bring water to 18,700 acres of land, Jable only to a certain point, or are

Iles our task

cancerous,

rabolta.

can-

Apr. 14th at 19 Noos

1

Apr 28th at 1.00 AM,

15

May 29th at 1" NOON

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CONSIGNEES' NOTICES CONSIGNEES' NOTICES

PRINCE LINE.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

FROM

NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO.

else- while the latter to 23,400 acres of navigual to a certain point, or are THE NINGALESE PRINCE"

where."

land. St in the blue-print stage water season. These streams are The scientist explained that is the Niehut Canal in Kansu, near now being dredged at different only the distribution of radio- Its provincial capital Lanchow, sections with a view to making active elements throughout the Later it will irrigate 5.000 acres of them navigable up to their very bodles of the animals was studied. land..

theadwaters and throughout the "We and that certain elements NEW IRRIGATION PLANS four seasons. Other engineers are are localized in the liver, others Then in the five south-western increasing the navigability simul- in the thyroid glands; that a rat provinces, Chinese hydraulic en-taneously of various rivers in "killed at varying periods after gineers have also been busy in Hunan" and "Kwangsi.

absorbtion of the substances turning waste land into fertile It is estimated that when these emitted radio-active rays of vari- neids. In Szechwan, five new irri- different improvement projects are He stressed gation districts have been marked completed, the length of navigable ous intensities." the importance of this as pro- out, Work on the first one was streams in the south-western pro- bably one of the crucial moves in actually begun last October, while vinees will have been increased by the final elimination of cancer.

that on the remaining four will be 2,400 miles.

LOCALIZING DISEASE .."Suppose the disease be locá- lized in such or such an we can attempt to accumulate In the region a quantity of arti- ficial radio-active elements which will destroy the diseased cells without harming the healthy.

HOMAGE BY BERLIN STARTS

POSTAGE

"Radium's destruction STAMP

power which is active for several thou- sand years, apreads" everywhere An unprecedented honour is blindly. Lasting much less, about to be paid to the memory of several fractions of a second, the most popular humorist- several minutes or several hours, philosopher whom the chosen artificial radio-active States has produced of recent element will only affect the can-

years. cerous cells."

the

the United

This tribute is to be paid him

REPLY TO B.B.C.

English News From

Three Stations

This English news started with-

Herr Hitler's threat to answer the B. B. C. broadcasts in German A series of air-mall stamps bear-was carried into effect recently, Mr. Jollet-Curie related

ing portraits of Will Rogers, who but in a rather mild manner. dimculties he had in the past Head Ofce-15, Gracechurch Street,

was killed in an aeroplane crash in few

German medium-wave transmit- with previous London, CJ

years

poor

Alaska in August, 1935, is about ters for the Brst time gave a c equipment and underpaid basis-

to be issued.

bulletin in English simultaneously 21,000 tants and stated that at times €1,050,000

The Post Office issuing these with the B. B. C. broadcast in the work €1,247,830

"heart-breaking” Was pointing out that the new tube stamps is not, however, that of Gerinan. Cologne, Hamburg and a had broken five times retarding Rogers's own country, but of the short-wave transmitter at Zeesen progress Immeasurably.

transmitted the bulletin, which But Republic of Nicaragua.it everything was ready now,

began at 7.15 pm and lasted in commemoration of the service about half an hour. he rendered to that State on the occasion of an earthquake which out any preliminary Introduction almost destroyed its capital city, or greeting, and was read very Managua, eight years ago, wil rapidly by a German with the Rogers then flew to the scene of faintest suggestion of a guttural the disaster, contributed $5,000 out accent of coalescence, ect years old, la to-day at the stage of his own pocket in aid of the attacks on the democracies, but of aviation thirty years ago, sufferers, and spent much time in consisted largely of extracts from Aviation has progressed conal- organising relier work OURLENT ACCOUNTS opened in Los Cur: derably since. Piney and FIXED DEPOSITS received in Local that artificial radio-activity

We may bope Ourrency, STERLING & U,8, DOLLARS on torum

will that may be certained on 'Applicato,

do likewise. Perhaps, in nity or D. BENSON,

"Risager | 100-yearg cancer will only be a myth similar to the leprosy that decimated medieval Europe," he related.

Hongkong

Ranecas Shangha Simla Singapore

Kuala Trengga BONGKONG BRANCH, Every desoripukin of Bariklog and Exeblage hesīvam transkotid,

Travellers Choquan bated,

TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSHIP UNDERTAKEN.

LINCOLN-ZEPHYR

MUST HAVE PATIENCE "We are now nearing our goal. But we may not satisfy the public which demands a miracle; the public which wishes us to make good' must have patience.

"Artificial radio-activity, Ave

the Press of the world.

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|

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL

STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s STANZ "CARTHAGE".

ARRIVED HONG KONG **

19TH APRIL, 1939.

FROM GIBRALTAR MAR on 8th instant, Conngness of Cargo are SEILLES, MALTA, PORTSAID, hereby informed that their Goods ard ADEN, ÜOLOMBO AND STRAITS. being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon

YONSIGNEES of Cargo by the Wharf and Godown Company, Limited,

above-named Veasel are hereby in- Kowloon, and stored at Consignees risk | and sipense,

formed that their Goods are being landed All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods and placed at rH RISK in the Hong are to be left in the Godowns, where Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godows they will be axamined on Friday, Consignment will be sorted out Mark Company's Godowns at Kowloon where 14th instant, 1959, at 10 A.M.

All Claims must be presented within by Mark and Delivery can be obtained as 15 Day of the Vessel's arrival hers, the Goods

Tanded after which date they cannot be re

Optional Goods will be landed here unless instructions have been given to gnized

the contrary Six Hours befate arrival of § the steamer

Goods not cleared within 8 days in

date of arrival will be subject to cluding rent

having arrived from the above. Port# | LONDON,

Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown, and all Goods remaining uniflolivered after the 15th instant, will be rubject to Bent.

No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned

FURNESS (FAR EAST), LTD.

tod Floor, Rongkong & Shanghai Bank Building Dials 29165 & 20169. Hong Kong, 8th April, 1929.

by

MAERSK LEXUS

NOTICE TO CONSIGNELS

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ANNA MAERSK "

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! THE M.V." having arrived from New York and Forts of call: Consigures of Cargo are hereby notified that their goods are being landed and pisced at their risk into the Hong Kon and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company's, godownu at Kow- joan, where delivery may be obtained as soon as the goods are landed.

Optional cargo will not be landed here, unless notice has been given 48 hours prior to vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends,

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after

Bent

i

are

No Fire Insurance will be affected by ns in any caso whatever.

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignees, and the Company's surveyors, GODDARD & DOUGL, ab 10 am. Mesars on Mondays and Thursdays, within the Free Storage period.

Consignees are specially notified that it is necessary for Revenue Officer to present at the examination of damaged dutiable cargo.

be

All Claims against the Stemmer mast be presented to the Underrigned on of before 3rd May, 1939, or they will not be recognisei

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Gicdown.

MACKINNON, MACKENZIH & Co. Hong Kong, 12th April, 1939

Agents,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

AND

199

00EAN STEAM SHIP CO, LTD. CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

*

the 19th April, 18ES, will be enbject to CONSIGNEDS per Ca's Vessel.

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goode

are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on 18th Apr., 1989,

FROM UNITED KINGDOM

GERMAN VERSION OF MEMEL.........

VIA SINGAPORE at 10 am, by our Surveyors Mesarare hereby notidad, that their cargo The stamps will be of "five)

The bulletin opened with... an

Goddard different values, and each of them account of the peaceful occupation

Douglas will contain a two-line inscription of the Memel territory "by

To comply with the General Bonded will be discharged into Holt's Wha

Kowloon, where it will lie at consignees Warehouse Regulations consignees "Nicaragua Will Rogers, Hom- mutual consent of mage" ("Homage of Nicaragua to man

the Ger- must have a Revenue Officer in attend-risk and subject to terms and condi-

tions of storage at Holt's WhAEL. will Rogers").

and Lithuanian Governance when damaged dutiable goods are Cargo will be ready for delivery from menta.” This, - it was

examined In two of them Rogers's portrait would and the growing unrest in "Three hundred and twenty will be an inset, but the others Memel, where a purely German artificial radio-activated elements picture

him arriving at population had expressed a wish have been created as against Managua, standing in the doorway to become citizens of the Releh. | only forty naturally "radio-active

of the Pan-American Airways The bulletin, continued "with" a Yosemite, California, January elements To-morrow, ranio- the World, we are able to extend Overcoming some of the most fodine, radio-phosphorous, radio- hangar and being received by to our Clients spécial facilities for severe obstacles of weather and carbonates will doubtless form body of American marines.

of a doctor's equipment Domestic and Foreign Banking and road ever encountered in the part Exchange.

long history of the Gilmore-Yose- alongside of X-rays or anti-rables mite Economy Run, the Lincoln- serums," he concluded. Zephyr strictly model sedan

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added, All chime must reach us before the Godown on and after 10th Aprilgr 13th May, 1939, or they will not be here, unless notice bima bean giren price:

Optional cargo will not be leaded recognised.⠀⠀

to steamer's arrival, but carried t No Insuranos will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by from port to port to the fuel port of

call to which the option extender; JEBSEN & CO,

All broken, chaled, and drin Agents,

goods are to be left in the Godos 20

they will be examined on Tuesdays and Fridays between

statement to the effect that the Hong Kong, 8th April, 1999.

British Press and the French and British Governments were agreed- that a settlement of this particular German problem was inevitable.

Later it was stated that the Fascist Grand Couneti had affirmed won the class 7 trophy with aproximate sea level at Los Angeles handily.

the solidarity of the axis "against mark of 47.195 ton miles per to more than 5000 foot altitude The car was entered in the the united front of the democraciés gallon of gasoline and an actual

in two points in the Sierra Nevada | famong annual test arm by Deaton : allied to Soviet Russia.” gasoline uilleage of 19.656 per mountains before culmination at and Roberts Company, Dealers, Extracts followed from GermERE. gallon in the run on January 5. the National Park. The innator Beverly Hills, California. It papers showing that the British We also handle the issue of

Driving rain of almost hurri- 75 miles of the trip had to be was driven by George W. Magee, Empire, cousisting of a quarter of Bonds and other Public Funds of cane velocity, fog, hall, sleet, negotiated with chains at the accompanied by an official ob the earth's surface, was not built the Chinese Government both at snow, ice and a variety of road ruling of the AAA supervisory to server appointed by the American by "so-called methods of consulta-

·H-The sad Abroad.eu

hazards combined to work against avoid the potential danger of Automobile Association, which tionAL LAW the car's superlative performance ice-covered roads on high preci- body supervised all details of the These bulletins in English are on the 314.5 mile route from ap- pices,"Time Imit

the run event,

CANTON BWATOW

KONGMOON TOISHAN

SHTUCHOWKINGCHOW

SHOU J. CHEY,

15 be broadcast nightly

What do

25

you want ?

If there is anything you want to buy or

hours of 10:45 wan, and Noon | the free storage periodicit

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left Ubw atezair's Glodive andall Goods remaining undet after the 17th April will be rout

*All Claims against the Bisazze be presented to the undersis rel before the 1st May, or they will be recognised

No Fire Insurance will be ente

E-BUTTERFIELD & SWIRT

10th April, 1986.