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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

BANKS

HONGKONG AND

SHANGHAI BANKING

CORPORATION

Authorised Capital $50,000,000

THE CHARTERED

BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA &

CHINA

.!

Issued & Fully Paid-Up $20,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1858 Reserve Funds:

Sterling

...£ 6,000,000

Head Office:-HONG KONG

H.K. Currency Reserve $10,000,000 Paid-up Capital £3,000,000 Reserve Liability of

Reserve Fund... £3,000,000 Proprietors

$20,000,000 Reserve. Liability of Pro-

prietors......... £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE: LONDON: 38. Bishopsgate EC.3. Sub-Agencies in London: 117/123, Leadenhall Street, EC.3. West End Branch: 14/16, Cockspur Street. 8.W.1. Manchester Branch:

Board of Directors. 1 Hon, Mr. A. L. Shields,

Chtirman.

Deputy Chairman,

W. H. Lock, Esq.,

J. K. Bousfield. Eaq..

A. H: Compton, Esq., Hon. Mr. S. H. Dodwell,

D. F. Landale, Esq.,

G. Miskin, Esq.,

K. S. Morrison, Esq.,

Hon. Mr. T. E. Pearce,

EI. V. Wilkinson, Esq.,

Sir Vand-leur M. Grayburn,

Amoy Bangkok Batavia Bombay

71. Mosley Street, Manchester.

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:. ALOR STAR

CALOUTTA

CLAVE STREST

FAIRLIE PLACE KUALA

CANTON

ANRITHAR

BANGKOK

HARDIN

PENANG HONG KONG RANGOON ILOILO

SAIGON

ΒΑΤΑΝΙΑ

ПРОВ

SERIMBAN

Chief Manager.

BOXLAY

KARACHI,

SHANGHAI

ILANQ

AGENCIES: KOBE

Branches:-

SINGAPORE BITIAWAN BOURABAYA

Ipoh

Penang

LUMPER

TAIPING,

Johore

Rangoon

Kobe

Saigon

CAWNPORN

KUCHING

TIENTSIN

17

MADRAS

TONGKAR

Kowloon

San

COLOMBO

MANILA

Calcutta

Kuala

Francisco

Canton

Lumpur Shanghai

DELFI

MEDAN

HAIPHONG

Chefoo

London.

Culembo

Lyons Sourabaya

Singapore

HAMBURG

Dairen Malacca

Sungei

HANKOW

Foochow Manila

Patani

Haiphong Muar Swatow

Kamburg

Elsckow

(Johore) Tientsin Mukden Tokyo Harbin New York Taingtso Hongkew Peiping Yokohama Iloilo

(Bbuke) ΤΕΙΝΟΥΛΟ NEW YORK ТОКОНАМА

PRIPING

(Peking).

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened, and

GENERAL

He Lost £10,000,

Says Arms Deals

Are A Swindle

Mr. James Ol Herbert Willing, aged twenty-five. of Dorset House, Gloucester-piace, W, at his public examination in the Bankruptcy Court on April 18 told of arms deals in which he bad been associated with Michael. Dennis Corrigan, £40,000 year armaments king, sentenced in January to two years' im- prisonment for conspiracy to defraud.

The Omcial Receiver, Mr. C. Bruce Park, suggested Mr. Willing had acted as "messenger-boy" to Corrigan when he went to Ger- many to negotiate a sale of arms Mr. Willing's statement of affairs showed liabilities of £9,720 and assets of £31,385.

He said the surplus of £21,- 665 represented money still owed to him.

WOMAN'S CASE STOPPED

Claim For Illness From Fur Coat

JAPAN MAY NOT LAST 6 MONTHS

IF IMPORTS ARE

STOPPED

Mr. Quo Tai-chi, the Chinese Ambassador, speaking at the Manchester Reform Club on

·April 21 said that Japan could not continue the war on China for six months longer without Imports from the West Pressure against her by boycott of her exports and an embargo on her imports would bring the conflict to an end. be declared.

**Japan struts upon the stage of the East only by permission of the A woman who complained that Powers whose "LYING SWINDLE"

hesitateles and she contracted dermatitis after preoccupations are her safeguard. After his examination had been wearing a dyed seal-skin coat She Is the greatest sham of adjourned for a month, he said: brought an action in the King's Invulnerability that ever got away

**28 armaments" business is Bench Division against the Moscow with sheer impudence in a lying swindle, I was B mux Fur Trading Co. (London) Ltd., of anxious world.” to enter it. I've lost about £10,-Queen-street, E. C. Damages were 000,

claimed for alleged negligence and duty.. Llabilty was

"I thought it would help me to breach get some capital quickly. I know denied.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10. 1939--PAGE 13

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

FOR SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES ria SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA and HONGLULE 58 PRESIDENT PIERCE",

Smile May 10th at 12,01 A.M. S.S." PRESIDENT COOLIDGE" 8.8. "PRESIDENT TAFT" 3.S. 8.8

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND PRESIDENT PIERCE"

$8. " PRESIDENT COOLIDGE'”

Juno 3rd at la Noon June 16th at 1201 AM.

June 30th at 12.01 A M.-

Joly 14th at 12:01 A.M. July 29th at 10.00 AŽ.

AND FORTNIGHTLY THEREAFTER

FOR NEW YORK & BOSTON,

VIA SUEZ

$8. "PRESIDENT HARRISON" S.S. PRESIDENT HAYES"

SE

Hn

China had tried the policy of accommodation for six or seven {years until she realised that all she

of a man in Paris who was given Mr. Tristram Beresford, K.C.. for would ever get out of it was a an order by the Spanish Gov- the plaintiff. Mrs. Rebecca Berg. sulle on the tiger's face. ernment for 50,000,000 cartridges, of Western-avenue. N.W., said that Appeasements were only appeti- It made him £50,000 in a fort- 1937 Mr. Berg, a West End sers night."

turmer, bought some dyed seal-

In these last 1 month's Japan's skins from the defendants and position in the world has been had them made into a coat for his, brought to that of a second-rate wife.

Power. China touched bottom in

Shrapnel Lay

FIXED DEPOSITs received for One In Heart

Year or shorter periods in Local or Other Currencies at rates which will

be quoted on application

Current Accounts opened · in SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposita Local Currency and Sterling with

20 Years

A piece of shrapnel embedded in

:

At

receivid for one year or shorter interest allowed at rates obtainable his heart for 20 years was held at and i looked like a balloon," said Ampire out of the great and "self-

The

periods in Local and other Cur-on application. rencies on terms which will be quoted on application.

Also up to date Safe Deposit Boxes in various sizes To Let Hong Kong. 13th Mar. 1939.

HONGKONG SAVINGS

BANK

The Business of the above Bank

is conducted by the HONG KONG

& SHANGHAI BANKING COR- PORATION. Rules may be ob

tained on application.

For the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

V. M. Grayburn.

Chief Manager.

Hong Kong, 25th Feb., 1939. BANK OF EAST ASIA. LIMITED

Authorised Capital $10,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital

1,598,800.00 Reserve and Undivided

Profits

2,381,232.01

Head Office:-HONG KONG No. 10 Des Voeux Road, Central,

21

Board of Directora:

"Hir Shonson Chow, Chairman LiKoon Chun, Esq. Li Lan Sang, Esq. P. E. Kwok, Eng., WongCbaBon, Biq. Wong Yun Tong, Esq. Kan Ying Po, Esq. Chan ChingShek, Esq. FungPingWab Esq. Kan Tong Po, Esq., Chief Kanager. Li Tee Fong, Eaq., Manager.

AMOJ Belavia Bombay Calestia Haiphong Hankow Hemolala Lobe

Branches and &gencies --

Kowloom PERACE Singapore Looded Bagood booya Manila Saigon Swabor Melbourça Ban Fran

New York Saattin Pris

Pelpling

Bemaring Shanghai

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Loans granted ото apprövad securities.

Saila May 12th at 12 Noon

19 May 9th 11 No

AND FORTNIGHTLY THEREAFTER

FOR

MANILA

PRESIDENT PIERCE" AS "PRESIDENT HARRISON " 8.8. "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE" S.S.PRESIDENT POLK""

Saile May 18th at 1.00 A.M.

May 19th at 12 NOON

#

May 26th at 9.00 P.M. June 9th at 1s Noor

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

ROUND WORLD SERVICES

12, PRODER ST.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

TEL. 28171.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE,

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

FROM LEITH, MIDDLESBRO. ANTWERP, LONDON, STRAITS AND MANILA.

Mrs. Berg was caught in the 1938, but this spring found her in CONSIGNEES' NOTICES CONSIGNEES' NOTICES rain while wearing the coat and a much stronger position, both In after a short time her neck and military and civilian forces wrists began to irritate. It was home and in her relations with found that she had acute fur the world. dermatitis. Her face swelled up to nearly twice its normal size.

"I could not see out of my eyes

Mrs. Berg in evidence.

ANALYST'S EVIDENCE Mr. Henry Edward Cox, public Dr C. R. Barker, who described analyst for Hampstead, said that the removal of the shrapnel as, "athe fur contained more than real star operation," said that on normal quantities of hydrochloric the morning of his death Cox told seld and salt and also traces of him he teared his brain would be copper and chromium. These Manager. unequal to the strain of carrying ingredients might cause dermatitis UNITED GRAND

Bank's Head London undertakes Executor and Office in Trustee business, and claims re- covery of British Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of the Agencies and Branches.

R. A. CAMIDGE,

THE CHASE BANK

16, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

HEAD OFFICE:

18, P1SE STRAKT,

NEW YORK.

An American Bank offering com- plete Foreign Banking Service

in the principal Markets of the world. Interest Rates on Application.

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES

This Bank is entirely owned by THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK, NEW YORK, with Resources over U.B. $3,500,000,000.

D. M. BIGGAE,

"Manager

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED

45,000,000

Head Office:-15, Gracechurch Street: London, EC.3 Anthorised Capital.. Paid-sp Capital Jabecribed Capital.... Reserve Fund sed"Best,"

a Plymouth inquest recently -to (47) to take his life... have caused William James, Cox

од.

As against her territorial losses she had developed effectively an

sufficient South-Western Provinces. As an instance 80 per cent of the movable machinery in Hankow had been safely transferred before the city fell

:

LODGE OF FREEMASONS

to persons with extra sensitive Recording a verdict of "Suicide skins. while the balance of his mind 'wis

Mr. Jack Charles Hill, manager disturbed." the Coroner said that of the defendant company, sald it was clear that the cause of the that they did not dye skins: mental disturbance could be traced!

Mr. Beresford contended that the back to 'Cox's war wounds.

dyeing was a comparatively new Police Inspector J. Kingston said process and the defendants should land assembled on April 25 at The United Grand Lodge of Eng- that Cox served throughout...the have had the skins tested before Freemasons

Hall Great Queen- until. In August 1918, the passing them on.

street. Mr. N. L. Macaskie, K.C.. for the Festival meeting. This is held shrapnel lodged in his heart.”

the annual Grand He underwent an operation at defence, submitted that the man according to ancient custom on the Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehamp-who bought the skins was Wednesday following St. George's ton. last year, and the shrapnel negligent because he was warned Day. was removed.

that he took them at risk. His health, however, had been Mr. Justice Atkinson ruled that

war

for

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s

STEAMER, RANOHI

ARRIVED HONG KONG ON 10TH MAY, 1980.

FROM LONDON, GIBRALTAR, MAR STILLES, MAITA, PORTSAM, ADEN, COLOMBO D STRAITS.

ONSIGNEES of Cargo by the renamed Vessel are hereby in formed that their Goods are being landed and placed AT TEZIK 18 in the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf 'and Godows Company's Godowns at Kowloon where each Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and Delivery can be obtained as the Goods are landed

.

Optional Goods will be landed hept unless instructions have been given to the contrary Six Hours before acsival of the steamer,

Goods not cleared within 8 days in rent cluding date of arrival will be subject to No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the

THE S.S.BENDORAN "

mormed that all Goods are being YONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra bazardous Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Whart and Glodown Co, Ltd, whenes and/or from the wharves Delivery may be obtained.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns and al Goods remaining undelivered after the 18th May, 1930. will be subject to

rent.

All Claims against the steamer must be presented to the undersigned on or before the anth May, or they will not * be recognized.

To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regulations, consignees must have a Revenue Officer in atten dance when damaged dotiable goods are examined.

All broken, chared and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns where they will be examined on the 15th May, 1830, at 9 am. by Messrs. Carmichael & Clarke.

The Earl of Harewood. Pro-Consignees, and the Company's surveyors, Mesure. Gonna & Douglas, at 10 am so undermined during his years of there was no case to the jury and Grand Master, presided, and there

on Mondays and Thursdays, within the suffering that his constitution Bave judginent for the defendants, was a large attendance

Free Storage period.

No Fire Insurance has been effected. could not cope with It.

with costs.

Consignees are specially notified that Bills of Lading will be countersigned He struggled for years against

it is necessary for a Revenus Offer. to by pain because he did not want to

be present at the examination of damaged W. R. LOXLEY & CO. (CHINA), LTD. dutiable carga stop working.

HITLER'S GRAND

ADMIRAL

The Grand Master, the Duke of Kent. appointed the following Grand Officers: The Earl of Harewood. Pro-Grand Master for the fifth year; Gen. Sir Francis NEW EMPIRE

Last month Admiral General Davies. Deputy, Grand Master for Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief the fith year; Brig.-Gen. W. H. V. AIR TERMINAL

of the growing German Navy, wie Darell, Assistant Grand Master for elevated by Chancellor Hitler to the third year: the Lord Mayor. Mr. LE Turnill, of Imperial Grand Admiral, the first man to Bir Frank Bowater, Is Grand Airways has arrived in Auckland hold that rank since the World Treasurer. and begun work at the new "air War

The base there for the terminal of the

annual Grand Festival Admiral Raeder received England-New Zealand air Ine.

the dinner followed at the Connaught promotion after the launching of Rooms. The arrangements, as usual. Mr. Turnil, who installed the the Admiral You Tirpitz, the were in the hands of the Grand equipment at Imperial Airways'] Reich's second 35,000 ton battle. Stewards, representing 19 of the new base at Bermuda, is a ground ship. engineer of the widest experience; and is in New Zealand to superin-

21,800,000 ment for the station which is £1,050.000 £1,70lready in an advanced stage of

BANKERS: The Bank of England and Midland

Bank, Ltd. BRANCHES

Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits re- ceived for one year or aborter. periods in Local and Foreign Cur-Bombay rencies on terms which will be Calentia quoted on: application.

Safe Deposit Boxes To Bet

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager.

ti

BANK OF CHINA

Specially Chartered by THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF CHINA AÐ AN INTERNATIONÄL. EXCHANGÉ ·

BANK

PAID-UP CAPITAL 840,000,000.00 . (PRANCHES ALL OVER CHINA)

Owing to dar numerous Branches

Bankok

Ipob Kuantan

Kandy

Colombe Delhi Galle Rongion

Kuschl

Kota Bharu

Kania Lipie

Koala Lámpar

Bowish

Kuala Trengganu

oldest lodges in London

.

tend the installation of the equip. "PREROGATIVE OF MERCY

IS. NOT FOR ME." SAYS JUDGE AT ASSIZES

construction.

Auckland will be the New Zea- land end of the 1,380 mile stage from Sydney which wil! com- Madras plete the 14,500 mile air route New York from Southampton.

PEND Rangoon Shanghai Simla Singapore

HONGKONG BRANCH

Every description of Banking and Kachange

·bulsome transact d

Travailers Chequa Ind

racy and FIXED DEPOSITS aired in Local CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in Local Car. Currency, 57ELING, U. B. DOLLARS on term that may be retained on application,

D. BENSON.

.. Mpayer

in China and connections in the HITLER'S NEPHEW

principal Commercial Centres of

the World, we are able to extend

HURT IN DUEL

At Mechanics Bay, Auckland, a large workshop and modern con- trol buildings are being erected

by the New Zealand authorities.

LARGE HANGAR

"The prerogative of mercy is not for me," said Mr. Justice Oliver, at Warwick Assixes, recently, when he sentenced Cyril Smith, a newspaper managing director, to five years' penal ver- vitade for forgery, after hearing a story of defalcations totiз-- ling £12,332, and of frauds carried out by means of two imagine ary people, one being named as "an Italian.”

....

"Agenta. All Claims against the Steamer must Hong Kong, 9th May, 1939. be presented to the Undersigned on or before 31st May, 1939, or they will not be recognised.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Ge down.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

YACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO. THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

Agenis Hong Kong, 10th May, 1939

[368

Fighters For The Fleet

NAV ahead with in-

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From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO',

ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS

THE S.8. BENALDER."

YONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby

are landed at their risk into the hazardous andfor erira hazirdóns Godowns of-iks Home Kone--And Kowk.com/WHAKP "AHD- GODOWN Comraws, Krn, whooos and/or from the wharves Delivery may be

Air power of the Royal·

troduction of two fighter air- craft which are in large pro- duction for selected Fleet Air Arm . squadrona. They are the Blackburn Boc. ** two-seat fighter version of the formidable. Skua dive- bomber, and the Sea Gladia tor, shipplane version of the Royal Air Force's · swiftent biplane. Fierce concentration of fire directed from a power-operated aro examined.

No Glans will be admitted after the Goods have left the Cindown, and pl. Goods remaining undelivered after the 9th May, 1932, will be abject to rent.

All disints.against the Stemmer must be presented to the Undersigned on ar before the 23rd May, 1830, or they will not be recognised.

To comply with the General Bonded -Warehouse. Regulations, consigases, must have a Revenue Officer in attend anon when damaged dutiable goods

Before he passed sentence, afstarted, until June, 1938, sums of It is reported also that the sealed letter from the Bishop of money were taken by means of TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSHIP New Zealand Public Works De Bath and Wells was handed

UNDERTAKEN.

to forged documents to the amount air gunner's cockpit amidahips partent will shortly begin con- the Judge. Having read it, he of £14.494. There had been rand maximum speed superior to are to be left in the Godowns, where All broken, chafed and damaged Goods Btruction of a large hangar for said a single word, "Yes."

paid by means of a forged share that of any Fleet Air Arm air they will be examined on the 8th May, the Imperial flying-boata at

The frauda, he declared, had certificate £1.162, leaving total craft yet in service are the out-1939, at 'aki, by Mostes, Carmichael Hobsonville air base.

extended over köme six years defalcations of £12,332.

standing characteristics of the No Fire Laurance has been affected

& Clarke qen A new type of Boating jetty, during which Smith had robbed "The frauds were carried out by HOC, previously used only at Southamphis employers by means

Bill of Lading will be sauntersigned by of a means of inventing two persons. ton, is to be used in Auckland for series of forged documents in-One was an Italian named Vac- company, the aircraft is in quan- Hong Kong, 3rd May, 1989, 1

W.BLOXLEY & Co. (CHINA) LAD Designed by the Blackburn

Agente the berthing of the firing-boats. voices and receipts, and a forged quer, said to have been carrying ontity production at the Boulton

It consists of two twin sections share certificate.

business in Florence, on whose Paul factory and carries a power- joined in an are underneath the A reverend gentleman, who had behalf. Smith had had transac-operated gun-turret similar to water and the flying-boat is warp-given evidence on Smith's behalf, tions with a Leeds firm for news that installed in the Boulton The Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler's ed back into position between had pointed out that mercy

GONE WITH THE favourite nephew, Albert Foerster, the two sections so that embar even more important than jus- forged documents.

was paper machinery by means of Paul Deflant two-seat fighter.

WIND! important Nazi leader in kation of passengers and loading tice. That prerogative is not tor

which is being made in large Danzig, was seriously wounded in of mails and freight can proceed me," he said

A British ot for ACCOUNT OVERDRAWN numbers for the Royal Air Force. Stephenson, of the London

pilot--Mr. G. a duel with Capt Grelser, President from both sides.

Mr. G. D. Roberts. K.C., for the In 1934 Smith's banking account

|Burrey Gliding Clubs the prosecution, stated that Bmith was overdrawn and he deposited

person to sailplane across the had been in the service of the with the bank a certificate for He lacked the courage to face English Channel. KONGMOON

News has been received that Mr.Midland Daily Telegraph" news- £5,200, representing $7 shares in the position when he became TOISHAN.

Cheah Sein Liat, an old pupil of paper, Coventry, from 1030 until the "Midland Dally Telegraph" heavily indebted to the bank. He course of a 3-hour fight, which He made the crossing in the SHIUCHOW KINGCHOW ⚫ Nazi circles kept the dual the Penang Free School, who is

We also handle the issue of secret, not wishing to reveal in- at present studying in the Uni- the end of 1938. He became secre- Tals Smith had admitted to be a was afraid to go to anybody and began at Dunstable and ended 9 Bonds and other Public Funds of ternal strife in the Nazi Party versity of Rangoon, has passed in 1936.

tary in 1933 and managing director forgery.

reveal the true state of affairs. miles east of Bontague, a total the Chinese Government both at Only Hitler's personal intervention, the Intermediate Examination lo

Mr. Harold Baden, for the de- His household expenses fence, commented on the mental £1,400

were distance of 125 miles. The mil- Hrime and 'Abroad.

it was declared, saved Greiser from Science with distinctions in Mathe-

FORGED · · DOCUMENTS

2. year. He borrowed" plane soared to a height of 6,000 lynching at the hands of Foerster's matics and Physics. He is to be

anguish. Smith had suffered money from his employers and his feet, and made the sea erasing For the whole period from 1932, after having held an irreproach father, and now his future was on the wings of the wind in Manager supporters.

awarded prizes in books.

when the frauds appeared to have able character.

desolate,

about fifteen minuter

to our Clients 'special facilities for Domestic and Foreiku Banking and Exchange.

Head Office: BHANGHAI

Hong Kong Branch; --

4, QUEEN'S ROAD, 0. South China Oficer:

CANTON SWATOW

SHOU J. OHEN,

an

of the. Danzig Benate. Foerster was said to have undergone an opera- tion as a result of the fight.