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AGE 8-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

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EDITORIAL

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS The Daily Prs Hello & Goodbye

H.

PUBLIC AUCTION:

"PARTICULARS AND CON. DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction" to be held on Tuesday, the 30th day of May, 1939, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency. the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Tai Kok Tsul, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of

75 years.

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 a authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) In cash... This sum will be refunded· en payment of the price.

Purchase

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT

Lot No. 4143.

Adjoining Kowloon

Inland Lot No. 4123, |

Kok Tsui. Tong Mi Road,

****** Kowloon Inland

Boundary

A casure-

menta.

N. 9. X, w.

ft. ft. ft 1.

sale plan

About

6,330

$ $

116

H.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

18, 30

403

THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING

CO., LTD.

(Incorporated in Queensland).

Notice of Declaration of First

Interim Dividend.

NOTICE is hereby given that a First Interim Dividend of five pence per share for the financial

year ending 31st March. 1940, has been declared by the Direc tors of the Company in Brisbane, Shareholders on the Registers at payable on 15th June, 1939, to Brisbane and Singapore on 14th June, 1939.

NOTICE is also hereby given that the Singapore Transfer Re- gisters will be closed from Thurs day, 8th June, to Wednesday, 14th June, 1939, both days in clusive, for the preparation of

Dividend Warrants,'

By Order of the Board,..

DERRICK & CO., Chartered Accountants,

報西刺孖

Editorial and Business Office: 15-19; Queen's Road Central, . Tel. 30251, Night Editor (Wanchal Office).

Tel. 24511. London Omace: 53. Fleet Street

E.C.L

HONGKONG, MAY 22, 1930

FOR TRICKS THAT

ARE VAIN

(BY A. W. HYER)

The much needed rain over the week-end played hayoe with. a few of the commercial transport's · services. The California Clipper of Pan American Airways, has been sitting down la Manila since Saturday waiting for better weather conditions. She should come flying in here sometime this afternoon, ⠀ The s.3. Guillo Ceaser, of Lloyd | m.v. Victoria Triestino, had a wet reception on her arrival from Shanghai, THE PRETTY, little Motorship Saturday morning at seven o'clock. Victoria came down the har- And while we paddled about the bour in the Saturday morning waterfront during the past forty- downpour and slipped into berth-1 eight hours, odd bits of news were at 7.30 a.m. On this Italian ship caught between showers. There were another 400 refugees heading is the arrival of another round to Shanghal...

the-world ship. m.v. Argentina Up from..the south, Manila, came Maru (0.8K Line) due in the Mr. Samco Cham and Mr. Kim

MONDAY, MAY 22, 1939.

One of the events during the „closing of the Bisley meeting of the Hongkong Rifle Association at the Kowloon City Ranges last week: (Photo by Lelea).

Philippine General Chamber of BRITISH NAVAL STRENGTH

FROM THE erudite "New middle of July. This is a new Beng-cham, business and pleasure York Times" comes a motorship and every ton of it's brings them calling. The former singular explanation of the 13,000 (gross) is up-to-date and gentleman is an executive on the failure of the Japanese forces | modern. China which they had anticl- to win the early victory in Air France

pated. A Japanese army CAPTAIN F. DUFOUR went flying spokesman... told

the "New off for France, via Hanol, in York Times" correspondent the rainy Saturday morning, that the Chinese were SO It was just another trip for Mr. ignorant of military tactics R. Y. Frost of the Asiatic Petro-sa-inch-an-hour

Commerce board and the director of "Cham Samco and Sons," It has been sometime since they were, last here and they are looking for- ward to "happy days!"

Even though. It was raining at there were leum Oll Company, who is station-friends on hand to meet the gol- that they didn't know when

ed in Hanoi. This commuter is den blond Hungarian actress Miss to retreat. He pointed out constantly nying in or out on Klava Gorba who embarked on the that the Japanese troops

Victoria in Manila This attrac- business calls;

not a new- would advance in a series of Dr. J. B. Grant, connected with tive young lady is spearhead points into the the Rockfeller Foundation, with comer to Hongkong, having visit- Chinese lines until the at-his headquarters in Shanghai was ed here in the past. Now, she sits Local Secretaries.

tacking army is almost com- on his way to the interior of China waiting for the Callfornia Clipper pletely surrounded by bold, for research and, investigation. which will transport her to San Hong Kong Bank Chambers,

Francisco. Hollyword salis Miss bad Chinese, except in the His visit will be short. SINGAPORE, 12th May, 1939. rear. Because Japanese mill- Travelling also to Hanoi were! Gorbal

Mr. William Baxter of the 399 tary equipment is superior. Mir, M. C. Balfour and Mr. H. L.

Customs in Manila he said, sound military tactics Herzfelger, however, they remain Bureau of which the Japanese learn from their textbooks call for the Chinese between these spearheads to retreat.

THE INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LIMITED.

The Fifty-eighth Ordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Offices of the General Managers, Messrs, Jar-

·BUT THE "poor, ignorant" Chinese just remain in their well fortified positions and continue to pour withering fire into the less well. pro- tected Japanese troops. all very annoying for all the

It's

14

s.s. Guillo Ceaser

1.

man?"

IN THE FAR EAST

Imperial Eastern Fleet

Needed Urgently

The present composition of the British Naval strength available in the Far East may be summarised as follows:-

EAST INDIES: Three cruisers, seven escort vessels... CHINA: Five cruisers, eight destroyers, one aircraft-carrier, five escort vessels, fifteen submarines, six motor-tor- pedo-boats, and seventeen river gunboats for the Xang- tre and West Rivers.

In 1914 the East Indies.

in mystery due to lack of informa-1 comes relaxation seeking. "Just tion regarding who, where and a short holiday for the gentle-Squadron consisted of one!

battleship and two cruisers. why?"

Off the ship, down the gangway The China Squadron in

1909 and into the thunder storm went 1914 consisted of: two batte- Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hack of Sin-ships, four cruisers, eight des- gapore and the Manila travellers, troyers, four torpedo-boats Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lewis and and three submarines, apart

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ו'

tino steamer in Hongkong was

Miss' Elizabeth Lewis--our non-

THE DEBUT OF the Loyd Tries- indeed quite wet and solitary, not only was it 7 am. and a Saturday morning, but a minor food of rain skid pedal extremities were not from river-craft.'

fast enough to catch these travel- was coing down on this earth,

The Lig. white steamer had just lers as they took off down the pler

baggage coolies. Colombo, and from there non-stop

BELOW STRENGTH

"

IMPERIAL DEFENCE The problem is one that does not concern the home Govern- ment alone. As far back as.

a beginning was triade with plans for the creation of an Imperial Eastern Fleet to which Australia, New Zealand, the home country would all contribute units.

The first battle cruisers built for

The Royal Australian Navy is also the Dominions were to be the main units in that fleet. The strategiest

dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. rules of polite warfare to be concluded a trip from Genos to/under rain coats, umbrellas and, considerably below 1914 strength.

Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on thus ignored." Thursday, 25th May, 1939, at noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, pass ing the Accounts, and electing Directors and Auditors. PARTICULARS AND CON.

The Transfer Books of the DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to

be held on Tuesday, Company will be closed from the "the 30th day of May, 1939, at 318th May to the 8th June, 1939

p.m., at the Offices of the Public luclusive.

Works Department, by Order oi His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Ma Tau Kok, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 "years, with the option of renewal

at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term oi

75 years.

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 authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of

20

By Order of the Board, JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., General Managers. Hong Kong, 25th April, 1939.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

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PROBATE JURISDICTION

v

to Shanghai where 2,000 Jewish Shanghai Bound refugees were landed.

The alliance with Japan was needs of the Great War altered the ended by Great Britain after 1919. position, and since 1919 neltner. and to-day the Japanese Fleet Australia nor New Zealand has might at any moment be at the cared to undertake the burden of naval defence or an Imperial scale. service of the Axis Powers.

while we have not had the ships with which to do it."

•

The strategical importance of that change in the situation is all too little appreciated by the general public in Britain, and there, has been almost a "conspiracy of silence" on the part of public speakers on the subject...

SEA SENSE

ANOTHER PIECE of "Chi- nese stupidity" that has

• According *to reports from OH YES INDEED, it was still p.m. proved to be a great handicap officers on board, there is a quota raining, Saturday at 1 to the Japanese in their ad- of 20,000 refugees to be shipped to when the mv. Vletoria sailed out vance is that the Chinese the North China port. Therefore. the bay bound for Shanghai.

The lovely Mrs. L. F. Cecil went Shanghai, visiting have jammed so many troops it is possible. that another boat

But, as the recent Pacine Con- ference has shown, opinion is now into certain areas that the load is waiting to embark from travelling to invaders cannot perform Italy for Shanghai. How such a and a grand shopping tour will no

moving slowly in the direction of effectively. The Japanese number will exist during the com- doubt be her fortune in the north-

more adequate joint preparation strategist complained most ing summer in Shanghai was not en metropolis," The big. tall Num-

for defence in the vast triangle of reported. however, the present ber One of American Express did

Alone among the authorities Sir ocean between Dunedin, Hongkong. bitterly that they have found

conditions for these people are not have the pleasure of accom-

Samuel Hoare, when First Lord of and Colombo. The material, bur- from unimpeachable sources anything but satisfactory due to panying the wife. that "the Chinese generals overcrowding, and there are about

There were quite a few Shang- the Admiralty, touch lightly on it den will be a heavy one, and the have massed too many troops 9,000 refugees in the city at pre-hat residents and business execu- when he said in the House of Com-bulk of it will have to be borne by in various areas for efficiency sent.

tives hurrying home from calls in mons that Britain must at some the home country.

But the enthusiasm with of combat and strategy." And

the Colony. Mr. J. R. Huxter con- time in the near future build her

which Australia and New Zea the consequence is that the

nected with the Mercantile Bank Navy not to a two-Power standard

but to a two-hemisphere standard. land welcomed the birth of Japanese simply cannot force

their Dominion navies, thirty. REARMAMENT their way through the pack.

years ago is reviving. Sea sense is reawakening, and ONE FEELS very badly for the Japanese, having to fight under such unfair condi-

tions.".

Officials of Lloyd Triestino have no definite reports regarding the continuance of the ss. Gullic Censer on the Europe to Orient route.

of India returns to his desk,

And Mr. P. Rubfus of the China į Importing and Exporting Co. safl-

Al-

CHARITY BAZAAR. AT ST. PAUL'S

In a measure that is being done The 3.5. Gullio Ceaser travelled led back to Shanghai, business is under the rearmament program te. what our Victorian forebears mis night on her trip from Shanghal good but conditions could improve; As the battleships of the King takenly called Britain Beyond the Mr. Marcel Renard, of the Ban- the war in the north has its ef George V class come into service Beas is coming to realize that all But what could they que Belge, comes a business call- fects on this type of work.

it should be possible to detach the Britain is on the seas and lives only expect of a nation that was ing to our city and Mr. Eugene his office of the AEG China Elec-service, based on Singapore,

Dr. H. F. H. Woldt returns to older Royal Sovereigns for Eastern by virtue of the sea. so stupid that it did not Sehetz. of Bohler Bros. and Cotric Co. and another busy person ready the new cruisers Manchester

came down from his appreciate Japan's, kindly in-

desk in IN THE GOODS of Auguste

is Mr. S. Gordeel of General and her sisters are in the East In- terference inits internal Shanghai for a short business Maurice Chamrion late of affairs and have the insuffer- inspection.

Motors of China, "no rest for dies. the weary, but business is fine!" Before long the other two ships No. 28 Rue Eyriaud des able gall to stand up and hit Europe Bound

A wet send-off (it was raining) of the class, the Edinburgh and A charity bazaar sponsored by Vergnes, Saigon French Indo back when kicked in the tooth

was given to Mr. Georg Schink Belfast, should start their maiden the Young Baptist People's Asso- IN ALL THE rain, thunder and China, Company's Managing for the umteenth' time?

fdoing accounting and auditing commissions by becoming units oficiation, was held at '8 Paul's lightning the Italian steamer Director, deceased.

AS TIME GOES ON, we put out for Manila and European under his own name in the Bhang- the China Squadron. Destroyers of College, on Saturday and yester

hal city. Business called understand more and more ports, Saturday 1 pm.

him more recent date than the D class day, and was largely attended. NOTICE

south, and evidently there was a which at present serve in China IS HEREBY the difficulties which the To Singapore went Mr. W. Robit of pleasure in his visit, too, can be sent out when the J and PARTICULARS OF THE LOT GIVEN that the Court has by Tokyo militarists are encoun-senthal, but where he was just be-judging by the many friends down K classes' are available for home while many local frais presented

virtue of Section 58 of the Pro- tering in subduing the Chi- fore sailing could not be stated. It to say adios! bates Ordinance 1897, made an nese into a proper state of is a big ship and the well known Order limiting the time for friendship and regard for haunts such as his cabin, the bar promenade deck, Purser's office Japan. crediters and others to send lo

etc, did not divulge his presence. their claims against_the_above_

Mrs. F. Cortabitarte end_Miss estate to the 10th day of June,

Sonia Cortabitarte were returning

two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase

price.

Locality.

No. of Bale.

Kowloon Inland Lot | Registry No.

No. 4145. Between Kowloon Ins land Lots Nos. 1914 & 1970, Pak Thi Street,"

Ma Tau Kok.

Boundary. Меллиге-

«menta.

(ft. ft. ft. ft.

As per

sale plain

Contents in

Square feet.

About

CANTY

Bental.

Upest Price.

402

NOTICE

Under the Distinguished Patronage of

Sir Geoffry Northcote, K.C.M.G1y the

HONG KONG SINGERS present

"THE MESSIAH”

In St. John's Cathedral,

at 9.20 p.m.,

on Friday, May 26th, 1939. Collection in aid of Refugee Camp Schools.

1939,

All Creditors and others are accordingly hereby required to send their claims to the under. signed on or before that date.

Dated the 13th day of May, 1939.

JOHNSON, STOKES &

MASTER, Solicitors for the Administrator, Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building, Hong Kong.

What do

you want?

If there is anything

387

you want to buy or sell. try a small Classified advertise-: ment in the Hong- kong Daily Press.

25 words $1.00 prepaid

for 3 insertions.

ANOTHER unreasonable Chinese "stunt" even more

and Mediterranear stations.

Palestine Disturbances: Air Crash: Incendiarism: Rail Smash: Accidents

JERUSALEM, May 21 (Reuter)-Twenty people were injured.” in the streets of Telaviv yesterday, when the police dispersed a demonstration by Jewish youths carrying banners,

A Second Lieutenant and a Sergeant of the Queen's Royal: · Regiment were wounded in a clash with armed bandits. About 308 illegal immigrants. who" have been interned, will be released" to-day. This number will be subtracted from the quota of immigrants"allowed next month..

heinous than their disregard to their home in Manila. It has of the rules of polite warfare been vacation time for the mem- caused much indignation in bers of the number, one in the the ranks of the invaders. It Central Luzon Milling Co., and seems that, the thoroughly they will be glad to be back though unreasonable defenders of their visit here was fine indeed! China had built tanks and aeroplanes out of bamboo and straw and neatly painted them to resemble the "real thing." These were placed around fake aerodromes, or out in isolated patches of ground" where bombs and

Two other ladies sailing down A British Wireless message states shells could be dropped and to the Philippine capital were Mrs. that quiet was fully restored in explode harmlessly. And Ja- Elsa Chambers and Mrs. D. M.. de Palestine following Thursday's de- panese airmen and artillery | Barretto, we hope they did not monstrations and although in) men blasted away tons of drown. In the rain, for we could Jerusalem precautionary measures bombs, shells and machine- not locate them aboard! gun bullets on the fakes..

Two other vacation -jaunters, were Mrs. A. Roces, Jr., and Miss women had an excellent stay in D. Horas. Both of these young Hongkong, the former was a bit more anxious to be home, vice- president of the T-V-T Publishing QUIET RESTORED: Corporation in Manila

WHEN THE Japanese forces

fre still being taken, normal con- ditions are general throughout the country.

Grossly exaggerated reports of

The College was lent for the purpose by the school authorities,

less

articles and there were no than 18 stalls. Proceeds are to be" | devoted to, refugee funds. „

Three prizes, consisting of a gramaphone, a camera, and a pair of skates, were presented to stu- dent, who rendered valuable as- sistance at the Bazaar. The first prize was won by students of Puf Ying School, while the second was won by Mun Sang College, 1-

The students even served as bootblacks during the bazaar.

LRA sympathisers, but the dam age done was trifling and person was injured. Mons of the Ringway Aero-RAIL SMASH: drome in Manchester, în. connection" with Empire Afr day, the first machine to go up crashed, infuring the pilot and mechanics.

A mass display of dropping from planes by parachutes was staged at Headlow Aerodrome, while, nèrial acrobatics were staged in other fields.

DANZIG, May 21 (Renter)— The mishap to the Warsaw- Gydnia express on Wednesday- was due to running at too. high speed through Danzig - station, according to the find- ing of the commission of en- ¡quiry," MISHAP

PARIS May 21 (Reuter) LONDON, May 21 (Reuter)-Twenty workmen sitting in a

"captured" a couple of these Japanese should be subjected Thursday's events, circulated by INCENDIARISM: dummies that had escaped to such shocking disillusion- certain foreign news agencies, destruction, their wrath and ment but we are afraid they stated that the police fired over Indignation were simply in-will have many such blows to the heads of demonstrators. There Five fires in hotels occurred early shack were buried when a terrific describable. Such tricks, one their trusting souls before the is no truth in this

of their generals told war cor-Chinese are "properly edu- The streets in the city have now respondents, show that the cated." Maybe the Japanese assumed their usual aspect. Chinese are Insincere and do would do better were they to AIR CRASH

not show proper respect. call the whole thing off and

| IT'S A PITY that a simple leave the Chinese to govern

and childlike race such as the themselves.

LONDON: May 21 (Rauter) serialer demonstra-

on Baturday morning in different mass of mow crashed down, the parts of the country.

Vall Formozza, hear Domo Dos- Three of them: occurred in Lan-sola according to a Rome des cashire, one in Yorkshire and one patch. at Eastbourne,

Five of the injured men were The police believe that, in every rescued, and 11 bodies have been case, the fres were caused by found