RAGE 8-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
ADVERTISEMENTS The Baily Press
HONG KONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING. CORPORATION
IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that an Interim · Dividend of £2,10/- per share, subject to de duction of Income Tax, has been declared for the HALF YEAR | ending 30th June, 1939, at rate of 1/2.3/4 per Dollar.
THE DIVIDEND WILL BE PAYABLE on and after 14th AUGUST at the offices of the Corporation, where Shareholders are requested to apply for War
rants.
THE REGISTER OF SHARES of the Corporation will be closed from 31st JULY to 12th AUGUST (both days inclusive) during which peried no transfer of Sharts can be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors.
2;
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager, Hong Kong, 11th July, 1939.
550
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that Bill of Lading against teakwood -(Quan Din) issued to me by the China. Navigation Steamship Co.,
Ltd., and to be shipped to Hoi.
how has been lost and is declared null & void.
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LUM DAT HING. 4th August, 1939.
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HoxOKONG, August 12, 1939
AUGUST 13
U.S. To Spend $750,000 On Airfield
MANY MODERN IMPROVEMENTS
The United States is paying equal attention to aircraft mann- facturing and, landlag facilities. Expenditure of $750,000 to enlarge and further modernize Lindbergh Field, in San Diego and the Muni- cipal Airport will place the south- ern air-ground the first on the | west coast of America,
The money will be spent to meet increasing demands made on the
training flyers and several air schools.
THIS TIME two years field by commercial airlines, Army ago, Shanghai was thrown into the throes of excitement and anxiety at the possibility of hostilities breaking out in that city between the Chinese and the Japanese as the re- sult of the death of a Japan-new type two-light approach lane
ese naval officer who tried to force their way into Hungjao Aerodrome. As a result, the Shanghal Volunteer Corps was mobilized on August 12. 1937, to meet the emergency. Fighting actually, broke out on the following day, on August 13, and to-morrow all patriotic Chinese will observe the second anniversary of the
defence epic
of China's Sovere.gn rights in the ter- ritory surrounding the Inter-
national Settlement, part of which was used as a base of operations by the Japanese.
THERE IS NO QUESTION,
Many Improvements
Immediately Work will com- mence on installation of 40 new floodlights, establishment of a
for incoming planes, a seaplane control station which is separate from the land plane station, and paving of a new 2,200-foot runway in addition to the present paved 2,800-foot runway, are among the improvements now commencing.
The field will be enlarged from the present 230 acres to 513 acres. Work on the enlargement is being. carried on now by a dredge which is filling in an area to the north of the field. Lindbergh Field, now the first in modern and improved air facilities on the west coast is within a mile of downtown San Diego,
according to official Chinese CORRESPONDENCE
sources, as to who was the aggressor for the Japanese were determined to force the issue and to take the entire area between the Inter- national Settlement and Woo- 598 sung and as far west, as Soo- chow. Their excuse for open- ing the attack on the Chinese at Shanghai was based on the allegation that the Chinese had failed to make good for
HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Certificates Nos. NS.928 and NS.929 dated Hong Kong, 9th October 1894, for 50 shares. numbered 3270/3279, 56190/56199, 20300/20304, 20305- /20309. .66258/66265, 69642/ 69643, and 52016/52025, Certl ficates Nos. NS.2249, NS.2250 and NS.2251 dated Hong Kong, 10th
and
No.
war
the death of the officer re- ferred to, but, even if this excuse had not been avail able, they would have found some other cause for attack ing the "bad, insincere" Chi- nese and
would have been inevitable in any case. So confident were the in- vaders of their ability to oust the Chinese that they openly boasted that their plans had reached such a stage that the Shanghai fighting would be over within a couple of weeks.
NEVERTHELESS, they fall- ed to count on the unity of the Chinese people coupled with the quick action and the
November 1897. For 75 shares numbered 51251/51262, 31851/51863, 24471/24473, 16097-|
36987/36101, 15974/ /16101, 15975, 39071/39075, 33649/33653, 2016/2021, 34096/34099, 53746/53750, Certificate
extreme bravery of the Chi SINS.304 dated Hong Kong, 7th nese forces with the result July, 1908, for 62 shares num that they were forced to pay hered 89265/89326, Certificate heavily for every inch of No. 5/NS.2374 dated Hong Kong, territory occupied and the 18th November 1912, for 20 defending troops put up such a wonderful show against shares, numbered 91879/91898,
Japan's modern weapons of Certificate No. 5/NS. 2377 dated
murder that they startled Hong Kong, 16th November, and won the admiration and 1912, for 9 shares numbered sympathy of the entire world. 13556/13560, 65164/65165, 76695 The battle for Shanghai "last-
withdrew.
that the
THE DESTRUCTION
ANNUAL PICNIC FOR BLIND GIRLS
the inmates
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Church Diocesan are
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EDITORIAL
From Indo-China, the first reinforcements for the French Con- ression rarrison arrived in Shanghai consisting of 45% French Colonials, 200 Anaamltes, 68 non-commissioned officers, and 14 officers. They arrived at Woosung in the Messageries Mari- times 5.5. Sphinx and were brought up the river in the French sicop Savorgnan de Brazza to the French Band where a long line of trucks walted to carry them to their billets at the Route Lagrance School. (Photo, "N.C.D. News")
Anniversary Of Outbreak Of Hostilities In Shanghai
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1939.
Hello & Goodbye
(BY A. W. HYER).
Lufthansa, the No. 1 German aviation concern, have their air service from Berlin to Bangkok work- ing at full speed News wire-services report that the August 14 service into Bangkok will be extended to -Tokyo via Hongkong. It is expected, therefore, that the Lufthansa plane will arrive at Kal Tak on Monday evening.
The trip to Japan is being. Two Hongkong University stu-- made to accommodate the dents out on a spree and holiday. German Ambassador, Mr. Ott, Mr. Wong Kong Leung and Mr. who will return to Berlin from Wong Ki-chung, were bound for Tokyo in the plane.
Manila and Bagnio. They were looking forward to the air journey, A. P. Moller presents another southern new freight and passenger motor- and a good short vacation.
atmosphere, residenta ship to the already large fleet of Lt-Commander Francols. Bacly, Maersk Line transports saling be- Naval Attache to the French Em- tween New York and the Far East. bassy in Tokyo, held a ticket to The m.v. Lexa Maersk now calling San Francisco and will continue. in our harbour on her maiden voyage is the new addition. With Washington.
across the United States U
a tonnage of 5,650, the new vessel launched this spring is registered resident, returned home after a Mr. M. Nubla, prominent Manila
in Copenhagen and offers modern and abundant cargo space, with twelve luxurious and comfortable passengers quarters. Maersk will leave to-day for Manl- là and Island calls.
$10,000 For Relief Work Imperial Airways: Relief Work
SUCCESS OF LEE THEATRE SHOWS
short kong,
business visit in
The Lexa Empress of Russia:
Hong-
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ON THURSDAY at 11 am. the Empress of Russia, with Capt. J. F. Patrick "on the bridge, came in from Vancouver via Japan and THE WEEK-END service south- Shanghal. It was a pleasant hello bound to Bangkok, departed for the little sen-captain, who has from Kal Tak at 7 and 7.30 am.. been on a short vacation. respectively.
In the on Friday.
Mrs. G. F. Tyrell; with her Dorado we And Capt. J. N. Wilson young son, returned from a short." and in the Dafdanus,Capt. Joe vacation. The wife of the British Davies..
Consul-General in Cariton A record load of mall for all most attractively attired and ap-
Commander of the Japanese Naval Union, in aid of general rellof the Colony. 762 kilos, which means among her many friends. Landing Party issued an order work, a more interesting pro- a lot of letters!
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very
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was
air-field in the western district of Fellowing
successful Shanghai, the Chinese Peace performance given
at the Lee Preservation. Corps authorities im- Theatre on the first night, or- posed part al martial law and the ganized by the Hongkong Artists Empire routes was cleared from peared very happy to be back and
forbidding any of the forces under gramme was presented last night.
his command to approach the when accommodation was taxed aerodrome irrespective of whether to capacity. they were in uniform or in mufti. !
The prominent actors Sit Kok-
However, on August 9. 1937, a sin and Ma Sze-tsang, and the Japanese officer in a mctor-car actress, Tam Lan-hing, Yuet-yee driven by a marine rating, drove and Violet Tse Lo-lan appeared in to the aerodrome and attempted, the various plays all of which to force their way
through the were very well received.
gates. Both were in uniform and A total of more than $10,000 armed. The naval rat'ng wore a (Hongkong. currency) was realiz- steel helmet. Before they actually, ed from the two performances. entered the gates of the air-Geld. The show was sponsored by
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Mr. and Mrs. C. Blaker, of Gül- Mr. A. C: Campbell-Orde, man and Co., returned to the Operations Manager (British Over- Colony and Mrs. J. Horridge, with
Aviation Corporation) and her young daughter, came visiting: for Imperial Airways, went flying from Shanghai, on his way back to London. This The Canadian Basketball team. tall genial gentleman has poked in charge of Mr. J, Gordon, were his nose into all the corners of en route to Manila where they will. the Imperial Airways local activi- probably participate in matches. tles and, after four days of inves. During the past two months the tigating. has a fairly good idea of group of 8 team members have what is what at the Hongkong been playing in Japan and Man- station. You can just about bet chukuo.
The Police Flag was dying at on the operation expert to have
shortly.
bead as she came down the bay. Capt. C. Moody, B.N.. took to about?" found there was a Ger- and upon inquiring "what's it all. the air and is destined for Penang man refugee stowaway from Shang- where he will embark on the as hal. The young man, whose name Corfu returning to England. Mrs was withheld, was a medical stu- ed from Hongkong last Saturday Shanghai during the past six in Germany. His stay in in the P and O. steamer. How-months has been starvation and ever, at the last minute his sailing privation and he was desperate. was altered-thus the air journey Attempting to reach Manila he
they were challenged by the Chi- Mime, Sun Yat-sen and Mme improvements taking place here the Empress of Russia's mast
nese
To the Editor of the
"Hongkong Daily Press"}
Str, The Christ Group of the Victoria
Association and Missionary undertaking to make arrange ments for the annust outing for
on guards. of the Industrial
whom they C. Wu and other leading Chinese Home for Blind Girls at Pokfulam promptly opened, fire, after which women.
The Head of the General Affairs to take place on Saturday. Sep-they turned Into Monument Road.
an extra-Settlement highway. The of the Committee, Miss Blac, ex- Chinese did not return fire as they pressed sincere thanks to those to re if small groups of Japanese and co-operation. sought to though it was known that Japan ese sples were active,"
tember 23.
May 1, once again, through the columns of your esteemed paper, appeal to the public for their gen- erous support this year as has been accorded in the past, both in
the way of donations and loan of
cars?
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While realizing that the demand
"pon the purses of Hongkong re- sidents has been extremely heavy as a result of the inaux of "re-
fugees, and that the present, is hardly the
time for organizing picnics. I am sure there will be many who will be glad to show
their kindly sympathy towards these unfortunate girls by provid- ing them with the means of en- joying their one big outing of the
year.
...
I shall be very grateful if you will be good enough to permit donations and/or offers of loan of cars to be sent to you" care of your paper.
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Thanking you,
Gertrude Goddard,
Hon. Group Secretary
Christ Church Group,
V. D. M. A.
had received previous orders not f'concerned for their kind suppoMoody, the Captain's wife, depart-dent
create
'disturbances
About two hundred yards from the aerodrome gate, they came across two more" Chinese sentries on whom they also opened fire. This time. the Chinese returned fire with machine-guns and k'Bed the Japanese officer. The marine rating, who was unwounded,
then deserted the. CAN and tried to escape across a field where he came across another sentry. He tried to open fire on the latter, whereupon the sentry, in self-defence, killed him.
CONTRARY TO ORDERS:
JAPANESE ARMADA:
to the south!
was discovered six hours after the Mr. Leland Jones, the New Yorker, who arrived on the Clip He will be returned to Shanghai.
steamer, left the northern port.
per this week, left for India by Imperial Airways service.
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Manila Bound:
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the subject, their spokesman ex- pressed disbelief because the Chi
that the Japanese were unaware |nèse acted so quickly and so quietly of their movements. And yet the Chinese forces, in order to reach their posts, had to pass the head-¦ quarters of the Japanese Naval companying him was his Pacinc Landing Party, which is situated Ocean travelling companion, Mr. EARLY ON FRIDAY morning. within a stone's throw of Tien-S. R. Bohusle, returning home the Empress of Russia was |tung-an Station, on the Shanghal after a
tour of several under way for a call in Manila. months
However,
almost disastrous. " Woosung Railway!
Down to Hanoi went Mr. F. A. accident occurred just before sail- Van Woerden, acting-Consulding which fortunately hurt no General of the Netherlands in the one. The huge and heaviest crane Colony. "Just when he will be re-for the ship's cargo was being turning, or his exact destination, swung into "salling position hav- ing just completed loading; when was not divulged.
What with the highest mall load it appeared to snap in two. Part gures to-date on one service and of the crane fell on to No. 1'wharf, the important "Big Wig" passen just missing striking the coolies ker list, Imperial Airways are do-and people standing nearby.
Down to Manila a-holidaying 1ng an impressive business!
travelled Prof. W. Brown, of the Pan American Airways:. Hongkong University. Mathema- tics, you know, the addition and THE PHILIPPINE CLIPPER was subtraction of figures, will not away for San Francisco" via bother him during the weeks to Manila on Thursday at 8.40 am, come; it will be relaxation and
Mrs. M. L, Greenough, with her rest for the professor. young daughter and son, waved Mr. A: C. Beck, of the Asiatic to Hongkong änd; Petroleum Company, went travel- "papa," Pan American Airways' ling south and it's an "all busi- local engineer, who they left beness trip" this time. hind and feeling very sorry for Afis late hour we could not himself. The family of three are rouse Mr. E. A, E, Denton and ask "clippering" back to San Francis-bime the way's and wherefores of
On August 11, there arrived in Shanghai a arge Japanese armada and; on the following day, the Chinese Government issued a statement declaring that China It was later deinitely establish had no alternative but to act in Accordingly booms ed that the Japanese officer left self-defence. his barracks in North Szechuen were thrown across the Whangpoo Road Extension, at the other end River and 6ghting broke out in of the city, contrary to the orders Chapel on August 13 when Japan of his Commander forbidding both ese "tanks, covered by groups of officers and. men to leave barracks armed Japanese marines in civi- but with the knowledge of and lian clothing, tried to advance specific instructions from the Chief from North Szecbuen Road into
1.
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and 62879, and Certificate Pro-ed for almost three months EXPULSION ORDER staff Officer of the Japanese Naval Chinese territory, near the Com- visional No. 57/657 dated Hong! during" which a horde of Kong, 20th February, 1922, for thousands of Japan's marines An expulsion order was made Landing Party to ascertain whe-mercial Press works in Panshan 72 shares numbered 128802/- and crack troops took part, against Rudolf Israel Hennefeld ther or not a report which the Road. 128873, all registered in the name apart from a huge armada of 22, medical student of Graz, Aus Japanese had received to the effect Serious hostilities occurred that well over 300 vessels, and it tria, who appeared before Mr. E that a Chinese army division was night when the Japanese gave out of Rafael Perez, have been LOST was only after the sternest of Himsworth at the Kowicon Magis stationed in the Hungiao Aero-information to the press that they or STOLEN, and should these defence
tracy yesterday on charges of drome were true. It was in the had captured all of Chapel, in certificates not be produced to the
Chinese being a stowaway on board the hope of securing this information cluding the Shanghai North sta Bank before the 26th August
Empress of Russia from Shanghai, į that the Japanese fired the first tion (Nanking-Shanghai Rallway), of and entering the Colony without shots, their expectation being no whereas in actual fact they were, 1939, new certificates for the 288 property included thousands a valid passport, Defendant was doubt that the sound of the shots at the time the statement Was shares and the aforesaid, Certi of factories and workshops ordered to go to the House of would arouse the Chinese and mede, being held up to the east of ficates Nos. NS.928, NS.929, and the exceptionally fine Detention.
bring them out to the gate in the Shanghal-Woosung Railway NS.2249, NS.2250, NS.2251, buildings of the Civic Centre,
large numbers, Actually, however. Låne. there were only one hundred [5/N$.304 | 5/NS.2374, 5/NS.. the
That the Japanese were deter- Chinese militiamen inside the mined to resort to provocative 2377, and Provisional No. 57/657 sands and thousands were tempts at conciliation were
Thou- principle were they that at aerodrome.
action in stirring up an incident will be thereafter treated by this thrown homeless and render- impossible. Their actions all intelligence reports reached the doubted. That they were to blame On the following day, August 19, could not for a single moment be Corporation as Null and Void.
ed unemployed. The misery along were so premeditated Chinese authorities at Nanking for the Shanghal fighting is be and the sufferings of the re- and so evasive that they that at least five thousand Japan-yond question, as for weeks prior fugees was utterly indescrib could see no reason.
ese marines had left a certain to the "Hungjao incident Japan- able. This, then, was the re- THE CHINESE GOVERN-port in the north and were being ese marines with tanks, cater- sult of the Japanese soldiers' MENT; under "Generalissimo orders, with the result that early lery constantly held "manoeuvres” rushed to Shanghal under" sealed pillars. armoured cars and artil- "conquest, which means Chiang Kai-shek, has all that morning. Central Government in Chinese territory at all hours of nothing more or less than along resorted to defensive troops arrived from Nanking and the day simply in the hope of loot, destruction, murder. methods and will continue took up positions from Klangwan trying to provoke the Chinese into 579 rapine and lawlessness.
their war of honour and re-to Woosung in anticipation of the action.
By Order of the Court of Directors.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chlef Manager.
Hong Kong, 26th July, 1939,
WIN
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THERE IS NO DOUBT that sistance until the Japanese landing of this torce, which actu- The writer, whose house hap the Chinese authorities, un realize the folly of their mad ally disembarked in Hongkew atpened to be in the war area, in der the able leadership of adventure and withdraw their pm the same day.
Chinese territory, was awakened. Mayor OK. Yui, did their troops from China, Mean-The quick action of the Chinese on dozens of occasions by these best to avert hostilities but while, there can be no peace in moving up was a revela- "manoeuvres," It was known that the Japanese were determined until this is done no matter on for from midnight to sam fighting was inevitable and many to go ahead with their plans how hard such notorious their positions and shanghai woke people in the neighbourhood but i
on August 10, ill had taken up anxious moments were spent by and ignored all attempts to puppets as Wang Ching-wel up early that morning to and it was not until August 13, 1997, that preserve peace. So deter- & Co. may work for the Jap self in the Inist of an armed hostilities actually broke out. And mined were the Japanese to anese cause in this respect camp. Even the
Japanese · Com- the commencement of those hosti- resort to mailed fist methods China will fight on and will mand was take surprise for.lities will be observed by the Chi- and so utterly lacking in emerge victorious.
when questio by the press on nese people to-morrow.
"goodbye"
co. Mr. Greenough" will 'probably his call in Manila and, if we had. be joining them in three or four pe dubt he would have shown vs months time,
the gangway../.. The attractive American girl
The Reverend Patrick Kelly, or from Manila, Miss Bounie Lynn the Maryknoll Fathers, was tra- Davis, who has been having a gay veiling down to Manila and the two weeks' vacation in our city, re- "Do Not Disturb" sign was most turned to her family and hearth, prominently displayed
his in the south.
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