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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC

CO., LTD.

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that an Interim Dividend of Dollars one per Share has been declared for the year 1939, and will be payable on and after Thursday, 7th September, 1939. Dividend Warrants may be ob- tained on application at the Com. pany's Registered Office, P. & O. Building.

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G.

R.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

PARTICULARS AND CON. NOTICE IS HEREBY DITIONS of the Sale by Public GIVEN that Certificates Nos. Anction to be held on Monday, NS.928 and NS.929 dated Hong the 21st day of August, 1939, at 3 Kong, 9th October 1894, for p.m., at the Offices of the Public 50 shares numbered 3270/3279, Works Department, by Order of 56140/56199, 20300/20304, 20305- His Excellency the Governor of (20309, 66258/66265, 69642/› one Lot of Crown Land at 69643, and 52016/52025, Certi Mong Kok Tsui, in the Colony of ficates Nos. NS.2249, NS.2250 Hong Kong for A term of and NS.2251 dated Hong Kong, 75 years, with the option of 10th November 1897, for 75 renewal at a Crown Rent to be shares numbered 51251/51262, fixed by the Surveyer of His Ma-51851/51863, 24471/24473, 16097. AUGUST, to WEDNESDAY,jesty the KING, for one further/16101, 36087/36101, 15974/ 6TH SEPTEMBER, (both days term of 75 years. inclusive) during which period no" transfer of shares can be re gistered

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THE REGISTER OF SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, 28TH

By Order of the Board of Directors.

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GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., LTD., Agents.

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 an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.

Certificate

15975, 39071/39075, 33649/33653) 2016/2021, 34096/34099, and 537.16/53750, Certificate

No. 5/NS.304 dated Hong Kong, 7th July, 1908, for 62 shares num. bered 89265/89326, No. 5/NS.2374 dated Hong Kong, 13th November 1912, for 20 shares numbered 91879/91898, Certificate No. 5/NS. 2377 dated Hong Kong, 16th November, 1912, for 9 shares numbered 624 PARTICULARS OF THE LOT 13556/13560, 65164/65165, 76695

Hong Kong, 27th July, 1939.

GOVERNMENT BILLS,

.ETC.

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TENDERS for

DOLLARS

Scurrent in this Colony, for tele. graphic transfer, on the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, Londen, up to and for the sum of £200,000, will be received by the Treasury Chest Ollicer, Command Pay Office, until 10.15 a.m. on the 16th August, 1939.

The tenders to state the total amount (in pounds sterling) No telegraphic transfer will be made for less than £100, but lenders for Sums above that amount to sult the convenience of the tenderers will be consi dered.

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The tenders to be in duplicate, and in sealed covers, addressed to the Treasury Chest Officer, Com mand Pay Office, and endorsed "Tenders tot Government Bills,

etc."

No. of Sale.

Locality.

Kowloon Inland Registry No.

Lot No. 4171.

Adjoining Kowloon

Inland Lot No.1928,

Hak Po Street.

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

and 62879, and Certificate Pro- visional No. 57/657 dated Hong Kong, 20th February, 1922, for 72 shares numbered 128802}+,] 128873, all registered in the name of Rafael Perez, have been LOST or STOLEN, and should these -certificates not be produced to the Bank before the 26th August 1939, new certificates for the 288 shares and the aforesaid, Certi- 623 ficates Nos.. NS.928, NS.929, NS.2249, NS.2250, NS.2251, 5/NS.304 5/NS.2374, 5/NS 2377, and Provisional No. 57/657 will be thereafter, treated by this Corporation as Null and Void. By Order of the Court of Directors.

DITIONS of the Sale by Public. PARTICULARS AND CON. Auction to be held on Monday, the 21st day of August, 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 Cheung Sha Wan, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with thể" option of renewal at a Crown Rent, to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 24 years less the last three days thereof...

The right is reserved (1) to accept or reject any or all of the tenders, and, in particular (2) in case of equality of rate between tenders amounting in all to more than the total sum required, to give preference to any tenders received from Government in. required stitutions or from the bankers to the Treasury Chest."

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis posal of the let the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be

to

authorised offker who will be deposit with an

present at the sale, the sum of

Copies of Forms of Tender can two hundred dollars; ($200) la he had on application.

cash. This sum will be refunded

** Persons tendering for

on payment of the Purchase price.

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V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 26th July, 1939.

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報西剌子

EDITORIAL

Two sturdy veterans meet at Portsmouth, and exchange miles -and bites. They have more than 50 years' service between them: Alfred Young (left), 26 years, and Edmund Cusack, 25 years. And they look good for many years yet.

MILITARY ATTACHE

IN TOKYO LONDON, Aug. 15 (Reuter) -Lieut.-Col. B. R. Mullaly, of the Gurkha Rifles, will succeed Major-Gen. Piggott as Military Attache to the British Embassy in Tokyo in October.

지

back" to sanity?

What has been the value thus far of the numerous confabulations,

agreements, guarantees and other

.amenable

JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF

Order To Examine Firm's Books

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1939.

HOW CHINESE ARMY

ESTABLISHED

MOST

INTERESTING MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE WORLD

History Of The Weisiao, University On The March

Reported from a Speech by the School's Director by CHANG SHU-FATT, Special Correspondent of the "Daily Press "

SOMEWHERE IN NORTH SHENSI, Aug. 1.-The Weisiao was founded in Klangst in 1931 by the Red- Army. It was born in a time of peril and, from the beginning, had to fight against the greatest difficul- ties.

In spite of this, it neverfand they are now doing important. ceased to function, to grow, work on the various fronts. and to develop. The history of this development may be divided into three parts.

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THIRD PERIOD THE WAR

OF RESISTANCE After the Lukouchian Incident FIRST PERIOD KIANGSI

the Red Army became the National, Revolutionary Eighth "Route Army- Immediately after the school was of the Central Government. It was founded it enrolled 200 students. despatched to the Shans front By 1933, to cope with the medical and, as during the Long March, Judgment for plaintiff with costs fighting--Its enrolment rose to 700 Headquarters,

emergency created by the heavy the school again followed General and an order that plaintif be and there were 2,000 sick and allowed to examine and made ex-wounded in the hospital attached tractions from books by himself to it. It thus had almost 3,000 or his agents was delivered by the people to treat, take care of, feed Chief Justice. Sir Atholl Mac and teach. Gregor, in the Supreme Court yes- terday.

Plaintiff was Chan Chun-wah. efforts? formerly proprietor of the Saul Shing Tong, Chinese medicine

$4.000 CAPITAL

small.

other

for their

workers

average od 200 was transported every

the

CONSTANT PROGRESS From that time until the pre-..

The school participated in the battles of Pinghsinkuan and

wangyang. During these actions. it was responsible not only for the treatment but also for the trans- In spite of financial and military portation of the sick and wounded. difficulties messengers were sent Every 60 Ii along the roads, medi- regularly to Shanghai to purchase cal stations were established each medical supplies. A chemical and under the charge of six or seved Both in the West and in the

bacteriological laboratory was set students. An East, peaceful gestures, made dealers, and was represented by up, as well as an X-ray depart-wounded up of a strange mixture of

Mr. Fercy Chen, instructed by Mr. ment. During those years, no less M. A da Sliva. and concilia- appeasement

than $150,000 was spent by the

day. tion to bring about a less. Defendant was Lam Shui-school. annually for medical sup- Such a service required the ald aggressive state of affairs, have been met with con- . . N. Anderson, instructed by teachers, who received

sheung, partner of the Sau Shing plies. Its

of thousands of stretcher bearers. expenses were Tong. He was represented by Mr. temptuous rejections.

With the exception of and beasts. To secure this, ald and a small to get food for the patients was a yet, fondly believing

And

Mr. C. A. Sutterton Russ

stipend, nobody was paid, and the responsibility that rested on that these mouthings and sword he was the founder of the medi-

Plaintif, in evidence, said that made charcoal

students grew rice, raised piga-and students alone. with the CO- wavings were just bluffings in cine shop which commenced bus-

own operation of the people along the sustenance.

Line of march, each case, the world's peace-iness in 1934.

a new system for seckers persisted with "me-partners and at the end of March, There were six

The teachers had a clear idea of caring for the wounded was work- the school's objectives and spared ed out. Casualties were trans- thods which should long 1936, the partnership was dissolved no effort to raise its educational schedules times and given treat- ported to specified hospitals at ago have given way to and transferred the business to

level. They understood that scien- stronger and firmer policies of the defendant en condition that the texts had to be popularised ments in the history of military ment. These were new achieve- armed insistence on. the he would be permitted to use the

and simplified to make them more medicine in China They would rights of justice and fair shop.

accessible

to the students. the have been impossible had not the play.

majority of whom were and peasants. There was close co-students been encowed with sound AND THUS, efforts at con-¡ Later plaintin was asked to take operation between instructors and political knowledge, the will to cillation have resulted in a share in the concern, which the students and no misunderstandings

overcome dinculties, courage and nothing less than a steady did and put in $200, The capital existed among them. Six hours a

Initiative. losing of ground and assur- of the firm, he was informed, was day were devoted to classes, and ande a position that must $4,000. At the end of the same often, two extra hours to practica react unfavourably on "those year he wanted to withdraw the work in the hospital. But because sent, the school bas constantly who were willing to take their partnership and to inspect the they planned their time well, their improved and expanded (for in- 15-19, Queen's Road Central, stand along with anti-aggres- He found that the capital of the terfere with their studies and they well as doctors).

annual balance sheet of the arm. productive activities did not instance it now slonists to resist, at whatever nm had been increased to $3,- were able to complete the courses 1938, 70 graduates left for the sacrifice, any attempts to 197.50.

in the specified time and go into fronts In accordance with the undermine their indepen- dence and sovereign rights.the account books but was refused

the army as the first-aid and needs of the military situation, Plaintiff then asked to examine medical staff that it so needed. To-day, with the state of by the defendant.

two changes of location were made.. tension even more intensified, mands, he received four letters Following de

Early last year the school. moved the world awaits the final trom

from Shansi, to Shens, but last the defendant, asking for word of the militarily-minded reat for the use of the shop pre-

month the greater part of the rulers to give an answer to mises.

During the Long March, eight students and staff was again the question "To be or not

thousand miles through limitless transferred to the rear of the to be?" Even at this moment

grass-lands and over snow-capped enemy because of the growing de- of writing, the situation in se put in by the plaintiff was Red Army. Throughout the great Japanese lines, w

Lay Shu-sheung, said that the the General Headquarters of the newly-recaptured areas behind the mountains, the school accompanied mand for medical services in the

THE WORLD to-day watches haps the

Europe is pregnant with per- not for the medicine shop, but for trek, classes were never stopped. crisis arose. True, it is that to plaintiff for the $200 for new planned, so new methods of study eventful existence the school has

most and awaits in an atmos- possibilities since the last

dangerous some other branch of business.

The whole history of the Weistao Referring to the receipt issued not be carried out as originally and

Obviously, the programme could one of great difficulties faced for what? Is civilization to most of what is happening or partnership, defendant said that were invented to meet the situa- learned and applied lessons which overcome Throughout its experience once again a re- about to happen is based on the receipt should not have been tion. Small pieces of paper weret have helped it to strengthen. Its petition of the crisis which rumour-ever a lying jade-issued for new partnership. began to take dangerous form but the significance of the receipt was made out by the book-boards. On them, brief questions nesses, however, still remain. Only The soaked in starch and used as black-work along all lines. Many weak- about this time last year and Salzburg talks as a counter-keeper, not himself. " will it be as easy to avert it move to the military parleys;

were-written which the students when these are eliminated will the again? There is no doubt at Moscow cannot be lightly questioned the defendant in res-halt, the instructors explained and share to the national revolution of The Chief Justice, after having read while marching. At every chool really be contributing its that the blusters and threats cast aside as mere bombast pect of the receipt said, "I have enlarged on the questions. of the past few weeks on the once again.

Dis the Chinese people and towards certain admiration for a clever cussions were held at night and, ultimate victory in the Holy War part of those who hold the fate of the world in their their partners in the Axis

TAKING THEIR CUE from ar, but I have none whatever for after the discussions, operations of Resistance.

á bad one. The defendant is an hands can no longer be lightly plottings,..

were performed on the men wound- extremely bad, llar.. the disregarded and events, par obedient pupils of the military lying."

His shifteded during the day. There were Japanese, allemma showed that he ticularly in Europe, are mov-dictatorships in Europe, have

was always enough of these, because the March was one long battle. In ing on surely and steadily to adopted. similar methods

spite of the terrible strain they were under, the students still car ried on with their studies and

Editorial and

Tel. 30251. Night Editor (Wanchal Office).

Tel. 24511.

Business Office:

London Office: 53, Fleet Street

E.C.4

HONGXONG, AUGUST 16, 1839

WORLD AWAITS

WHAT?

(Bills) are hereby notified that PARTICULARS OF THE LOT phere of tense uncertainty

having regard to the provisions of the Acts 22 George III Cap. 45 and 4! George III Cap. 52 the acceptance of any such Tender is subject to the express condition that no Member of the British House of Commons shall be admitted to any share or part in or to any benefit to arise from the Contract thereby

made for the allotment of such (Bills)."

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"The provisions in question: do not apply to Contracts en. tered into by any incorporated Company in its corporated. capacity and made for the general benefit of the Com. pany.

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T. L. ROGERS,

Colonel, R.A.P.C. Treasury Chest Officer,

His Majesty's Treasury Office, Hồng Kong.

WIN

$50

See page 3

626

Locality.

Lot No: 2718. | Rogiatry No.

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Cheung Sha Wau.

No. of Bale. Į

New Kowloon Inland |

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Upset Price,

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CHARITY CONCERT

de given by

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DEFENDANT TESTIFIES

was one of the most

SECOND PERIOD THE LONG MARCH

trains nurses as In December

REFUGEES IN THE COLONY

a climax. On whom shall the which must inevitably end in blame be placed and where plunging the world into war SULTRY WEATHER ratsed no complaint.

There were 8,966 refugees and destitutes accommodated in Gov- will responsibility lle if catas- if they are allowed to do their Yesterday trophe overtakes humanity will in the East with no one sultry days of the year, there being grasslands, food was det obta'n August 12, as against 8.994 on Aug. ernment camps, etc., in Urban and Prof. Harry Ore Frof. E. Pellegatti and sweeps everything before to stop their depredations and hardly any

When the army was crossing the Rural areas for the week-ending, Miss Prue Lewis Mrs. Silvia Choy it in a ruthless and devastat plunderings. How far is thermometer rose to as high as 97 students had to subsist on grázs- Urban Areas (Civillans)

breeze whilst the able, and everyone, including the 5, a decrease of 28. Mr. Albert Woo Miss Rosabel Hsuing war? Even to the most Britain's policy of retreat in degrees in the aftemoon. The roots, bark, and unripe wheat, We ordinary intelligence to-day, the Far East to be permitted minimum temperature was 76. bad to collect the wheat with our It has become clear that cul- to the detriment of every Humidity was 80 per cent. at 10 bare hands, because we had no im- on Aug. 5.

King's Park, 1.268, against 1,283: pability for such a crime thing sacred to British pres-am and 71 at 4 pm: against civilization must be tige and honour?

plements. There were no cotton- Ma Tau Chung, 1,113. against placed on the power-crazed cent capitulation to the Jap inches mark as the result of the woollen clothes and socks for the on Aug. 5. *- Rainfall this year passed the 70 padded clothes in the army, and as 1,077 on Aug. Be warlords, whose brains are anese in the matter of the thunderstorm on Monday night, coming winter

the men marched they knitted North Point, 1,503, against 1,518 seeped in Napoleonic dreams four unfortunate so-called the total being now 70.31 Inches of world conquest.

suspected terrorists, will take against an average of 60.34 inches no ink and printed our notes in a

and the CHORAL GROUP (Director: Prol. E. Gualdi) at the CHINA FLEET CLUB THEATRE

On Friday, August 25, 1939,

at 9 p.m. in aid of Refugee Children Sponsored by The Industrial Home for Refugee Children. Admissions: $5 and $3 Booking at the Tsang Fook Plano Co. Anderson Music Co.

The re-

LET US LOOK at the other many years to eradicate. The side of this terrible picture reactions of the press and the that has been savagely paint-public show to what an extent ed against a background of Britain has blundered in the world canvas with all its this particular instance. And horrible daubs and splashes What effect have the forces, which have been called into being to resist this spectre of 601 war, had in bringing the world

REPORT NO. 549 Battery: 4,910 tons, 1,389 OZE..

while this olive branch policy, 1,322 fine ozs. to the subjugation of reputa- tion and honour, is allowed to continue. the world awaits its fate.

Re-Treatment: 7.308 tons; - 778 ozs., 029 fine uzak

Total: 2,187 028., 1.951 fine ozs.

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Estimate proat $54,000

I remember a time when we bad

Urban Areas (Soldiers)

In Hospital, 3, against 2 on Aug. Ma Tau Chung, 756, against 757

mixture of scot and mutton-fat 5 This was when for long weeks we had only unripe wheat for food and on Aug. Saya the fats melted down for this pur pose were the sustenance our bodies needed

Baral Areas

Kam Tin. 3,611, against 3,662 on Aug. 5.

espite these privations and San-Uk Ling, 712, against 695 on dimouities, the school carried on Aug. 5. During the March more than one Total: 6,966, against 8,914 on Aug hundred students were graduated