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EDITORIAL

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS The Baily Press.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG

KONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION

IN THE GOODS of Joseph Vullen Chollst late of 85 Rue❘ Marcel Tillot Shanghal, China, deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has by virtue of Section 58 of the Probates Ordinance 1897, made an Order limiting the time for

R.

"

PUBLIC AUCTION.

PARTICULARS AND CON. DITIONS of the Sale by Public 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 Mong Kok Tsui, in the Colony of Hong Kong for

a term of

75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be

creditors and others to send in their claims against the above estate to the 12th day of Septem-term of 75 years. ber, 1939.

fixed by the Surveyor of His Ma. jesty the KING, for one further

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

Dated the 16th day of August, 1939.

JOHNSON, STOKES &

MASTER.

Solicitors for the Executor.

· Hong Kong & Shanghai

Bank Building,

Hong Kong.

IN THE SUPREME

COURT OF HONG

KONG

630

PROBATE JURISDICTION

IN THE GOODS of Charles

Stewart, Sharp late of Rose-- neath "28 The Downs Wim. bledon in the County of Surrey, England Retired Eastern Merchant, deceased.

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.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT

No. of Sale.

Kowloon Inland Registry No. Lot No. 4171.

Hat Po St Locality.

Adjoining Kowloon Inland Lot

ย

Boundary E Measure-

ments.

As per

anle plas.

About

7,930

B..

Anuusi

Rantal,

Upset Price

DY!

15,880

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

報西剩书

Editorial and Business Office:

ARREST OF JESUIT PRIESTS

15-19. Queen's Road Central ALLEGED ACTIVITY

Tel. 30251.

Night Editor (Wanchal Office),

Tel 24511

E.C.4.

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that an Interim Dividend of Dollars one per Share has been declared for the year 1939, and London Office: 53, Fleet Street 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. & 0. Building.

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

AUGUST, to WEDNESDAY, 6TH SEPTEMBER, (both days Inclusive) during which period no transfer of shares can be re gistered

By Order, of the Board of Directors.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON "&

Co., LTD.,.

Agents.

Hong Kong, 27th July, 1939.

624

HONG KONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

HONGKONG, August 17, 1939

AGAINST JAPAN

SHANGHAI, Aug. 6 (Reuter) -It

learned that Fr.. Courchesne, and Fr. Benaud, of the Canadian Jesuit Misston in Hsuchowfu have been held Incommunicado at the Japanese Gendarmerie Head- quarters since their arrest. Both of them Art British subjects.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1939.

Hello & Goodbye

(BY A. W、 HYER)

The second German Lüfthansa JU-52 Junker plane flight from Germany to Tokyo, via Bangkok and Hong- kong, has given rise to rumours. During the past few months there have been unconfirmed reports that Germany, in conjunction with Japan, would inau- gurate an air service from Europe to the Far East. Now, these rumours, still unconfirmed, have become more prevelant and abundant.

From reliable sources it is will And in hits branch offices he stated that the inauguration does not know but hopes for the of such an air service from best.

CLOSER LINKS

Berlin, through Bangkok to Mr. James Coner is a Pan Ame÷ Tokyo, carrying passengers, is rican Airways engineer giving the in the immediate future. The Far East his drst "ance-over" and FORGED

On the occasion of the raid on service is being conducted, for doing the round-trip. the mission in which the two the time

Returning from business calls in CO

LOSER LINKS between

being, by the Manila were two local executives priests were seized, the Japanese Lufthansa organization who Mr, Chin. Tal Chao and Mr. Eduijf and between Hongkong and and a few booklets and they also aviators.

Hongkong and Chungking confiscated some spare radio parts will supply the planes and Tavadia, Manila were forged as a result removed documents

azıd gome

་

And so aviation progress. con-

alities.

of the epoch-making cere- Chinese money from the room of tinues uniting the world centres mony which marked the in- the Father Superior, the Rev. Fr closer together, and speeding up auguration of the new wire- Cote, the American head of the the daily lives of various nation less telephone services. The Mission. new lines (though, it seems hardly correct to apply the word "lines" in the present instance as the services are maintained

on the radio-

telephone system) fill a long felt need and set up a most convenient and speedy means of communication between the three cities.

ALL CONVERSATIONS'ex- changed were marked by a distinctive clearness and one would hardly have thought, when listening-in and chat- ting with friends in Chung- king and Manila, that one was speaking to somebody hundreds and hundreds of miles away. Indeed, every word that came through was as clear as though the speaker was on the line" in another part of the "Colony.

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, Certi- 623ficates Nos, NS.2249, NS.2250 and NS.2251 dated Hong Kong, 10th November 1897, for 75 shares

numbered 51251/51262, 51851/51863, 24471/24473, 16097. /16101, 36087/36101, 15974. 15975, 39071/39075, 33649/33653, 2016/2021 34096/34099, and DITIONS of the Sale by Public PARTICULARS AND CON.

53746/53750, Certificate No. Auction to be held on Monday,/NS.304 dated Hong Kong, 7th the 21st day of August, 1939, at July, 1908, for 62 shares num crediters and others to send in 3 p.m., at the Offices of the No. 5/NS.2374 dated Hong Kong, their claims against the above Public Works Department, by estate to the 6th day of Septem. Order of His Excellency the ber, 1939. >

Governor of one Lot of Crown All Creditors and others are

Land at Cheung Sha Wan, in the Hong Kong, 16th November king and those in the Philip- accordingly hereby required to send their claims to the under

NOTICE IS · HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has by virtue of Section 58 of the

Probates Ordinance 1897, made

an Order limiting the time, for

signed on or before that date.

Dated the 10th day of August,

1939.

JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER, Solicitors for the Executor, Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building," Hong Kong."

PUBLIC AUCTION.

bered 89265/89326,

Certificate

13th November 1912, for 20 shares numbered 91879/91898, Certificate No. 5/NS. 2377 dated

IN ORDER that conversa- tions may be kept secret, the inverter and the wobbler Systems are used, and it is utterly impossible for unau- thorized persons to listen to any conversation that is tak- ing place as the two systems

render the talks unintelligible to them.

vices in Hongkong pay high SPONSORS of the new ser- tributes to the splendid co- operation received from the Chinese engineers at Chung- pines. The former especially have come in for much praise for, in spite of continued Japanese bombings, they were not in the slightest discour aged and they continued their

Colony of Hong Kong for #

1912, for 9 shares numbered term of 75 years, commencing 13556/13560, 65164/65165, 76695 from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown and 62879, and Certificat: Pro

visional No. 57/657 dated Hong Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor Kong, 20th February, 1922, for of His Majesty the KING, for 72 shares numbered 128802 task undeterred. one further term of 24 years less 128873, all registered in the name the last three days thereof.

of Rafael Perez, have been LOST Intending bidders are advised or STOLEN, and should these that Immediately after the dis certificates not be produced to the posal of the lot the Purchaser Bank before the 26th August (if not the applicant) will be 1939, new certificates for the 288 to deposit with an shares and the aforesaid, Cert! 614 required

authorised officer who will be ficates Nos. NS.928, NS.929, present at the sale, the sum of NS.2249, NS.2250, NS.2251, two hundred dollars, ($200) in 5/NS.304 5/NS.2374, 5/NS. cash." This sum will be refunded 2377, and Provisional No. 57/657 on payment of the Purchase price. will be thereafter treated by this

Corporation as Null and Vold. By Order of the Court of Directors.

HONG KONG TRAMWAYS

LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

NOTICE IS GIVEN

that an

HEREBY INTERIM

DIVIDEND of Fifty (50) cents

per Share has been declared pay. Table on FRIDAY, 18th AUGUST next, on and after which date Dividend Warrants may be ob tained upon application at the Registered Office of the Company, Canal Road East, Hong Kong.".

NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that the REGISTER of MEMBERS of the Company will, be closed from FRIDAY, 4th AUGUST, to FRIDAY, 18th AUGUST, 1939, both days in clusive.

By Order of the Board,

WF. SIMMONS, Secretary & Assistant Manager. Hong Kong, 26th July, 1939.

WIN

$50

See page 3

581

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT

No, of Sale.·

New Kowloon Inland

Lot No. 2718. -

Registry No.

Localit

anon 209d age)

between Fok Wing Cheung Sha Wan.

Street & Fuk Wa Sf.

Boundary

Messure-

ments,

As per

sale plan

Contents in

Square feet.

466

Annual

Bental

20,840***

»¦ Upset Price, Î

About

008′gr

62.2

DONT FORGET

THAT WHEN You are at Home

you can get the get the

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SELFRIDGES.

The

Japanese Charres

Imperial Airways

Empress of Russia

דיין

WEDNESDAY, 7.30 am, the Eme harbour, returning from a call in

press of Russia was in our:

Manila:

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Vacation and business bring: Mr. S. Wyatt-Smith to Hongkong. Japanese accuse FT. Courchesne and Ft. Renaud of

CAPTAIN J. N. WILSON piloted from Manila where he is acting the Dardanus from Bangkok to Consul-General for Great Britain. being respectively President and Hongkong on Monday arriving at

Mr. G. C. Sellner took a trip in Secretary of Association which holds meetings 592 kilos of mall.

the anti-Japanese 3.30 p.m. with no passengers and his company's steamer to Hong- in the premises of the mission.

kong. This gentleman. is "con-

The Mission emphasizes that there is no basis whatever for the

charge.

INDIAN TROOPS FOR EGYPT

:

CAIRO, Aug. 16 (Reuter}~~ About 6,000 troops from India arrived at Suez yesterday afternoon to strengthen the British forces.in Egypt.

KENNEL CLUB IN LAW SUIT

Breeder's Protest At Show Ban

A dispute over some pup- pies about whose

there was said to have been a mis-. take was mentioned to Mr. Justice Crossman ản the Chancery Division recently. Mr. Alfred George Cowley ask- ed the Judge to transfer to King's Bench Division, before a jury, an action he had brought claiming a declaration club to suspend or disqualify him

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The second section of the week- nected with the Canadian Pacific end inbound service was under the SS. Co. in Manila. command of Captain Joe Davies Visiting the Colony for a few who arrived at Kat Tak at 3.50 days are Mr. and Mrs, G. Vigilada, p.m. with three American visitors. well-known southern residents "of

irs. V. L. Pfuderer is the flying?

the Philippines. "grandmother." This little mid-s.s. Rajputana dle-aged lady is a native of Chica-

go and is set on going round the WEDNESDAY at 10.30 am, the world by alr. Her experience P&O. steamer was in port In the Imperial Airways Aus and terminating a trip from Eng- tralia, just out of Basra, when the land and southern ports. Eying-boat crashed into a hillside, It was a delightful surprise" to she will not forget for a long time, see Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Trevor re- However, she hopped into another turning fromta splendid vacation plane and arrived in Hongkong in England and Europe. The for a trip across the Pacife, when executive of the Kowloon Canton trip terminates this month, she Railway appeared at as a fiddle””. will have a short rest at home and and full of amiles on his return. off she will go again touring South America by air.

Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Grey return-

ed to home shares on the P. & G. This gentleman is re-

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the Hongkong

The two other American visitors steamer. arriving from London by Imperial presentative Airways" service are Miss Rose Land and Investment Co., Ltd, He Laird, from Delaware, and Miss and the attractive "Mrs." were Sophie Shounatoff, from New another happy pair,

York City. These two young la- There was Mr. G. M. Park, of dies, one a petite blonde and the the Astatic Petroleum Company, other a tall brunette, are out to standing at the rail as the Rajpu- see if the world is really round tana came alongside pier two: But and doing it by air. Attired in he was frowning on his return, costumes, with shorts, the two the sunl travellers were most enthusiastic

Back from a tour of Bingapore about their air Journey which

came Ron, Mr. W. J. Carrie, the they will continue on next week's very capable Secretary of Chinese China Clipper to the United Affairs here in Hongkong.

States.

the Southbound Tuesday for trial

Bangkok at 7 am. that a decision of the Kennel

Mr. C. D, Jackson came to town, and though he made great haste in a quick departure, there were

CAPTAIN L. J. M. WHITE was tri hefty pieces of baggage stacked charge of the southbound on the pier which report many. Tuesday flight and departed for ports of call and having the ap

pearance of ад international-

Matheson and Co., Ltd., who ar-

Mr. I. A Beith, of Jardine, traveller!

Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Trout, ac- rived from the Shanghai office in companied by their two sons, ar- the m.v. Victoria last Saturday rived in Hongkong from London. was on his way on Tuesday to The two boys, highly excited. London and the home office by air. thought. steamer travel was B

hurried one.

occupation and that Hongkong was going to be al-

right!

was based principles which NOW that these two "lines" were contrary to natural justice. have been opened, Hongkong and was null and vold, looks farther ahead for the The defendants were Mr. A. time when it will be possible Croxton Smith, Mr EE. Turner, munity to converse with their man, vice-chairman and secretary His trip is strictly business and a splendid for members of the local com- and Mr. H. T. W. Bowell, chair- friends in England and the of the Kennel Club. " United States. Already, the Mr. F. Landau, for Mr. Cowley, Air France

Hongkong Daily Press" is said the action concerned the informed, negotiations under way between Manila A charge

are conduct of Mr. Cowley's kennels. was brought against and America for an extension him in November, 1837, by of the radio-telephone service Bradney, under Rule 17 of and, should the discussions be Kennel Club's rules. successful, Hongkong will eventually be able to talk to America, via Manila.

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THE VILLE DE BANGKOK ar- rived at Kal Tak trom France, Mrs. via Hanol, on Wednesday at 12.30

the pin.

M

POLISH ARMY GLORIFIED

A very handsome gentleman, Trial. By Jury Request

Mr. J, E. Horton, representative of

WARSAW Aug. 16 (Reuter) of R. C. A will take up residente Foland's annual holiday glorifying When the case came before the in our city, and it will certainly the Army, which tell yesterday. cottmittee of the club solici- be an addition. The traveller ar- AT THE PRESENT time, a tor for Mrs Bradney admitted rived from Indo-China where he was given special significance this Very fine cable service is that an Innocent mistake had has been on business inspection,

year by the international situation. maintained between Hong been made by Mr. Cowley about

President, Moscicki attended an kong and London but we the sex of certain puppies bred of the Chin Shing Engineering Vina and military, displays were Mr. HE Heysen, representative imposing review of troops at 579 Hongkong-ites are so pro- by him, but the committee sp-Co., returned by air from calls in held throughout the country, in- gressive that we think that is plled Rule 17, which provided for North China and Indo-China cluding Warsaw, whilst the Polish not enough. We would like a suspension for discreditable con- There was a charming lady out at radio relayed military songs and wireless telephone link. True, duct...

the airport to welcome him! marches,

V. M. GRAYBURN,

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

MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS

The U.S.S. Mindanao arrived

from Canton yesterday, while HMS. Seamew is expected to ar- rive from the former Kwangtung

capital to-mOLTOW."

The following men-of-war were in harbour yesterday:

Sutanarines: Orpheus, Pandora,

Rainbow.

Destroyers:-Thracian, Tenedos, Beout, Duncan, Dainty.

Sloopa:-Lowestoft, Folkestone. Gunboatà:-Moth Foreign Men-of War U. B. 8.

Mindanao)

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the cost would appear on the" The effect would be to exclude Mr. M. "Lewitt. and Mr. F. Siret, surface to be considerably Mr. Cowley from the Club's shows two French visitors to our city. higher for the phone conver- and from judging at any show spun through passport examina-

tion and into waiting motora sations but, in the end, it held under its auspices, would be found that the latter

action tried before a jury.

for

All the newspapers published articles emphasizing that Po- land must now be regarded as a nation of soldiers, prepared to sacrifice their lives for their **country.

Critical Attitude

In the defence It was denied evidently they were in a hurry! is cheaper in that a great deal that the solicitor admitted that Hanol-Bound could be said in three minutes an innocent mistake had been whereas cables must neces- made As a charge was being WEDNESDAY, an hour-and-a-

The newspapers attitude towards. sarily be limited in length on Mr. Cowley wished to have the France plane was in the air and is highly critical and they special- made against his character half after arrival, the Air Dr. Burekhardt's trip to the Reich account of the cost per word.. THE ADVANTAGES to be

Mr. Charles Herman, K.C., derived from the new services are too many to enumerate, the defendants, opposed the ap- Not only are friendly relations plication, and said that this was the kind of issue the Chancery fostered but in the field of Division had tried for the last commerce and administrative 50 years, matters, as well as in social and domestic affairs, every- body making use of them will the application. benefit. Accordingly, those

The Ng Kwat "Tong Book Com pany, Hollywood Road, was sum moned before Mr. J. Houston at the Central Court yesterday for selling books to which a false responsible for the new ser- description was applied. The comvices Messrs. Cable & Wire plainant was the Chung Wah Book Company. Mr. C. A Butherton

less, the Hongkong Telephone

Russ pleaded not guilty for the defence. Mr. P. M. Hodgson was far the complainant. After evi- dence the hearing adjourned untu August 22,

away to Hanot. There were sevenly stress the fact that the Polish Chinese "passengers whose names Government had no knowledge of were not divulged. And Mr, his visit to Germany which was, van Sickle, the International Har- undertaken purely on his own vester representative, was off initiative. again to Hanoi on a business trip. Pan American Airways

Referring to the Italo-German. talks at Salzburg, the Conservative | newspaper “Ozas" asserts that nb Mr. Justice Crossman refused THE HONOLULU CLIPPER with final decision was reached there.

Co., the Chinese Ministry of grafulated upon their fine Communications, the Radio Initiative. They have render- Corporation of America anded an important service to the

|_ Captain P. J. Nolan in com- and adds that Berlin would like. mand arrived in our city on Wed- to take immediate action in Dan- nesday at 2 pm, from San Fran- zig, but has so far been restrained cisco, via Manila,

by Rome, which first desires to And there was Mr. A. Kohlberg secure the support of Spain, Japan, again! This is the third trans- Hungary and Bulgaria,

Pacine trip for this importer from New York once, Bustress in China, and particularly Swatow, the Philippine Long Distance public a service which is bring this gentleman to the Far Telephone Co are to be con- greatly appreciated. 4

past. Exactly what conditions, he

The Government newspaper

Gazeta Polska descri

- suggestion for sa

"of Danzig made fo