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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1939

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CANTON LINE

The

next salling of the 1.5. "Fatsban" from Hongkong will be on the 12th Sept., 1939. at 8 a.m. and returning from Canton on the 15th Sept.. 1939, at 9 a.m.

MACAO LINE

DAILY SERVICE (including Sunday)

Fram Hong Kong: 8:00 am. "Taishan"

3.30 p.m. Kinshan" excepting Sunday From Macao: 3.00 pm. Taishan”

3.00 a.m. "Kinshan" excepting Sunday

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SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES

CONSIGNEE NOTICE.

8.9. JEAN LABORDE' 21*A/99.

BRINGING CARGO· Frox MARSEILLES via SAIGON, etc.

AIN HONG KONG ON THURSDAY, Tux 3lar AUG., 1939

MONSIGNFES are aereby informed that their goods with the exception of Opiam, Tressure and Valuables are being landed & stored into the Godowns of the Hong Kong, Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd, Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediately after landing.

All claims must be sout in to me on or before the 11th Sept., 1939,, or they will not be recognized.

Damaged Package will be examined by the Company's Surveyor, Mesura, Goddard & Douglas in the presence of the Consignees at 10.00 mm, on Wednes- day, the 6th Sept., 1939.

Consigneer must have a Bevonas Oficer in attendance when any dutiable goods are examined by the Company's Surveyors.

No Fire insurace will be effected, by us in any case whatever.

R. OHL,

Agent.

Hong Kong, 30th Aug., 1939,

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CONSIGNEES' NOTICE,

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

From LEITH MIDDLESBRO, ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS

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Tax S.S. BEN MOHR,"

ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby

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informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra haradeus Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company, Ltd. whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 6th Sept will be subject to rent,

All claims against the vessel mart be presented to the undersigned on or before the 20th Sept., 1938, or they will not be recognized

To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regulations, Consignees must have a Revenue Officer in attan. dance when damage "dutjable goods are examined.

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 4th September, 1939, at 9 am, by fears. Carmichael & Clarke.

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No Fire Insurance has been effected.

Bill of Lading will be countersigned

W. R. LOXLEY & Co. (CHINA) Lπ-

Agents |Hong Kong, 30th Aug, 1939.

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"Rotterdam & Glasgow

LIVERPOOL SERVICE "CYCLOPS".

Sail 31 SEPT., for Havre, Liverpool &

Bromborough

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MINISTER'S BROADCAST

TO GERMAN PEOPLE

LONDON, Sept. 5 (Reutër) — The Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, broadcasting to the German people in their own language, said: “Your country and mine are now at war. Your country had bombed and in- vaded free and independent Poland which this coun- try is bound to defend. Because your troops have not withdrawn "in response to the British Note war has followed."

After giving the facts re- garding Hitler's offer to Po land Mr. Chamberlain asked:

"Why did we feel it necessary to defend an eastern Power when our interests, lie in the

BRITISH LABOUR

WILL STAND

Loyal School Head Killed

NEW MURDER BY PRO - JAPANESE TERRORISTS CHUNGKING, Sept. 5 (Central)". |-Mr. Wu Tae-chien, principal of the Shanghai Girls' College, wÀI murdered yesterday, according to a despatch from Shanghai

He was coming out from the teachers' rest room when an as- sassin fred four shots at him. He was rushed to hospital but later

West? The answer, I regret FOURSQUARE succumbed to his wounds.

to say, is that nobody in this country trusts your leader's word.

"He Broke It " "He gave his word that he would respect the Locarno Treaty: be

• broke it.

He gave his word that he either wished nor intended to annex Austria: he broke it. He declared that he would not incor- porate the Czechs in the Reich buti he did so.

"He gave his word after Munich that he had no further territorial designs in Europe: he broke it. He gave his word that he wanted No Polish provinces and he broke it. He has, sworn for years that he was the mortal enemy of Bolshevism and he is now their ally,

"Can you wonder his word is not worth the paper on which It is written? The German-

LONDON, Sept. ǝ (Keuter)--- When delegates representing five million British unionists Assembled at Bridlington for the annual conference to-day it was decided to curtail busi- ness to two days thus reflect- Ing the delegater" impin- cable determination."

The president expressed the feelings and aspirations of the Congress when he declared that British." Isbour would stand four-square, no matter how dark and difficult the days might be, until they had smashed Hitlerism forever and created a world of true bro- therhood.

Altogether three assallant, broke Into the college, Two of them kept watch at the gate while the third carried out the cold blooded murder. They are believed to be Wang Ching-wel's agents,

Deceased, who had been engaged

BONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, sth SEPTEMBER, 1938, 9:30 AM.

MAIL SERVICE

SUSPENSION OF ALL UF EMPIRE

As from 5.00 pm. Monday, 4th September, the all up Empire air mai service la suspended for the time being.

First class mail for destinations served by Imperial' Airways whethe Included in the all up scheme or not will be subjected to a surcharge... ¤ $1.00 per half, ounce if sent by air, in addition to the present air mail radod Letters may however be sent to such destinations by surface transport a the following rates:-

KAJ

CBX

To British Possessions:-...

140 cents for the first ounce

10 cents for each succrë ding ounce

10 cents per postcard

To Foreign Countries:---

3 cents for the first ounce

15 cents for each succeeding ounce

(15) cents per postcard

All letters intended for despatch by air must be so superscribed, and bear a blue air mal label.

Parcel Post Service to China is subject to a Customs Embargo on certain foreign goods, a list of which may be seen at GP.O. ERO.

In all cases parcels can only be accepted for despatch as cir cumstances hermit and at «senders risk..

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In educational' work in Shanghai | Air Man by "Pan American Ale-

for many years, was recently al- ways Direct Service"-San Fran- Pan American leged to have been affiliated with || claco date, 30th Angusi.

Wang Ching-wel and supported his peace · movement. He published a denfaj in the Shanghai newspapers. He was 36 years old and a native of Nantungchow, A graduate of Shanghai... the Great China. University. Java and Manila, nim............................” Tyinegara.... Shanghai, be was a returned stu- | Shanghai.

Tyndareus.

Air Mail by "Air France Direct Ali France

Service"--Paris date, 30th August') Plane Shanghai and Amoy.. Shanghal' and -Swatow.

dent from Italy. He is survived by Air Mail by, "Imperial" AirwaAY! | his parents and a son, his wife be- ing dead.

Soviet Pact was a cynical volte Straits Settlements Civil Service

face to shatter the peace front, but the gamble talled, for the

peace front stands firm.

Monstrous 'Gamble

Plea For More Appointments.

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"Your leader is now sacrificing And Salary Scale Revision

you to a still more monstrous gamble-war to extricate himself from an impossible position into! which he led himself and you.

"We are not fighting against the German people, but the tyrannous and foresworn regime which be- trayed it own people and the whole of western civilization and all you and we hold dear."

Mr. Chamberlain concluded by saying: "May

God defend the right."

Bond - Slaves Of Money Lenders

Creation of more appointments in the Straits Settlements Civil Service and the revision of the salary scale, were matters to which the attention of Government was invited by Mr, Claude 'da Silva in à speech on the adjournment at a recent meeting

of the Legislative Council.

The Governor, in his reply, said that the suggestions made by the Eurasian member would have Gov- ernment's full and sympathetic consideration, and an announce- ment would be made at some sub- sequent meeting" of the Council..

Czechs Urged To Take Up Arms Against Germany

When the Straits Settlements Civil Service scheme was laid be- fore this Council in March, 1933, a list of posts was drawn up to which Your Excellency could add or make any alterations as you thought fit," said Mr. da · Bilva, "and there were, in fact, no limita-Polish Government has issued a tions except that for certain posts, take up arms against their hered-

proclamation urging Czechs

the sanction of the Secretary of State for the Colonies was neces-

LONDON, Sept. 5 (Reuter)—-A Warsaw message says that the

itary enemy.

to

Czechs should sabotage the

""I believe there are already 18 Nazwar machine, the proclama- appointments made to the s.s. tion addz. Civil Service, and

The first Czech units formed in Government. have been very generous in making (Poland are stated already to have

been under fire. two appointments annually.

PLIGHT OF CEYLON Bary.

A LANDOWNERS The majority of the landowners in Ceylon were bond-slaves of the money leaders, said Mr. D. 8. Senanayake, Minister of Agricul- ture and Lands, in the course of a lecture on "Agricultural and Patriotism” at a well-attended meeting at the Buddhist Girls' School, Wigada. Veyangoda re- cently.

""I venture to ask for more,

and I hope that the reply will

not be, in the language of the

poet. A little more and how

much it is."

My purpose in referring to this

matter is to invite Your Excel-

RUBBER THAT WILL BE LEFT UNSHIPPED

རྒྱུད་སྐན་

It is anticipated that about 2,000 Mr. Senanayake said that owing lency's sympathetic consideration tons out of the rubber exportable to the high prices that Ceylon to the extension of the 8.5. Civ maximum for 1939 will be left commodities fetched years ago, Service, and to the question of the shipped in the hands of shippers and dealers at the end of the year, the Ceylonese people had invested salary scale.

When the rules governing the their money in coconut and rubber

This deficit in exporta will be set scheme were laid before this Couri– į S lands.

off against the over-export of 7,145 cll, the posts were classified into tons which has to be liquidated legal, Judical, administrative, financial and secretarial.

da

PRICES DECLINED

But after the Greaf War, the prices of their commodities gra- 'dually declined, and all their hopes on agricultural commodities were

frustrated. Consequently, those who borrowed on high in- terest, for the purpose of acquir ing agricultural property, found; themselves in a dilemma, and in most casca, were compelled to transfer their properties to the money len 28,

"I invite your consideration to the creation of appoint- ments in other public depart- ments such as Public Works and Education. The encour agement of engineers, archi- tects surveyors and education-. al officers would be a step in the right direction.

"It will take time before men will be found with sufficient ex- Many others who were loath to perience and the ability which only franster their lands, out of a sense comes with experience to All such of self-respect, were paying their higher posts."

total income as interest to money lenders. Therefore the majority

of the land, holders of Ceylon were bondslaves of the money lenders. Eighty percent of the cocõhut

of foreign money-lenders.

NATIONAL INCOME

In an agricultural country like

PRESS CONTROL

during the currency of the present period of restriction.

The basic quota allotted to Cey-

Direct Servies”—London

2nd September.

Straits.

Csatonta

Bangkok

Sandakan.

Calcutta and Straits.

Airways Plan

6th Sept

6th Best

Anhui.....

6th Sept.

Klangsu........

6th Sept.

Sheng Hwa..

6th Sept.

6th Sept.

6th Sept.

date. Imperial

Airways Flans

Tth Bopt.

Giezapp.......

7th Sept.

Canton. Mara............ Ninghai........

7th Sept.

7th Sept.

Yunnan.... Yuensang.....

7th Sept

7th Sept.

Straits.

................................. Philoctetes..

7th. Sept.

Nowshera...

7th Sept

Japan.

Canada, U. 8. A. Japan

Bad

Shanghal (Vancouver. B. C., date;}”

19th August). ............

Emp. of Asia

7th Sept

Canton......!

7th Sept.

Haiphong.

Somali......

Shanghai.

8th Sept

Hakosaki Maru..

8th Sept

Pres. Pierce..............

9th Sept.

Hakusan Maru.....

9th Bapt.

10th Sept.

Direct Service"--London" date, Imperial 6th September.

Airwave Plane.

11th Best.

Sirogane. MarU...

11th Sept.

Kaiyo Maru.......

11th Sept

Taims...

19th Sept.

martis | Kamakura Maru

19th Sept

13th Sept.

14th Sept.

Pres. Coolidgc.... Granville.

16th Sept.

15th Sept.

Japan and Shanghai.

Manila.

Btraita....

Shanghai and Amoy.....sadane..........

Air Mali by "Imperial Airways

Canton

Shanghai,

Straits and Calcutta.

Japan and Bhangħal Shanghai...

U. 8. A, Honolulu and Japan--)

Tusima Maru...

(San Francisco date, 19th Aug.). [Pres, Hayes...

U. 8. A, Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San Francisco date, 25th August). Manila.

OUTWARD MAILS

REGISTERED AND PARCEL MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier ban the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where maile ire advertised to close at or before 9 am, registered and parcel mails ire closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day.'

For

WEDNESDAY

Air Mail for Indo-China only--dpe

Hanoi, 6th September. Fort Bayard Haiphong, Amby.......

Parcels only for Straits

THURSDAY

Airmail for Manlia, Guam, Kono- lulu and I. S, A., by the "Pan American Airways Direct Sar-

Franchion hoa tuoi Bản September.

lon for 1939 is 108,000 tons. The Fort Bayard, Pakhal & Holhow standard production of estates and Fort Bayard

small holdings last year was 97,710 Haphong.

Date and Time

Per

Wed. 6th.

Air France.

Plane....... Tal Poo Sek.. Kwangtung.. Tainan.. Anbul..

13th Pan American

Plane Kingyuan....... Selatan... Wing Sang.

tons, but as a result of the deter- Saigon, Bangkok, Mauritius, Re mination of the standard produc- tion by special assessment and the addition of allowances in respect of immature areas, it is expected that Ceylon's standard production will approximate the basic quota," LR.R.C. DECISION Under the International Rubber Regulation Committee's decisions ading the percentage release for each of the first two quarters, of the year at 50 per cent. and for the third and fourth quartera at 60

union. Madagascar, Lourenco Marques, Fast and South Africa. Ruys.. Manila

Air Mail for "Imperial Airways

Direct “Service”due

14th September.

Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Aus- tralla by Imperial Airways Direct Service dus Sydney 15th Sept

FRIDAY

Amoy.

G.P.O. & KP.O.

Iteg. Ord.

11.30 AM

Noon

1.30 PM

2.00 PK

3,30 FM

6.00 PM

The 7th.

FP.O. Hag. 6th 5.00 PM Ord. 8th 5,30'

G.P.Q.

Keg. 6th 6.00 r Ord.: 7th 7.30 AM

8.30 AM 10.30 AM. 3.00.IN

3.30.X 3.30 TK

KPOP

5.00 W2

Emp. of Sala

Reg. Ord.

4.30 PM

London Imperial

Reg.

• 1.00 P

Airways Plane

$7,00 PM

Hey.

Ord

4.00 PM 16,20,21

Imperini

Beg "Always. Flane Ord. 17.00 PM

Fri. Sila.

5.00 PM

8.30 AM: 8:30 AM $10.30 AM

Parcela 11.00 AM Papers Noon

GPD. & K.PO,

Reg Onl

19:45 PM

1.30

lands in Ceylon were in the hands The bill provides for the proper cent. the average percentage prietor of a newspaper to pre release allows a permissible ex- viously obtain the permission of portable amount of 58,300 tons. the Colonial Secretary authorising According to the Acting Rubber Ceylon, the national Income had Printing and publication. This Controller, Mr. P. O Fernando, to be built up through agricul- Provision is possibly even more coupons representing 3,167 tons Tourane. necessary now than at the time were issued at the beginning of Formosa ture. But when the best brains of the bill was drafted, said the At the year to proprietors in exchange Parcels only for Straits and Par the land being absorbed by the torney General when he moved for the vouchers issued them un- cels and papers only) for Cal- Public Service and the professions, first reading of the Prining Fresses der the Rubber Œeduction of Ex- which contributed nothing to the (Amendment) Bill at a meeting of ports) Ordinance, No. 52 of 1938, increase of the national Income, the Straits Settlements Legisla there remained little hope for the tive Council agricultural regeneration of the country.

and 2197 tons to dealera in ex- Man change for the 1833 coupons car

ried over by them, making a total The Attorney General mention of 8,384 tons vissetest Mr. Senanayake, concluding 4 that under the existing law the Thus, the amount now, avallsbie said that all the money Ceylon controlover newspapers was ex tremely ketchy and only in spent anally, on foodstuffs from abroad could be saved if they at

directly effective. tained self-suficiency, in their food The production. Then an era of na- ting ng Honal prosperity would dawn in published in the Colony was he amount, it is presumed that about Ceylon

ventent, 1' 2,000, tons will be left mihipped.

cutta. A le m

Salgon, Straita, Ceylon, India. Bart

Tinegara Klangsu. Canton Maru.,

Kutsang

and South Africa, Aden, Egpyt and Europe via Marseilles due Marseilles, 9th October. Hakozaki Maru.

SATURDAY

for issue to proprietors 18 52,936 Parcels only for Shangh tons, and it is proposed to lasue Shanghai and Japan. coupons for that full amount, Amoy. method bi permit"=" | which is 50 per cent, of the stun

„to be printed, and dard --production

of this; Printed and Published by Henry Lloyd Murrow

Press, Ltd. at Maring House-thiru. Road Central, Hongkong, London Cuce: 58.,

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