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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,

our

NOTICE.

The undersigned bas the hon. to inform all friends, sub- scribers and members, whom he wishes to thank for their generous Assistance in the past, that he has severed his official connection with the St. John Ambulance Organisation as Director of Am. bulance and Brigade Com missioner.

Sd. ALFRED MORRIS. 25.9.39.

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HONG KONG/STRAITS FREIGHT. CONFERENCE

Shippers are advised that as from the 1st OCTOBER, 1939, the "rates of freight from Hong Kong to the Straits Settlements

* will be increased by 25%.

".. JARDINE, MATHESON &

CO., LTD.,

Hon. Secretaries, Hong Kong/Straits Freight Conference.

Hong Kong, 21st Sept. 1939.

The Daily Press.

CONTRIBUTIONS APPOINTMENT OF

TO FOREIGN

AUXILIARY

The Foreign Auxiliary to the Na

LIQUIDATORS

GAZETTED

Under the Allen Enemies

tional Red Cross Society of Chins | (Winding Up) Ordinance No. 28 of announce further contributionE

follows:

1914, His Excellency the Governor has made the following appoint-

Miss Bascombe, Hongkong £ 2/-/- Mrs. Emily W. Cromwell, I'don £ 1/-/ments of liquidators, the name in.

E5 each case being given first:- Dr. A. W. Edwards, London Charles Lr. Davis, Boston $U.B. 25.00 Bishop of Calcutta... Rs. 250/-- Bishop's College, Calcutta Ra. 17/11 Miss Cumming Calcutta Rs. 50/- Dr. Boulton Calcutta Miss Jemmet, Calcutta Ha 1884.

Deaconess G. Moore, Cal cutta

Ra 25/-

Ra 25/- Dr. D. N. Moltes Calcutta Rs. 50/- Burmah-Shell Olf Storage,

Calcutta

1. HK $30.25 Gillanders Arbuthnot,

FK $83.81 Georg Newnes Book Co.

Calcutta

Mr. E. A Wadeson for Mr. Kárl Frederick Muller, No. 91 Waterloo Road, Kowloon, Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Matthews, for Mr. W. Sporleder, c/o Melchers and Co. and Mr. V. Singer, 14. Felix Villas; Chartered Bank of India. Australia and Chica for Messrs. Gebruder Roese (Swatow); Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Matthews, for AEG. China Electric Company,

EDITORIAL

COMPULSORY SERVICE TRIBUNAL

A public session of the Compulsory Service Tribunal, appointed by His Excellency the Governor, under the Compal- sory Service Ordinance, No. 32 of 1939, will be held in the Council Chamber, Colonial Secretariat, at 4 pm, .. on Thursday, Sept. 28.

CHINA'S YOUNG

(Indian), Ltd. Calcutta HK 318.15 10. Ice House Street, LG. Farben-DOCTORS

Lakshmi Bottle Stores, Cal-

cutta

EK 31210 F. D. C. Summer, Calcutta ER $12.10 Messrs. D. Soragice & Co..

Calcutta

....... HE $11.81 Dr. V. M. Desai. Bombay Rs. 10/- A. B. Creasy, Colombo £ 5/-- Mackinnon and Mackenzie

BK $47.95 & Co., Colombo Museum

Darulfalsh, Delhi Rs. 10/- Prof. Seth. Hirdu College.

£ 3/-/- Morton & Shelnbaum, Benont E1/10:6 HR. Sinnatamby, Ceylon Rs. 10 Moniddin Ahmed. Tehta,

HK$11.81

£1 £ 2/-/-

Delhi

Dist. Gaya, India Messrr, Schfartzberg, Bethle-

hem. South Africa The Unton Market Agency: Cape Town South Africa Mrs. Helen G. Wood, Fish

Hoek, Cape Town

Messrs. Dorman, Lang (Africa)

Ltd., Woodstock Frank

£*

£

M. Willams (Huphries) Ltd., Rosebank, S. Africa. The Union Engineering Supply Co., Ltd., Durban. Natal

Mesars. Duchen Brothers,

Dannhauser Natali

.....

William Gering, Capt Town Ellams Ltd., Capt. Town

D. Rosa Beaconsfeld

New Zealand

South African

South African

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H.

Goldberg.

Boksburg.

Africa

Editorial and

Business Office: 15-19, Queen's Road Central, Tel. 30251-

Night Editor, (Wanchal Office):

Tel. 24511.

London Oce: 53, Fleet Street

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HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 25. 1939

CHECK TO HITLER

THE ASSASSINATION of the Rumanian Prime Minis- ter, M. Calinescu, put the spotlight once again on the Nazi tactics of first under- mining internally the coun- tries they wish to conquer.

of

in

North Transwagi. South

Miss Lucy Bridget Johan-

nesburg.

1/-/-

CALLED

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1939

GASOLENE Hello & Goodbye

RATIONING

IN BRITAIN

TAXI - DRIVERS ARE

HARD HIT

LONDON...Sept. 24 (Renter)—– Among "those hardest h't by the petrol rationing measures were the taxi-drivers who are to

be confined to two gallons a day,

They say they will be unable to make a living and the Talon is trying to obtain extin rationa.

While the taxis will be hit, 'n will mean more freight passengers for the railways, which are already extremely busy.

*

Many private car owners have alled up their tanks in the last

Need Far Exceeds few days and when they

Available Supply

empty the streets will see owner-drivers.

are

fewer

(BY A. W. HYER)

The Races and the opening of the Gripps' winter entertainment season were the two outstanding dates for the local public over the past week-end, but these social activities did not draw all the attention.

The wharves where several large commercial transports due to sail were thronged with goodbye wishers. Imperial Airways

were

There

many Passengers leaving, and though the atmos SUNDAY, 5 P.M., Captain Jon Da-phere in the interior of the ship vies put the R.M.A. Dorado was quite hot, the public rooms down at Kal Tak. The weekly fa- and individual cabins were over- ward air mail, though now being flowing with gay and busing con- carried at a higher rate, appears versation. with the past few services. Arriv-.s.N. were the passengers who held - to be increasing in kilos compared

Captain and Mrs. J. T. G. Stapler, ing yesterday from all Empire supreme popularity when it came ports were 380 kilos of first class mail.

to flower baskets. The Captain, formerly in charge of the U. S. Mr. B. Herschend, connected, South China Patrol "left for his with John Manners and Co, Ltd. home in America and new duties. returned from a business trip on Up ad down the hallway paced the Sunday plane. This local re- Major W. Mayer, Military Attache sident evidently enjoyed the flight' stated that

to the United States Embassy in Pelping just before the steamer Mr. O. Aoki, was the other pas- departed. The Army oficial is senger. By various stages, this returning to his post in the north gentleman has town from Europe after a call in Chungking. with a few stop-overs. His last visit of any length was in Staga-Fletcher were sailing to Shanghai. The popular Mr. and Mrs. 8. J.

Imperial pore, where he embarked on the, The American Consul in Canton

Airways' service for:

and his wife were recipients of a Hongkong. After a few days here gay toasting party.” he will be departing again. The cause of his visit was the trans- portation of newsreels taken in London recently. Steamer Trafic

TRAFFIC REDUCED An earlier message petrol rationing enlist midnight on

CHUNGKING, Sept. 18 (C. I, 0)) Graduates of all medical colleges registered with the Ministry of Education are required to

to

motorists,

Industrie A.G.. Frankfurt A.M... AGFA. Photo. Department. Prin- ce's Building: Messrs. Thomson & Co. for Hartig, proprietor of Kruse & Co.. Chung Ting Build- ing. Messrs. Glaser & Co., 26. Kadoorie Avenue: Messrs. Lam- mert Bros. for Mr. W. Klahn. No. 4. Shouson Hill. Deep Water Bay

took effect at Mr. B. E. Waetjen of Messrs. Erd-

Saturday and that" mann and Sielcken, Soerabaja: in government medical service. already there was a perceptible Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and This year's number of fully train- | diminution in the amount of Fleming, for Mr. T. Janssen, of ed students Include 284 doctors traffic on London streets, Messrs, F. Feld & Co., Mr. Otto and ten pharmacists. Half of the

The allowance Hechtel, of Messrs. F. Feld & Co.: number will serve in base hospitals, Mr. R. A. Wadeson for Mr. Max while the other half will enlist in Steger, formerly of No. 20, Peak other government health work not Mansions; "Custodian of Enemy connected with the army. Property, Supreme Court, for Mr. Luer. of 174, Pokfulam Road..

Messrs, Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming for Mr. E. Wessendorf c/o Messrs. O. Hausmann & Co., David House, and Messrs. O. £.5/-/ £ 10. Hausmann & Co. (Hausmann and £ 2 Wessendorf), David Howe: Messrs, Johnson, Stokes and Master for 5%

Mr. Ludwig Herbert Warnecke c/o 5/-

Wilson & Co. Ltd.; Robertson. Custodian

Enemy Property20,000 persons. of Supreme Court, for Mr. F. Tolle. 1, doctors, pharmacists and nurses! £2-Lomgsight Villa. Victoria Road. are required for the military work

and Mr. W. Mauselshagen, 2 Long- alone. sight Villa, Victoria Road,

£ 1/4-

10/

£0/19-

S. Lt Wallace. Singapore S. $147.00 H. A Pearson. Rangoon HK 3 10.00 Chartered Bank of India.

Australia & China. Ran- goon

Imperial Bank

Rangoon

of India.

59.17

600.00

Mrs. K. A. Thornton, Du ban, Natal, S. Africa The Coronation Brick and Tile Co., Ltd.. Durban, S."

Africa

C. O. Holt, Natal. S. Africa I Holliday, Capt Town, 5.

Africa Young Women's

Association, burg

Hongkong and Shanghai Bank- ing Corporation for Wm. Meyerink

other than those entitled to sup- plementary supplies owing to their public duties or the special nature of their business, permits of 4 Graduates of army medical mileage of between the para- schools and training corps, who mount needs of the Services and are at present occupied in other wide conservation" of supplies ren- work, have also been ordered by dering more severe restriction in the government to join the Army | the future unlikely, and to make Medical Service. According to an savinga

In normal consumption investigation made by the autho- essential. titles, about 281 are available for

The economy required of com- such service.

mercial transport is 25 per cent. of its estimate of pormal peace- time consumption.

Government medical services are estimated need more than More than 13,000

01

Registered with the National Health Administration are 9,319 doctors, 618 pharmacists, 4.905 & Co.. c/o Kunst and Albers, Ped-nurses, 2.279 assistant pharmacists, 286 dentists, and 3.894 midwives. The percentage of those registered

der Building.

Messrs.

Lowe, Bingham and

£2 Matthews for Stickstoff-Syndikat who are in government service is O.M.B.H, Berlin. Corn Hey! A.G.not available, but the need of com- Works, Motoron-Werke Mannheim.

petent workers grows with the vorm. Benz & Co., Daimler-Benz A.G.. Gaggenau,

Robert Bosch progress of the war.

£21-77 £ 1/-/-

Bleistift- Johann Faber A.-G..

£ 2/2/~ | G,M,B.H., Stuttgart. Fabrik vorm. Nuernberg.

Mr.

Christian Johannes-

£ 25/-/-

Miss J. D. Bannatyne.

Johannesburg William Shaw, East-London.

South Africa

Africa

The Bishop of Pretoria, S The Bishop of Eleamton-

tein. South Africa

*Eric Macdonald Bryden,

3-CA of Messrs.. Lowe. Bingham | PANAMA PARLEY

£ 1/-/-

and Matthews, has been appointed an Inspector of the business car- 6ried on In the Colony of the In- ternationale Gesellschaft der £18/5/6 Stickstoff Industrie. A.G. of Basel,

with the following powers:-

in Galicia, Rumania did not

To examine the stock position of fertilisers held at all reasonable times.

To have access to all details ap-

To order into which banks pro- ceeds of sale shall be paid.

To examine all documents and interview all persons with know- lege concerning the same.

To render a monthly report. to the Custodian of Enemy Property

Mr. Denis Henry Blake of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, bas

AND NEUTRALITY

PANAMA, Sept. 24 (Reu- ter)-The opening session of the Pan-American Con- ference yesterday discussed the formation of a Per- manent Neutrality Com- mittee for the two Ameri- can continents.

COLONY HEALTH

BULLETIN

in the Colony on Sept. 22.

There were no cases of cholera

this date include sever cases of Returns of notifiable diseases on

enteric fever, two cases of dysen- try (one imported), twenty-two cases of tuberculosis and two cases of diphtheria.

THE ANSWER of the find-the Nazi colossus camped pertaining to the sale and bank Bucharest Government was on her borders gave hering of the proceeds thereof. swift and decisive. The nine assurance to deal with Hitler's assassins of the Premier were agents as they deserved. The shot immediately on the scene entire Balkan bloc may now of their crime. Thousands of be said to be in a similar arrests and hundreds position. The shadow of the executions put an end, prob- Third Reich which once lay ably for good, to the activities dark across Southeastern Eu of the German-financed "Iron rope from Budapest, to "the Guard" Domestic Nazism in Black Sea is definitely lifting been appointed liquidator of the Rumanía, like its Fascist

GERMANY'S APPEALS. for affairs of the undermentioned counterparts. elsewhere

peace, directly and through persons:---- Europe, was the spearhead of Signor Mussolini, show that Mr, and/or Mrs. G. Amann, No. the advance of the Third she is by no means happy at 24 Conduit Road, William Baelz, Relch-in this case towards the position which has been c/o "Defas" Franz Brauweiler,

EASTERN HEALTH rich oil and wheat

created. When she first en-/o The German Embassy, No, 2 which it had long coveted. visaged the possibility of an Doenne, c/o Mr. L. Werner, Hong-Bulletin of Eastern Ports for the Peking Road, Shanghai, Wolfgang The following is the Health This spearhead has now been armed struggle against the kong Bank Building, Mrs. Hanna week ending Sept. 16.

West, she certainly counted Durst, P.O. Box 777, Shanghai, HOW IS IT that Rumania, on the agricultural wealth of Gertrud Enged, c/o "Defag". Miss Allahabad 8 Cases, Cawnpore 11 Plague: Bassein 2 cases, Cholera: a small weak country which | Poland and Southeastern EU- Elst Gath, c/o Defar, Karl

· after the occupation

cases, Calcutta 14 cases, Chittagong of rope to help her to carry on Goetz, c/o Otto Wolff, Kochn, Kurt 1 case, Macap 17 cases, Hongkong Prague gave docile assent to a war of attrition-just as Haase, c/o China Export and Im-12 cases, Shanghai 93 cases. Small- a Nazi-dictated trade treaty Polish, Rumanian and Uk-port Bank Co., Wilhelm Hermann, Fox: Delhi 1 case; Bombay 2 cases, which placed all her resources rainian wheat were all at 0/0-PO-Box-57-Kunming. Yun- Calcutta 3 cases, Madras 2-casen, at Hitler's disposal, has dared her disposal between the nan, Max Hertz, No, 309 Prince Jodhpur 1. death. to strike back so dramatically years 1915 and 1918. To-day. Edward Road, top floor, Kowloon,

" broken off..

fields

at a Germany armed and on

the march?..

BRITAIN AND FRANCE

the Ukraine and the agricul Hans Hommel Room 201 Asla Life tural sections of Poland are Werner, Hongkong Bank Build- Building. Helmuth Hoch, c/o Mr.

Mr. Walter Hanming Chen, Gen- A GLANCE at the map will in the hands of a neutral, ing. Rudolf Kroeger, Room 307,

eral Hon. Secretary of the Bouth give the answer. Germany temporarily well-disposed but Bank of East Asia Building. Otto China Athletic Association and a has invaded Poland-but to strong enough to say "No" to "Kuttner, No. 29 F.C. Shameen

member of the Council of the the much desired oil of Ru- Hitler, at any time. No won-Canton, Herbert Langensiepen,

Hongkong Football Association, is mania, her advance is barred. der that the Reich is trying c/o Delag", Detrich Lelding and leaving shortly for Manila on a There is a new cordon stretto extricate itself from the L. G. Liedke, No. 14 Bau Chuk Yuến

vacation trip. He expects to be ching along the entire length struggle into which its leaders Road; O. Stertorstienives 46A Bre-back before the end of October. of the former Pollsh-Ru- have plunged Europe.

men, Germany, Juergen Mueller, manian frontier," and this

c/o Mr. L. Werner, Hongkong Bank cordon is manned by Soviet have... declared their deter- Klink, G. Fritz Bauer, cfa, China Building, Hans Richter, c/o. P. J. troops. Russia has given her mination to crush the Brown Export and Import Bank Co., Mrs. c/o Organic Fertilizer Co., Hong- word to respect Rumanian régime, cut at the root of Esi Schmidt, c/o Carlowits and kong Building, Rolf Alfred Hennig. neutrality. This means that Nazi aggression, and liberate Co. Wolfgang Bommer, Bank of c/o The National Cash Register no hostile troops will advance the Czech, Polish and Ger- China Building. 4th door, Helgi Co., Hans Herbert Mueller, 14, upon that country through man peoples from the yoke of Sperling, 16, Ice House Street or Hankow Road, 2nd floor (or c/o territory she holds. If Hitler Hitlerism. There is only one No. 6. Cameron Road. Kowloon. Jebsen and Co.), Kaj Westergaard wants to march on Rumania quick way they can do this Fel Buchloh, No. 1 Tramway Pedersen c/o Sander, Wieler and to-day he must go through to take the initiative now, Mission, No, 68 Taipo Road, Mic- Augusta Schneider, c/o Carlowitz Path, Ernst Fischle, c/o The Basel Co., Christian A, and/or Mra, Alda Hungary or not at all. And when the Nazis are afraid to hael von Hassel, e/o Jebsen and and Co. Walter Blevers, c/o Car- to march through Hungary take it, to smash the rumours co, Mrs. Johanna Schaffe, No. 70 lowitz and Co. Adolf Wiener, P.O. may mean that he will have of a quick peace with which Robinson Road, Mrs, Hedi Harms Box 285, Chungking (or c/o Sino another war on his hands, Hitler keeps his people docile, Emden, c/o Kunst and Albers, Otto German Trading Co., Chungking), THE FACT THAT, after the and to spare nothing in the Hoeft, c/o Eurasia Aviation Gor-Wilhelm Vennewitz, Room 31, Ice collapse of Polish resistance effort.

poration, Lionel Arthur Dabelstein, | House Street,

19

Nazi Charge Refuted

north.

There were many friends down to speed Mrs. G. W. Muckley Un her way to San Francisco, This charming visitor will certainly be missed by the Texaco group who have enjoyed her visit to the utmost

OUT OF THE HARBOUR before the black-out the other night sailed one of the largest commer-

Where was Mr. E. F. Drumright, another cial liners on a call to Manila,

important American official? This gentleman, attached Mr. A." Sawamura was travelling to the United States Embassy, In south for the opening of the Jap- Pelping, as Secretary was supposed artese Tourist Bureau in Manila. to be on his way to San Francisco. This agency has a long list of, we hope he gets there! branches in all parts of the world

and provides travellers with travel The charming Mr. A Brostedt. information of a general nature, Asiatic Trafic Manager for Cana- and it naturally specializes on dian National Ralway, was bound Japan.

for a trip to Kobe.

B'd gdy adios were Mr. Herbert

Mr. and Mrs. P. Polson, accom T. King and Mr. B. C. Lon. These panied by their two youngsters,

for

travelled down to Manila. Un-young men are bound fortunately, we did not meet the the United States where they will parents of the two younger mem-fotn Oberlin College. They were bers of the family, but from them quite excited over the trip and. It would

life in general seem that, they were bound on one of the most wonder- ful advertures of a lifetime.

Another student travelling to America was Mr. Lee Seng Gee,

BRITISH BLOCKADE NOT VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

LONDON, Sept. 23 (Reuter) -The Ministry of Information has replied to Nazi charges that the British" blockade is

Returning to his home and who will enter University of Penn-. offices in Manila was Mr. S. sylvania. There were many gay violating International law,

Cooke who has been business call-friends down to speed him away. Neutrals. says the Ministry, ing in our city. Mr. C. N. King and a few teurs were dowing on have the right to trade with. Ger-

beld a ticket to Manila, but he his account...' many, but equally Great Britain

must have decided to stay has the right to intercept contrahere, because he was not about on by her young son, are travelling to Mrs. M. L. Ulrich, accompanied band, even if it is passing through neutral countries.

FULLY EXERCISED This right was fully exercised in the last war, and no belligerent can be expected to stand by and allow the enemy to import goods which will enable her to carry on the war.

Britain is ready to consider heu- tral needs for obtaining com- modities from overseas.

HITLER LOSES HIS COFFEE!

British Contraband Control

LONDON, Sept. 24 (Reuter)— The effect of the British blockade been brought home to

has now

on

the evening of sailing.

Los Angeles. The head of the The sailing of the American family, connected with the Stan- steamer for the United States via dard Vacuum Oil Co. was on the Shanghal was а lively affair. pler side waving adios.

JJ

LADY ASSISTANT ALMONERS

It is notified in the "Govern- ment Gazette" that two Proba- tioner Lady Assistant Älmoners for training under the direction of the Almoner are wanted.

The particulars and qualifica- tions are as follows:-

(1) Chinese race.

(2) British subject,

(3) About 25 years of age, (4) Passed the Hongkong Uni- versity Matriculation" Examina- tion or its equivalent. Preference graduates though the applications will be given to University of candidates not having this Herr Hitler himself. British con-

qualification will be considered. traland control yesterday seized (5) Able to speak and read 20 bags of coffee smounting to English and Cantonese fluently. Over two tons "which we con- (6) Applicants to serve as signed to Hitler from "Arabia, paid pupil almoners, for

The German people have for months before appointment, and some time been deprived of the appointment to be dependent on real coffee. The consignment for abilities shown in that period. Herr Hitler was despatched on (7) Balary—$1,440 to $1,740 by Aug. 8 and it seems that even then the Nazi leader was preparing of $30 per month.

$60 annually, with rent allowance for a long war.

THE KING'S THANKS

three

Applications with

coples of testimonials as to character and certificates of education to be forwarded to the Director of Medical Services, Post Ofice Building, 3rd floor on before October, 1, 1939.

or

JAPAN'S NEW

FOREIGNORE

OFFICE

**_HEAD

INCREASED FARES

BY IMPERIAL".

AIRWAYS

Imperial Airways announce that, as from October 1, 1939, all passenger fares, baggage. and freight rates will be in- creased by a 25 per cent War surcharge. Färes paid or de posits already "collected will not be subject this sur charge.';

Rebates previously granted en return tickets, through bookings, and air/sea inter- 6 change are suspended as from

October 1, 1939

AIRPORT NEWS imperial Airways:

BOUTHBOUND

Wednesday: Hanoi, Bangkok. Dardanus-7 a.m.:

NORTHBOUND

Sunday, Bangkok, Hanol, Hong-

kong. Dardanus 4.DI.

Air France:

NORTHBOUND

Yednesday:

Hongkong. Service 5 p.m..

France

SOUTHBOUND

Thursday: Hadol, France, Service6 am.

LONDON, Sept. 23 (Reuter)- The King has expressed his appre- clation of messages of loyalty re- ceived from the Sultan of Zanzibar, the Federated Malay States and Kenya.

His Majesty has asked that his message be specially conveyed to TOKYO, Sept. 23 (Reuter)-Pan American Airways. the large Chinese community in Admiral Kilchi Baburo Nomura, The King in a personal message war commander-in-chief of Japan's Johore. Det the flag President of the Peers School, who

to the Sultan of Zanzibar, recalled Third Fiset during the Bino-Japan-

last War. the help given by Zanzibar in the ese hostilities at Shanghai in 1932, has been appointed Foreign Among the latest messages of Minister. loyalty received in London is one from the Ashanti.

he takes over the portfolio from the Premier, General Abe

LASTBOUND

Wednesday:

Hongkong. Philippine Clipper -2pm.

WESTBOUND

Thursday: Manila USA Philippine Clipper 8.30 m