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NOTICE.

NOTICE

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

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Notice is hereby given that | HAMBURG-AMERIKA-LINIE. Karl Broch of No. 55. Cumber-

· (Hong Kong Agency in land Road, Kowloon, Is applying to the Governor for naturaliza.

Liquidation). tion, and that any person who NOTICE IS HEREBY knows any reason why na GIVEN

INTERIM turalization should not be granted that aa DIVIDEND OF 12s. 6d. should send a written and signed (Twelve Shillings and Six, Pence) | statement of the facts to the | per Share on account of the year Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, 1939, has been declared pay. Dated the 29th day of Septem.. able on WEDNESDAY, 15th ber 1939... NOVEMBER, 1939, on and

after which date Dividend War- rants may be obtained on applica tion at the Society's Registered Office. Union Building. Hong Kong.

NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that the SHARE "TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED FROM SATURDAY, 4th NOVEMBER, to TUESDAY,`14th NÖVEM- BER, 1939. Both Days inclusive,

By Order of the Board,

"G.

R.

* PUBLIC AUCTION.

745

PARTICULARS AND CON. DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 9th day of Oct. 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 A. W. HUGHES,

of Hong Kong for a term of General Manager. Island Road, in the Colony Hong Kong, 4th October, 1939.75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Ma. Jesty the KING, for one further term of 75 years.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

757

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

IN THE GOODS of The Reverend John Keers late of 33 Deramore Drive, Belfast, Northern Ireland Retired Presbyterian Minister, de ceased.

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 creditors and others to send in their claims against the above estate to the 24th day of October, 1939.

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

Dated the 27th day of Septem. ber, 1939.

JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTËR,

Solicitors for the Executors, Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building,

Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Hoa.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis. posal of the lat 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 оп payment of the Purchase

price,

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT

Boundary

j No. of Sale.

Registry No.

Locality.

Rural Building

Lot No. 428

East of Rural Building Lot

No, 404,

Island Road,

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Measure-

menta.

As per

sala plan.

Contents in

Squars feat. ¡

Annual

Rental

Test Price.

About

17.180

R

198

PUBLIC AUCTION.

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983*1

450

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The following information has been received from the Shanghai Branch of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie;—

EDITORIAL

THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 5, 1939.

CORRESPONDENCE ALLEGED CATTLE Hello &

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

A

STRIFE

RUSTLING

Summary Court Hearing

Further," evidines was recorded by Mr. Justice J. A. Fraser in the Summary Court yesterday in the case of alleged cattle rustling from Chinese territory across the border.

Cheung Wan both cattle dealers. The plaintin are Tang For and

They are sung Man Chi-ling and Ng Wan-sin for the retum of 14 head of cattle valued at $700.

To the Editor. "Hongkong Dally Prees" * Bir,--Without wishing to act as "Dog in the Manger," I wish to state, here and now, that certain sections of a letter which appeared in your issue of Oct. 2 in the name of Mr. E M. Raymond, Acting Commissioner of St. John Ambulance Brigade, will not stand dissection or supplementation un- der the searchlight of criticism more intimated knowledge "All cargo accessible out. and

of facts and correspondence which ward and homeward may be, hitherto

Mr. M. A. da Silva is for the have remained andis | plaintiff, while Mr. C. À. Sutherton delivered port of relage closed.

Russ appears for the defence. against full set of bills of

According to the evidence given lading properly endorsed allowed to settle, I refrain from at the previous hearing the cattle are alleged to have been robbed A. MORRIS.

Chinese territory and the (Since both sides of the question | animals driven into. British terri- have now received extensive | tory. On hearing that the cattle column the were in the New Territories, the publicity

order for "Hongkong Daily Press" wishes to plaintiff obtained hereby close the correspondence on their detention. the St. John controversy.-Ed.) The defence, on the other hand, claimed that the cattle were seized by the Chinese authorities in Bhum Chun and that defen-

no guarantee for missing bills of lading to be accepted- full freight due-consignees paying telegrams, shifting and all expenses after ship's tackle-must reserve right collect deposit for Notha. fengeld if delivery · will be taken after 10th October.” This applies to all Hamburg. Amerika-Linte vessels berthed at neutral ports.

Messrs. Jebsen & Company, Shipping Department, advise that their services are open for engage ment in the above connection.

JEBSEN & COMPANY,

Agents.. Hamburg-Amerika-Linle (In Liquidation)

LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS, Liquidators.

The Baily Press.

But as muddy waters should be

comment.

iz

our

JAPANESE MILITARY MISSION IN ROME ROME, Oct. 4 (Reuter)-Gen. Terauchi, head of the Japanese

visiting Germany, is arriving here Military Mission, which has been on Oct. 4.and leaving for London on Oct. 8.

an

dants had purchased them from the Chinese poitee.

" AUTHORITY GIVEN.

-Was

Evidence given yesterday by Tang Tse-yau, former Police Commissioner and Magistrate of Shum Chun He said that he had given authority for the sale of cattle that had been seized. he did not attend the sale which was held at daybreak.

but

He further stated that the ex- port of cattle was forbidden under that he had been dismissed from his past but would not reveal the present post he held under the Chinese Government.

wartime conditions. He denied

Li Sun, Superintendent of Police, Shum Chun, stated that on in- formation received he led a party to the border where of Police cattle were

said to have been

*the

an honourable one. But it was not the end. During the last days of the defence of Nanking, in the beginning of December, bold enemy raid ers, certain in their own minds that they would en- counter no opposition, sud- 454 denly found themselves en- gaged by a fleet of new Chi- nese planes, swift, well-man- ned and deadly. Over Han- kow, the provisional capital, driven in the direction of

driven. He BAW & herd being IPS. the air was full of machines, border, but could not catch up and young pllots trained with the party. On seeing the grimly and incessantly for police the men bolted, but the the ordeal before them. This cattle were, seized and taken to was the beginning of China's Shun Chun where they were sold second air fleet.

the same morning to 'second'defen- THIS FORCE played a dant

Under "cross-examination by Mr.

amination distinguished part in the campaigns on the Tientsin Bilva, he said that Ng was not Pukow and Peiping-Hankow i supposed to take the cattle across

the border, but that he

(Ng) railways in the early part of managed to smuggle "them into 1938. At Pengpu, bombing units went into action for the Arst time in co-operation with am. to-day. the ground forces and the victory of Talerchwang owed much to the work of Chi- mese scouting and bombing squadrons.

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

Night Editor (Wanchal Office).

Tel. 24511.

London Office: 53. Fleet Street

E.C.L

HONGKONG, OCTOBER 6, 1939

NEW WINGS. FOR CHINA

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SEEKING TO BREAK this new power, the Japanese, on the birthday of their Em- peror, April 29, 1939, sent 50 raiders to Hankow, believing that the Chinese armada was

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British Territory.

IN

The case was adjourned to 10

Instructions

In A.R.P. For House Boys

need for the instruction of house- boys in air raid precautions, and

It is felt that there is a great

with this end in view, special

courses of instraction have beca

ranged, as follows

1. At the Indian Recreation

Club, Bookumpeo, from 2.45 pm, to

703.45 pm on Mondays and Thurs-♬

days, commencing on Oct. 5, 1839.

in the field and the number of machines left for the pro- tection of the provisional capital would be insufcient to oppose them. To their surprise, no 'less than defenders rose to meet them. In the greatest aerial battle that has ever taken place, 22 of the raiders were shot down. The writer is one of the eye- witnesses who can vouch for the truth of this claim.

NE OF THE MOST welcome pleces of news we have heard in a long time is the report of the Chinese air raid over Hankow on Tuesday. PARTICULARS AND CON.

CHUNGKING CLAIMS that DITIONS of the Sale by Public 50 out of 180 planes grounded 736 Auction to be held on Monday,

on the airfield were totally the 9th day of Oct., 1939, at destroyed may or may not be literally true. But Reuter's 3 p.m., at the Offices of the eye-witness. account from Public Works Department, by Hankow makes it clear that Order of His Excellency the a large fire and many ex- Governor of one Lot of Crown plosions did; in fact, take * KONG

Land at Kowloon Tong, In the place on the city aerodrome. Colony of Hong Kong for a And the writer can testify, PROBATE JURISDICTION

term of 75 years, commencing from personal experience in

AFTER THIS, the Japanese. IN THE GOODS of Lee from 1st July, 1898, with the the Central China port before

the Japanese occupation, that did not touch Hankow for a Chang alias Chis. Joe allas option of renewal at a Crown planes caught napping dur-month. At the end of May, Charles Joe allas Wah Lee Rent to be fixed by the Surveyoring an enemy raid have a very they came again in force, but late of 9413 Third Avenue

of His Majesty the KING, for

failed even to break into the Brooklyn, New York City in one further term of 24 years less

city limits. It is no wonder the City County and State the last three days thereof.

that, following this second of New York in the United

disappointment, they con- States of America, deceased. that immediately after the dis-

tried their attentions to the defenceless population of posal of the lat the Purchaser

Canton, seeking, unsuccess NOTICE IS HEREBY (if not the applicant) will be

fully to split the Chinese GIVEN that the Court has by required to deposit with an again.

force and thus achieve its virtue of Section 58 of the Pro-authorised officer who will be bates Ordinance 1897, made an present at the sale, the sum of opening.

defeat.

Order Imiting the time

for two hundred dollars, ($200) in creditors and others to send in cash. This sum will be refunded their claims against the above on payment of the Purchase price. estate to the 24th day of October, 1939....

to

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

Dated the 27th day of Septem

ber, 1939.

JOHNSON, STOKES &

MASTER,

Solicitors for the Administrator,

Hong Kong & Shanghal

Bank Ballding, ^:

Des Voeux Road Central,

Hong Kong..

737

I No. of Sale.

Intending bidders are advised

Locality.

Boundary

Mésura-

mont

Contents in

Square feet.

Annual

Rantal.

Upsat Price,

thin time of, it indeed.":

THE CHINESE AIR FORCE, shouldering a load far too heavy for it too bear, has ex- hausted its resources several times during the present war, but, phoenix-like, it has al- ways risen to spread its wings

IMMEDIATELY after the

to the Generalissimo on his

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2 At St. Andrew's Church Hall,

|

Goodbye

(BY A. W. HYER)

It is the elements and not the political situation that has been holding up the air services due in Hongkong yesterday.

Due to a typhoon and various climatic conditions the Air France inward weekly service to the Colony, usually due on Wednesday is delayed and will not arrive until this afternoon with mall and passengers from France and Hanoi.

The Pan American Air-Pacific was perfect and they are ways' Honolulu Clipper which expecting equally "happy landing": should have arrived yester-by Imperial Airways to India, day did leave Manila Wednes-

Mr. A. Holt travelled to Bangkok

day morning but returned with the intentions of ultimately due to mechanical difficulties, arriving in Calcutta and Mr. J F. The Boeing flyingboat is now known, was bound for London

Wright, business and address un- reported to be arriving this afternoon

with mail and Steamer Traffic passengers from the United IT WAS A POPULAR American. States and Manila,

steamer that arrived from One of the steamers from Aus across the Pacific the early part. tralia scheduled to be in port the of this week. However, the ma- early part of this week has notjority of the heavy passenger list put in an appearance, however, were booked through to Manlia. it is expected, due to the poor weather

Transhipping in our port for the conditions, that the south was a foly and gay family steamer will call in this port from the United States, Mr. and shortly.

Mrs. C. E. Travis, accompanied by The

commercial Canadian

their four sons. And, definitely. steamer will be arriving the end the young members of the family of the week with a good number had one of those trips they will

of visitors for Hongkong and a quantity of cargo. Imperial Airways

never forget!

south

Miss Ethel Goodman, the young lady who was so disturbed on her "# first call in Hongkong several CAPTAIN J. M. WHITE com-weeks ago when she arrived from

manding the Dorado, arrived the

by steamer having 2Kal Tak on Tuesday at 5.40 pm reached Manila од the Pan from Bangkok.

American Airways' Cilpper has Mr. F. L. Laurence, Vice-Presi-

completed her urgent call in' ́* dent and Treasurer of Hanson, Shanghai and is now waiting to Orth and Stevenson, Inc. arrived return to America by the Honolulu from a trip to London. This gen Clipper, of Pan American Airways. tleman evidently had a splendid This really attractive American fight by the Imperial Airways, girl is the sister of the much-ad- however, he was solely interested mired orchestra leader and muste in one of the other passengers, writer, Benny Goodman, Miss R. A. Laurence, his daughter. Back from several weeks' visit in- This "very attractive brunette young Shanghai arrived Mr. W. P. Hunt. lady arrived attired in garments executive of Wm. Hunt and Co. of comfort and leisure, slacks of But this handsome American will dark blue and a mauve silk tailor-not be remaining for long in the ed blouse. The trip from her Colony as next week he sails for point of view was splendid. but the North and will pick up his at- she will be glad to reach Manila, tractive wife and daughter in her home, on Friday, arriving by Kobe. Together, the family will the Pan American, Airways Hono- continue to the United States for | lulz Clipper from Hongkong.

a vacation of several months. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Redman Mr. Morey Marcus, General. were other visitors from London. Manager of Metro-Goldwyn- This gentleman with the deter-Mayer with offices in Shanghai. mined eyes and bustriesslike man-is in town. There was a large ner was met by several prominent number of local residents down at residents. Mrs. Redman appeared the shipside to give this popular

friend the "gladhande

Mr. H. W Bedman, who arrived from London by Im- Surial Alzwaya on Tuesday en route to Japan.

And Mr. A. B. Tyrrell, of R.O.A. -- Manufacturing Co., sailed down from Shanghai on the American steamer. However, his stay here was short as he continued to Manila on a business call, He will be returning to the Colony shortly. If it was not Mr. E E McKee, oficial of the Goodrich Rubber Co... standing on the deck of the steamer when it pulled into the pier, early the other morning, then there must be two of him about our chimes. This gentleman, who has been on a business call in Shinghal Khould be back at his desk in the Colony..........

There were many old friends greeting Mr... Austin "0." Glass," formerly connected with the Standard Vacuum O11 Company. This charming gentleman is tak- ing life as it comes and thorough- to be interested in all the arrival ly enjoying it and now he is re- activities but preferred to be returning to visit his old "stamping exactly how long he would be old resident of the Far East and tiring. Mr. Redman was not sure grounds in Indo-China. He is an

Nathan Road from 245 p.m. tó 3.45 pm, on Mondays and Fridays, commencing on Oct. 6, 1938. p.m. to 3.45 p.m. on Tuesdays and 3. At the Peak Club from 2.45

Fridays. commencing on Oct. 13, here.. 1939.

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certainly received a hearty wel-

The next call in his travel is come.

Club on Mondays and Thursdays takes him. It all seemed a bit steamer was Mr. E. De Vos, at 4. At Kowloon Tong Garden City Japan where Government business Manila-bound by the American at 245, commencing on Oct. 9.

...COURSE OF INSTRUCTION

The instruction will consist of: (a) General ARP. Instruction; (b) Description of the Air Raid Warning Signals: (c) Methods of projecting food against poisonous and methods which can be em- gases (dy Lighting Restrictions ployed to darken premises; (c) Methods of gas-proofing a room; (f)

mysterious but this English gentle- oficial of Marsman and Co. This man was most gay and charming gentleman returns to the South concerning his night across for business conferences, with Mr. Europe and his future travels. And 7. Maraman who recently return; seeing Hongkong from the air, heed from the United States and is quite sure he will enjoy his Europe. brief stay:

Wednesday Departures

Mr. M. D. Cooper, travelling to Manila, was an elusive passenger. His luggage was piled up in his

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS, due to the cabin

reduced mall weight, are doing The Misses Foo Yun Tian and an excellent business in the pas Foo Kit Taan received a send-off senger department.

Points to be considered. In the selection of a Refuge Room; (g)

that most young ladies indeed Methods of sandbagging walls, and Four passengers and 202 kilos of would be envious. Many friends the various thicknesses of materials mall were on board the Dorado, and relatives crowded their cabin Methods of controlling Incendiiary White, which departed from Kal gifts and good wishes for their required to keep out splinters; (h) commanded by Captain L. J. Mand the hallway outside, offering Bombe, and use of fire ighting Tak on Wednesday at noon for journey to Manila. equipment; (1) The atting and care Bangkok Minor craft diffenities of respirators; (1) Practical de- delayed the departure for several UNCLAIMED

monstrations.

EEN EIGHT LECTURES =

bours,

TELEGRAMS

The following unclaimed tele-

of hostilities in UNDEFEATED, the second Shanghai the country's then-Chinese air fleet again wore existing air strength, com- out its equipment and per- posed to a large extent of sonnel in the Yangtze cam- birthday planes" presented paigns, during which it sank PARTICULARS OF THE LOT 50th birthday, gave an ex-

a great number of enemy transports and warships in tremely good account of itself the great river." over the battlefields on the THE AIR FORCE that

The Standard Vacuum 011 Com- Yangtze. Over

Shanghal, seems now to be emerging is It is considered that the whole pany's engineers and off experts Nanking and Hangchow its the third. It has new ma- or the above instruction, could be

are proceeding through Hongkong young pilots, lovingly trained chines and new men, trained given in a series of eight lectures, en route to India instead of using grams are lying at the offices of over a long period, showed for more than a year in each idcture Ining approximately the Atlantic route. Several of the Great Northern Telegraph Co. themselves fully the equal, the great hinterland. The one hour.

these gentlemen departed by the (Ltd) and often the superior, of the triumph in Hankow shows It is felt that such a course as Imperial Airwaya”- service, Mr. C. David Theodore Wong, 63, Des invaders. But greater power that it also has new con- indicated above would be of great Bucks and Mr. L. Shellenber told at length and by the end ndence and a new spirit. benent not only to the boys bat rer. These two American engineers of October 1937 it had lost the Tuesday's raid was not a de-icerely hope that employers Bahrein Islands and, according to

to individual householders and it are on their way to new duties in Shanghal cream both of its equipment fensive but an omenaive wallco-operate with and put them their Clipper trip across the Road West, 4th floor, from Shang- and personnel.

operation. It furnishes add their boys to attend the EVEN IF that had been the ed proof that China not only ghould the gent end of the epic of the Chinese lives and fights but is strong 451 air force, it would have been er than ever before.

A

New Kowloon Inland Registry No.

West of New Kowloon Inland Lot No 1870, Cornwall Street,

Lot No. 2732

Kowloon Tong.

ft.ft. ft. ft.

As per

sale plan

About

384

7,076

pond to this

courses of lecturess.

Voeux Road Central, from Bhang hal

Company Bop Chong

from

Kwan An, Store, 245 Des Voeux

to other districts, and the Director: Ningmeingo C/0” Mr.” 800", Zan R.P.. would be grateful for any Taso, 125, Caine Road, from Bhang-- hal