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PAGF 6-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

EDITORIAL

ADVERTISEMENTS The Baily Press Standard Prices Notified SUCCESSFUL

NOTICE.

E. BECHLER & COMPANY, HONG KONG,

In Liquidation.

All persons having claims on or debts due to the above firm are hereby notified that they should, if they have not already done, so, forward the details of such claims or debts to the undersigned im. mediately.

LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS, Liquidators.

7, Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong, 1st Dec., 1939

856

THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY, (1933) LTD.

Notice of Removal,

As from 1st December, 1939, our general offices and garage will be removed to the new premisesį at No. 153, Castle Peak Road, Kowloon, (near junction of Tai Po & Castle Peak Roads).

By order of the Board,

LAM MING FAN,

Secretary.

November 23rd, 1939.

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JUNK ROBBERY NEAR SAMUN ISLAND

MASTER AND CREW MEMBER INJURED

報西剩孖 In Government Gazette

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

Night Editor (Wanchal Office).

Tel 24511. London Office: 53, Fleet Street

· EC.4

HONGKONG, DECEMBER 4, 1930

FOOD FOR BRITAIN

(CONTRIBUTED)

The Hongkong Government Gazette Order:-

publishes the following

I. William James Carrie, Controller of Food, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in me by, the Defence Regulations, 1939. with the consent of His Excellency the Governor hereby make the following order:

BUTTER

',

The standard prices for the other packing 18 ets, per lb. following articles of food shall, un- Castor Sugar:-Loose 26 cts. per til further notice, be as follows:-.: 1 lb. tins 26 ets. per tin; 2 18. tins 44; 4 lb. tins 83: 15 lb. tins Standard Price Per Lb.

$2.70: 30 lb. tins $4.90; In any other Fresh Butter-Best quality $1.30. packing 26 cts, per lb. SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK.: 2 lb. cartons 27 ets, per car- Brown Sugar:-Loose 14 cts."per on; In any other packing 14 per

23 cts. per tin: 2 lbs. tins. 40; 7 lb. Talkoo Golden Syrup:-1 lb, tins.

Standard Price Per Tin

Eagle 14 oz. 62 cts., Eagle 7 oz. 32, Eagle 2 oz. 15, Gold Medal 14 oz. 52. Lighthouse 14 oz. 44, Lighthouse

16.

many's mine warfare is oz. 57. Longevity 7 oz. 29, Longe tins, 3.67; 56 lb. tins 7.12. 14 oz.

#

12

battles, 35 cts, per bottle.

Talkoo Black Treacle: 2 lb. tins. 31 ets. per tin.

b. tins. 28 cts: per tin; 24 lb. tins. Taikoo Table Candy-Medium: 1

58.

vity 3 oz. 14. Swan 14 cz. 44. Swing to strike at Britain's trade 14 oz, 44, Toddler 39. and at the most vulnerable

EVAPORATED MILK spot in her armour, her food

Ideal 144 oz. 41" cts.. Ideal. 6 oz. supply.

The increased pro-18. Milkmaid 144 oz. 33, Milkmaid duction of foodstuffs at home 6 oz. 17. St. Charles 14 oz. 33, St. is, therefore, a factor of the Charles 6oz. 17, Nestles 14] oz. 93, Talkoo Coffee Candy: 1 lb. car- greatest importance in deter- Nestles 6 oz. 17. Peerless 14 oz. 32, tons, 18 cts. per carton. mining the final outcome of Peerless 6 oz. 16. Dykeland 144 oz. Taikoo Coffee Crystals: 1 lb. rolls,

31. Carnation 144 oz. 33, Carnation 61 cts. per roll. 'the struggle.

INTERESTING FACTS con- cerning what is being done in this regard are supplied by recent releases from England. They state that War Agricul- cural Committees with execu- tive powers have been estab- lished by the Government in all counties to direct a three- year food production plan. The agricultural front is or- ganised with. military pre- cision. Every square yard of land is now regarded as a "war area " and the Land Army has already joined the farmers in going into action.

THE IMMEDIATE TASK is to get 1,500,000 extra acres under the ploughby next year. Each War Committee, which corresponds to

an

oz. 16. Tower 141 oz. 91, Rainbow tin: Hills Bros. lb 70 cts; 1 lb. 6 oz. 17, Gloria 144 oz. 32, Gloria 6 Coffee: Del Monte 1 lb. $1.09 per 14 oz. 32, Rainbow 8 oz. 18, Dutch $1.25: 2 lb. $2.42; 3. & W. 1 lb. $1.22; Baby 31," Pacific 16 oz. 33, Pacific Wing. 1 lb. $1.09 per carton. 7 oz. 18, Peter Pan 14 oz. 29, Peter Tea:-Corona Ceylon Tea sold Pan small 15. Cottage 28. Golden loose $1.50 per lb. State 14 oz. 29. Seal 144 oz. 31.

SWEETENED CONDENSED

SKIMMED MILK Blue Butterfly 134 oz. 28, Cowbell 28. Cowslip 15 oz. 28, Rainbow 28. Umbrella 131 oz. 28.

STERILISED NATURAL MILK 155 grm. 22, Red Ribbon 15 cz. 45.

Milkmaid 430 grm, 45, Milkmaid

POWDERED MILK

FETE AT ST.

ANDREW'S

crowd.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 4. · 1939:

Hello & Goodbye

(BY A. W. HYER)

The St. Andrew's Church Fete

On Saturday and Sunday the" Cheng Ho, Ioo-foot held in the grounds of the Church Diesel-powered junk bullt at Ah King's slipway, underwent on Saturday attracted 租 large trails in preparation of her departure for an extended cruise to the Bahamas. The personnel on the expedition include Captain J. Fant, well-known to Colony residents. Mr. J. H. Magruder, an American, Mr. T. Kilkenny, su- pervisor of the junk's construction, and his son, Mr. F.. Kilkenny, a coming ship construction expert.

Lady MacGregor formally de- clared the fete open. The Rev. J. R. Higgs, Vicar. said the proceeds were in aid of the Victoria Dioce- san Association with the Diocese and Christ Church, Kowloon, and the British War Organisation Fund.

Mrs. D. Archbold and Mrs. | Fairchild, are the two Ameri- can women sponsors of the expedition. Dr. Fairchild, a given under the supervision of well-known member of the U.S. Agricultural Department, is included in the passenger

A physical culture display was Miss Mavis Ming, leader of the League of Health and Beauty.

Mr. R. Stevenson was responsible

for the highly successful Nizger

Minstrel show which was staged In the evening and which was tol- lowed by a well attended dance in the Church Hall.

Rev. J. R. Higgs, Mr. T. J. Gould In charge of the fete were the

and Mrs. Jeffreys, hon, secretaries and Mr. R. Baldwin, hòn. trea-

surer.

Intricate

list.

CAROLA GOYA

DELIGHTS WITH SPANISH DANCES

A Spain of It is expected they will hoist sail

sunny skies and happy people, and undisturbed by the and be away within a month.

tremors of war and the tears.of. The Dutch motorship will be trantle mothers and the blood në departing on Thursday afternoon their sons, was recalled by the for the south.

The Imperial Airways plane from Root Garden of the Hongkong dancing of Carola Goya at the Bangkok will not be arriving until Hotel on Saturday night, Tuesday afternoon.

With a charming personality. Pan American Airways" Call which can inject are into her in- fornia Clipper has been delayed terpretation and yet succeed ima.. and will arrive in Hongkong on capturing the coyest shade of ex- Wednesday afternoon.

Imperial Airways

Anti-Tank SUNDAY. 7 AM, the R.MA. Dene-

Defences

NOTE-The above order super- sedes the order published as Gov- ernment Notification. No. 1020 in the Gazette of November 3, 1939, and Includes (a) the amendments LONDON, Dec. 3 (Reuter)--The cf standard prices effected by the task of the avading Soviet tanks orders published as Government is proving formidable owing to the Notifications Nos. 1041 and 1100 intricate anti-tank defence system. the Gazettes of November 10 and The tanks dificulties are increas- 24. 1939, respectively, and (b) the ed by the fact that Finnish troopa standard prices fixed by those or-

to set fire to any tanks caught in are furnished with inflammables

fant feeding $4.64. Full cream 2 lbs. of food not separately specified in "Cow and Gate-Modified for in-ders and by this order for articles

$4.64, Full cream 1 lb. $2.41, Hali cream 2 lbs. $4.24. Half cream 1 lb. 187.

any previous order.

い

Glaxo 2 lbs. $4.18. Glaxo 1 lb. 2.25, KOWLOON FIRE Lactogen. 3 lbs. 5.97, 2 lbs. 4.28, 1 Id., 2.19, lb. 1.16, Nestogen 1 lb. 219.

Continued from Page 1 Half cream or full cream:- army's divisional headquar-

One child jumped clean of the ters, has decided the minimum 1b. 2.59, Nestles full cream 5 lbs. the

Klim Ibs. $11.10, 21 lbs." 5.92. 1 sheet and fell to her death on acreage of grassland that 10.97, 2 lbs. 5.91, 1 lb. 2.48. Dryco woman being in two great a hurry road below, while another must be ploughed in its area. 3 Tbs. 5.07, 12 oz. 1.32. Localised district committees

to follow an old man who had -the equivalent of battalion

landed safely, jumped before the men below had time to headquarters-decide which

stretch the carvas and she too was car- extra acres each individual 75. 51 oz. 56, 4 oz. 50, Golden But-ried away in a dying condition. farmer must plough.

terfly 6 oz. 35, 3 oz. 21. CORRESPONDING TO AN TINNED CORNED BEEF

Libby's 44 cts., Emery 33, Fray .with Bentos 33.

Arriving in the Colony at four o'clock yesterday morning aboard | ORDNANCE his unlicensed trading Junk, Lau Tak-wai. the master of the craft, proceeded to the police station to report an armed robbery which had occurred four miles off Samun

CORPS

are

groups of experts, special knowledge of local conditions in their respective territories, who form the link between agriculture and in- Lau told the police that he left dustry. Their job is to co- Chiuchow on November 29 with ordinate the use of Britain's. five passengers and seven mem-70,000 tractors and immense bers of the crew and a cargo of

Island.

tea. Mice, vegetables, olives. oran- ges and garlic on board.

At seven o'clock on Saturday morning when near Futaumun a

THICK CREAM

Cow and Cute 5 oz. 35 ets.. 3 oz. 25, Peony oz. 54, Nestles 11. oz.

"

TINNED PORK AND BEANS No. 1 Size Stokely Brand 35 cts.. Smaller Sizes Standard Brands 27.

TINNED SARDINES Monte 41, S. & W. 45.

California (Morion) 37 cts.. Del

TINNED SALMON

Altogether two women and two children were killed by jumping and 'an old man and three young women

injured. One of the in- jured was reported to have" died later in hospital Nine charred

unrecognisable and

bodies had been recovered up to a late hour last night and the firemen and police were "still continuing the search.

radi tina 92, Fiat tins 68. Fancy top floors

Del Monte Alaska Red Sockeye threw their belongings from the Many of the trapped occupants

Red Alaska Salmon, No. 1 Tall tins 88. S. & W. Finest Red Salmon.. Flat tins 41.

stocks of other machinery so that the mechanised "forces are always on the move.

ALREADY A RECORD fishing junk came towards his ACREAGE has been ploughed occupants aring 20 with the voluntary co-opera- shots from their rifles. These tion of the farmers, and it is men board the trading junk and unlikely that the compulsory 1. Lau was hit on the head with are- powers of the War volver butt and another member mittees will have to be exer- tera 8.91 per tin: Purico 30 lb. tins 7.85 per tin: Purico 30 lb. tins 28

vessel the

Com-

MARGARINE AND VEGETABLE LARD Repacked Margarine 38 cts. per Imported Packed Margarine 60 cts. per ib." Vegetable Lard-Sol-

of the crew had his thumb broken cised. Everyone is respond- cts, per lb.; Purico 1 lb. tins 66 per

The robbers then left with halfing to the Minister of Agricul- tin.

In a similar manner

of the cargo Lau returning to the Colony with the remainder.

The Jimk master and the other member of the crew were sent to hospital for treatment.

HEALTH RETURNS

Seventeen cases of tuberculosis, four cases of dysentery, two of en- terle fever and one case each of diphtheria and cerebrospinal meningitis were reported on Fri-

day.

EASTERN HEALTH The Health Bulletin of Eastern Porta for the week ending Novem- ber 25 is as follows:-

Cholera-Cawnpore 1, Calcutta

24.

ture's broadcast appeal to "work like.blazes."

and the street Was littered with trunks boxes, bags and mattresses. One person Is believed to have been injured by a falling box.

While the fire was at - Its height a girl's shouts for help were heard but the firemen were unable to locate her. Eventually when the fames were slightly under control she appeared at the window of a back room of the top floor with an inverted bucket over ber head.

ROLLED OATS AND OATMEAL! Rolled Oats in Cartons 3 lbs. $1.05| AN INTERESTING SIDE- per carton; 20 oz. 55 cts. per car- LIGHT on the food conser-ton

Rolled Oats sold loose 16 ct for her safety as the

The crowd gasped with anxiety vation campaign is that the per lb. Oatmeal in tins 2 lbs. $1.12 mediately below her was a raging room im- women of the villages of Eng- per tin: Quaker Oats (in tins) 20 inferno and the flames were lick. land are busy filling more oz. 79 cts. per tin. than 1,000,000 one and two lb. pots of jam in a lightning anti-waste campaign to pre- serve the country's surplus fruit crop. This is the result

SUGAR

ing the floor on which she stood, while all around her the little Fine Granulated:-Loose 15 ets. back room was a blazing mass." per lb.: 1 lb. rolls 15 ets, per roll; Firemen immediately rushed bags $1.40 per bag: 18 lb. tins $2.82 amidst the applause of the crowd. 5 lb. bags 72 cts. per bag: 10 lb. and brought her down to safety per tin; 40 lb. tins $5.87 per tin; 30

per lb.

....

AMAZING ESCAPE

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the traps.

The fee covered roads art hampering the evacuation of Helsinki.

bola, under the command of Captain J. Davies. was off for Bangkok, via Hanoi.

pression, richly costumed faultless in every pose and move- ment. Goya was, at the least and at the best, a perfect aenght

She was accompanied by Beatrice Burford, harpist, and Emilio Osta. pianist, who also rendered items by themselves and gave equal plea-

Trayelling down to Bangkok was sure. Mr. Hoalim. Mr. L. Cochain, a well-known banker from Indo- China, was returning to Hanoi.

Mail totalled approximately 164 kilos.

Via American Line

ONE OF THE POPULAR American

The programme was as follows:- Datermezzo from "Goyesc=BE" (Granaos). Echale Guindas al Pavo.. (Mostazo), Fado (Retana)...Carola Goya

Passacaglia (Haendel), Au Matin (Tournier)... Beatrice, Burford

Ballade, A Hai (Chopin), Haban- (Sarasate - Osta).... Emilio

commercial transports called er

in our harbour over the week-end. | Cysta.

One of the most popular ladies Farruca (Sopena), Tango in D in the Far East, Miss Joan Wyatt-|(Albenis), Malaguena (Lecuona).. Reports of yesterday's air raids Smith, daughter of the British in Carla Goya,

Jardin Mouille (de la Presle), Etude de Concert ((odefrold)...

state that between 20 to 38 were killed and wounded when Russian planes allegedly machine-gunned Helsinki streets.

The captain of the German steamer Dutz stated that he saw a Russian destroyer sink while bombarding, Russaroe on Friday.

Pearl River Shipping

ANGLO - JAPANESE

AGREEMENT

CANTON, Dec. 2 (Reuter)-- An agreement by which both British shipping on the Pearl River and Japanese shipping to Hongkong will be increased was announced here yesterday by Mr. Kita, the Japanese Con- sul-General,

DOUBLED

Manila, came on a visit,

Returning from a holiday and a

successful buying expedition in Beatrice Burford.

the United States was Mr. W. la Pastora (Halter), Paso Doble- Gandanguillo Azagra), Danza de Brown owner and outstanding, (Salabert).. stylist behind the "vogue" special- ty shop in Hongkong.

is

Mr. C. D. Culbertson, associate Swan Culbertson and Fritz, calling in the Colony. Mrs. Cul- bertson, however, continued to Shanghai where she will await her husband's "arrival

Mr. and Mrs. F. Loring, mana- ger, of Hoskyn and Co. Inc., have come from the south on a busi- ness and pleasure call..

En route to Shanghal on the American steamer were Miss Pat Ho and Mrs, Beatrice Lan.

Shanghai-bound was Mr. H. v. Stokeley, representative of Park Davies and Co.

Mr. W. B. Newsome, of British- American Tobacco fame, was en route to Shanghai

Carola Goya;

Nazi U-Boat Destroyed

GERMAN LINER SCUTTLED

PARIS, Dec. 3. (Reuter)—A German submarine was sunk by a French destroyer escorting a convoy, according to the Paris Soir.

After depth charges had been. droped, a large, amount of oil. floated to the surface.

SHIP. SCUTTLED

CAPETOWN, Dec. 3 (Reuter)—

Also for Shanghai were Mr. Max The German liner, Watussi, was Friedman, China Motors represen-scuttled south of Cape Point this Mr. Kita declared: "With a tative. Mr. F. W, Porter, official of morning. view to facilitating the travelling Kuntz, American Consul in Can-fuge in Mozambique from where Texas Oil Co.. and Mr. K. C. The Watuss! had been taking re- of third-power nationals and the transportation of goods necessary ton.

she slipped out on Nov. 23.

South African Air Force bombers

Simonstown.

for their communities, the British Travelling home for a vacation and Japanese authorities have was Mr. D. E. Long a well-known intercepted the Watussi vat 10.30 reached an agreement by which avlator connected with the Chi-p.m. today and ordered her to. British vessels navigating the nest Government. Pearl River will be doubled, as will

ment chartered vessels calling at the number of Japanese Govern- Hongkong."

The agreement was initialled 2 4 c'clock yesterday afternoon by Mr. Kita and Mr. Stark Toller, the British Consul-General,

ARMS FOR CHINA:

FRENCH DENIAL

PARIS, Dec. 3 (Reuter)-The French Government formally deni- ed the Japanese allegations in re- gard to the sending of arms and ammunitions to China vía Indo-

JAPANESE TOLL China.

IN SUIYUAN

SIAN Dec. 3 (Central)-The past six months Chinese opera- tions in Suyuan have exacted a total of 4,131 Japanese and "Manchukuo" troops, according to a military release."

of one of the outstanding ib. gunny and lining $8.83 per bag: The girl, whose name is Li Nut. supply and transport achieve 100 lb. guany and lining $13.40 per, is only 15 years old: She explain- ments of the War, carried out bag: 1 pcl. gunny and lining $17.75 by an emergency Board of the per pel.; In any other packing 15 d that she used the bucket as a National Federation of Wo- cts. per lb.

protection against the smoke men's Institutes. The women

Half Cubes:-Loose 16 cts. per

which nearly overwhelmed her. have successfully organised b 1 b cartoons 16 cts, per car he was safely landed without the distribution of preserving ton: 3 lb. cartons 46 cts. per car jury to herself or even her cloth- Small-pox:-Jodhpur 4, Delhi 3 sugar in bulk to villages, ham-ton; 6 lb. cartons 90 cts. per caring, a really amazing escape! Bombay 1. Calcutta 2. Madras 1.lets, even isolated cottages in ton; In any other packing 18 ets. flagration can be gauged from ton; 25 lb. cartons $3.85 per car- The magnitude of the con- Rangoon 5. Hongkong 3.

England and Wales...

Altogether 95 major and minor the fact that five engines took engagements took place between VILLAGE SHOPKEEPERS Icing Sugar:-Loose 18 cts. per nearly two hours to get the flames the opposing forces, in which the could not get delivery of b.: 1 lb. cartons 18 ets per car under control. The alarm was Japanese in addition to their men enough sugar for their cus-,

ton: 1 lb tins 27 cts. per tin; 3 15. raised at 8.55 p.m. and the fire lost 163 horses, 377 rifles and auto- tins 48 cts. per tin; 4 lb. tins 87 ets, subdued at 10.40 The Brigade matics, 21 machineguns, one air tomers, so the women, with per tin; 15.1b. tins $2.80 per tin: were magnificent and much credit plane and 92 armed cars. the permission of the Sugar 30 lb. tins 5.10 per tin; In any goes to them and to the police for Commission, asked each of

the excellent work done by these Ngal Shing, aged 24, living in their Institutes to take at

two pubile services. an unnumbered hut on Homuntin least one cwt. of preserving

FIRE ABOARD SHIP Hill, reported to the police that at sugar. The women who got 9.30 last night six men, armed it are on parole to use it for with knives, gained entry to his the sole purpose of turning but by breaking down the door. this year's abundant crops They threatened Ngal Shing and into jam. the occupants who resisted the robbers' attempts to search,

Hut Robbery Frustrated

In the struggle Ngai shing re- ceived knife wounds on the head and left hand,

An alarm was raised and the

marauders bolted in the direction

stolen.

of Waterloo Road, Nothing was

1

TODAY enough jam is being A small fire broke out, on board stirred in the preserving pansa Ettish ship at the Kowloon of England to fill more than Docks yesterday in the refrigator 1,000,000 pots of all sizes. chamber in the lower between deck.

the ship's crew.

THE PLOUGHSHARE AND The flames were extinguished by WITHIN A FEW DAYS of | THE JAMPOT may not figure the 8.0.8., more than 345 tons in the average person's men-

A small boat was found yester-

JAPANESE GOODS BOYCOTTED

KINHWA, Dec. 2 (Central)—A

SOUTHWEST DEFENCE

CAMPAIGN

She scuttled herself and the sur- vivors took to the boats. They were picked up by other ships.

ROSARY CHURCH WEDDING

Mr. R. de Costa And Miss A. M. Xavier The Rev. Father L. M. Rossi oficiated at the wedding between Miss Aldine Mary Xavier and Mr. KWEILIN, Dec. 3 (Central)—A Ravul de Costa in the Rosary Southwest Defence Campaign was Church, Kowloon, on Saturday. launched at a mass meeting in

Mias Xavier was given away by Kwelin yesterday afternoon. In her father, Mr. J. M. Xavier. Her - spite of the threat of Japanese Kown was fashioned from white aircraft, over 5,000 people turned slipper satin designed on princess out to attend the meeting.

A circular telegram was sent to the Chinese troops at the front en- couraging them to do their best to defend the country.

DONATIONS

`lines having a long satin train. Orange blossoms fastened the high neck bodice of her frock and a halo of blossoms and satin caught the three-yard embroidered white silk tulle veil to her head. The bouquet was composed of white gladioli and green fern.

kong Refugee and Social Welfare Xavier, sisters of the bride and Attending Miss Xavier was Mr. F. J. Brown, and the bridesmaids: The following donations to Hong- were Misses M. Xavier and B.

Previously acknowledged $48,449.88 B. Laurel, Council are acknowledged:-

Japanese 3 Sympathiers tulla. 30.00

$48,479,88

gigantic torch parade participated place here yesterday evening as a by more than 100,000 people took

demonstration against goods.

Posters were displayed in the The matu thoroughfares in the sister

Total

of sugar had been distributed, tal picture of how the mine day by Mr. Smith, of the RABC. and the countrywomen of and submarine menace is be- drifting off Stonecutters. England were on trek with ing counteracted, but they are craft is ten feet in length and is towns of Kinhwa, Lanchi and cars, barrows, farm carts and nevertheless an important painted brown and white with a Yunkang, where steps are being even prams to collect the part of the national effort red rudder. Police are looking for taken to tighten the economic boy-Pupils of Kowloon Junior School: quantity allotted to them. I directed toward this end." the claimant.

cott against Tabanon Brofa **** 9 pts. Bables Socks

DONATIONS IN KIND Anonymous: Thermos Flask.

two cousins, Misses E. Garcia and ›

The bestrian was › Mr. J. M. Costa.

A reception was held at "Et. Teresa's Club.

Mr. and Mrs. R. de Costa will

Mr. de Costa being connected with make their home in Hongkong:

the Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd.