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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENT The Daily Press.

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G.

PHARMACY AND POISONS

ORDINANCE.

Members of the public are hereby reminded that premises which it is proposed shall be used, by "authorised sellers" of poison (registered chemists) during 1948 are due for registration or re registration on the 1st January next.

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2. Licences to ·Bell poison wholesale are due to be renewed

on the same date.

3. Renewals of "listed sellers" licence are also due on the same date.

4. Applications, with which fees should not be enclosed, should be addressed to The Re- gistrar (Pharmacy),

nolice.

18, Johnston Road,"

Wanchal,

PRESS NOTICE.

The attention of British sub- jects including corporations or companies incorporated in the British Empire, is invited to the Order under the Defence (Fin- ance) Regulations dated 15th September, 1939, under Govern.

ment Notification No. 799 re

quiring them to make a return to Government setting out the particulars and present locality of all, securities held by them the principal, Interest or dividends of which are payable in the cur rencies of Canada, the United States of America, the Argentine, Belgium, France, Holland and the Netherlands East Indies, Norway, Sweden or Switzerland. If any British subject has not already reported hils holdings or has not reported changes in his holdings he should immediately do so.

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HONGKONG, DECEMBER 7, 1930

EDITORIAL

CORRESPONDENCE

ANTI - TUBERCULOSIS CAMPAIGN

To the Editor, "Hongkong Daily Press

Dear Sir,--Congratulations

Hongkong to extract from

the

MOLESTATION

OF WOMAN

ALLEGED

THURSDAY,

DECEMBER 7, 1939.

Hello & Goodbye

(BY A. W、 HYER)

That the deceased, Liu Yuk-chee. had deliberately molested one of

Local commercial aviation officials were scowling yes- to

wo women he met by the booking terday. It appears that the winter weather in Europe is your paper on being the first in Nathan Road on the night of No- near Manila is keeping Pan American Airways Clipper office of the Portland Theatre in delaying Air France and Imperial Airways, and a typhoon Government a promise to launch Vember 2, and that he was later down on the water at Guam. an extensive campaign against

set upon by a man who struck him tuberculosis in

several blows with his fists, con the near future. For years now the authorities stituted part of the evidence given have closed their eyes to the ter-by a friend who had accompanied h'm that night when cormittal rible toll which this scourge is exacting in the Colony and noth-heard yesterday against two men France is due to land at Kai Tax or is in our city again.

proceedings at Kowloon Court were ing has been done to combat the incidence of this disease which far ca manslaughter charge.

han-

Imperial Airways' inward, Club." He also expects to see plane will not put in an ap- New Zealand from the air. pearance until Saturday While on the subject of planes, afternoon.

it must be recorded that Mr. E.

Air France's inward plane from Burn, British Government Inspec- REICH LACKS

During this afternoon, 24 hours late. And the next ten days this tall, hand- RAW MATERIALS from showing abatement. has as- The defendants are Yuen Hing Pan American Airways California some gentleman will inspect the

sumed abnormal proportions in the and Wong Chau, the former of Clipper, due yesterday, will possibly cruft at Kai Tak. A RECENT SURVEY by the past two years.

whom is being defended by Mr. C. arrive over the week-end. If not, Via Italian Line national Affairs gave an in-vices is undoubtedly much

Royal Institute of Inter-

The Director of Medical Ser- Sutherton Rus The principal it may return to San Francisco

witness heard yesterday was Tam from Manila and the next ClipperTRAVELLING DOWN to our city a many's position with regard pushing a scheme in an honest ed touched one of the women dell-

of Ger- dicapped by lack of funds for L-ons, 18, sunny sack dealer. will be arriving this coming Wed- teresting account

Tang said that when the deceas-nesday.

from the North were a few to a number of essential raw

local residents and Shanghai busi- endeavour to check the spread of berately on, her breast, she scolded the smaller

Tomorrow you will find one of nessmen. materials which the country cided to start a campaign will be

tuberculosis and that he has dehim and said, "Unlucky devil

Canadian steamers Returning home were Mr. and arriving with travellers from across Mrs. J. E. Rocha, accompanied by needs to carry on the war.

And many residents will be over local family are connected with

by their young daughter. sices the deficit of domestic

at the shipping piers participating British American In bon voyage parties aboard the terests.

Tobacco in-

Was

same breath the heavy death roll

welcomed by all communities. IT INDICATED that, be- I fail to see, however, how the Technical Committee could have arrived at the conclusion that a production, the Reich If any British subject has al- 5. This is the first and only ready reported his holdings but portant commodities on the loss is not imperative at dependent for certain im- sanatorium for the treatment of not received a written sea lines which are now sub-

present, while admitting in the acknowledgment from Govern-ject to the British blockade. ment he should apply in writing for such acknowledgment from the Assistant Financial Secretary (Exchange), quoting the date of his original report.

P. S. SELWYN CLARKE, Director of Medical Services. (Registrar, Pharmacy).

THE INSTITUTION OF

ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS OF,

HONG KONG.

867

Ist. Floor, King's Building, Connaught Road,

LECTURE

by David B. Bone Esq. Entitled "Propulsion of Coasting

Vessels" on Friday 8th. December, 1939, commencing at 6 p.m.

A cordial invitation is given to all interested,

H.K. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the above Society will be held at the Board Room of Messrs. Jardine; Matheson & Co., Ltd. by kind permission) on Tuesday the 19th December, 1939, at 5.15 p.m.

J. T. BAGRAM,

Hon. Secretary. Hong Kong, 6th Dec., 1939.

866

G.

4th December, 1939.

"QUARRY BAY SCHOOL HOLD "OPEN DAY"

Unless these articles can be smuggled in through neutral Countries such as Italy and Scandinavia (a rather difficult proceeding while the relation of naval strength between the belligerents remains what it 861 is) the Nazi war machine will find itself faced with extreme- ly formidable obstacles.

THE MATERIALS of greatest shortage are fuel oil and rubber, both strategically decisive commodities. There is very little petroleum in Ger- The puplis of the Quarry Bay many. Synthetic production School assembled in the school pre- mises yesterday morning for the accounts for only one ninth prize ving which was wel! attend-

of the country's estimated ed by parents and friends. The war needs of gasoline, Ru prizes were presented by Mrs. Rmanian imports scarcely bring the total up. to half, and the Prize winners were:-

Soviet Union is hardly likely Fourth Class Government to supply to the Reich what scholarship, 1. Rita Comb, 2 P. it needs for its own expand- Nimmo; General Improvement, Hing industries and mobilised Coates,

and gas, Germany is depen- war machine. For Diesel oll dent entirely on stocks ac-. cumulated before the war. Domestic production

of "ersatz rubber is sufficient for one fifth of war-time re- quirements and the avenues

E. Lindsell,

P

Third Class-1. Gerhard Wagner, Roy Bendall: General Improve ment, Lan McNay,

Werner: General Improvement, J. Second Class-1. G. Well, 2 L

Cleave

The members of the first Class received framed protraits of Peter Rabbit.

from this disease.

The D.M.S.

CHE3TZ-

I

will strike you." He then called the Pacific.

the women "female convict."

along Nathan Road, his friend, the

As he proceeded later with Liu

deceased, was suddenly attacked by *" man who struck him severa!

blows with his fists. Lau collapsed in a faint, and later died.

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This

popular Dutch steamer departing And Mr. K. A. Munro, repre-

shortly.

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Imperial Airways

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sentative of Gilman & Co., Ltd., re- turning home shivering from business call in Shanghai,

Visiting our city for a few days Baer & Co., Shanghai, is Mr. 8. Britt, connected "with"

For the prosecution, Det-Insp. ON WEDNESDAY, at 7 a.m., Capt. A. E Carey said the defendants were arrested on November 10 on Delphinus off the tarmac at Kai A. B. Dykes took the RM.A. Information received.

Tak. Three passengers were tavel- Proceedings will be continued.onling south on this service. The the exporting house of Salamy Mr. F. A. Salámy, a member of Saturday.

mail totalled 198 kilos for all Em Bros, in Shanghal, and Mr. W. pite ports.

Mr. H. G. Cooper, official of the King & Irwin in the North will Shanahan, an official of Harrison,

of or-

return

on business,

mind for inclusion in his

to doubt has in paign a strong drive against ex- pectorating in public places and vehicles and the prevention of overcrowding in cubicles-two fac- tors to my mind, which should be the Government, every sphere of Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co spend a week or so in Hongkong dealt with at the outset.

anti air raid activity is shown in Ltd. was hurrying to pay, a busi- sanatorium. I feel sure that des- milk-and-water production. We hear resident is expected to

As regards the building of a scenes of vivid realism. This is oness call "In London. This local pite the many calls on the public the crash of falling buildings, the shortly, completing a round-trip ropean ports by the Italian steam- Departing for southern and Eu- in these times of stress, members crescendo whine of falling bombs. to England by air, of all communities will readily the staccato clatter of machine

er the other afternoon was Mr. T. respond to an appeal for funds guns, the clanging of ambulances, cial Secretary to the Hongkong looks after the

Hon. Mr. S. Caine. former Finan-Troller, the popular gentleman who for building such an institution the walling sirens of the Fire Bri- Government, was sorry to bid fare-famous Ramies Hotel, in Singapore. affairs of the on the most up to date lines for gade, the treatment of tuberculosis in anti-aircraft guns and we see the sure yesterday morning. This well-some

the deafening reports of well to the Colony on his depar. The hotel expert has been for time in Hongkong on order to check the disease before tense and ordered emciency of the known gentleman is returning by vacation. it is allowed to get beyond control, system that meets the menace af air to London and new duties in after all. Just as important if it is the disciplined measures

The health of the Colony is, succeeding waves of attack and the Colonial Office.

Another equally popular gentle- to play its part in supporting the ganised security provided by the F. Pope, an American, en route to sailed, is Mr. B. T. Ong, of Singa- man, who was host to a large The third, traveller was Colonel gathering before the mother-country, when called upon ARP. service.

steamer

to do so.

Batavia. This passenger "holds apore. The producers commendably I have shown restraint in the pre- Lines'

membership card in the United Air Madame M. Caudron, accom- HEALTH FIRST sentation of anything that might Mile Club, That is to say, Colonel ed from the Colony bound for "Two-hundred thousand panied by her two daughters, sail- offend the squeamish. There is Pope has travelled that many miles Venice. nothing gruesome in this picture. by air to date. Members of this said "THE WARNING"

This traveller wistfully There is something that is grim club are given a small gold medal daughter who recently married Mr. "goodbye" to. her young [To the Editor," "Hongkong

and everything that is enthralling having the names of all the coun-R. H. J. Brooks, of the Fire Brigade. Wherever this picture has been tries in which they have flown in- Mr. Ts Faung Zing, accompanied Daily Press"

shown it has resulted in a consi- scribed thereon, which, In' his case, by his family, left many friends Sir. May, I through your cour-derabic accession to the numbers covers every air line in the United behind when they departed for tesy supplement the letter from of the AR.P. organisations.

States, Europe, Asia and Australia. their new home in Singapore. The I hope it will have that effect

We need many more War-Pope

On his return home shortly, Col. popular Chinese gentleman of yesterday. "The Warning" is a dens before we of import, from South Ameri-am that should be seen by every that our posts will be fully man-

hopes to can be satisfied the "Four-hundred-thousand Mile Travel Service in Hongkong.

qualify for formerly manager of the China citizen, and citizeness, of Hong- ned in emergency with adequate kong who would learn of the ade- quacy of-air rald defence in Eng- cles in the higher offices of ad-

There are some vacan land. To those who feel anxiety ministration in the districts of brings comforting reassurance and are ineligible for service in our arm- as to the safety of families and Hongkong. Here is a good opper- friends at home. this picture tunity for our foreign friends who

ca and the East Indies, are ROAST PORK FEAST entirely cut off. How long the supplies put by for a rainy day will last is not known.

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women, and there are more of the latter who work there, are recruited from the surrounding countryside. They are being paid better rates

than in normal times for work in loading and unloading cargoes, and dre carrying on despite the fre- quent Japanese bombings.

The region, Mr. Chow says, has become "war risk" concious, and requests for "bombing risk cum ders in essential foodstufts and shaw' are not unusual. Small tra- commodities seldom make a mand for such matches, candles, cigarettes, and taxed in such manner. other commodities are occasionally

numerous and

cumshaw,

de- but

passengers other

PUBLIC AUCTION. PARTICULARS AND CON- DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 11th day of Dec., 1939, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order o! The fishing and trading funk His Excellency the Governor of populace is carrying on as usual one Lot of Crown Land Tal and are, in Mr. Chow's estima- Hang Road, in the Colony tion, more than usually prosperous. of Hong Kong for a term of Junk people make a point of carry- 75 years, with the option of less money, but piracies are as renewal at a Crown Rent to be than travelling traders are asked fixed by the Surveyor of His Mato pay extra for the fact that they jesty the KING, for one further attract too much attention. term of 75 years.

As Mr. Chow and his companions Intending bidders are advised no other purpose than to visit re- were travelling in company and for that immediately after the dislatives, one junk master told them, posal of the lot the Parchaser a pirate gang could quite easily (if not the applicant), will be conclude that they were carrying required to deposit with an money ether to one of the smaller -authorised officer who will be villages, or from one such village present at the sale, the sum of to another. He would not "take them if they did not pay extra for two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded

the risk they were bringing to his on payment of the Purchase FREIGHT RATES LESS price.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT

No. of Sale,

Registry No.

Tai Hang Road:

Locality.

inland Lot No. 3740

Boundary

Measure-

N.

ments.

#

As per

sale plan

Contents in

Square feet.

junk.

A

Yours, etc..

tions that appeared in your issue here. the Director of Air Rald Precau-

revelation,

reserves.

ed forces but who will volunteer fo

PRODUCES only 25 per cent. ALTHOUGH GERMANY

of her own iron, she can ob- tain considerable quantities from Sweden. The mines of

Few of us here can realise the organising duty in this good cause Lorraine, which she owned in ARP. organisation in England se write to me I shall be very glad comprehensiveness of the vast of civil defence. If any such will the last war, are, however, on ably directed by sir John Ander- to tell them of our needs. the other side of the Maginot son, the Minister for Civil Defence. Line. Existing transportation In this production, sponsored by

C. CHAMPKIN, facilities do not offer any

Chief Air Raid Warden. practical means of importing. Russian ores in bulk. Only the best of organization and; extreme economy will enable normal production needs to be satisfied. If large-scale pro- tracted fighting occurs on the front, it will be extremely difficult for the Nazis to feed their cannon.

OF COAL AND POTASH the country possesses a surplus. But tin, nickel, vanadium, molybdenum and tungsten (the last three are essential hardening agents in the pro- duction of high-speed steels) come entirely from overseas. table oils, both edible and in- ANIMAL FATS and vege- dustrial, are very short. But- ter and bacon can be import- ed from Scandinavia, but the main sources of oil sé ds are no longer accessible. la other foodstuffs the position is more satisfactory. Cereal-growing

BRITAIN'S GIGANTIC INDUSTRIAL EFFORTS FOR WAR: PRODUCTION

;

RATE ALMOST DOUBLED

LONDON, DEC, 6. (REUTER IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTERDAY, MR. ARTHUR" GI EENWOOD, DEPUTY LABOUR LEADER, MOVED AN AMENDMENT TO THE ADDRESS, RE- GRETTING THE ABSENCE OF PROPOSALS FOR ORGANIS- ING TO THE FULL OUR HUMAN AND MATERIAL RESOURCES FOR THE EFFECTIVE PROSECTION OF THE WAR, THE PRO- VISION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ADEQUATE STANDARD OF LIFE FOR ALL AND FOR A SOLUTION, ON THE BASIS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, OF PROBLEMS, WHICH ARISE ON THE RE- TURN OF PEACE.

Sir Samuel Hoare, Lord Privy Seal, in reply, reviewed Brt- tafa's industrial efforts after three months of war.

said Sir Samuel Hoare, and refer ring to unemployment, he express- ed the opinion that in the early months of 1940 a job would be looking for a man and a not man for a job.

DOMINION PILOTS Dominions pilots in England are to dy the new R.AF. planes from the factory to the aero- dromes.

was

NAZI MISCALCULATIONS OF COMMONWEALTH'S ATTITUDE TO THE WAR

the

LONDON, Dec, 8 (BWS)-German miscalculations of Commonwealth's attitude to the war are the subject of com- ment In the Manchester Guardian which reviews the outlook in the Empire.

After signing the Statute of Westminster in 1931 which, in all but their common allegiance to the Crown, the under Dominions were separate peoples it was supposed, says the Guar dian, that "it needed only a situation in which on an issue vital. to the Commonwealth the King was given conflicting advice in different Dominions for the whole illogical system to fall to bita,"

That situation, it was moreover asserted, would arise as on as Britain wither in her European entanglements and became in- volved in a war in which her sister nations could disinterest them- selves.

Canada would naturally embrace the neutrality of her great neigh- bour, 'Australia, with her eye on the Pacifle, would make no effort that lessened her capacity to deal with her own problems. South Africa., with her own difficulties of race and colour, would with- hold her aid.

23 HOURS IN AN

OPEN BOAT LONDON, Dec. 6 (Reuter)---- After twenty-three hours in an open boat, the captain and five, of the crew of the Bri- tish steamer Eudolf, WeTe landed by a trawler in a Scot- tish port.

The steamer carried a crew of twenty-three, of whom ninė are presumed to bave been Jost;

At the best it would be a peace- ful parting. At the worst as con-

SPEEDY MEETING jured. by the wishful thinking of Nazi prophecy, rèvolt would be rife refers to the speedy meeting in In this connexion the Guardian from the Indian Ocean to the London of the Commonwealth re- Irish shores and our hands would presentatives which has made it be crippled by the need for deal possible to, envisage the part each Ing with our own disorders,

COMPLETE FREEDOM

He said that the value of contracts placed for munitions and equipment since the be ginning of the war was £195,- 000,000 and in the single week Nov. 21 to 28, £12,000,000,

ORDNANCE FACTORIES The number of ordnance factories In the case of travelling traders, in Germany Proper depends in production was thirteen, while

OUTPUT DOUBLED whose merchandise is carried also largely on imported fertilizers. sixteen others were in various

LONDON, Dec. 6 (Reuter)-The

can best play. After reviewing on these funks, the junk owner The acquisition of Poland stages of completion. Twenty- Production of ammunition of all

the contribution of the Dominiona, allows a concession for piracy risk and the propinquity of the three private factories, known as sorts has been doubled during of the Dominions themselves has from the mere concentration man- In the upshot complete freedom it notes that victory will not come and freight rates are less than great wheat Belds of Rumania agency factories, had been built the past six months and this new before, the argument being that

proved the surest guarantee of power. the trader stands to lose more in

output will be doubled in the next their comradeship in a fight to re and the Ukraine will, however, were being built. a piracy than the junk master.

make any serious insufficiency port, forecasts of the production

In regard to tanks and trans- six months.

While assuring the heartiest In nothing has welcome to Canadian and Austra junks seldom being taken. most unlikely. The same is rate for wheeled vehicles for tories has increased six-fold in signally stultified than in the be- Join the Western Front, the Quar- The number of Goverment fac- German calculation been more) Han troops who before long wit The pirates, Mr. Chow says he true of meats. has good reason to believe, seldom

January 1940 was ten times that the past two years and in the lief that the nations of the British dian emphasises the importance of AMONG ARTICLES. steal a junk, unless they are everyday consumption wool,

of for January 1939.

next year will be increased by Commonwealth, which, more per- the Dominions agricultural pro- AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION operating from Chinese waters, silk, jute, coffee and tobacco the Government had undertaken a far been less rapid, but in the by selfishness to apathy if a chal- the air training ground with an eight times the original number. hape than any peoples, hold free ducts and mineral wealth and says Since the beginning of the war, Commercial expansion has 80 institutions dear would be moved that the selection of Canada as more rare as the volume of trade are, now most difficult of programme which would result in next year the number may exceed lenge to freedom had to be met in estimated, alternate capacity of in Chinese waters in already mon- access and it is safe to say doubling the amount of aircraft Government factorica. One Gor- arme. opolised to a large extent by craft that the real thing, as dis-production. from bases as far north as Swatow, tinct from more or less suc- which have a reputation for being cessful synthetic imitations, in a majority of cases much better will soon disappear complete 863 armed than junks in British waters. ly from German markets.

18,750

Annimal

Rental

* {#Upset Price

About

33.500

618

and such instances are becoming

store freedom.

training 25,000 men annually may The sum total of the answer to prove a decisive factor in the war. measured but the several wise and will be felt only with the passage that challenge is not yet to be Full value of the Dominions help concerted steps which have been of time but it is better organised

ergiment factory produced the gigantic war effort our previous commencement of the building. "We are greatly expanding in a first gun of the year from the programme for building a million This is typical of the rapidity of tons of new merchant shipping," production Britain is capable.. taken

now than 1814.

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