1939-12-18 — Page 3

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15

COMING EVENTS

DEC.

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18-Tides: High 12.22 am, and it pm. Low 824 min, and 7.19 p.m.

Sunrise: 6.56 mm; Sunset: 5.43 p.m. Claims againat estate of Thomas Meek and Edward Tucker due.

Cheero Club. Qala Christmas Dance,

p.m.

8.30

Sandakan Light and Power Co. Ltd., Annual Mtg., Bank of East Asta Bldg. 12 noch

HE Yorkshiremen's Society, An- nual Meeting. HK Hotel, 545 p.m.

Bees BUST

Working Party--Final Bridge and Mahjongg Drive, Cathe dral Hall, 3 pm

Y.M.C.A.: War Work, 10 in.; ADC Rehearsal, 7 p.m. Flag Whist Drive, 8.30 p.m.

St Andrew's Vicarage: Meeting, to form

Winter Food Rellet Committee, 6 p.m.

First Aid Examination: St. John's Ambulance Brigade Hars, 6 p.m.

RA Cup Folo, 3.30 p.m.. Middlesex

Inter-Company Regt (Novices) Boxing Meet, 7:30 pm.

St. Paul's Church-Christmas Carols, 7.30 p

19-Tides: High 1.97 a.m. and 4.48 p.in. 9.00 am. and 10.08 p.m.

Sunrise: 6.56 .m.; Sunset: -5.42. p.m. Urban Council Meeting. 4.15 p.m. Claims against estate of Gaston Desmullier due.

H.K. Horticultural Society, Annual Mtg..

Jardine, Matheson's Board Room, 5.15

p.m.

YM.C.A. Bridge class, 10 a.m. Middlesex Fegt. Inter-Company (Novices) Boxing Meet. 7.30 p.m.

HK, Rotary Club, Tima Mig., 1 pm. Anti-Aircraft Practice by 3rd Bat tery, HKVD.C. at Aberdeen Island,

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Cheera Glub. Whist, Drive. 8.45_p.m. 20-Tides: High 2.11 a.m. and 5.15 pm. Low 9.57 a.m. and 11.46 p.m.

Sunrise: 6.57 a.m.; Sunset: 5.42 p.m. H.KRA, Rifle Shoot 1.45. p.r. Feak School Prize Day, 5.15 p.m. Second and Third Rounds of Ladies Tennis Championships due to be com pleted.

YMCA. Pantomime, 5 p.m.

Middlesex Regt. Inter-Company

(Novices) Boxing Meet, 730 p.m.

Sallors' Home and Seamen's Insti- tute: Invitation Christmas Qala Dance, 8.30 p.m.

Christmas Concert, St. Andrew's,

8.30 p.m.

Lawn Bowls: HE's Team vs Taikoo Club, Govt. House, 3.15 p.m.

Cheera Club, Dance, 830 p.m. 21-Launching at Kowloon Decks,

5 p.m.

St. Andrew's Club Carnival Dance,

9 p.m.

YM.C.A. Pantomime. 9 pm. Schools' Physical Training Competi tion, KFC. 9 am

Y.M.C.A. Games morning. 10 dim.

Kowloon Tong Garden City Assa, Drew for debentures, 6 p.m.

$.

and S. Home: Servicemen's Mas Party. 7.30 p.m.

Cheero Club: Contract Bridge Les- sons, 8

p.m

22-Sino-British Cultural Assn. Mik Speaker: Mr. J. E. Witham "China's" Teg Trade."

China Light and Power Co. Ltd. Annual Mtg. 12 noon.

Claims against Enemy Arms (Vincez Singer and Wilhelm Maler and Co.) Schools Physical Training Competi- tion, H,KF.C. 9 a.m.; Final at 11.30 3.m.

Cheero Club Christmas Dinner. 7.30 p..

Children's Fancy Dress Party, Pen- Insula Hotel. 4 p.m.-8.30 p.m.

H.K. University Congregation, Great Hall, 5.30 p.m.

St Andrew's Wolf Cubs Christmas Party, p.

23-Y.M.C.A. Pentomime, 1 p.m. HE. and Lady Northcote leave, for Fanling Lodge.

24-Christmas Eve.

St.

GENERAL

NEWSETTES

Mr. Katsuo Okazaki, Consul- An Air Ministry notice to aircraft General for Japan at Hongkong owners and ground engineers deni- resumed charge of the Corisulate- ing with the prohibition of transac- General tur Japan on December 8.lon in respect of aircraft and parts of aircraft is published in the Gov- ernment Gazette.

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Lord" Roberts Brown has been re assigned from the Combatant Group to the Key-Posts Group In the Hongkong Defence Reserve,

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The number of emigrants leav- Ing the Colony for the Straits Settlements during November, 1939, was 2354

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The Hon. Mr. Henry Robert Bat- ters has been appointed a member of the Council of the University of Hongkong vice Mr. Sydney Caine for a period of three years, with effect from Dec, 8, 1939.

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His Excellency the Governor has The full text of the Order of His given permission for fireworks not Majesty in Council framing re-being unlawful fireworks, to be

sals for restricting further the commerce of Germany is published In the Government Gazette.

H's Excellency the Governor has Lieut. Frederick approved that White Thomson Ross be allowed to

kindled, discharged or let off in a lawful manner within the Colony, netween 11.45 pm on December 31.1939, and 12.15 am, on January 1, 1940,

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His Majesty the King has ap resign his commission in the Hong-proved the award of the Colonial kong Volunteer Defence Corps with Police Medal for conspicuous gal- effect from Dec. 5, 1939.

lanty:-Chief Inspector Frederick the Edward Evelyn Booker," of Hongkong Police Force, and Super- intendent Jack Cooper Fitz-Henry, of the Hongkong Fire Brigade.

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HE the Governor, under instruc- tons from, the Secretary State for the Colonles, has been pleased to recognise Mr. Duco Gerrit Eduard Middelburg 38 Acting Consul- General of the Netherland at Hong kong.

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Enthusiastic support is displayed by the overseas Chinese in Cuba for the winter garment campaign Initiated by Madame Chiang Kai- The following additions are made shek, China's First Lady, "Con- $93,000 to the Chinese banks registered as tributions amounting to permitted to sell Chinese currency have so far been remitted to and to remit money money to Madame Chiang. China: The Industrial Bank of China: The National Commercial & Savings Bank. Ltd.; and The Wing On Bank, Ltd.

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Mr. Cheng Le-sheng, member of the control Yuan, passed away at Ipoh at the age of 53," The late ↓ Mr. Cheng was a native of Tungan, Flans have been completed by a Fulden. He was a close follower group of Chir.ese overseas to pub-of the late Kuomintang leader D.. Hish a Far Eastern Dally, a ver- Sun Yat-sen and had been sent nacular, at Cholom, a town 4 miles by Dr, Sun several times to the from Saigon and seat of most of Southeas to raise funds from | the Chinese trade in French among the overseas Chinese for Cochin-China. This will be the the Chinese Revolution. Mr. Yu first Chinese paper ever published Yu-jen President of the Control in Cholon, where there is a large Yuan," has sent a message of con- Chinese population.

dolence to his family.

NEW ROADS

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NAMED

for new

The following names roads are announced in the Gov- ernment Gazette:-

Homestead Road From Mourit Kellett at the north-west corner of Homestead Flats along the west side of Mount Kellett terminating at Mount Kellett Rd, at the south- west corner of the War Memorial Hospital,

Tsat Tse Mui Road-Commenc- ing at Shu Kuk Street, south of inland los 2919, running south of Andrew's Church: Carol Ber- and parallel to King's Road and terminating at King's Road, north 01: QBIL. 4.

vice, 6.15 p.m.

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25-Christmas Day.

St. Andrew's Church: Festival Ber-

vice 11 a.m.

International Soccer.

26-Boxing Day.

"R.EO.C.A. Fancy Dress" Dance.

Peninsula Hotel,

Tin Chiu Street-Commencing at south-west corner of inland lot 5378, running in a northerly direc- tion and terminating at the sea

Fanling Hunt and Race Club Meet-front ing at Kwariti.

YM.C.A. Pantomime, 3 pm, and

HK.C.3.C.C.-Prize-Glying & Chu- dren's sports, 4 p.m.

29-China Light & Power Recrea tion Club Dance,, p.m.

30- Claims against estate of Leung Chan Tak Yan dua.

31-New Year's Eve,

FILM OF BATTLE BETWEEN PLANES AND WARSHIPS LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter)~~ For the first thine in the history

St Andrew's Church: Old Year's of the films, an actual battle be-

Day Services,

Football Enfeld, First Round. Y.M.CA Pantonime. # p.m. Theosophical Society: Speaker Mr. Percy Chen "The Rebirth of Nations."

AIRPORT NEWS Imperial Airways: `..

NORTHBOUND)

Tuesday: Bangkok, Hapol. Hong-

kong.

Delphinus-4 pm.

SOUTHBOUND

Wednesday: Hanoi, Bangkok.

Denebola-7.a.m.

Air France

NORTHBOUND

Wednesday France- Habol,,,

Hongkong.

Service-4 p.m.

SOUTHBOUND,

Thursday: Hanol. France,

Service, 6 a.m.

Pan American Airways,

EASTBOUND

Monday: US, A., Manila, Hong-

kong.

China Clipper-2 p.m.

WESTBOUND

Tuesday: Manila, USA;

China Clipper-8.30 am, " Note: The inward service of Im- perial Airways from Bangkok due Hongkong Sunday afternoon

bas been delayed forty-eight hours by the main Empire route connec- tion.

tween aeroplanes and battleships was shown in a London cinema yesterday.

The films were taken by a Bri- tish officer on board an escort des- troyer in the North Sea.

One can see the anti-air- craft guns on a cruiser in act-

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