1940-11-01 — Page 8

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LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS LAMMERTS AUCTIONS:

PUBLIC AUCTION. PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned have received undersigned have received Instructions from The Mar- shal In Prize. Registrar, Supreme Court and Others

instructions

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

Friday the 1st November, 1940 pommencing at 2.30. p.m.

at their Sales Room, No. 35. Han- kow Road, Kowloon.

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE -

comprising:

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

Ga

Saturday, the 2nd November, 1940

commencing at 10.00 am,

at their Sales Room, No. 2, Con- naught Road, Central (2nd Floor)

A QUANTITY OF MISCEL- LANEOUS GOODS

Comprising:-

also

and

GENERAL

TRUCK DRIVERS' COURAGE A.R.P. ORDERS

IN RACE OVER BURMA

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ROAD TO CHINA

`SINGAPORE Çes. 24-No one enjoyed the reopening of the Barma-China road any more than the men who are responsible for the hazardous task of driving the hundreds of trucks which carry munitions and other war supplies into Free China.

Travelers, arriving here today from Rangoon sald, that great enthusiasm was displayed by the intrepid: truck drivers as ther sped away from the docks at Rangoon in well-spaced caravana to race over the dangerous road to China.. During the three months' that the road was closed, the hundreds of trucks were overhauled and put into condition for the time when -military traffle would again be Fin

"

(Contimped Frem Yesterday}

CORRESPONDENCE

Advice of changes of address, ap- plications for leave, etc. must be for warded through District and Elvi- sional Wardens and not be sent direct to ARP Headquarters. · Divistonni Wardens must bring this 'to the at- tention of all Wardens...

MEETINGS

Attestation of Wardens:The next ́attestation of Wardens will take place

the Burma read and many train Hongkong on Tuesday, Nov. 8. at vellers, including the United States 5.45 p.m. and in Kowloon on Wednes Ambassador to China, have made day, Nov. 8, at 5.45 p.m. the journey, there is still much misapprehensirti "abroad about the

road.

FIRST SCHEME

hours.

... TRAINING

Sector Exercises:-An exercise will be held in Sectors Nos, 53, 59, 68, 54, One of the most important a-5 and 51, District "D" Upper Levels ROAD IMPROVED

teries in the world at the present Division on Sunday, Nov. 3, at 08.15 Thousands of coolles worked to

time the Burma road is not Improve the road so that today wide motor

· INSTRUCTIONAL COUESES trunk highway. It many of the dangerous places are bears no comparison with high- Telephonists' Course Kowloon - comparatively said Hairpin turns ways which link cities of th(E33)Lectures will be given at the were widened. bridges

wore United States or Europe. Its sur A.R.P. Club, King's Park, Kowloon, on strengthened and the road'a surface is rough, it is winding ano

Mondaya and Fridays, at 5.45 pm, and face improved to permit trucks to often very narrow, and it climbs ARP. Order" (No 43"

not on Wednesdays, as stated in Issued... last travel at faster speeds than were

great mounta’n ranges in the week. Warden's. Classes in Chinese: Teakwood and Iron Bedsteads.!

possible before.

course of ita 700-mile length.

C 346 Queen's College, Hollywood Rd, Wardrobes, Dressing Tables, Wash-

The political, military, economic

Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at stands, Chesterfield Sultes, Side- Coffee Sugar. Rice, Clothes, and social significance of the re-

The first scheme for a road 7.30 p.m. commenced on Oct 26 Lec boards, " Dinner Waggons, Chairs, Combs, Dried Peas. Jam. Vermi-opening of the road has been Dining Tables, Hatstands, Ice celll, etc.. etc.

clo-linking Burma and China w turer:-Mr. Cheng Kim-wah, LAR temporary tremendous." Its Cheats Teapoys Tables Desks,j

sure was regarded by many in drawn in 1860. A caravan trail 247 AR.P. School, Happy Val-

p.m commencing on Oct. Filing Cabinets, Glass Cabinets,

this area as a mistake made with has "long existed between the two ley Mondays and Thursdays at 7.30 cétc, etc.

"A FEW PIECES OF FURNITURE good intentions. Great Britain countries. But it was not unth Lecturer Miss P Chak LARPS. hoped, without justification as the outbreak of the present Sino-248 ARP. School, Happy Valley. turned out, that Japan would Japanese hostilities in 1937 that Wednesdays and. Saturdays at 7.30 i Electric Refrigerator Westing- make use of the three months the the Chinese government took up pm, commencing on No7, 2-Lec- road was closed to re-orient ber the project seriously and appro- turer:-Mr. Chul Keung. LAR.P.3; ✪ 248, Ellia Kadourile school, Hospital foreign policy. and make an offer priated money

Road. Tuesdays, Thursdays und Sa- to China permitting conclusion of

turdays at 6 p.m.. commencing am Nov....... Those acquainted with the road 2 Lecturer: Mr. Lau Yau-chi, an honourable peace

estimate that 20 to 25 miles per R.P.8; C 359 Pui. Shun, school, aber hout is a fair average speed for deen. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sa through traffic. The entire trip turdays, commencing on Nov 2. Lec Chak Kwang-kul, LAR. can be made comfortably in six tuer-Mr. days by truck and in three days PS: C 21 Chung Hwa Book Co.. Ma- by automobile, barring break-taukot, Kowloon Mondays, Wednes

days and Fridays at 8p.m.com~ downs

Trucks transportation costs for mencing on Nov. 4 Lectures: ---bir,

L Man, LARPS. transporting materials, over the highway are estimated at "US$100 per ton. Out of every 100 drums At an examination held recently, foren en olie transported Into the following qualified as Ar-Raid. China, more than 20 are consumed Wardens but are not available for ARP Service: Ng Yunfun. Ng Chí. en route.

keung, Ko Chi-ngai, Andrew - Mar, Fung Po-kwan.; William Wu, Mug Ho La-chuen, Ha Kit-wing.. Mra L Richards and Mrs. M. E. Lee...

STRENGTH-INCÍREASE

Chuirice, Ornaments, Pictures, 'Clocks, Cutlery, Porcelain, Glass, Brass And E. P. Ware, Electric Table Fans and Lamps, Peram bulators, Binoculars, Cooking Uten- alls, etc., etc.

aiso

W

A QUANTITY OF BLACKWOOD

AND RATTAN FURNITURE-.

1 Radio-gram

$ Radio Sets

1 Canteen Set

and

1 Dinner Service

2 Bed Room Suites

2 Dining Room Suites

1 Upright Plano by

"Moutrie

Ou View from Thursday, the 31st;

October, 1940,

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS...

AUCTIONEERS

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned have received

instructions

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

house"

1 Carton Fire Bricks

Case. Dental Equipment

57 Bottles Ink and Gue

When Japan decided to cast her lot with Germany and Italy in a tripartite alliance, it became clear to Britain that no good purpose would be served in keeping the LAMMERT BROS., Burma road closed,

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

AUCTIONEERS.

British residents of Singu~" pore and Burma disliked the 'closing of the road because ji

PUBLIC AUCTION. smacked of appeasement.

-MUCH-MISAPPREHENSION Although thousands of tricks THE Undersigned have received have made hundreds of trips over

instructionS

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

M

Monday, the 4th November. -1940-

commencing at 10.30 am.

LITERARY CONTEST FOR CHINESE WOMEN CHUNGKING, Oct 31 (Central) In order Lu encourage more en-

work

for construction

CHINESE PUZZLE

-EXAMINATION RESULTS.

The following qualified as Air Raid Wardens, at an examination held re- The spread of Japanese power in cently and are posted as hercunfer:- China and the recent starting in Tsimshatsu Division: H 1569 E M vasion of French Indo-China must Alarcon, H 1862 J. M. Rozario, K 1:30 cause us, in our half-way house in Miss Choy King-fong: Shamshulpo tries the date for closing the Ceylon, to turn ever and again Division:- 491 Miss Im Ka-bik, B at their Sales Room, No. 35, Han-Literary Contest, for Women spon- from West to East to keep pace Division:- 1469 Law. Shun-tung;

sored by the Women's Advisory with events. kow Road, Kowloon..

Committee of the National Associa The following remarks on the tion for the Promotion of the New Chinese have been culled from a Life" Movement has been postponed private letter received by the last from October 31st to the end of the mail from the South African Chess expert, author and poet, Mr. Huxley St. John Brooks:-

A QUANTITY OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND SUNDRIES

year

The Contest was announced in Terms: Cash on Delivery. Chungking on March 8, Internia-

"Of course in many ways the tional Women's Day. when Madame Westerners are crude barbarians LAMMERT BROS., Chiang Kai-shek, who is Chairman compared with Easterners. I have of the Women's Advisory Commit been reading--and loving it-Lin tee of the National Association for Yutang's "The Importance of Liv

AUCTIONEKRS.

1477 Miss Chen Stu-shee; Mongkok

Yaurian Division:- 494 Ma Tak- hee, 11 024 Tong. Mun-sun, H 1388 Miss Mok Wal-sang, H. 1389 Wong Wa-sang,

1390 Wong Ting-kit H 1991 Miss Yeung Wao-fun, H 1393 Miss Cheutig Shau-ying, H 1394 Chau Tze-ping, 1395 Miss Chan Sau-man, H 1396 Kwong Stuir-hol. B 1397 Lee Shu- tong. H 1398 Lee Wah-cheung, H 1399 Kam-sing, H 1400 Mi Lo Kiu- wan

NOTICE

Will the following Wardens please the Promotion of the New Life ing." He is a Chinese scholar send their present addresses to ARY KUNMING, Oct. 31 (Central) - Movement, offered N.C. $3,200 prizes steeped in the Chinese Classics, Headquarters, 88, Morrison El Road, The National Rellet Commission for the best 20 essays and other but at the same time possessing a Happy Valley. has remitted $100,000 to the Yun- forms of literary works by budding complete European-or rather K 506 Chan Kee-wing, lately of 11an Provincial Government for women writers.

American-education. You can just Mongkok Division; H 877 Chan Bing- Yunnan Air raid To date

over 250 essays and imagine the fascinating mixture. I kuen, lately of Eastern Division,

Divisional literary pieces have been received:

Correspondence to...the Warden, Aberdeen, Ip Wan-tsung. should be addressed to 28B. Main St., 2nd floor, Aberdeen, and not to Aber- deen Industrial School,

Tuesday, the 5th November, 1940 the relief of

commencing at 2.30 pini,

41

at No. B, Branksome Towers, May

Road.

+

A. QUANTITY OF VALUABLE

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

Comprising:-

Chesterfield Couch and Arm-

chairs, Teak Bookcases,

victims.

Hunan Plays Important Role In War Of Resistance

French Rich in manpower and natural resources, Hunan is not only salt- Curio Cabinets, Card Tables, sufficient but is in a position to make substantial contributions to Ornaments, Standard Lamps, the country, said Mr. Ya Chi-chuan. Commissioner of Reconstruction, Lights, Heatera, Off Paintings, in an article reviewing Hunan's role in the present national crisis, Carved Lacquer Cabinets, Cur-st published here, tains, etc., etc..

encourage

+

hope you will not think I am pos- ing when I say that for many years I have felt that the Chinese are the only really civilized people for were till the fall of the Manchu Western Division:-Sector Exercisea dynasty). Compared to the will not be held on Thursday, Oct. 31. habitants of the Flowery Land theThe next Sector Exercise will be held other nations-and especially the on Nov. 7, at 17.30 hours. Europeans are nothing but bar-

barians.

"Lin quotes Confucias extensive-

ly and it pleases me somewhat to verify his quotations in my own edition of Confucious, which has the Chinese and the English text, one above the other and copious notes," (Ceylon Observer).

CARDS FROM LEAVES

Visiting cards from cured pal- {myra leaves!

"This is one of the interesting uses for the palmyra lear which has been discovered by the rural development officer at Jaffna.

(Sgd) B. H PUCKLE,

Deputy Director of Air Raid Precautions.

DECREE NISI

by

A decree n's was granted the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Mac Gregor.

at the Supreme Court yesterday to Mrs. Elsie Lee, who succeeded in her petition for the dissolution of her marriage to Mr. James Y. Let.'

The Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada, Jar., Instructed by Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton, appeared "for the pet- tioner.

First, the article says, Hunan is: While the machine industry, is Teak Extension Dining Table, abundant to food supply: The pro-not so well developed, the handi- Sideboard. Glass Cabinets, Tea- vince has a total area of 25,000,000 eraft industries. such as spinning poys, Crockery, Glass Ware, etc.. mow of rice-producing fields and and weaving and paper manufac- etc..

the yearly harvest totals 125,000,000 ture, have been making big strides Teak Bedsteads Wardrobes, Kung Tan. With the authorities in recent years. Dressing Tables, Chests of Draw-sparing no efforts to

Finally, the article says, Hunan ers Bed Tables, Medicine Chests, more extensive cultivation, produc-has an abundance of manpower

tion is expected to be further aug In addition to its contribution to Kerosene Stover, etc., etc.

mented.

RIDING ACCIDENT the fighting services, the popula Secondly, the article continues, on, of the province has been ma

A riding boy from the Dynasty 1 Bet Duncan Phyfe Bola and the province plays an important bilized for national defence and

role in the country's export trade. reconstruction projects, such as experiments it has been found stable met with a nasty accident The principal products for export road building, railway construction, that high quality visiting cards while exercising one of the new are tung, oil, tea, hemp, minerals, and development of telegraph and can be made from palmyra leaves Australian grins on the race 1"GE 13 Cuble Foot Refrigera bristles, and cereals. Since the start telephonic communications. Good that have been dried and cut to course yesterday morning. The boy was picked up in an ́uncòn-. of the war, both production and results have been achieved in all the desired size. export of these commodities have these projects, the article con-

The bigwigs of the Department scious. been greatly increased. The export cludes.(Central News).

also

-Armchairs

"Airline" 12-tabe Radio

tor

and

FEW. PIECES OF BLACKWOOD

WARE:

of tea alone during the past two

years amounted to some $10,000,000,

KIDNAPPING

It appears that after certain

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condition but WES not of Commerce and Industries have seriously injured. pounced on the idea, and the cards are already proving popular

Observer),

In mining and industrial enter- ANOTHER SHANGHAI in Colombo and Jafine-(Ceylon prises, the article further states. View from Monday, the 4th the province is making good pro-

November, 1940.

Terms: Cash on Delivery,

LAMMERT BROS. AUCTIONEER

WINTER RELIEF

Iress. Eunan occupies the premier CHUNGKING, Oct. 31 (Central). place in the production of anti--Mr. Ku Ching-hul, manager off

FUND mony in the world, while its pro- the Ta Lun Silk Factory, Shang-

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek duction of zinc, manganese and hat, was kidnapped, by eight ruf- sulphur leads all provinces in fans, from his residence at Yung has ordered an additional appro- Chine. The province is also rich in Chong Li East Yu. Hang Road in priation of $600,000 (Chinese cur the ores of the two vital necessities Japanese-controlled Hongkew, Tues rency) for the reller of the Chung of heavy Industries, namely, iron day evening. He was forced into king air raid victims in the winter and coal,

a motor car and carried away season.(Central News).

HUNAN TO PRESENT

PLANES TO GOVT. CHANGSHA, Oct 31 (Central) Workers in Changsha are rale. Ing funds for the purchase of a plane to be presented to the Na tional Government. It will be christened "Changsha Workers",

People in Slangtan, 27 miles southwest of Changsha are also raising funds for a plane to be christened "Slanetan"

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1940.

SHOWING NOW

SELECTION

IN

WOLSEY'S VESTS

AND

MORLEY'S

VESTS

& CAMIKNICKS.

· LADIES' SALON

LANE CRAWFORD, LTD.

IN THE

EARLY DINNERS

HONGKONG HOTEL

WARNING

WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES BEFORE THE END OF

THE INTERVA

GONE WITH

THROUGHOUT THE ", BARS & LOUNGES OF THE

WIND

HONGKONG HOTEL

Extension SATURDAY NIGHT TILL 2 A M.

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.

TO MATCH!

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· 27" WIDE.

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Look for the name on the.

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