1940-11-19 — Page 9

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS

་་

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE

THE Undersigned have received Instructions from The Marshal

in Prize Supreme Court,

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

Friday, the 22nd November, 1940

commencing at 10.30 am.

at their Saleş Room, No. 2, Con-

naught Road, Central, Room No.

204.

EYE-WITNESS REPORTS SMOOTH TRIP ON

BURMA ROAD

KUNMING, Yunnan, China, Nov. 10-Despite repeated faD-. anese bombings which had seriously damaged the suspension brkiges over 'the Salween and 'Mekong rivers, I reached 'Kunink from Lashlo, Burma, in eight days aboard a truck "proceeding st average speed. Traffic along the Burma road was flowing amoothly both ways, writes George K. T. Wang, in the Mankis... Balletin.

I did not experience'a single air-raid during the entire trip. but suffered from hordes of "gigantic mosquitoes. Repals crews were continually bothered by the insects," whose bites caused huge swellings.

FINANCE & GENERAL

JAPAN'S FLIP-FLOP: HONEY PHRASES REPLACE JIBES AT RED RUSSIA

TOKYQ,—ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A SPOKESMAN OF THE JAPANESE FOREIGN OFFICE" WHO WOULD INVARIABLY REPLY TO ALL QUESTIONS ABOUT SOVIET RUSSIA WITH A WEARY SMILE AND THE WORDS, "In dealing with hysterical girls. It is necessary to employ great patience,” writes Relman Morin in the Manila Bulletin,

This was fairly mild, by comparison to other Japanese pro nouncements about the Reds

Photographed, Interviewed, news-

In October 1937, Baron General | Sagao Araki, former minister of reeled, ne became Japan's 'Exhibit war, told the Associated Press that A in the case against the Soviets Bolshevism was "a religion of

Came 1939. and another I walked across the 80-meter- I saw a huge slogan pysted on beasts, described Russia 'za

crisis when Russla・ auctioned long Salween bridge last Tuesday, Salween bridge: "Quickly Concen-prison without walls and said

off-presumably to her own aver which tracks can proceed at trate Materials for Long Rests Japan probably would have to do

buyers-Japanese fishing con- an extremely slow speed.

tance." I 5&W 500 mosquito- 'something about the whole situa-

DIRECT HITS

tion.

bitten workers on each bridge building additional bridge and im- Not long afterwards, a forelan The chief repairing engineer proving the junctions.

office communique described Soviet said the bridge was Dombed on! Irenched Kunming by five actions against Japanese in Sak-

convoys A Selection of Surgical Instru-Oct, 28 and 29. The bridge suf- different

transporting halin as utterly unthinkable in cotton yarn, railway any clyllized country." ments, Hypodermic Syringe Needles, fered direct hits but was repaired gasoline, Haemometers, Colorimeter Wedris. within six hours after the first materials and bank notes printed

Calgut, Patent Medicine, Bronte Foll. Chromium Watch Bracelets, Hand Bags, Cotton Gloves, etc., etc.

also

bombing and two nights after the second raid. The bridge, at pre- hole sent is strong enough to four-ton trucką..

Only the secondary suspending Leitz Telephoto Lenses and Colour cables were broken by the bomb

Fliters "

H

Two Cine Kodaks 8 m.m.

ings, while the two main cables were undamaged, principally dus te their extremely strong on. One Voigtlander Camera and Films struction,

in London. All the trucks s'ghted

لام

Was

CESSIONN,

Japanese... Warships went forming through not- thern waters, cleared for 20- tion. A retired army officer growled. "Give me one divi- sion and I will settle this Sakhalin problem. once and for all."

Meanwhile, in each of these

THE LUSHKOV CASE The next year came the famous on the way to Lashio were carry-Lushkov case. One sunny day the three years, Japan and Russia had ing tungsten, wolfram, Wood

government produced a fat, curly fought miniature but full-dress and huse Yunnan tin abs, 85 haired little man and announced wars on the Amur river. on the per cent of which were being that he shipped the United States. Samoilovich Lushkov,

General Ganerich Korean border, and in Mongolia..

erstwhile according to highway authorities.

JAPAN'S FLIP-FLOP " commissar of the Far Eastern red 3.000 TRUCKS

army. The general it was stated, outline of the Japanese attitude This is a bare thump-nail

A total of 3,000

truck ware

had found life too hard in Russia, running over the 800-mile Kun- even for a man of his status, and toward Russia, until recently. The

to

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19

SAY

Gordon's

and know what you're drinking/

1940. —PAGE

DRY GIN

DESTIERERY LONDON.

NO

NO

COLOURING MATTER

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INJURIOUS INGREDIENTS

I drove across the Mekong river ming-Lashio highway, hilf he had med across the border into situations were perennially in THREE INDO-CHINA OFFICERS bridge Wednesday and found that longing to the government, In-Manchukuo,

GAULLE

On View from Thursday, the 21st it had been seriously damaged cluding 200 trailers. The remain-

November, 1940,

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

AUCTIONEERS.

several

The der were owned by merchant - times by bombs. bridge. Biter repairs, Was as terests

during the crossing.

Repair

#

Democratic

Brotherhood

short of war, and fre quently not very short of it. But today. there has been

sür- flop In prising tip-flop

Japun. The Soviets no longer are "hys- strong as a single piece of stee)

crews" were greatly

terical girls." They are "our north. and 50 stable that it even failed affected by softer as a result of

ern neighbours." Japanese travel- to wake up my driver's modern working in the salty water of the

lers no longer describe starving Chinese sweetheart who was sit-mountainous regions. The dis-

messes of Russian peasants-beg LAMMERT BROS. ting between me and the driver tricta along the highway were

The development of a genera- ging along the trans-Siberian rall- jenjoying a bounteous harvest, tion on democratie-minded in- ways.. There are no more fulmina- while natives along the road were dividuals through systematic ortions in Japanese newspapers, no extremely hospitable, offering free ganizational scheme and policies more demonstrations in front of is the aim of the Boy Scouts of the Soviet embassy, no more So- Despite the dangers, life on the the Philippines, Dr. Manuel Lim, viet automobiles crowded into the highway between Burma and Free president of the Manila Council, curb by patriote Japanese. Ch'na" was extremely way. Numer-Boy Scouts of the Philippines, drivers.

waterfalls at heights of be- declared L

radiocast tween 2000 and 12.000 feet above station KZIB, reports the Manila sea-level provided remarkable Bulletin. The broadcast' was $1276 beauty while the hot springs gave connexion with the Be Prepared 272 travellers, excellent showers and Day of the Boy Scouts anniversaTY

HONGKONG SHARE

STOCK EXCHANGE.

Bayers Bellers Baler Nomidal

$1368

1)

גון

14.60

$100

#41.

****

!#1

Ites and delicious foods. QUOTATIONS

SHAR BROKERS' ASSOCIATION

MONDAY 18 NOV.

Banks

Do. (Col. Reg.)

Mercantile Bks. “C”.

Buyer

Sellers

H.K. Banks

£73

Do. (Lon. Reg.)

£7}

Chartered Banks

P25

Mercantile Bks. "A".

210 1/IB

HH

Bank of East Asia..... N. C.& 8. Banka....... .Insurances

$73

Union Insurances................

$390

#1

Underwriter

194

$16

$38

$17

REDFE BANHE TOUHURT

$188 Canton Insurances.....

$150 H.K. Fires

Shipping

$135 Douglanes

11

Steamboats

$100 Judo-Chinas (Pref.)..

Indo-Chinas (Det.!

$80

37/6

Shells

$6.90 Waterboats

Docks, Wharves, Godowas, etc.

BH.K. & K. Wharves...

Providents***********

$16 HK Döcki -(Old). $16

H.K. Docks (New)...........;

· #334 | +Bhanghai Dock....

14/0

Kailoca

Raube

Mining

1ots, Hong Kong Mines.......

Lands, Hotels and

Buildings

$31 H.K. & 8. Hoteļa...... H.K. Landa...

$100 Do. 4% Debentures....

$11.30 Shanghai Lands..

83.40

..Realtiss.....

$7.10 Humphreys

Chinese Estates...................

Cotton Mills

$41 Emp (S.).................. $165 S'hal Cottons (8.)....

Zoộng Sings (8.).......

$4.80

.:

1:1

Sorotnal Qus

POLICE VIGILANCE Electric lights were lacking along the highway except

£36

haths.

ET

£25

50 at

$180

I.D.

$.80

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entirely

at Mekong, where power has been installed to facilitate pairs at night.

celebration.

NO DISTINCTION

over

in

taxi-

THE

On the contrary, Japan is paying ardent courtship to the Soviets, plunking the diploma- tic guitaż under Moscow's win- dow and breathing honeyed worda of love.

4

DESERT TO JOIN DE

SINGAPORE, Nov. 10 French naval officer attached to the fagship of the Indo-China unit and two officers of the French air corps arrived here last night after a hazardous plane ride from Saigon. They hope to proceed to London to join Gen- eral Charles de Gaulle's free French forces.

The naval officer took off from the Saigon airport in a club sports plane, saying he was making a short cross-country trip. He landed on a lonely beach in Indo-Ching where he picked to his companions and several tins of petrol.

"They then attempted to make the 600-mile trip to Singapore although their plane had a cruising range of only 369" miles. Upon nearing Malaya, the plane began to run out of petrol--The men crawled out to the wings to refuel. The plane landed at Kotabahru, on the Malayan east coast, from where the Freneb: men proceeded here by train,

tary and naval strength into ac- "The ro-betweeu for Japan and tion without some assurance that Russia in all this is reported to be Today, more than ever before. Russia won't steze the opportunity the German foreign office, Left to brotherhood of boys which makes foreign problem. Japan is now tied Therefore, the Siberian-Mongo- their confileting intercels Tor "Scouting is a great democratic Russia is the big factor in Japan's see many long-standing pro themselves, Japan and the Soviets

blems.

might never be able ́td resolve no distinction in-ract religion," in with Germany and Italy, pledgian boundary is being clearly Germanis, it is aderstood here. trick re Dr, Lim emphasised Through ed to fight for them against any

scouting a boy learns not only to new belligerents in the European marked, after years or ambiguity are taking the lead in the Dra Punnian police were maintaining be ready and willing to help but war. This means, particularly, the and friction. Didiculties over joint tical aspects. The amner con $150 peace and order with extreme also to know how to render service United States.

fishing, mining and off concessions tribution is a nood of edulcora vigilance against exploriage. When intelligently and effectively. The THOSE NORTHERN FRONTIERS settled

in Sakhalin appear to have beention and costume. $135 passing through Wan-ting, a bor-Boy Scout Tearns all this, he said

der town, I saw a German Jew, further as most things are learn-frontlers must be guaranteed. She rapprochement with a

But to do that, Japan's northern Japan would like to crown the Siegfried Bial, allegedly a Japan-ed in acouting By actually doing it cannot afford to throw her mill-gression treaty. $100 37/6...

ese employee since his exle from "Bog Scouts are patflots of the $8.00 Germany a year ago.

8100

most practical type,

They will Bial had been arrested previous-not merely be citizens in the Ly of the Yunnan-Indo-Chine future, but they are playing an 800 border; but had been released, active, and intelligent part in $16.60 This time, however, he was thackt citizenship service now. $16 ed and escorted, apparently head- 8331 ed eastward.

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Driving these trucks not necessarily tedious, since most of $8 the drivers bring their sweethearts

along.""

$3.33

$31.35

$100

$3.40

$7

:

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HK. STOCK EXCHANGE

The market was dull.

BUYERS

China Lights (0), $8.90.

Dairy Farms $17.50.0/

な

#411

$100

H.K. Banks, $1285. Bank of East Asia, $73. Union Ins.. $380.

Wing On Textiles (8.))

$125

Yaumati Ferries, $22.50.

Public Utilities

H.K. Tramways........................ | $14.40}

$181

$7.40 Peak Trani (old)....

$3.70 Peak Trams (now)...

$7.40 $3.70

PAL

Y'mati Ferries...

$292

China Lights (0)..... | $6.00

$6.00 China Lights (New)..

|H.-K. Electries (Old).

#371

#57 Star Ferries................ $572

$19

#1

w

50 uta

$171.

H. K. Electica/New)... 137 Macao Electrics (Old) Macao Electrics (New) Bandakan Lights......

· :" " । Telophones fold)....... Telephones (new)..... S'pors Tractions (Ord,); Industrials

$14.90 Cald., Macg, (Ord.) 8.)

Cald, Macg. (Praf)S

Canton Imagnam

$18) Cementa...

$6.70 H.K. Rope

HK. Gort, Loans

$98,-14% Loen

304 33% (1934).

Miscellaneous

Dairy Farms

Entertainments

81.80 Constructions (old)...

Constructions (new)...

$7.45 Lane Crawfords....

Nanyang Tobacco......

$8.15 Binceres

·207.

Watsons

Ch. 0.6% 10240 Bởi $20.K. Wing On

B'hai Wing On

Vibro Piling

7/8 Matemans Inv. (Lon."

30 Maramanı Inv. (H.K.

$1.

Wm. Powells

Bale to Shanghat

3241 $9,90

#16

$8.60

951.

£395.

Entertainments, $6.65.

SELLERS

Telephones "(0)) $24.50.

Ropes, $9.70,

Watsons; 39.75

BALES

H.K. Banks, $1775. Docks (0), $15.40, Electrics (0)

HONGKONG

SHAREBROKERS":

PLEDGED TO HELP

"A Boy Scout is. pledged to be helpful at all times, to look for op- portunities for service and to ac cept them cheerfully when they come his way. He develops aŭ attitude of helpfulness and co- operation as he grows.

"Scouting also trains leaders. real leaders who know how to get the most and the best out of those who work with them and for them, give the best, they have to

| give themselves in return.”

to run.

non-g

Last ye

M

stny," said a Japanese diplomat Tecently," """for"-" "kwo potential friends to squabble

· for an öbačíše čorner of "Aska.”

PRE-PAID ADVERTISEMENTS.

The following classes of advertisements are charged, at the price given below --- SITUATIONS VACANT,

HOUSES AND APARTMENTS

TS WANTED

HOUSES AND APARTMENTS TO BE LET. MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.

Announcements not exceeding 25 Words are inserted under this heading at a Fre-paid

Rate of $1.50 for THREE INSERTIONS. If Charges collected, $2.00

WANTED TO BUY

WE PAY HIGH PRICES for all gold and aflver articles, gold bars, diamonds and jewels.

REHABILITATION Apply China Gold Renning Co.

OF YAMCHOW

Rehabilitation of Famehow 16 now under way following its oe

Pedder Building a floof, Bopra 6.

WE OFFERS HIGH PRICES. for. cupation by Chinese forces Relief an amount of gold articles, of refugees and restoration of diamonds, giver, etc. No holidays. public utilities are being given Apply China Building, 7th - Hoor. primary attention.

TEL. 30727. Eurasia Gold Refining

Rejoicing over the recovery of Co. their city, many former residents who fled the Japanese terror dur- ing their occupationgre beginning to return and to vasalet the a2- thorities in the work of rehabits- tign

WANTED KNOWN ·

ORDERS TAKEN, for hand-made, ASSOCIATION remnant Japanese have advanced outts, etc., at $5.00 each for sweaters, Ladies Jumpers, Eables"

Volume, of Businem Tranuotód on Monday, Nov. 18, 1944,

SALES

ELE Docks (0),

Chinese troops, purging

the

Beyond Chingchitang," southwest workmanship.

Shortage Of Petrol

In Sweden

LONDON, Nov. 18 (Reuter).

of Yamchow(Central News)

100 $16.40

|H.K="Electrics: (0)

50*** *38:00

(1940)

30 $8.00

in

$17.60 $6.85

HK. Tramways

400 10.50

HK. Realty's

600

8.45

$1.85

1,080

$3.20

$8.50 $9.65

10

014

The total value is $13,005.00,

MYyes Breat de Balunger, recently appointed Governor of the Bank of France, has been placed on the Armistice Commis sion at Wiesbaden, where. represent the

Anthe

problems?

Wool and model desired to be

supplied by customer.

Beud particulars of ade ta. Box 512 HED.P.

The "WE" have an outstand The shortage of petrol in Sweden ing assortment of latest American caused by the blockade, has ter dresses for all occasions and price sulted in some dislocation to salt all purses. Call at Vanity transport, but en effort being Shop (Lazares) Pedder Street, made to overcome this by means

of producer-gas, and the number res

of producer-gus vehicles in the country is increasing rapidly,

Experienced Book-keeper Wanta Whereas on Sep ber 15 there students to form a class. Guaran were about 5,000 vehicles in tes atuulents to keep a whole will Sweden driven prod -gas, books after completion of a course iger to nearly of 6 months, For Term and Par-

ticularsPlease Appl

$15,000: 67. Novembe

things of prest are Jorie

No. 463 e/o HKDP

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1941

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cture Books.

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idays ndays

5 to 7.30.

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