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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

BANKS

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI THE CHARTERE}} BANK OF

BANKING CORPORATION

INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA

Authorised Capetal. $50,000,000 Issued & Fully Paid Up 20,000,000 | Faves perated by Royal Charter, Ashë

Reserve Fundu Sterling

Proprietors

20,000,000

Head Office:-HONG KONG

£4,000,000 ..£3,000,000

£3,000,000

6,500,000 Paid-Up Capital HR Currency Reserve #10,000,000 Reserve Fund ....... Reserve Liability of

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors........

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West End Branch: 14/16. Coekspur Street, S.W.L. Manchester Branch: 2, Mosley Street, Manchester,

Board of Directors : flon. Mr. J J Paterson

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H. Lack, Esq.,

Chairman

Deputy Chairman

J. E. Brusfield. Exq..

..

H. Compton, Esq.

1. J. Davies, Esq.,

Hon. Mr. S. H Dodwell,

6. Miskin, Esq..

K 8. Morrison, Esq..

Hoe, Mr T E Pearce.

Hon. M. A L. Shik

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Savings Accorwrs also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with in interet allowed at rates obtainabl

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THREE SANITARY DEPT. COOLIES IMPRISONED FOR DEMANDING MONEY

Three Sanitary Department' poolics employed by the Urban Council, MAK WAH, PAU SHU-CHEEN and LI KWAN, who were stated by the prose ution to be in the habit of demanding money from bawker-stallholders. were charged before the Chief Justice. Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Criminal Sessions yesterday with de- manding, with menaces, the sum of $30 from Stu Shiu, mistress of a cooked foodstall at Yaumati, and her son, Keng Tal, on June 17.

CROWN LANDS

AUCTION

CHEUNG CHAU LOT FETCHES $1,512

An agricultural lot at Cheung Chau Lot No. 8331, covering an area of 0.60 acres, ictched the highest price at the auction of Crown lands held yesterday morn- Ing at the District Office, South. The lot fetched $1,512 over the up-

were Chow Siu yung and two part-

Mr. J. P. Murphy Assistant, accused were arrested on the fol-set price of $66. The purchasers Crown Solictor, asslated by Det.-lowing day. Sat. N. B. Fraser, appeared for the Mr. Murphy said that he would ners. prosecution, The jury empanelled tall evidence that previous to this Cheung Chau Lot 381, a building comprised Messrs. J. F. Shea (Fore- first accused demanded and re-lot of 800 square feet, fetched $907 man), Chick Ching-Kwong, M.A. ‡ceived from various quarters small over the upset price of $16, and Tavares, V. F. d'Azevedo, Yuen sums of money. He would also Lot 382. an agricultural lot of 0.29 Kam-fui, Wong Shouk-lui and proved that accused was in the acres fetched the same price as Wong Moon-heung.

babit of behaving in that way. against the upset figure of $32. Mr. Murphy stated that at 8 At the conclusion of the Crown's The parchasers were Chan Yu-hon pun, on June 17 last Kong Tai was case, first accused said he had no-

and Yan Tsun-fat in partnership. closing his stall at Dundas Street thing to say.

An agricultural lot (No. 351) of Second accused, In when second accused, who was in a statement, denied that he ap-243 acres at Ping Chau fetchen anttorm, approached him and ask-proached Kong Tai. He stated he $803 over the upset price of $265. ed him to bring his mother (the went to tea with third accused The purchaser was Ko Ting-fung. licensee) to the Tung Fong Cafe that night.

On coming out they

Other lots at Hang Hau, Ping the same evening to discuss a most met Arst

and accused

Kong Chau, Tai O, and Cheng Lan Shu, important matter.

| Tai who Invited

also going under the hammer, them to There, Kong and his mother met tea at Tung Fong Cale.

Mok fetched few hide, the majority go- the three accused. the arst and and Kong sat on one side and be ing at the upset price, third were In civilian clothes did not hear what they discussed. First accused told Kong that he knew the licence was not in his name, and, in fact, it was hired from somebody else. He demand-

!Third

statement

accused

mado

а

ILLICIT TRAFFIC

Similar CHINESE NORTH

ed $30 for tea money, $5 for each Passing sentence, his Lordship

of them and $15 for the inter-said that Slu Shiu did a real pub- PrELET

HUPEH OFFENSIVE

place

at

le service in bringing this belt truffle to light. He was satisfied Sharp fighting took TWO MARKED NOTES

had no that first accused had been doing Suthsten, Japanese base of opera- Kung Tal stated he money and promised to come with deliberately and cruelly for a very ttons in north Hupeh, on Aug. 16 the money next day. Slu Shiu, the long time and the sentence he when several Chinese units con- mother,

to eport to went

the had to pass on blm must be a verged on the city in a fierce at- Police as the result of which she Revere one. First accused was tack. was given two marked $10 nutes. sentenced to two years' and three

Next evening at 0 pm. Slu saw first accused and handed him the notes Accused said that was not enough and demanded that the tenced him to other $10 must be pald immediate-labour. 13 Two police officers, who were sentenced in the next partition, came on the labour. scene Manager

and

unanimous atrested actused on The jury returned whose person was found the mark- verdicts in each case after a short morning. About 300 Japanese ed notes. The second and third retirement

The Bauk's Head Office in London undertake Executor and Truster business, and claims recovery of British eine Fax overpaid, an teras which may be ascertained an any of the Agencies and Branches

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& SHANGHAI BANKING COR- Authorised Capital

PORATION. Rules may

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be

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For the Hongkong & SHANGRAI

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V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager.

Hong Kong, 25th Feb., 1939.

THE CHASE BANK

15. QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL

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Reserve and Undivided

Profity

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Head Office:-HONG KONG No. 10 Des Voeux Road, Central

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One unit reached the south city gate and broke into the Japanese months' hard labbur.

Remarking that second accused barracks, inflicting many casual- tles. Another unit scaled the city was not so bad, his Lordship sen-

12 months hard walls. Meanwhile, a Chinese arti The third accused was lery unit fired at the east city gate and into the city to harass Japan- months hard

ese defence,

to six

U.S.A. War Supply For Australia

CANBERRA --Messages from the Australian Minister in Wa- ahington (Mr. Casey) and Australian supply representatives in U.S.A. disclose that Australia can expect to receive very large quantities of war material and essential war supplies under the Lend and lease Act during the earrent Anancial year.

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 23 to 29 Aug. 1941.

HIGD WATER,

Hong

Kong

Standard Time

Daye of

Month

Height.

LOW WATER

Hong

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Standard

Time

Height.

b. 4. [st, tn. . m. ft. in +911 7 6

22 17 5

04 17 2 3 i

Fighting raged until the follow-

casualties resulted,

On the night of Aug. 17 Chinese troops attacked the Japanese at Lungkang in the district of Yang- sin in Hupeh. Taken unawares, the Japanese fled northward and were pursued by the Chinese to the brink of the Fu River. Many Já- panese soldiers who tried to swin

1 across the river were drowned while others were mowed down by Chinese fire.

Two night attacks were made by the Chinese against the Japanese

at Shouchwang and Yuynchwang.

If present progress la maintain-respectively east and north of ed the first big shipments will Chuhstenchen on the south bank. reach Austraila by Christmas, of the Yellow River in Honan on

It is understood that American Aug. 14 and 16. A Japanese sup lps will be made available to ply depot was destroyed, about one help bring materials to Australia. mile of the highway damaged and The material Australia is seek-many telegraph wires were torn ing and hopes to obtain under the down. Lend and Lease Act, will comprise Japanese attacks at Halehchal manufactured equipment for the and Chichung, southeast of Hwal- forces and machinery, yang in east Honan, on August 18 fighting materials and parts for the manu-and 11 were repaised by the chi lacture of munitions and war ese, The Japanese retreated to equipment in Australia.

Hwaiyang, abandoning a quantity

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