1936-08-31 — Page 19

HONGKONG THE

TELEGRAPH.

'MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1936.

Hongkong Merchants Fear Heavy Losses If War

Breaks Out Between Nanking, Kwangsi

"FORCE MAJEURE"

CLAUSE WANTED

AS SAFEGUARD

CARGOES HELD UP AWAITING

END TO CIVIL

UNREST

"Tolograph" Staff Reporter

HONGKONG merchants are seriously perturbed at the

increasing tension in Kwangsi.

Local shippers fear that if civil war breaks out be- tween the National and Provincial Governments, there will be serious repercussions in Hongkong..

It is understood that several merchants have attempt- ed to obtain certificates of "Force Majeure”, which would protect shipments held up as a result of the civil war.

But, it is feared, such Certificates are unobtainable under such circumstances.

Considerable misapprehension

exists in Hongkong regarding and as merchants seem to hold following opinia given some

the use of the term "Fored Majeure" erroneous ideas on the subject, the years ago by a well-known law who has now left the Colony will be of interest.

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***Force Majeure', otherwise called Act of God", means not a 15 storm, mere misfortune but something overwhelming, such lightning and tempest, which could not happen by the intervention of man, and loss from which could not have been prevented or wvoided by any reasonable amount of foresight, pain or car," he wrote as his opinion.

"The inten, therefore, that civil war in China is an ‘Act of God' or 'Furce Majeure is hopelessly erroneous.

"Further, in the conditions that have prevalled during the Inst twenty years, civil war in China is certainly not a matter that could not be anticipated by reasonable foresight.

"Even a Force Majeure clause in a contract that was c.lf. Hongkong would not relieve the exparter, even if force majeure" was in existence in the interior of China.

"The only thing that would relieve the exporter would be 'force majeure' in Hongkong!!".

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WELL-KNOWN shipping however, would obviate this risk, as dictionary

"force would protect shippers majeure" as a term used to denote slang aming out of delays, etc. in

defines

rehvěry,

circumstances or events which no;

Thier normal circumstances, Horin- human precantion could have! averted, or which no fraudulent does a fairly large river unde with Witchny and Nanning, the twen Kwang.

Intention could have produced., principal interior parts and those dangers anl'acclents imparts Bata the Colony

CITOYEN OF SPAIN

Amazonian girl soldier, carrying pistol and wearing military rap, i

drink before going into action with Government troops near Madrid University.

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SCHOONER AND

JUNK TO CROSS THE WORLD FROM HONGKONG

which are beyond human power: Kwasi casi inciple of wond: DEEP SEA ADVENTURE WILL TAKE

to control or to oppase.

Many Hongkong merchants are!

of the opinion the civil war in "China" ̄ ̄ ̄skoulit” “constitute

majeure."

Onepromifent merchant told met j

"If Hongkong merchants

were

tri

dil and risential oils and feathers,

OTHER PEOPLES'

MONEY

decline ordinary risks every tim Local Will

there was a threat of civil war ini

China, business 'would quickly ruined. Yet what are we

ter

This threat of civil war m Kwangsi

has hung over our heads for mouths.

"Are we expected to suspend business until the thread vanishes? Sone definite understanding shoubil

be given to Hongkong shippers thatį

Debars Any

Who Try To

Set It Aside

they will receive protecflutt in the A CLAUSE in the Will of

the late Mrs.

event of actua! hostilities,”

documents accompanying cargoes, |

Edith

Enquiries indicate that many ship- Sugden, formerly of Shang- pers in this Colony have suspended | shipments to Wuchow and Naming, hai and Hongkong, and wife rather than take a risk. As a re sult cargoes are rapidly piling up. of a former Commissioner · A "force majeure clause in the for Chinese Maritime Cus- toms, provides that any persons interested under the Will who attempt to set it aside, or in any way molest or annoy her husband and son, will forfeit all moneys, jete., to which they may have

been entitled.

New H.K. Stamps Printed

BUT NO PUBLIC SALE!

UNTIL CORONATION

New Hongkong stamps of the King Edward Vill reign will not be on sale this year.

This information was officially supplied to the "Telegraph" this morning.

.Mrs. Sugden, who died in Kensington on January 15, loft local estate to the value of $136,- 000. Her Trustees were directed to re-invest the moneys arising out of the estate and to pay two- thirds of the Income to her hus band, Mr. A. II. Suglen, and son, Mr. A. H. Sugden, Jr.

i

the wIB, the remains of Mrs. Hug It accordance with the terms of den were cremated and scattered after her death.

Three new stanips are, however, being printed in preparation for their sale to the public at a date that will be as near as possible to

The entire estate of the late Mrs. the mutual date of the Coronation. Annie Young, formerly of long-1

kong, who died in Bristol on April These stamps will be the cent,1, was left to her daughter. Mrs. which will be green, the 16 cent. T. M. Widdowson. The local which will be red, and the 25 cent, estate was valued for probate pur- which will be blue.

poses at $26,800.

Once the stamps are issued, they will be on ante permanently. In chief draughtsman of the Public The late Mr. 1. E. Longbotton. England, certain King Edward VII Works Department, who died in stamps are being placed on male Kowloon Hospital on July 12, left temporarily in October, to be with-his entire estats to his wife, Mrs. drawn after a few days until the Dorothy Longbottom... Local estate. Coronation.

was valued at $7,700,

FOUR YEARS TO COMPLETE "Telegraph" Staff Reporter

HE sea is calling the adventurous young men of Hong-

kong.

Between now and the end of the year two local re- sidents may be chosen to aid in a voyage of scientific dis. covery that will be the most adventurous since Drake cir. cumnavigated the world in the Golden Hind.

Two ships--both new-will make up the expedition. · One, a 75-foot schooner of American pattern, is being built at Ah King's slipway in Hongkong. The other, a Ningpa junk, is being built in Shanghai.

The junk will be launched in November and will come to Hong- Itong before Christmas. The yacht will be launched and completed by the end of the year, and the two vessels will set out on their ad- venturous, trip half way around the world on January 15.

The man behind the adventure is Mr. Thomas F. Kilkenny, well-known American yachtsman, big game hunter, treasure hun- fer and deep-sea sportsman.

for ten

scientists And Mr. Kilkenny is already in,modation tion of the yacht, which has been at a crew of four Chinese will tra Hongkong, supervising construc associates and a Chinese crew. Five Americans, including Mr. Kilkenny, designed by O. Stephens, of vel in the schooner. trans-Atlantic. winning yacht- design fame.

So far as the junk is concerned,

the voyage will be one of a purely

scientific nature. American selen- Lists, motion picture cameramen and adventure-lavera to the num ber of 20 will arrive in Hongkong to join the expedition late in Decem

ber.

Possibly two or three Hungkung residenta, if they have a fair for deep-sea adventures, will be allowed to join the expedition.

The

the route will be west to Philippines and Dutch East Indies, up to Singapore, and thence to Indin, the Persian Gulf, through, the Suez to the Mediterranean and then across the Atlantle to New York.

The schooner will accompany the Junk on the entire voyage, which will not end until 1999, A year will be spent travelling and on scientific in- vestigation between Hongkong and Port Snid.

After arrival in New York the junk will be placed on exhibition at the New York World Fal.

Both ships will be Diesel-engine equipped. · A 100-h.p. Diesel engine for the schoonor bas already arrived in Hongkonst.

The hollow spats für the schooner are being built in Germany and will arrive here aliurtly.

One of the biggest casting Jobs ever undertaken at Ah King's ship-yards Is the construction of the keel for the schooner. No les than 30,000 Ilm. of teud will be used for this job alone,

The exterior of the junk will be of Atrict conventional design, but more luxury will be lavished on the In terior. Wich will provide decont

HE'S OPTIMISTIC Only one junk, of much smaller build than the one now under con- struction, has succeeded in crossing the Pacifle. No vessel of this type, so far as is known, has ever crossed the Atlantic.

Mr. Kilkenny is supremely opti- anistic regarding the outcome of the adventure. "The Diesel engines will get a to our destination, and we've plenty of time to spare," he said this morning, when 1 interviewed him at the Gloucester Hotel.

an

Deep-sea adventure hna called Mr. Kilkenny ainee his early childhood.

Ta-day. when

American business-ma} wants a thorough gaing, honest-to-goodness adven- ture-vacation he calls

Mr. Kilkenny-ho does, that is, if he is the rugged sort who can take it.

TREASURE HUNT

ON

The bows of many vessels of all types, with Thomas J. Kilkenny at the wheel have poked into many odd corners of the world during the post two decades. He has allot small boals over Alasku's stormy seas, neross the vast stretches of the South Pacifle and Atlantle and down into infrequenteil stretches of the southern hemisphere.

Two years ago Mr. Kilkenny set out with a yachting party on a trea- sure hunt in the West Indies. They found no wordly treasure, but the results of that expedition are written largely in Mr. Kilkenny's book of ad ventures. The party was wrecked on St. Thomas', in the Virgin Islands, cast ashore, and happily rescued by a U.S. Coastguard vessel.

And now, heiglo for a 20,000 milo jaunt that, for sheer adven- ture and tells on a small, craft, will beat the Golden Hind, into an „Admiral's: hat, .....

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Z.E.K.. PROGRAMME

From Z.B.W. dn a wavelength of 1336 metres (845 kilocycles):

5-7 pm, Dance Orchestra, from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong

p.m. Richard Tauber (Tenor), Albert Sandler and his Orchestra:

nur Lucheln 1. Song--Immer (Lebar); 2. Orchestra- Cuban Ser- (de enade (Middley): Maruschka Leur): 3. Song-You mean the world to me (turischia): 4. Orchez- Fra-Busions (Gader; Give me your Song-Melodic heart (Gade); 5. (Rubinstein); 6. Orchestra-Prelude (Haydn Wool); For Love of you (Franz Vienna),

7.30 pam. Closing Loyal Stock Quotations.

7.33 p.m. "Belt Song" from "Lak- me" (Delibes) sung by Gitta Alpar (Soprano).

7.40 p.m. From the Studio, A Pianoforte recital by Startain.

Programme,

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1. Prelude, ...Bachi; . Nocturne. ..Chopin; 3. Mazurka,... Chopin; 4. Prelude.... Chopin: 5. Prelude... Scriabin.

8 p.m. Time, Weather and an-

gomngements.

8.03 . A Relay from the Ko String Theatre (Chinese).

11 pm. Close Down,

8.30-10 p.m. European Pro- gramme from Z.E.K. on a frequen-* cy of 640 kilocycles.

8.03 p.m. Setcrtions from "1 Dream to much" and "Limelight" played by Patricia Itossborntigh (Pine).

8.10 p.m.

A Relay from London. Cricket: Middlesex v. Surrey; a

Fry

from commentary by C. B. Lord's Cricket Ground, London. Gloucester' v. Nults: a commentary by P. G. I. Fender, from Gloucester. 8.30 p.m. "Concrete in D Major for Violoncello and Orchestra"

Haydn) played by

Guilhermina

Bejtitia (Cello) and the Orchesten, directed by John Barbirolli

1st Movement-Allegro moderato. 2nd Movement--Adagio.

Movement-Allegro.

3rd

8.55 p.m. "Aufenthalt" (Schubert) sung by Alexander Kipnis (Bass).

p.m. News and announcements from London.

9.26 p.m. Variety and Dance Music.

Orchestra-Heart's Desire--Selce- tion. Cine Studio Orchestra; Songs-1 Travel Alone; As I Sit here Leslie Hutchison; Fox-Tral- Log Cabin Lullaby; Looking Forward'

Loss Jov to looking after you and his Orchestra Song Plaisir

l'Amour (Love's Joy): Will "you" "love"

Dragonette (So- ine. Jessica prano); Humorous-King

Canule; Melodrama of the Mice Mr. Flotsam and Mr. Jetsam; Fux-Trot Say the Word and it's yours: Waltz

When the leaves Uld the Koodbye... Len Fillis and his Hawaiian Orchestru.

trees

10 p.m. Big Ben from London.

Close Down,

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2.15

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3.5. The 1.1.C. Empire firchenten. 15 m. The News and Announcements. tireenwich-Time Signal at 6 pimi

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7 p.. le Ben. A Ballad Ennepet. 7:20 p.m. The Whitby Manleipäl'Orchester,

10 m. Cricket. Middlemen v. Burrey. *.10 p.m. "Around the Counties, 4," Greenwich Time Bignal at a p.m.

The News and Announcementa. 9.20 p.m. Arthur Salisbury and he r

chestra.

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chestra.

The BBC. Welsh Or

10 p.m. Big Ren. .m. Reading. 1.13 p.m. The Northern Ireland Brass

Band.

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11.4 p.m. "Sound and About." 11.5 p.m. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Bigga? at 12 a.m.. 32.15 am. Charlee Enesco and his Quintet,

with Webster Booth.

A murried woman, Siu Yat-mui, appeared before Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central Magistracy this morning, churged with possession of 3,000 no- pui tickets, She was arrested in Connaught Road Central on August 20, as a result of information received, She was sentenced to a fine of or. In default, three weeks' harr labour. Lo Cheung-lal, 38, employed, was also charged before Mr. Balfour for possession of 1,902 po-put tickets. He was arrested in Des Voeux Road Central on August 30, niso through information received. He was sentenced to a fine of $35, or, In default, three

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