1937-11-18 — Page 16

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

25 words $2.00 for 3 days propaid

POSITIONS WANTED.

EXPERIENCED Journalist (English- woman) wants part-time job. Please write Box

No. 425, "Hongkong Telegraph.

POSITIONS VACANT.

AMERICAN or English teacher wanted for teaching English at home (Kowloon) In the morning. Apply to Lau Fong, A-man Hing Cheong. 54, Queen's Road Central.

ROOF GARDEN ARTIST

Anna Lovisoff, opera singer and the posacsior of a fine lirico-soprano voice, will be heard at a concert in the Hongkong Hotel Roof Garden to-morrow night.

STOCK EXCHANGE MOVEMENTS

INDUSTRIALS SUSTAIN SOME LOSSES

London, Nov. 17. In the continued absence of buying interest, prices in most sections on the Stock Exchange to-day dropped particularly Industrials, among which there were appreciable losses.

but

Minings and Internationals, how- ever, were slightly steadier, the final dealings being in sympathy with Wall Street which opened Irregular, rather better than anticipated.

Commodities

were and wheat steadler on reports of a light frost from the Argentine, and most of the others improved towards the close in

sympathy with Wall Street,-Router's Special.

PROBLEMS OF LEAGUE

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Mechanising

R..

G.

PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

India Army

Will Cost British Government £600,000

London, Nov. 17.

THURSDAY,

PRIVATE GROUP EXPERIMENTS IN SOCIAL REFORMS (Continued from Page 1.)

the full rental, afferential rental wit como luto force at the discretion of the tenancy committee),

3. To

attempt to rafae the standard of Ilving and the moral life of the occupants education, super- vision, and personal interest..

4. To provide points of

contact between the European population and these poorest classes, where the one can help the other fellow huma being and in this way to further

of the Sale by Public Auction to be hold on Monday, the 22nd day of November, 1937, at 3 p.m., A striding precedent is created by at the Omees of the Public the Imperial Government in fta Anan Works Department, Ly Order of clal relations with the Indian Army by the recommendation that Parlis- His Excellency the Governor of ment should make a special grant of Crown Land nt £800,000 to enable the Government Repulse Bay Road, in the Colony of India to carry out the mechanise- of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 of the Army with the least posal- the cause of human fellowship and

ble delay. the option of years, with renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of Is Majesty the KING, for one further term of 75 years.

one Lot of

Hitherto the Government of India has been solely responsible for the Indian Army, maintenance of the The Imperial grant which is contern-

plated was announced in the House of Commons by Major Oliver Stanicy, Under-Secretary for India.

1 next yea

Intending bidders are advised

The reason for the grant is the that immediately after the dis-magnitude of capital expenditure in- posal of the lot the Purchaser volved. The

grant will be made (if not the applicant) will be over three years beginning on April

-Reuter Special required to deposit with an authored officer who will be present at the snic, the sin of two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This лurn will be refund- ed on payment of the Purchase price. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Lot No. 403.

Repulse Bay

Roath.

No. of Sale

Rusty No.

Locality.

I

Bural Building

Houndary Heyral.

N.K. W.

4.

As per salo

pinu.

2

Aboul 185,200

$37,160

$2,132

Gental.

Upset Price

HONG KONG BREWERY

DISTILLERY LIMITED.

Notice

&

All hotties supplied marked with the initials "B" and the "Hongkong Browers & hame Distillers Limited" arc and remain the property of

the Hongkong Brewery & Distillery Limited and are supplied to customers upon auch the understanding that delivery confers

no right of ownership or usage to customers or others. All sales of beer are made by the Brewery or their dealers subject to this condition. When empty all bottles must im- mediately be returned either to the Browery Depots In Hongkong No. 8, Duddell Street or in Kow- loon No. 58, Canton Road, or to the Company's agents when 3 cents and 4 cents will be refunded for each pint and

bottle quart respectively.

London, Nov. 17. There has been no question of con- sultation between His Majesty's Gov- ernment and the French Government | regarding the future of either Pales-al

tine or Syria, sige, in both cases the HOUSE OF LORDS

mandatories are responsible not to

any other country but to the League

of Nations. So Lord Cranborne fold

EULOGISES

the House of Commons at question FORMER PREMIER

lime. He added that as mutter of courtesy the French Government and His Majesty's Government kept in informal touch with each other on these subjects-British Wireless,

LEFT FOR JAPAN IN A HURRY

London, Nov. 17.

In the House of Lords, debate on the International situation raised by Lord Allen of Hurtwood, tributes were paid to the late Mr. Ramsay MacDonals, Lord Plymouth, when he eame to reply for the Government, joined in the tributes, remarking that vir. MacDonald took a deep interest A student of foreign languages, in, and had profound knowledge of, Ng Yuen-hoan, 24, of No. 31 Kim-foreign offers, and it was perhaps in berley Road, first floor, came before that sphere he had his greatest R. Edwards at the Central politien successes-British Wireless. Magistracy this morning charged with falling to notify the police of

Mr.

his departure to

Japan

Ng is from French

in September..

Indo-China.

He stated that he left for Japon in

a hurry, daring the day shopping

PRODUCTION FALLS IN HOME INDUSTRIES

London, Nov. 17, The Board of Trade index of indus-

MANY OBSERVERS FEAR NANKING IS DOOMED

(Continued from Page 1)

Shanghal offices despite the evacun- tion of Nanking.-United Press.

Counter-Offensive

Shanghai, Nav, 10. General Chang Foh-kwel, Com. munder of the Chinese "Ironsides," bas launched

counter-allensive against the Japanese

troops whichi are pressing on towards Kashing.

Chinese according to

reports. Henvy fighting is in progress,

Meanwille reports from Nanking state that the compound at the War Ofee and other ministeries have been lighted up by huge bonfires as officials are burning the records and archives which, it has been decided,

will not be transferred to the new quarters at Hankow, Changsha and Chungking.

brotherhood..

re-

5. To act as a medium for search and observation in all matters of social welfare.

A blk driving force behind plan has been the realisation of the this appalling housing conditions which exist for the poorer classes in the Colony: the overcrowding of

men, women, young people and babies in terèments

which lack anything like reasonable ventilallon,, sanitary facilities, the proper amount of fresh air, or the semblance of privacy, The knowledge gained from first hand investigation of exploitation by pra- perty owners of these unfortunate beings, whose alternative to payment of exorbitant rents for cubicles and bed spaces is io sleep on the streets. has caused this social experiment.

RENT WITHIN MEANS

This particular group of social workers is convinced that it is pos- sible to conduct tenement Ants which are healthy, decently clean, adequate ly partitioned for cubicies and bed spaces, offering the bare normal facilities required by anybody to cat. drink, and sleep without running the risk of contracting disense, and at the same time at a rental within the icons of the tenants.

The group, under its Social Settle- solve one fundamental problem-the ments scheme, is thus setting out to problem of allowing the very poor to live under healthy conditions.

the

EDUCATIONAL AIMS

German advisers to the Chinese

esel terest In themselves;

more

even in- an who re- beasts BE

NOVEMBER 18,

Brazil Will Pay Debts

Against Order Of President

1937.

Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 17. The Brazilian Foreign Minister. Sen. Pimentel Brandas, said Brozli would be meeting foreign debts on December 1 with interest coupons, despite President Vargon's order sus- pending payments of external obli- gations.

He denied foreign reports that it was planned to rent Italian des- troyers and said that Sen. Alcebades Recanada, the Brazilon Ambassador to Loyalls! Spain would soon be penstoned due to his reaching the age init.United Press.

SWINDLER CAUGHT

SECOND PARTY TO FRAUD MISSING

How a married wontant was swin- dled of a large sum of money was related at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning when Kwong Kwok, 35, was charged before Mr. K. Keen.

Detective Sergeant Ernest Franklin said the defendant and his younger brother were distant relatives of the complainant, Chan Mei-kui, 41. n August they induced her to finance a scheme whereby cloth was bought in Hongkong and sold profitably in Swałow, The

younger brother re- crived $3,020 as capital, but two days Inter defendant saw complainant and said that this sun was insuficient, asking for

further $200.

This given to him and he went away.

The woman could not find either brother again, but eventually delen- dant

was arrested on information on November 14., The younger brother was still missing.

Was

Defendant was oned $100 or two months, and ordered to pay verends of $260 or undergo a further two months' imprisonment.

GUEST ROBS HIS HOST

But it has other aims equally vital, and In fact wholly comple- mentary to the plan. It seeks to Fifty Americans remain in Nan- enlighten these less fortunate people. king, most of whom are doctors and whose lot, by accident of birth, has nurses who will stay until evacuation

been a cheerless, bitter struggle for l። absolutely necessary, Forty existence; who because of their en- vironment and the demands of daily Britons in the capital have moved to

have never enjoyed the new Embassy, ready for speedy life,

evacuation should necessity arise.

chance of taking

orders to Government are under

gard themselves depart at a moment's notice, while the German Embassy staff is prepared

of burden, to carry out manual tasks at pitiful wages in order to keep chartered merchant their bodica alive. to board

The group feels, steamer as soon as it is necessary to that given opportunities, such people do so. Members of the Hallan can become intelligent products of Embassy and Italian air advisers to their environment, just as they are the Government are likewise ready to-day victims of their environment.

10 to leave, while the Soviet advisers This is why there has been mapped

awalting developments.

Sub-Inspector H. E. Theout a programme which includes re

Roger said that defendant, Cheung Chau, 42, was French are prepared French warship, while two American as hygiene, nutrition, a few of the al'educational training in matters such board

travelling trader and a childhood warships are going down river to elementary academic subjects like

friend of a marble dealer living in supplement the

one already

Laichikok at arithmetic, English, Chinese Nanking-Reuter.

general knowledge. For this work

kong on the group has the promise of asylst- Han Fu-Chu Directing ance from well-equipped and willing helpers, whilst other work will in- Operations

clude the administration and super- vision of the Settlements.

and

at Wal Ching Street, Yaumati, next The first five flats will be opened week, and anybody who is interested in this work will be warmly

wel-

Hauchow, Nov. 18. General Han Fu-chu, Chairman of the Shantung Provincial Government, ts personally directing operalloss on the south bank of the Yellow River in comed if they care to pay a visit. north Shantung to check the Japan- It is well to bear in mind that this ese advance, it is learned from mill-is-not-a-charity-organisation.It is Mary sources.

an attempt to put the down-and-otit on their feet, to encourage them to develop self-respect, and eventually, It is hoped, to create in them the de- sire for citizenship

rightful place in the community.

General Han has also issued stern Instructions to all his troops, enjoin- Ing them to make a determined stand

on the south bank of the River,

Whilst the main bulle of the Chinese forces have withdrawn to the south bark, large units of mobile troops, it is reported, stili remain north of the River, where

they

actively are destroying communications ord harassing the advance of the Japan- esc. Central News,

Chinese Line At Kashan Remains Intact

the

and

NO RAIN SINCE OCTOBER 29

The temperature at the Royal Observatory at 10 am, at 76 was the same as yesterday's corresponding reading. Humidity went up by two per cent., to 70.

1

over

Soochow, Nov. 16. Despite repeated attacks Inunched

No rain has been recorded at the by the Japanese, the Chinese forces are holding tenaciously to their Royal Observatory since October 29. postuinns Επ

Chenyl-Kashan Total since January remains al sector, the latest information from 80.80 ins. against an average of 83.40 the front indicates.

JILS. Japanese warships anchored in the

Pressure contin s Highest River the September Yangize

off Fushun and Manchurin. A shallow depression Langaban are shelling intermittently covers the Eastern Sea, and the ty- the Chinese positions on the west phoon is situated at ut 150 miles bank but so far they have not made south west of Manilo, moving W. or any effort to land troops at these W.N.W. Local points.-Central News.

forecast:- East winds, moderate; cloudy generally.

and drawing money from the Hong-trial production In kong and Shanghai Bank for imvel- quarter is 3.1 per cent. less than in ling expenses, and forgot all about the previous quarter, but 7.1 per cent. notifying the police of his departure. greater than in same quarter of 1936. He was fined $15.

Recession in activity Inst quarter Acting Sub-Inspector J. H. E, was, it la stated, essentially seasonal. Edwards prosecuted.

British Wireless.

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

The loss of four bed-sheets and a wrist watch, to the total value of $41, has been reported to the police by Mr. F. A. Olsen, of "Greenneres," Fanling.

Serious' lajurles were suffered by Pak Pun-sang a coolie, yesterday. when he was struck by a trolley loaded with iron bars while at work at Holt's Wharf. He was taken to the Kowloon

110spital.

.

4

Chinese Engaged On Three Fronts

at

TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR MAIL EXPERIMENTS TO CONTINUE

Nanking, Nov. 10. The Sino-Japanese forces in the Kashing arce are fighting south-west of Kashan on the Shanghai-Hangchow Railway, while Japanese troops on the Shanghai-Nanking Railway are attacking the Chinese centro Chengyi, seven miles west of Quin- Li Kwong, 34, unemployed,, was

san, according to Chinese reports. A fatal traffic accident in the New

London, Nov. 17. fined $15.75 with the alternative of

Japanese warships in the Yangtze

In view of the successful series of 18 days' imprisonment by Mr. R. Territories on Tuesday has been re-

are bombarding the The victim,

Chinese left experimental flights this summer and Edwards at the Central. Magistracy ported to the police. this morning for possession of dull-

of Fuslian-autumn in connexion with the pro- Leung San, 44, a farmer, was killed flank in the vicinity able tobacco at the Tung On whart. when he was struck by lorry No.

posed North Atlantic airmall service, 4386 near San Hul, while crossing

It is proposed to continue further ex- the road.

perimental work as soon as possible, and when new aircraft is available.

It is anticipated two land planes of the Albatross type will be rendy by the spring or early summer and threo new large Empire flying boats will also be available by the summer for a further series of experimental Alghts. -British Wireless.

when the men was

Sentence of six weeks' imprison- ment was imposed on Yu Sam, 17, unemployed, by Mr. R. Edwards at the police that he knocked down a Dr. J. H. McEincy has reported to the Central Hingistracy this morning. boy, Kwok King-chlu, 13, when he charged with ran across Chater Road, and struck stealing a fountain pen. He had the side of the car yesterday. The previous conviction.

boy received slight injuries and was taken to the Queen Mary Hospital. One fine of $30 with the alter- native of two months' hard labour,

Fines totalling $272 or and another of $175 with the alter-months hard Inbour were inflicted four native of three months hard labour, on two unemployed men, Lai Wal, were inflicted on Tae Yung, 40, un-30, and Clian Ching, 20, when they employed, when he

appeared

were convicted by Mr. K. Keen at remand before Mr. Forrest at the the Kowloon Magistracy this mota- Central Magistracy this morning, charged with keeping the first flooring of distilling ilquor at 102 Xec a licence and of No. 51 Tal Yuen Street. ns an being in unlawful possession of oplum divan, and possession of 9% apparatus, fermenting material and thels of prepared oplum. The sen-dutiable spirit, Revenue Officer J. tences are to be served concurrently. L. Stephens prosecutedt.

Kuk Street without

Reuter.

BATHS FOR BRITISH MINERS

SHIPR IN WIRDLERS COMMUNICATION

London, Nov. 17. in hand for the Installation of pihend The Miners welfare fund has plans baths at a total cost of £2,000,000- an amount nearly equal to the cost of The following ships are expected to all baths installed between 1020 and be in wireless communication with the present day,

When the proposed Installations are Maru,

the Hongkong radio station: Shinkyo Gnoisenau, Talleyrand, complated bath accommodation will Aramis, Empress of Japan, Elona, hava beon provided for 444,000 Hokusan miners, or two-thirds of the working Grootekerk, Fooshing, Nancy Moller, Maru, Kachlma Maru, population underground, British Sophie Tickmers, Selatan, Talsuer) Wireless.

hong, Klungehow and Hong.

A guest in the house of a child- hood friend who stole a $100 note from his host in return for his hos- pitality, was charged before Mr. C. D. Burgess at the Kowloon Magis- tracy

this

morning. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced Lo hard labour

inonths'

Road

ad. Arriving in long- 12, defendant went to of his periodical visits 11, stay with his friend.

on November

On Wednesday morning the marble dealer had occasion to open his sate. Just then he was called away to the telephone, and on returning. found that a $100 nole was missing. He suspected defendant who was the only other person in the house, and inter in the morning took him to the police. Defendant admitted the theft.

R.E.O.C.A. DANCE

The next REO.C.A dance of the season will be held in the Peninsula Hotel on Saturday, November 27, dance music by the Dance Band of H.M.S. Eagle, by kind permission of Captain Clement Moody, R.N. and Omeers,

66

THE

Swan Culbertson

Frith

Investment Bankers and Brokers in Securities and Commodities Daily Now York and London Stock Exchange Service Commodity Future! on the principal American markets Members of

New York Cotton Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Winnipeg Grain Exchange Commodity Exchange, Inc., New York Canadian Commodity Exchange, Inc., Montreal New York Coffee and Sagar Exchange

Janita Stock Exchange.

Correspondents for

Hayden, Stone & Co., New York and Boston J. E. Bwan & Co., New York

Telephone 30244

Cable Address SWANSTOCK Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Building, Hongkong

Offwes: Shanghai and Manila

GINGEXESOGELEGENEICISTERNETENTENASIASANAT

Salgon

POST OFFICE.

Shanghai and Swatow

Japan and Formosa Swntow Straits

INWARD MAILS

Straits and Europe via Negapatum

(Papers only) London date, 21st October.

Straits

USA, Honolulu and Japan (San

Francisco, 38th October)

Chelciang

November 19.

Chenglu

November 10.

Hakusan Maru

November 18.

Holhow Antiochus

November 10.

November 20.

Kashima Maru

November 20.

Anshun

November 21.

Pres. Taft

November 21.

OUTWARD MAILS

Registered and Parcel Mails are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m., registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day.

Per Thursday

For

Formosa Monila

Yokohama

"Straits and Calcutta

Parcels,.......Nov. 18, 4 p.m.

Date and Time.

Talyin....Thurs., Nov. 18, 4.30 p.m.. Emp. of Japan Thurs., Nov. 18,5 p.m. Gneisenau Thurs., Nov, 18, 5.00 p.m. Sulsang

Thurs., Nov. 18, .Nov. 18, 5 p.m.

Ord.,

Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Hono- Pan American Plane Thurs., Nev. 18.

Aulu and U.S.A. by the "Pan American Airways direct Service" -dus San Francisco 24th Novem- ber.

.Nov, 19, 6 am..

K. P. O.

G. P. O.

Kor.. Ord..

.Nov. 18, 5 p.m. .Nov. 18, 3 p.m.

Reg.. Ord.,

Nov. 18, 5 p.01.

*Straits and Coleuita

Par.. Samahul and Wuchow

Friday

Shirala

.Nov. 18, 5 p.m.

Ord.. Tai Ming

Kongmoon (Pakhoi via Kongmoon). On Lee

Fri, Nov. 19, ..Nov, 19, 9 a.m.

..Fri, Nov. 10, 7.15 am. .Fri., Nov. 19, 9 am:

Air Mail for North China, Bian and Eurasia Plane

Nanking (via Hankow) by the "Eurasia Airways Service" (To further points by surface trans- part as Services permit). Hollow and Bangkok

..Fri, Nov. 19,...

G.P.O. and K.P.O.

Лек. Oril,

...Nov. 19, 9 ani.. ..Nov. 10, D.30 am.

Michael Jebsen

Reg.,

Fri., Nov. 19; 10.30 am.

*Straits, Ceylon, India, Egypt and Conle Biancamano...Fri, Nov. 13,

*Europe vin Naples-dur Naples, 10th December. Formosa

Air Mall for "K.L.M. Service"-doe

Amsterdam, 30th November.

Nov. 19, 2.45 p.m. Ord...Nov. 10, 3.30 pm. Neumark...Fri., Nov. 10, 3.30 pr. Hakusan Maru....Fri, Nov. 19..

G.P.O. and R.P.O. Reg.,...Nov. 19, 4.30 p.m..

Ord,

Straits, Sandakan, Ceylon, India, Hakusen Maru

East and South Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marsellies

Reg

Ord.,

Nov-10; S ̃D.m. Fri, Nov. 19.

G.P.O. and K.P.0.

due Marseilles, 18th December). Japan, Canada, ÚS.A.,, Central and Pres. Jackson

Victorin

Siberia

טיו

B.C., and Europe via

(Due Victoria B.C., Bth December)

Nov. 19, 5 p.m. Nov. 10, 5.30 pm. Fri, Nov. 19.

Parcels, Nov. 19, 4 p.m. Reg

Nov. 19, p.m. Ord ... Nov. 19, 5.30 pm.

*Supersci!bea corresponuenice only.

PERFECT PIPE" DE PAT

PERFECT cleanING COOL & DRY SMOKE

NO CONTACT BETWEEN TOBACCO & MOISTURE

"THE POPULAR PIPE

Sole Agents

at

$3.50 only

A great selection of modern shapes displayed at our 3 shops.

CIGAR STORES LA PERLA DEL ORIENTE

HONGKONG-HOTEL BLDG.

Pedder Strout.

Tel. 30085

Gloucester Building. Des Voeux Rd.

Tel. 28365

KOWLOON WHARF ENTRANCE

Tel. 59611

୭୭

Sale Azents