1937-12-30 — Page 23

PAGE 11,

NEWS OF THE DAY

IN PICTURES FROM FAR AND NEAR

Hongkong Telegraph

PHOTONEWS

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1937.

HAPPENINGS.

AS SEEN BY THE CAMERA'S EYE

UFS

FOR CHINESE SUICIDE FLEET—In process of testing by Arno Apel, veteran speedboat pilot, here is one of 12 of the speedy craft being built at Atlantic City, N. J., for the Chinese government. They are believed designed for the suicide fleet" which, loaded with about 500 pounds of explosive in each bow, shoot their load against enemy aliips and attempt to get away.-Copyright United Newspictures,

AN EXHIBITION has been opened in Amsterdam in celebration of the 350th anniversary of the birth of the great Dutch poet Joost van den Vandel. Queen Wilhelmina paid a visit to the exhibition on the opening day.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Itoyal Charter 1953 HEAD OFFICE:-LONDON. 38 Bishopsgate, K.CZ Paid-up Capital ..........................3,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 Reserve Fund

...... #3,000,000 MANCHESTER DRANCI

1 Mosley Bt. Manchester.

AGENCIES AND DRANCIESĮ

Alor Star ¿polt

Amritsar

Bojto

Bangkok

Karachi

Batavia

Klang

Bombay Calcutta Canton Caumpara Cebu Colombo

Delhi

Haiphong Hamburg

Kobe Kuala

Hankow

Harbin

Saigon

Semarang Seremban Shangbal Singapore Sitiawan Sourabaya Taiping

Lumpur Kuching Madrus Mania

Tientain

Tongkah

Medan

(Bhukei)

New York

Telostao

Peling

Yokohama

(Peking)

Zamboanga

Pertang

Hongkong Rangoon

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorised Capital .....................ANG

$50,000,000 Eared and Fully Paid-Up.... $20,000,000 Reserve Funds:-

Sterling ..................................................... à 6,500,000 Hongkong Currency Reserva $10,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 HEAD OFFICE:-BONGKONG, BOARD OF DIRECTORS—

G. Miskin, Esq. Chairman.

Hon. Mr. M. T. Johnson.

Deputy Chairman, --

J. K. Bopsfield, Esq. K. S. Morrison, Esq.

A. H. Coinpton. Esq. Hon, Mr. J. J, Paterson

B. H. Dodwell, Esq.

J. 11. Masson, Evų.

AMOY

T E. Pearce, Esq.

A. L. Shielda, Esq. Sle Vandeleur M. Grayburn.

BANGKOK

BATAVIA BOMBAY CALCUTTA

CANTON CHEFOO COLOMBO DAIREN TOOCHOW HAIPHONG |HAMBUNG HANKOW HARBIN

HONGKEW ILOILO

JOHORE

KOBE

KOWLOON

CHEF MANAGER.

BRANCHES ;--

KUALA LUMPUN

LONDON

LYONS

MALACCA

MANILA

MUAN (JOHORE)

MURDEN

NEW YORIC

PELPING

PENANG

RANGOON SAIGON

SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAI

SINGAPORE

BOURADAYA-

SUNGEI PATANI

TIENTSIN

TOKYO

TSINGTAO

YOKOHAMLA

which

P & O-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES

MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS

Taking Cargo For

Straits, Java, Burma, Ceylon, East and South Africa, Australia, India, Porsian Gulf, Mauritius, Red Sea, Egypt, Europa.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS

UNDER CONTRACT WITH H.M, GOVERNMENT

All dates are approximato and subject to alteration without notice.

and all sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without notice PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS

Current Accounts opened in Local Cur rency and Fixed Deposits received for One year or shorter periods in Local Currency and Sterling on terma will be quoted on application.

ALSO up to

CORFU date BAFE DEPOSIT BOXES in various sizes TO LET',

Hongkong 18th May, 1937.

HONGKONG SAVINGS DANK.

The Business of the above Bank la conducted by the Hongkong and Shang. hai Banking Corporation. Itules may be obtained on application,

FON THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chiat Manager, Hongkong, 10th May, 1937.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE

BANE, LIMITED,

Foreign Exchange and Genural Bank-Capital (fully paid-up) ...... Y.100,000.000 tog business transacted.

Reserve "Furid .......... Y,134,400,000

BEAD OFFICE:-YOKONAMA. Branches and Agencies at Alexandria Hongkung Rangoon Bangkok

No de Janeiro Ban Francised

Current Accounts opened and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted or appucation.

The Bank's lead Once In Londos Batavia underlakes Executor & Trusts business Derlin and claims recovery of British Income Bombay Calcutta Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of its Agencies & Canton Branches.

COUNT THE

"TELEGRAPHS"

EVERYWHERE

Dairen

Hsinking Karachi

(Mukden) New York

From

Destination.

1st Jan. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.

8th Jan. Bombay, Marseilles & London, 15th Jan. Bombay, Karachi & Persian Gulf. 22nd Jan. Bombay. Marseilles & London. 20th Jan. B'bay, M'scilles, H're, L'don, H'burg.

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.

6.8.

Tons

Hong Kong

About

*BURDWAN

CHITRAL

CARTHAGE

*SOUDAN

7,000

RAWALPINDI 17.000 *KIDDERPORE 5,000 14,500 0,100

15,000 14,500

*SOMALI

COMORIN

7,000

15,000

⚫ Cargo only.

6th Feb. Marseilles & London. 19th Feb. Marseilles & London. 28th Feb, M'selles, H're, L'don, H'bg, R'dam,

A'werp & Lidon.

5th Mar, Marsellies & London.

All vessels may call at Malta.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS

TALMA

SIRDHANA

SHIRALA

TILAWA

SANTHIA

10,000

1st Jan, 1

8,000

15th Jan. Singapore,

Port

8.000

-28th Jan,}

10,000

0.000

SwettenhaII.

12th Feb. Penang, Rangoon & Calcutta. 24th Feb. J

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS

NANKIN NELLORE TANDA

7,000

2nd Jan,

7,000

29th Jan.

7,000

5th Mar.

Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne & Hobart.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

Kobe

Seattle

London

Semarang

Los Angeles

Shanghai

Manila

Singapore

Moji.

Sourabaya

(Dalny) Fenguen

Nagaankl

Sydney

Naroya

Tientsin

Tsingtao

NELLORE

7.0001

Hamburg

Quru

SHIRALA

1,000

Hankow

Osaka

* Vingkow

CHITRAL

15,000

Paris

Pelping

TILAWA

10,000

CARTHAGE

14.500

SANTHIA

8,000

COMORIN

15,000

Harbin

Honolulu

Tokyo

Interest allowed on Current Accounts. Deposits received for fixed periods a rates to be obtained on application.

Y. KANG,

Manager. Hongkong. 11th September, 1937."

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS

• Cargo only.

4th Jan., Shanghai & Japan, 6th Jan. Amoy & Japan. 7th Jan. Shanghal & Japan. 20th Jan. Amoy & Japan. 21st Jan. Shanghai & Japan.

3rd Feb. Amoy & Japan. 4th Feb. Shanghai & Japan.

..

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notics. For further Information, Passage, Freight, Handbook, etc., apply to

The Agents.

Phono 27721

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE.CO

PICTONBUILDING CONNAUGHT ROAD GENTRAL HONGKONG:

BAN FRANCISCO'S Chinese women recently demonstrated against the Japanese Invasion in China by march- ing up and down in front of the Japanese consulate with banners reading "World Embargo againal Jupan".

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE,

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

The Steamship

"D'ARTAGNAN" Bringing Cargo from Marseilles via Saigon ete, arrived Hongkong on Sunday 26th December, 1037.

Consignces are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Opium, Trensure and Valuables are being landed and stored into the Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd., Kow- loon, whence delivery may be obtain- ed immediately after landing,

cd

All claims must be sent in to me on or before Tuesday, 4th January, 1938, or they will not be recognized. Damaged Packages will be examin- by the Company's Surveyor Messrs-Goddard and Dougins In the presence of the Consignees nt 10.00 a.m, on Friday 31st December, 1037.

Consignees must have a Revenuo Oficer in attendance when any dutiable gunda are examined' by the Company's Surveyors.

No Fire Insurance will be effected

by us in any case whatever,

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES CO.

BARBER-WILHELMSEN LINE

t

MONTHLY SERVICE

To

NEW YORK

Via LOS ANGELES & PANAMA CANAL PORTS,

NEXT SAILING

M.S. "TOULOUSE”

on

18th January.

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Hongkong, 26th December, 1937. Hong Bank Bldg.

Agents.

Tolophone 28021.

212

(14

$18

120

ACROSS

1 Insight ends in settlement (12). This horsey individual started

us a well-known boxer (7).

10 Headless gangster in

11

gulse {7},

unusual

This is certainly hard on crops (4)

12 le is even wicked with his head

cut off (5).

13 Has different meanings to the

cricketer, sailor, and criminal

(4).

16 A sin of omission (7),

17 Fish (7).

...

18 The kind of bottle that is

longer attractive (7).

no

21 She is both fair und dark (7). 23 More than one yet less than one

(4).*

24 This myth should be behended

le show the kind of creature it. Is (5).

25 This soothes (4).

28 Colour mostly of a "baby" car

apparently (7).

20 Some seek counsel for this idea

(7).

30 Striking back (12).

DOWN

1 A common headline (7),

2 11 ncross's softer self (4).

3 A sign sounding suggestive of

bad sheller? (7).

4 May be mouldy wark, this (7).

5 Light stuff often denwn (4),

0 A matter of weight (7),

7 Casual quality that used to lend them to amputate thieves at the Wrist (13).

8 This, of course, would

restore

interest to the bottle that was

18 ncross (13).

14 There is grave risk for 1 24

across over Afty (5).

15 A saw that time puts an end to

(5).

10 This vessel can

show speed around the vicinity of the bur (7)

20 arsh (7).

21 Even Hercules might have been

this sometimes, or Venus in dis- guise (7),

22 The art of dodging (7).

20 This should help you to stick it.

(4). 27 Bird (4).

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THE

BLUE FUNNEL

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST | PASSENGER SERVICES

FREIGHT AND

LONDON SERVICE

PATROCLUS

MEMNON

Balls 11th Jan. for Marsellies, London, Rotterdam, & Glasgow. salis 26th Jan, for Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Glasgow.

LIVERPOOL SERVICE

ANTILOCHUS

saila 21st Jan, for Havre, Liverpool ̈änd Bromborough.

NEW YORK SERVICE

ADRASTUS

sails 13th Jan, for Boston, New York, Philadelphia & Baltimore via Cape of Good Hope. PACIFIC SERVICE (via Dairen, Kobe, Nagoya

and Yokohama) TALTHYBIUS sails 18th Jan. for Victoria, Vancouver & Seattle. INWARD SERVICE

TITAN

Due 30 Dec. From Europe vin Straits, ANTENOR

Due 3 Jan. From U. K. via Straits. TALTHYDIUS Due 4 Jan. From Paciße via Japan. ACHILLES AJAX

Due 10 Jan. From U. K. vin Straits, Due 15 Jan. From U. K. vin Sirails.

Special reduced fares are quoted for cargo steamers with

limited passenger accommodation,

For freight, passage rates and Information apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.