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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES AND UNDERWRITERS
M/V "THURLAND CASTLE"
It is heroby 'notified that the M/V "THURLAND CASTLE" with from North board cargo on Atlantic Ports, Pacific Const Ports, and Manila, sustained damage to ship and cargo as the result of grounding on Tam Kan Island on the morning of Monday, 2nd May, 1938.
In consequence thereof General Average has been declared.
requested to Consignees are
Average sign Lloyd's General Bond before Bills of Lading can be countersigned for delivery of
cargo.
No General Average Deposit has yet been declared, and in the meantime Lloyd's General Average Bond must be accompanied by a Bond signed by the Underwriters interested in the cargo.
DODWELL & COMPANY LTD.
Agents,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
Motor Vessel
"THURLAND CASTLE" Frum U.S.A. via MANILA Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their rlak into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd. at Kow-
whence Joon, wharves delivery may be obtained,
Optional cargo will not be landed here, unless notice has been given 48 hours prior to vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends
and/or from the
No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered -after the 11th May, 1930, will be
subject to rent.
All claims against the vessel must be presented to the undersigned on or before the 31st May, 1938, or they will not be recognized.
All broken, chated, and damned Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 11th May, 1038, at 10 am, by our surveyors
Messrs. Goddard and Dougins.
In the case of dutlable cargo, unn- signees are requested to inform the Imports and Exports Ofce that they have such goods for examination.
No Fire Insurance has been effect-
ed.
The attention of Consignees is further directed to the notice con- cerning General Average which currently appearing.
Bill of Lading will be counter- signed by
DODWELL & CO. LTD.
Agents. Hongkong. May 7th, 1930.
Decree For "Scared" Scientist
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
SHEKKI CITY
To the Editor,
Hongkong Telegraph. Sir,-Your reference to "Shekisi, pirate stronghold near one-time Macno" in the third column of the front page of your Friday issue has rankled in my mind, uncertain if the description was made in jest or seriousness, bearing in mind the fact that thousands of China's leading businessmen, bankers and politiciana have claimed, and still proudly claim, Shekkl as their ancestral city. Оп referring to the news item again, 1 And tint it is o report of the bombing of a civilian motor bus on the Shekki-Macno Highway; your statement therefore тая made evidently in all seriousness, but the result of misinformation.
the
For many centuries Shekki Is been the capital of Heungshan District, renamed Chungshon, model district, in honour of Dr. Sun Yat Sen (Sun Chung-shan), a native son of the district. It is also known "Tit-Sheng" (in mandarin "Te- Chen," meaning "Iron City"), it having been considered impregnable
JIN
Bince
the earliest days. The Governor of Kwanglung, General Wu Te-chen, is said to be named after this clly, it being his ancestral home.
literary and Shekk! has been a cultural centre since the days of the thousand Sung Dynasty, nearly ancient zerolis on the walls years ago, as is evidenced by the of its
numerous temple
As the Aspersion Was cast unwittingly, the men of Shekki will readily forgive you!
WM. YINGON LEL.
ORPHANS HOMES
recent
that
Sir Since the commencement of the Sino-Japanese hostilities, millions of Chinese children have been face to face with starvation and death. One Illustration alone will suffice.
letter reparis amongst the
the children under one son's charge, over twenty have in an hour, and there have been us many as 7,000 deaths a month. Such state of affairs calls forth the "human kindness" of all who wish to classify themselves above the lower animals!
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MAY
Programme Of King's Tour Known
Round Of Functions
While In France
London, May 8. The offeinl programme of His Majesty King George VI's state visit to Paris from June 20 to July 1, and his shows that the Monarch Queen will be received by M. and Madame Albert Lebrun at the rail- way station and will drive in state to the Qual d'Orsay Palace, where the King and Queen will stay.
They will pay an amelal call upon the President of France and then the King will receive the diplomats,
Later Their Majesties will attend a banquet at the Elysee, followed by a reception,
The King will lay a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Warrior on the morning of June 29 and Their Majesties will attend a reception and visit
exhibition of British paintings, the Louvre, a garden party, dine at the British Embassy and sec again performance at the Opera.
the
On June 30 His Majesty · will witness a military display and with the Queen will lunch in the Chateau de Versailles. They will dine at the French Foreign Office, where a reception will be held,
The King will unveil the Australian |
Villers- National War Memorial at Bretonneux on July 1 before he and the Queen
to London return Reuter,
FAMOUS JURISTS WORK FOR ETHIOPIA
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tion, will act as technical advisers to the Ethiopian delegation.-Reuter.
SECRET SESSIONS
Geneva, May 8, Lord Halifax, the British Foreign Secretary who is leading the Empire's delegation to the forthcoming session of the League of Nations Council, spent a busy day immediately after his arrival from London,
Throughout the day he has been busy interviewing members of the Council. Ile 90W Dr. Wellington Koo, the Chinese delegate, in morning.
the
A3 early as August, 1937, the Parent Association of the National Women's Relle! Association in Nank. The preliminary meeting - will be ing was already discussing the pos- followed by A secret session, at albility of establishing children's
which the proposals by Dr. Welling- but the more urgent problem ton Koo and Senor Del Vayo regard- homes, of the wounded had first to being the Sino-Japanese conflet and the Spanish Civil War, will be heard. attended to. By March
1078,
The first public meeting of the was established separate association
Council will be held on Tuesday.
11
look
ROOSEVELT'S APPEAL
in Hongkong with the express pur- pose of looking after the nurture and Reuter. la
eduention of children during the war. As a beginning, the aim is to after 20,000 children under the age of
Washington, May B. twelve. These will be housed in t
On the eve of the meeting of the www number of Institutions, in each of
Coumell of the League of Nations, which there will be approximcly President Roosevelt in a message 500 orphans. The children of soldiers read over National broadcast circuits and of destitute refugees will be
by Mr. Cordell Hull, his Secretary of glven first preference. The capital State, called upon the nations of the expenses
rach institution
world ace
to make a "joint effort to con- catimated at
at about $10,000 National Struct a new and better world." Currency and maintenance for
the
"Co-operation in the solution of economie problem offers one prae- tical approach to the task which the world must undertake," President Roosevelt's message declared.
Professor George Simpson, the American scientist who orice lud in the British Museum from his wife, was granted a divorce at Bridgeport, Connecticut, for "Intolerable cruelty."
The professor, who is 36, de- clared at the hearing of the case that his wife used to try to make film wash the baby's clothes, While working in London he used to walt until 2 n.m. or 3 am, to ve« turn home-when he thought she
would be asleep.
Other charges against his wife were that she sent the children risque cartoons and questionable books and that she tried to "frame" him with a girl in a New York hotel.
The wife's counter-charges
of
of
cach child $6 per month, Benefactors are therefore being invited either to make single donations or to under- take to "adopt or maintain any de- sired number of children for a period of months or years, or until they are able to leave the Institutions. Names and photographs of the children will be supplied to the donors.
ORGANISING ALREADY Branch National Women's Relief Associations throughout China have been requested to organise Jount associations, and a number have pl- ready done
Hongkong so. The Branch, under the Presidency of Madame Sun Fo and the Chairman-
"There is a general and growing realisation that no nation or group of nations Can enjoy prosperity or the of plenty when a large part world is in economic distress."- Reuter.
HONGKONG KETCH EVADES TYPHOON
(Continued from Page 1.)
ship of Madame T. V. Soong and also Shan is contained in the fact that her cruelty and desertien were dismiss-ably guided by the Chairman of the position was consistent with
ed.
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Shanghai Brunch, Madame Livo course expeced to be taken by the Chung-kal, is convening meeting for this purpose, on Tues-Hongkong yacht.
day, May 10, at 3.30
Chinese Merchants
p.m. at the Club, China
Buildings. They have a joint, fori-
to discuss matters.
MAY SAIL TO ENGLAND
nightly meeting the Women's Relief i and Mrs. Francis, as it may be the
The
from
There is considerable local intérest in this voyage of Squadron Leader Hongkong Associations have demonstrated an Prelude to a trip to England. excellent spirit of co-operation and R.A.F. pilot and his wife are sailing stand side by side in all their major the yacht to Singapore, but activities. They are:--
there they may decide to all to The Hongkong Branch of the Na-England via Suez. tional Womch's Relief Association; The yacht carries only a receiving The Hongkong Chinese Women's wireless set, and has no transmitting
apparatus. For
reports, Soldiers Relief Association;
The Hongkong Office of the New therefore, the navngators have to rely on picking up information from ships transmitting reports,
Lite Movement, and
The Young Women's Association.
Christian
When this new association for
the chudren is organised, the four women's associations, in co- operation with other local organisa- tions' and individuals, will take an active part in all its activities.
SOUTH CHINA'S EFFORTS In view of the fact that large num- bers of soldiers have gone to the front from the provinces of Kwangtung and Kwangst, and because Cantonese and Fuklenese "Overseas Chineso" patriots have been amongst the most generous contributors of rellet, a special efforts is being made to es- tablish at least one of the first or phanages in South China. Negotia flons are also on foot to secure from the Kwangtung Provincial Govern- ment the use of a certain very suit- able building, but these arrangements | have not been completed." Mean- -white, two special nccounts (Chinese National currency and Hongkong currency) have already been opened
weather
The Ma On Shan is built on the Taimoshan, which was navigated via same lines as the famous yacht,
the Pacific, Panama and Atlantic to
from England
Hongkong four
years ago.
Book Factory Strike Ends
The strike at the Chung Hwa Book, Company's factory at Matnukok. Involving 700 employees, has been settled, and the men will return to work to-morrow morning.
New agreements have been signed by all except five of the employees.
YOUNG DRIVERS MOST RECKLESS
St. Louis. Persons In the age group ronging
at the Bank of Canton, Hongkong from 20 to 20 were responsible for Contributions, large or small, will be the greatest number of traffle accid- gnfefully received. They can be paid ents here last year, according to direct to the Bunk or through the Frank J. MacDevitt, director of Hongkong Branch of the National streets. Drivers in this age group Women's Relief Association or to the figured in 10 per cent of all accidents; new association which, it is hoped, while those in the group from 30 to will be formed next Tuesday.
35 years of age were second – with 15,0 per cent of the mishaps.
FRIEND OF CHILDREN.
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CHINA FIGHTING EPIDEMIC BEHIND MILITARY LINES
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RUSSIAN SUSPECTS
ARRESTED
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and had also succeeded in destroying Japanese military telegraph Ilnea,
teams in the field. These comprise operation ambulance and dressing unita with volunteer doctors and The recent series of terrorist nurses. The Society has decided to attacks against Japanese in Shanghai double the number of teams to one was laid at the door of this group." Hundred within a short while.
Chinese and Soviet women, the Asahi alleged, were among those taken into custody.Domel, |
There are torty Mission hospitals, with 9,859 beds, scattered through eight provinces, and there are forty- six foreign doctors who attend chiefly the seriously wounded,
- 10 RUSSIANS HELD.
Shanghai, May 1. Soviet Russian and Chinese Com-
milltary
As military hospitals must move from place to place and as the mill-munist "sples", reportedly taken into tary situation often makes the moving custody by the Japanese of the seriously wounded dan-police in the last few days, are being gerous practice, the Foreign Mission-held in Hongkow, in the International ary, Hospitals have given valuable Settlement, the Shanghai Nippo, a
assistance.
MORE PERsonnel NEEDED
Japanese language daily here sald to-day. The number of Russians held, originally reported as 10, is now reduced to 10,
As the war, continues, Dr. Yen declared, more personnel and medical Five hand grenades and one bomb supplies would be needed. The were found in Hongkow on Thursday Chinese Government was therefore and Friday, the Nippo sald, blaming establishing a training school in the alleged "Communist Centre" for Changahn to teach doctors and nurses the placing of these missiles, Ilong- for the First Aid Corps.
kow is populated mostly by Japanese.
Domet.
The transportation of wounded from First Aid stations to Geld hospi- tals was handled by a Rear Service Department, which WAS also in charge of the transportation of troops! and supplica and was thus in the best position to arrange transportation Incilities,
The Christian Federation hnd just organised several units to help the wounded during transit. These units arranged dressings and supplied bedding and other comforts for those awaiting trains and steamers.
Although
presení ments were far from Ideal. Dr. Yen pointed out that the situation was improving daily and the Chinese Government and public institutions were doing their utmost to meet the gigantic problem facing them.
the
EPIDEMIC FEARS
arrange-
where epidemies were bound to break out this summer, Dr. Yen declares.
Serious outbreaks of cholera had already occurred tra Changtch, typhus fover was reported to be raging in Szechuer and Shensi, while meningitis had broken out in Klancel,
The Chinese National Health Ad- ministration has organised a hundred "epidemie units". In each unit there is one doctor and two nurses, with four assistants to carry out imass inoculations and to educate people in hygiene by Nectures lantern slides. The unta also sought to improve sanitary conditions in the various centres.
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Shanghai, May ." series of dive-bombing- operations. Japanese army aircraft succeeded in altencing a large Chinese- heavy artillery position at Nanlouketi, 10 kilometres west of Pihsten; major strategle position near the Shantung Kinngsu provincial border, at 2 Harry Van Dyke, Angel," and Mr. coolly aided the scores of wounded.'clock Saturday afternoon, a belated Dr. McClure also described the re-report reaching here to dny, sáld. tent Kwelteh bombing, in which the Another Japanese serial unit, the Lunghal Hospital was destroyed and repart added, had caused consider.. 400 wounded burned, when incendi- able casualties among Chinese ary bombs wrecked the place and concentrated at Kouwangchin, eight; created screaming horror,
icilometres west of Nanloukuő;;-at; They churned up Kweitch. There about the same hour Morgan 30 were corpses all over," Dr. McClure bombs were dropped at this polat;: anid.-United Prest.
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