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Italian Air Force Gains In Strength
3,500 Planes Ready For Emergency
Rome, Aug. 1. The Italian Air Force now consists of 2,560 first Une planes and 1,000 reserve machines, according to the Essener National Zeitung.
And
The newspaper adds that the air 4,000 force contains
officers 60,000 non-commissioned officers and
men,
NOTICE
M. Y. TSUI, Veterinary Surgeon has arrived here from Canton.
Address: No. 19 Sung Street, Sung Wong Tol, Kowloon City. Office hours: 8 am, to 1 p.m. Only on Sundays.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that in Binks of 28, Lock Road, Kowloon, Hongkong, is applying to the Governor for naturalization, jand that any person who knows mny reason why naturalization should not be granted should send a written and signed state- ment of the facts to the Colonial Secretary, Hongkong.
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What to do to help a child
Anyone knowing of a child who has been assaulted, neglected, or i-treated in a
likely to cause unnecessary suffering or Injury to health, or knowing of a parent who is seeking advice on any matier concerning a child, would be doing an act of kindness by communicating at once with-
The Hon. Secretaries, 1K.S.P.C. Room 308, Bank of East Asia Build- ing, Hongkong, or the Inspector, 49, Pokfulum Rood, 1st floor; or the New units are being trained - Inspector, Violet Peel Health Centre tinuously in accordance with a care Waneliai; or the Inspector, 12, Sai fully formulated plan,
aero-Yeung Chol Street, 1st 000, Kow- dromes, both civil and military, are icon, being constructed throughout
tion in the south.
and
the
All further steps will be taken, and country, with a noticeable concentra-expenses borne, by the Society.
The informant's name will be kept Emphasis is being placed upon strictly private, except in cases where aviation in Halim colonics and active inalice is proved. groups are being truined in all Italian possessions overseas.-Trans-Ocean
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MURDERS PEASANTS
Terrorists Still Uncontrolled
were
Jerusalem, Aug. 9. Three Arab peasants who had heen summoned from their homes murdered last night by an armed Arab in a village near Jerusalem.
A Jew
Jew wounded on the outskirts of Jerusalem yesterday has sher died. A message from Beyrout males that the driver and two passengers were in rested when a cur carrying 500 rifles, a number of revolvers and borbs and a quantity of cartridges was stopped by Lebanese police rear the Palestine frontier-Router.
STATE OF SIEGE POSSIBLE
London, Aug. 9. The situation in Palestine has be- come more acute and, according to the Daily Herald, the British Mandate authorities have requested that State of Siege should be pronounečki for the whole
country:
It is believed that the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, is in favour of this step and has requested the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, to authorite
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TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
{LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
NO EXCUSE FOR APATHY
To the Editor,
Hongkong Telegraph.
10,
1938.
RUNCIMAN WORKS TO MEDIATE
Closely Studying Czech Problem
the
POST
OFFICE.
VIA SIBERIA ROUTE AIR MAIL LETTERS Air mail letters may be posted in Letters and Postcards for Europe
They and South America are the ordinary posting boxCS. should be clearly marited "By Arvin Siberia" If so superscribed.
Mail" and bear sumclent postage. Insufficiently prepaid letters may be taxed with double the deficiency or forwarded by Steamer Service, at the discretion of the Post Office.
forwarded
pre
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Prague, Aug. 0.
Registered and Parcel Maila Having studied at length
closed 15 minutes earlier than the Si-Is John Blunt sure that his various documents einbodying the
time given below unless otherwise surname isn't Bull?
For he certainly Czech Government's proposals, Lord
stated, and where rails are advertis- AIR MAIL SERVICES gives the Impression of a corpulent Runciman to-day visited Dr. Milan
Air Mail Services to Shanghal, ed to close at or before 9 am, re- and conceited old gentleman warm- Hodza, the Premier, to discuss the ing his coat-tails before a large fire, situation in the light of this informa-Nanking, Tsingtau, Tientsin and Pel-gistered and parcel malls are closed
at 5 p.m. on the previous day. first communique ping are temporarily suspended. and snorting about his "Glorious tion, states the
INWARD MAILS Empah", the seminy side of which he issued in connection with the Runci-- has never seen.
Iman Mediation Mission.
random ramble
aetion on these lines.-Trans-Ocean. ] tton", he could ask the admistralsht forward publicly than is
EMPIRE'S MAILS TO
GO BY AIR ON SEPT. 2
much they have to pay in squeeze If he would like any more sugges- tions I would gladly supply him with
dozens,
this
From
Straits and Manila Air Mall by "Imperial
Direct Service-London 4th August. Canada, U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (Vancouver B.C., date, 22nd July).
Shanghai Amoy
Japan
and Swałow
Japan and Shanghal
Kwalking
Per
Gneisenau
Duct
.August 10,
Airways date,
Imperial Airways Plane..August 10.
Emp. of Canada
.August 11.
August 11.
Kwangling
August 11.
Menestheus
.August 11.
Sirdharm
August 11,
Tango Maru
.August 11.
Terulcuni Maru
.August 11.
Bangalore
..August 12.
Clytoncus
August 12,
date,
Shanghai and Europe via Siberin
London date, 21st July. Manila
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways
Direct
Service"-London
7th August.
Japan
Straits and London Parcels--Lon-
don date, 7th July. Stralis
Straits und Manila
Straits and Europe via Negapatam
(Letiers
und Papers) London: date, 14th July
Imperial Aleways Plane, August 12. Morioka Maru
August 12.
Sarpedon Behar
August 12.
..August 13.
Conte Blancamano
..August 13.
Katori Moru Laomedon
..August 13..
..August 13.
Air Mail by "Tan-American
Direci Service" Francisco date, 6th August, Tientsin
Air-
San Pan-American Airways Plane
August 13.
Hupch
August 15.
Зараа
La Plata Maru
.August 10.
Calcutta and Straits Saigon Struits
Tilawa
August 18.
Aramis
August 17.
and
I would suggest that for once he Dr. Hodza and Lord Runciman dls- actually takes
British Colony, cussed what further steps should be around this "te
laken in co-operation with the Czech To illustrate that -"stendy progress" of which he is so proud, he might authorities towards elucidating the visit some
lenements, built even facts of the situation. within the last ten years, where the Lord Runciman this evening re- open latrines have to be either in the cuived the Sudeten Party delegation cubiele or the kitchen breause
further discussion of their for a other place is provided, and where memorandum,--Reuter. practically no fresh ale or light genet- rates to the inside cuticles. Or he mus of might ramble round the wards the few hospitais catering to the poor lacklug in general knowledge of the
Colony. and see the patients lying two on al
I have no quarrel with her astoel- the bed, under the beds, between
anation with the China Defence Lea- beds, and in the passages. As un
que, a worthy abjeet worthy of more example of that "spend
given in her leiter under review but in what I do differ with her the manner in which she has gone out of нег way to malign the passibly indirect efforts which have been and The unique position of Hongkong still are being made by the people In relation to China does impose who earn their living here to raise definite limit on the amount of social the general standard of living It services that would be possible here may not be appreciated that all why and will probably condemn this y
fast category Colony to be the blackest sheep in contribute indirectly to the annual
Strafts the imperial family for as long as the expenditure required to maintain an Empire lasts.
ways efficient medical and educational But this is no excuse for apathy, system in our
an expenditure and there is a vast amount that could pick has increased considerably of The Postmaster General, Mr.
and must be done to improve condi- late and towards which the merchant Wynne-Jones, has received Instruc- tions for our coolie population. That commu tions from London Phot, commenc-
this work is now going ahead is duc community contributes proportionate-
ly highly per head. I doubt if Ing with the west-bound despatches to the Influence of people-both in Hilda Selwyn Clarke will hold that leaving Hongkong and out of Government-who have Hongkong has not derived benefit by hircraft
merchant, September 2 all first class mail (let- seen the underneath side of Mr. from the advent of the
and postcards) Blunt's fine Colony and have seen it European or otherwise, in this place ters, letter packets
Japan of the British Empire, will as something of which the British the lifeblood of which after all for most
Empire should be forwarded by air.
be not proud but depends on commerce.
Housing has improved ashamed. Such a realiza- The charge is expected to be 15 thoroughly asha cents a half uuncu.
tion brings action, and the more Colony during the past decade. The fist of countries in the scheme widespread it becomes the more the admit it is not yet ideal: but it has
considerable
progress, made 15.-Great Britain. Northern Ireland, action. But it is just such articles Eire, Canada, Newfoundland, Anglo- as Mr. Blunt's which hold up pro- example: the type of house and
the Egyptian Sudan, Kenyu, Uganda
general layout of the new district of in this direction. When grces Protectorate, Tanganyika, Mauritius, mass of Europeans in this Colony see Wantsal is a vast improvement on the although the Nyasaland. Northern Rhodesia, and know for themselves the condi- older property; and
slow and may appear Southern Rhodesia, South Africa, tiens under which the poor live they progress
to really progressive South-west Africa Basutoland, will not, they could not allow such irksome Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Zanzibar,
situation to continue. Of that person the gain is there and in more Egypt, Aden, Palestine, Trans-Jor-
O am sure because I have faith in the normal times it caused the backward India dan.
(including British Post
common decency of those who live landlord some thought in the steady exodus of tenants to the better class in Omers on the Persian Gulf
here.
of house.
Houst As a result of the heaviest Soviet
French India and Tibet but exclud- artillery bombardment yet perienced, the village of Changku-ing Portuguese Indin), Ceylon, Sey- chelles, Burma, Malaya (including the Federated and Unfederated Malay States and the Straits Settle ments), North Borneo, Sarawak. Australia (including Pupus, Norfolk and Nauru), Island, New Gainen Fill, New Zealand (including its De- Samoa), and Western pendencies British Solomon Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, New Hebrides and Tough.
GRAVE TURN TO RUSSO-JAPANESE ISSUE
(Continued from Page 1.) without the decisions being made known.
of
11 is believed that decisions major importance will be revealed in the course of the next few days.
Simultaneously with this confer- ence, the Vice-Chief of the Imperial General Staff, General Tada, ferred with his staff-Router.
con-
Village Mass of Flame
Yuki, Aug. 10.
feng, at the foot of the disputed hill, was last night a mass of smoke and Bame.ReutCT.
CHINESE GAINING
GROUND
on
All other classes of mall (printed papers, commercial papers, samples, will con- etc.) for these countries tinue to be sent by surface trans- port.
The new rate for letters and letter packets is, subjeel to confirmation by the Governor-in-Council. expect- ed to be 15 cents per half ounce. The postage on post-cards will re- main unchanged at 10 cents.
There will be no change in the of on other classes postage rates reports
mail.
(Continued from Page 1.) positions to a terrific bombardment in €334/03 the morning. Over 600 shells were 654/05% red, levelling the Chinese defence
holding
·68/677% works. Stubbornly
their poslilens, two Chinese squads at Jochow were wiped out by the heavy shelling. Five
hundred Japanese look possession of the place.
Toward noon the Chinese counter- attacked from two sides and repulsed the Japanese.
Bitter Ughting continued in the
to afternoon. According received Inte inst night, the Chinese 72 772 were still holding out and are 71%/71% strengthening their defence works-
Central News.
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484/49 51%/5134
Sept.
Dec.
Млу
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It will no longer be necessary for air-mail labels to be affixed to cor- respondence addressed to the part!- Air-mal labels elping countries, must, however,
be affixed to air- mall correspondence addressed to non-participating countries and must bear the full air-mail fee.
The first service to Hongkong is expected to leave England on August 28 and the Arst service from Hong- kong on September 2.
Money-order advices to parttelpaf- ing countries will, in future, be sent by alr-mull, for which no extra charge will be made. Insured letters will be cartled under the all-up principle, but insured boxes, which are classed as second-class mail," will be forwarded by surface transport.
The all-up Empire mail applies only to mall of Hongkong origin
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even
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in
the
Australia and Manila Japan and Shanghai
For
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.August 17.
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August 18.
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Does Hilda Selwyn-Clarke really I should like to associate myself) wholeheartedly with Mrs. Selwyn object to the defensive works being Clarke's letter to which Mr. Blunt carried out for the defence of the
Samshui and Wuchow appears so from her reters, but should have preferred to Colony? It
Madang, Salainaua, Tulagi
Rabaul have seen it published in Hongkong letter which incongruously is signed the designation "Secretary, in place of "Random Ramblings."over
Japan and Europe via Siberla China Defence League."
Kongmoon
D. R. A. SPRECKLEY.
MORE IN SORROW
THAN ANGER
Sir, I do not know Hilda Selwyn- the Clarke but from her letter in New Statesmen and Nailon it is ap- parent that she is either a new re- is wpefully sident in Hongkong or
If Hilda Selwyn-Clarke's letter is intended to convey a message to a England it in type of literat does convey an erroneous im- of this place; but then again it may have been written to show what a smart girl she And unfortunately In that too, to those who know, it is found wanting.
I send this
is.
More in sorrow than in anger
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