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1938.

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also designate what you believe will be the approximate goals scored by cach winning team.

FIRST DIVISION

St. Joseph's

vs. Royal Scots

Middlesex VS. S. China "B"

K'loon F.C. VS. H.K.F.C.

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Measures

JERUSALEM, OCT. 26.

A military spokesman to-day gave the strength of the British forces in Pales- tine, excluding police, Trans-Jordan fron- tiersmen and auxiliary police, at approxi- mately 18,500 officers and men.

He added that new drafts were ex- pected-Reuter Special,

ARAB VILLAGE DEMOLISHED

Jerusalem, Oct. 20.

The maximum number of foreigners

to be admitted to Palestine for the

the

six month ending March 31, 1839 will be 4,870, necording 10 Palestine Gazelle.

It is understood that the majority of permits are intended for Jewish inmigrants.

The Arab village of Miar, east of Acre, has been demolished by British Sappers as a punitive measure follow- ing numerous cases of sniping and also damage to the ronds in oppos!- tion to the troops.

The effectiveness of howitzers was also demonstrated by firing several rounds.

The military authorities ore taking firm measures to obtain security for the roads in northern Palestine.- Reuter.

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ROOSEVELT MAKES

A DRAMATIC APPEAL

FOR PEACE

Remarkable Broadcast To

The United States

Washington, Oct. 26.

President F. D. Roosevelt in a broadcast to-day reaffirmed the United States' desire for peace, and called on the Powers to disarm, otherwise the United States would have no alternative but to in- crcase her military and naval forces.

Son Strikes

Mother

Incorrigible _Sent To Gaol

By Magistrate

Charged with assaulting his mother and fellow-lodger, Mak 110, 23, unemployed, appeared before Mc. H. R. Butters at the Central Magistracy yesterday and was sentenced to a iotat of four months' hard labour,

It was stated that Mik had asked his mother, Tong Ngen-ying, 53, for some money on Tuesday, and when she refused him, he flew into a rage and attacked her ́ with ปี plece of wood, nhd a chopper. A fellow- lodger, Yung Chun-bing, 39, Inter- vened, and was struck over the fore- hend by Mak,

Defendant's father, Maic Tak, 05, said he tried to strike his son with the chopper to prevent him from ossaulting his wife, but defendant snatched the chopper from him.

After evidence had been given, defendant was convicted. Inspector A. V. Buker said that defendant was well-known to the police in Wanchal, and had been taken to the station three times before,

and warned

| against striking his parents.

His Worship remarked that it seemed that it was useless to bind defendant over, and sentenced him. to gool.

UNSTAMPED RECEIPTS

CHINESE SHOPKEEPERS PROSECUTED

Several Chinese shopkeepers were summoned before Mr. IL R. Betters at the Central Magistracy yesterday for failing to stamp receipts, and for splitting them.

Fines of $30 each were imposed on He rejected the idea of force as a if the reign of law be replaced by Chan Man-sang, of the Luen Cheong permanent and necessary ideal, ob-"recurrent sanctification" of sheer firm, 187 Des Voeux Road

cannot Drganise

West, serving: "We

force, or if a national polley adopts civilisation around the core of mill-the deliberate instrument of a great Shing Hing-tal firm, 100 Connaught

ground

Chan Chuk-sam, of the war, and the "dispersion throughout Road West, ground floor; and Lau turism and at the same time expect

the world of millions of helpless and Hung, of the Tia Wo firm, 321 Fort- persecuted wanderers with no place and Street, ground floor, for split- to lay their heads."

for sums ting receipt

of $20.70, Prsident Roosevelt sald that $20.04 and $20.28 respectively. America remained firm in the faith

Au Tit-sang, of 418 Des Voeux that whatever choice in the way of life Roud West, ground floor, and So incoln mutate the disaster Second Street, ground floor, were a people makes, that choice must not Keung, of the Man Yuen Arm, 30

of war.

That applies, he rald, not each fined $25 for failing to stamp only to the Western hemisphere, but receipts for $110.80 and $34.50 re- to the whole of Europe, Asia, Africa spectively. and the islands in the Pacific- Detective-Sergeant R. Grainger, United Press.

nitached to the Treasury prosecuted.

reason to control human destinies."

He emphasised that the United to meet of Hongkong In-States must be prepared In the Colony

"with success" any application of cluding the Island, Kowloon and the New Territories during the week force. Referring to the assurances ending at 8 a.m. last Saturday, there Biven by word, President Roosevelt were altogether 73 trufle accidents, said: "We need proof which can be as the result of which three persons given as an example, by actual dis were killed and 37 persons were in-cussion between the lending nations and by actual disarmament. Not jured.

otherwise can we be relieved of the Of the persons killed, two Chinese necessity of increasing our own mill- boys, age 7 and 11 respectively, weretary and naval establishments. Let knocked down and killed by private us work with greater unity for peace motor cars while running across the among the nations of the world, for road. A Chinese female, oge about 30. was knocked down and killed by straint, for negotiation, for com- munity efforts, Let us work for the motor bus while walking across the same ideals without our own borders road.

In relations with each other, so that Or the persons injured, 20 were we may, if the test comes, have unity pedestrians, who were either walking and will, with which, along or running across the road and were with others, democracy may meet her struck by vehicles. Four bicycle enemies.

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riders were injured the result of collision between vehicles. A bicycle President Roosevelt, without re- rider was injurest while jumping off ferring to any nation directly, briefly

a moving bicycle. A rickaha pas-touched on the Czech crisis and said. senger was injured when his vehicle "None who lived in the grave hours overturned.

Two tram passengers and three bus passengers

were injured while alighting from moving tramcars and moving buses, respectively.

Of the 73 accidents, 28 WCTO collision between vehicles: 30 were collisions between vehicles pedestrians; and 11 accidents were due to other caues.

and

Vehicles involved were: Private motor cars 45, motor lorries 9, motor buses 12, public motor cars 7, motor- cycles 3, tramcars 10, bleycles 8, trleycles 2 and rickshas 4.

CITY HOLD-UP

Gang With Daggers Rob Tea Merchant

United States' Reaction

To Occupations

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.

The Washington Star in an editorial in connection with the fall of Hankow and the Japanese militarists' declared intention of last month can doubt the long "of] to subjugate China indefinitely says that it is “wishful thinking,” most peoples for enduring peace." for oven in occupied areas no Japanese soldier is safe with the

He said that there can be no peace Chinese populace, for they remain sullen and belligerent.

Empire Unity

Britain Putting House In Better Order

The paper estimated that 750,000 | to China as sound business, even on Japanese soldiers were necessary to a long range basis, since the Japanese retain the areas at present occupied,¦ control the key cities to China's com- and it indicated a doubt whether mercial outlets to a critical extent. Japon could endure such a strain. However, it is learned that some The journal expressed the opinion members of the Treasury believe that the militarists' declaration was that Japan's tactical victories should bluff, intended to induce Chiang not mean that all is over, and in Kal-shek to surrender.

it is belleved additional some places it is bell purchases

of U.S. BANKERS NERVOUS

Chinese silver are possi London, Oct. 25.

Meanwhile It is learned that thej It is also possible that the U.S. The British Empire has moved on several fronts to put her house in Chinese financial mission is finding Treasury will eventually accede to the Chinese request to conduct order and strengthen the weaknesses it increasingly dimcult to obtain large

financial operations In revealed during the recent crisis. credits for Industrial purchases since American

A speed up in armaments is ob- the fall of Canton and Hankow, and such a manner as to indict ittle or no the Chinese monetary vious

many regard as equally it is reported that some American Injury to significant the oppointment of the bankers will no longer consider loans manoeuvres-United Press. Duke of Kent to the Australian post

of Governor-General shortly after #if the announcement of the King's visit to Canada as Indicatlog an effort to strengthen the ties binding the Dominions.

Although it is generally believed that Canada, Australia

sind' South

Four men

armed with daggers, Adrien would respond to a call to burst into a ten merchant's office in arma Whitehall feels that the Em- Mercer Street, Central district, last pire's bonds cannot be over-streng- night, bound and gagged three oc- thened. cupants and made off with $2,500 It is reliably learned that the Em- from the safe.

pire is discussing colonial appease- Apparently working to a carefully ment whereby Britain, Belgium and prepared plan, the robbers forced Portugual will give Germany a large the main door of the office on the and integrated colony in West and first floor and surprised the ecu- Central Africa with an outlet to the pants. Snatching the keys of the South Atlantic-United Treas. safe from the belt of the manager,

one of the gang rifled the safe while his accomplices made the assistants

fast, gagging them and tying their

hands behind their backs.

میاب

QUININE CARGO

One of the gang cecaped through A package of quinino sulphate, a hatchway to the roof and jumped valued at £25, addressed to Madame to adjoining property, but the others Chiang Kai-shek, Bank of China retreated by the way they had come, Hangkong, was part of the freight| attor neighbours had raised the aboard the Imperial Airways plane alarm.

Delphinus which reached Kai Tak at 4.30 pm. yesterday.

Police under Inspector Watt were on the scene and a thorough comb-out of the area was instigated. Two of the gang are believed to be fokls, formerly in the employ of the merchant.

Two of the assistants were hurt! when their mouths were gagged....... i

The quinine, probably a contribu- tion to the epidemie eradication coin- paign, was forwarded from the Chi- nese Consul in Sydney from Hobart, Tasmania,

The plane carried 835 kilos of mail from British and European countries.)

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