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NO. 15078

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MONDAY,

NOVEMBER 14, 1938.

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DUN

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30 YEARS DE GROWTH,

DUNLOP Fort

The Tyre with 2,000 Teeth ....

8,000 MEN AND WOMEN DUCHESS Three Power

A.R.P. WARDENS TO BE RECRUITED IN H.K.

Colony's Gas-Proof Buildings For

Entire Built-Up Area

Trade

with China

FIRST HALF OF OCT.

WAS RECORD ACCORDING TO AN EARLY release of Hong- kong trade figures to-day, little effect was felt here last month by the closing of the Kowloon railway and the Pearl River.

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If communications South China had remained the October trade open, figures would have reached record heights.

It is expected that the full effect of Hongkong's isolation from South China will not be known until the present month's trading figures are available in! the middle of December.

FIGHT THOUSAND MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL NATIONALITIES ARE TO BE ENROLLED IN HONGKONG AS AIR RAID WARDENS. On the basis of each post being responsible for five hundred civilians, approximately a thousand Air Raid Posts are to be set up in various parts of the Colony.

Warplanes Damage Chinese Warships

Naval Aircraft Active In South China

SHANGHAI, Nov. 14. TWO CHINESE GUNBOATS were greatly damaged, one wasį

This announcement was made. to-day by Wing Commander A. H. S. Steele Perkins, Air Raids Precau- tions Officer for Hongkong.

The Kowloon Residents' Asso- ciation has already agreed to co- operate and at the monthly meeting of the General Com- mittee, held last week, a sub- Committee was appointed · Lo| deal with the matter.

Each of the thousand A.R.P.. dis- Following is a summary of the waterlogged and one other settrict posts to be set up in Hongkong will comprise s.x or seven Wardens, on fire when Japanese naval air- twice as many men as women being craft attacked the Chinese ves--quired.

position:

Near Riot Follows Football

In S'hai

The A.R.P. Officer in Hong-| kong approached the K.R.A. and

SHANGHAI, Nov. 14. similar organisations with re-LANCE-CORPORAL

Smalley quests that they should canvass of the Seaforth Highlanders their members for names of and Mr. A. G. B. Carnell are in persons willing to serve on Air hospital to-day, nursing injuries Raid Warden District sub-received during a free-for-all on Committees.

the Race Course yesterday dur- ing a reserve division football match between the Seaforths and the Italian Grenadiers.

w:5 Smalley, who

one of the spectators, was stabbed in the back and sustained a small fish wound, while Carnell, who was the referee, was kicked on the head and face. similar to the police districts.

Bells and Bag-staffs were freely Various nationalities will be repre-

the Committees of euch used in the fight, which began when sented on district. For instance, in streets Italion player was ordered off the where Portuguese residents predomi- for allegedly attacking The export Ogure for September includes exports of motor forries

nate, the predominant membership referee, Trucks, motor-cars and warehouses

of the district Committee

Only will be

the presence of mind of a ($1,140,713)

chassis and motor

were bombed Portuguese.

Seaforth sergeant and officer of the (50,144,707) which were exported by containing munitions

Kinhwa on the rand during the first nine months of and burnt up at

Each district Committee will in- Grenadiers prevented the situation

getting out of hand, 1038, and are now recorded for the Chekiang-Kiongal Railway, Kungan clude Arst time. The figure of monthly in the southern border of Hupeh, Sanitary Inspectors, etc. exports is therefore $12,012,082 for Changtch and Taoyuan, the com-| October.

BOUTH CHINA

Imports from August 38.422,737, Sopt. $9,884,574,

Ook

$6,551,045,

Expert to

$10,200,070

$19,305,672

$ 9,018,218

2,241 TRUCKS WENT OVERLAND

It is interesting to see that since August exports to Kwangchowan have almost doubled in valuct August $535.142; September, $711,730 and October $1,031,450.

For the first time the exports of motor lorries and chassis Bre issued They show that for the Arst nine

sels near Sibtow on the Yangtse The entire built-up area: of the River near Yochow on Friday, Colony has been divided into districts,

communique issued by the Japanese Fleet in China Waters on Sunday said.

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munique further said.

the district Police officer,

Wardens will be asked to notify the A.R.P. Central organisation of buildings which can be car-marked

the

Mr. Carnell was rescued by the Seaforths and taken to their barracks for first-aid treatment.

In on adjoining field, Mr. F. C. Hale was refereeing a first division On Saturday, naval air units co-in each district as suitable posts. match between the Grenadiers and operated with Army forces in

Each of the bulldings 50 car St. Xaviers, and he had to be escorted In Central operations

China and marked in the thousand posts to be off the field after the game in which mashed traina

of the Italians.- londed with troops set up will be rendered gas-proof he sent off two

to the and splinter, proof. ind tracks near Hwangsha

outh of Yochow, the communique! proceeds.

The task of the Wardens in peace- time will be to educate the residents

A dozen villages swarming with in each district in the necessary pre- Chinese troops to the south of Tung- cautions that should be adopted In heng in northern Hunan were also the event of a'r ralds. months of 1938, 2,241 trucks valuedolently bombed and set are, the at $9,750,853 left Hongkong for ali communique concludes.-Dome. parts of China,

C. IN C. TO RETURN

MAGISTRATE RETURNS

Mr. I. A. D. Forrest, Senior Police

His Excellency the Conimander-in-| Magistrate, who recently returned Chief, Sir Percy Noble, who arrived from long leave, resumed duty as)

In Canton by H.M.S. Seamew during First Magistrate at

the Central

In times of emergency the Wardens will man the posts and will notity the central ARP. office of the falling of bombs, damage, etc. to their dis- tricts.

K.R.A. Asks

the week-end, will probably return Magistracy to-day. During his ab- Government To

to Hongkong to-morrow.

Eence from the Colony, Mr. H. R. The C. In C. will probably return Buttero had acted as First Magis-

In H.M.S. Cicala.

trate.

Winter Comes Overnight:

Big Temperature Drop

End Menace

Reuter.

Snatch Thief Arrested By Briton

A Chinese woman was waiting for

cer, chased

OF WINDSOR

Return To England Discussed

Qu

London, Nov. 13.

visited the

UEEN MARY

on

Duke and Duchess of Glon- after their return cester Saturday and slayed with them for over one hour. It is believed that she received a report on Wind- the Duke and Duchess

sor.

It is stated that the Duke of filoucester also conferred with King George by telephone after his return.

The rumfual return of the Duke of Windsor to England was aca in varis, ii is stated, but no decision was reached.---- Trans-Octan..

Note

Angers

Tokyo Paper

TOKYO, Nov. 14. COMMENTING ON THE British, French and American notes demanding free navigation of the Yangtse River, the "Yomiuri Shimbun," independent daily newspaper here with a large circulation, expresses strong dissatisfaction that

Cigarette

The butt of a cigarette endangered twenty lives in a fire that Wanchal carly this morning when it caused completely gutted the ground floor of 481, Johnston Road,

The building was occupied by the Tai Tsun Stationery Company.

the floor, set The cigarette, thrown carelessly on to alight some cotton wool, the fames from which rapidly spread to the inflammable Chinese stationery.

The fire commenced at 8 o'clock and within. half-an-hour the entire floor was gutted.

A number of appliances turned out from the Wanchai Fire Station and had the flames under control by 9 o'clock.

Guts Building

Chiang Abandons

the three Powers have requested from Japan free river [navigation of the

whereas none of them pro- tested to Chiang Kai-shek against the closing of the

river.

The journal points out that although the Yangtse River is an international river and re- cognised as such in an inter- national treaty, Chiang Kai-shek constructed booms and laid mines therein not only without protest from the Powers but even with Great Britain supporting the Chinese strategy behind the

scenes.

Therefore, the paper declares, in this sense it can be said that Great Britain has voluntarily abandoned her rights to free navigation.

Even setung aside such controversy, the "Yomiuri Shimbun declares, common sense revolts against the free navigation of the Yangtze River along which hostilllies are sull going on even after the fall of the Wuhan district into Japanese hands.

Pointing out the fact that after overcoming danger and hardships in removing the booms and mines laid by the Chinese, the Japanese forces have opened the river route of the the Yangise River for military use "Yomiuri Shimbun" justides and op-

proves the Government's attitude in rejecting on the aforesaid grounds the preunt demand for free navigation, so long as hostilitics are continuing.

"Although it is needless for Japan to mind too much the unreasonable demand of Great Britain...France and the United States, much signl- ficance attaches to the manner which they formed practically a Joint front line in their foreira policies toward the Far East, taking advantage of the navigation ques tion of the Yangiso liver."" the paper declares.

Pointing out the fact that the United Sintes on October 6 mode three-point representations to the Japanese Government, apparently drawing attention to the principle of the Open Door and Equal Oppor- tunity and intimating America's con- cern over

the

Nine-Power Pachance of the "Yomluri Shimbun" considers that it is easily imagined that France has followed. the example of Great Britain and the United States and has demanded free navigation of the Yangise under a tacit understanding with the latter Powers

Undoubtedly, the Nine-Power Pact has become a mere dead letter. This (Continued on Page 4.)

Changsha H.Q. LATE NEWS

TOKYO, Nov. 14.

JAPAN REJECTS POWERS DEMANDS

a bus in Waterloo Road near Prince Edward Road yesterday afternoon when she had her handbag snatched away from her right hand by a man, who ran away along Waterloo Road; and then jumped on to the tandem THE FALL OF YOCHOW into Japanese hands is seat of a bicycle driven by another adding greatly to the threat to Changsha, and citizens Chinese male.

Mr. H. Millington, Revenue om- have started a general exodus into western Hunan The unauthorised refugee areas

after the bicycle and Province, according to a field dispatch reaching here. near Canton Road and the Cosmo-pushed it down, thus managing to politan Docks, attention to which was arrest the anatcher. This morning, The dispatch states that Changsha Yochow areo, now under commandi

of General Chen Cheng, are retreat drawn by the "Telegraph" recent the arrested man, Leung Kwal, was is threatened with imminent fall. have formed the subject of a letter charged before Mr. E. Himaworth at Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ing towards western Hunan Province, number of Chinese to Government from the Kowison the Kowloon Magistrocy with the yesterday removed his military head- with a small

near Slangyin, Residents Association.

The Secretary of the Kawloon Resi-theft of the handbag and was sen- quarters in western Hunan Province troops remaining

tenced to six months' hard labour probaby to Yuanling, approximately midway between Yochow and Chang-

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miles southwest of Changtch, on sho, on the Canton-Hankow Hallway. dents Association has, it is under-

the Yuanklang River,

-Domel. HONGKONG'S WINTER has set in almost overnight. There stood, written to Government, point and six strokes of the cane.

Meanwhite, reliable Information was a dramatic fall in the temperature between Saturdaying out the menace to publle health

JAPANESE IN ENVIRONS midday and Sunday afternoon, when the maximum recording and the risk of fire from the refugeo

reports that the the 26th Division of

Shanghai, Nov. 14. declined from 74 degrees to 67, which is the lowest maximum city which has been built in the heartcidents occurred in Kowicon during Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army at

Changsha, capital of the Hunan in south eastern since March 30. This means that there was a drop in the of Kowloon.

jecting point

Province, has been evacuated by the At the same time, the K.R.A. has the week-end, the victim of one rived yesterday at Yuyang, the pro written the Polles Department draw-being Mrs. C. Don Rosario of a Szechwan along the Szechwan-Hunan civil population at the command at maximum temperature of seven degress in less than 24 hours..

provincial highway from Yuanling.

the military authorities. The thermometer remained verying attention to the increase of crime Yee Street. Even more startling was the differ-

Mrs. Rosario was in Carnarvon It is reported that General Chiang

Japanese troops have now advanc This is understood to have been the environs of the the gist of Japan's replies to the ence in the minimum temperatures; low this morning, and at 10 o'clock and truculent beggars in Kowloon,

Mention was made in the Associa-Road at 7.30 pan, when a man came Kai-shek is contemplating the con-

Belfish, American and French notes during the same period, the mercury registered 63 degrees, while humidity

was the lowest since March last, lon's representations of the nuisance from behind her and matched her centration of 100,000 troops of the cd to within falling nino degrees.

Several of the provincial author of November 7, which were present- caused by small boys who demand handbag. The alleged thief, named Central Army in Szechwan Province, money for allegedly looking after and Leung Yau, 25, was arrested and and 100,000 troops in Kweichow in

ties have already departed and the ed by Foreign Minister Hachiro's The remarkable.change in atmos-touching 48 per cent.

The cold spell is likely to continue, cleaning cars at various car parking this morning he was charged before case of the fall of Changsha, a population has been leaving with all Arin to the British American and pheric conditions during the last

Mr.

Himsworth at the Kowloon other 100,000 troops In Kwangs! weather forecast being areas. weck is revealed by a comparison of the local

Sentence the event of the fall of Hengyang means at their disposal so that only In a report elsewhere in this issue, Magistracy with larceny. the maximum and minimum record-north-east winds, tresh; fair. ings. A week ago the maximum tem- The Royal Observatory reported the "Telegraph" draws attention to of six months hard labour and six into Japanese hands, He is also a few thousand are still in the city French Emhasales. In Tokyo this The highways are lined with According to a statement sited by perature wat 78, with a minimum of this reorning that the anti-cyclone the nuisance created by these boys in strokes of the cane was imposed. said to be planning to set up his yesterday.

The third case involved a woman military headquarters at Kwelyan families and individuals fleeing into the Foreign Once the panse reply

Kwellin..

(Further Late Neide én j 71. Yesterday the recordings were over China has decreased slightly in the vicinity of the Alhambra Theatre

the the interior parts of China-Trone- 47 and 97, respectively, and fall of 11 intensity and a depression is still in- and it is understood that several com- named Fans Loong-yu, 21. She had

Pupu: 11.30 degrees in the maximum and 14 dicated over the Pacific to the east: plzints.. have been received of cara ter handbag snatched away whenhinese troops dislodged from the Ocean, Phone In the 'minimtim."

being damaged.

of Hokkaido.

OTHER INCIDENTS Two other handbag snatching in-

(Continued on: Pros 4.)

and

A

press message zaya

that

an-

town.

TOKYO, Nov. 14). ALTHOUGH JAPAN has no Intention of hindering_commercial navigation by third Powers, the time has not yet come for re-opening the Yangte liver to ordinary shipping. because the river still contains mines and military opera tions are in progress along both

banks of the river.

morning

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