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'New Order' FUNERAL

OF MR.

In China: AND MRS.

Japanese J. S. WHITE

Excuses

Following the death in Kowloon Hospital on Sunday morning of Mr. James S. White, former Chief Engineer of the steamer Fook On, Mrs. White, his wife, passed away suddenly at the same hospital carly yesterday morning.

The funeral of both Mr. and Mrs. White took place yesterday at the Protestant Cemelery, the Rev. Cyril Brown officiating.

In addition to the chief mourners, Mr. Frank W. White, those present at

TOKYO, Dec. 19. RECEIVING SOME FIFTY foreign correspon- dents this afternoon for the first

time since his resumption of the Foreign the service were Meters A. Joulic, Affairs portfolio in October E. Zimmern, H. Gubbay, S. Mac- last, the Minister of Foreigno. M. Omar, C. E. Wong, H. Kew, Affairs, Mr. Huchiro Arita, W. Broadbridge, E. F. Fincher, F. issued the following state-Capt. G. A. Frew, Capt. T. Jones, Humphreys, F. Wong, T. A. Nicholas,

ment.

▼

Nider, T, Bolt, E. Pelter, W, E, Kirby,

Brid

Capt. C. R. Benstead, G. Buchanan, A. H. Brown, F. Schnepel, D. Knox, "As has been made clear by W. Knox, . Allen, G. Winch, J. Willis E. Brown, F. Brown, Dr. E. the statement of November 3, by. Souza, Mr. and Mrs. C. Becker. the Japanese. Government, what Misses F. Wong. E. Bliss, E. Bank Japan desires is the establish- and many others. ment of a new order which will Floral tributes where munt as followser

"To drarest Munn and Dad;" also wreaths; ensure the permanent stability from Betty, George and Joan, I. Abratiam, of East Asia, or, in other words, the Claro Forbes. Eileen Hobby, Capt. and establishment of n relationship of

Mrs. Lailinvetsky, Mr. and Mrs. Power, A1, K. Seyer and Kenneth, G. Halligan, mutual helpfulness and co-ordination M. Murray, Elleen and Tommy. Mr. between Japan, Manchouku and and Mrs. Charrington, Mr. and Mm. Chan China In political, economic and cul-Wing-fat. Mr. and Mrs. Peon Shing wine. Mm. Peter Chan, Mrs. May Poon, Andrew lural fields.

Chan, M. Lee, G. Hun. A: Chum M. Lok, Mrs. H. W. Roy, J. Pestonjre, W. "That the formation of a closely | C. Taw, W. Knox, H, Q. Hunt, Miss D. co-operative relationship between Nell Tang, Mr. and Mrs. T. Stn. Mrs. the three countries is an imperative ting. Ir.

1. Frondbridge and faintly. THEIE PRE-

and Mrs. S. A. Pike necessity is explained by the fact family. J. Horowitz. Mr. Cluntee And that it is, in its political aspect, u family. M. Singh, Mr. and measure of self-defence against the G. P. Prew, Mrs. A. M. Matthews. | fungily, Mr. and Mrs. W. Vaef, Mr. and Communist menace and of safe-D, A. Knox. A. If. O'Cound. Cheung Tak- guarding the civilisation and vulture chun, G. M. di Cruz Sequeira, A. Churn. of the Orlent, and, in its economic Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Gregory and family. aspect, a measure of self-preserva- Guthay and family; Milly, Sam an

Trixie Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Shen, Mrs. A. tion in the presence of a world-wide Spradbery and Charlie, T. Knox, Mr. and tendency to erect high customs. A. Urquhart Mr. and Mrs. H. C. barriers and to employ

Brown, C. Young. Kwong Kun-long. Mrs. 13. Longbottom, Mrs. D. Willis and family, measures for political ends.

C. A. Bickford, W. W. Hist, Mia A. E. Grever. E. Zimmern, Mrs. M. T. Warts and family, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Stapletone, Mrs. A. 1opwar, Mrs. N. Parmaart. E. Humphrey, A. W. Ramsey, Sister Matid, Alle, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Brown, Mtr, and Mrs. J. W. Macintyre Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Yolle and family. Margaret Drown, Mary and Wille. frene. Phyitis and Victor G

1. Fernaden. D. J. Fernades, Mr. Ho Sin and family, Mr. "The

and Mir, P. I. Camne, G. W. Huchanan, establishment of A new Mr. and Mrs. Cross, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. order, that is, of a relationship of 1s, Mr. and Mrs. It. Perry, Mr. Mr. mutusi nid and co-ordination between lanker and Ethel, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Japan, Munchoukao and Chinacher, Mrs. F. Wong and faslly, Mrs. A. Whle and family, W. ONnes, N. Mackay, simply, signifles the creation of a Dr. F. W. Kew. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Patter, solidarity between these three A. E. P. Guest, A. Foulte, and Mr. anst countries for the common purpose of Mrs. T. W. Osborne and family. preserving the integrity of East Aslu while enabling each nation to main- tain is Independence and fully develop its individuality.

economic

SEMI-COLONIAL STATUS

"It is not only of benefit to the Chinese people themselves but to the whole of East Asin to lift China from its present semi-colonial status to the position of a modern State.

to

of

INFLEXIBLE RESOLUTION “It is the firm conviction Japan that the establishment of such a new order will be perfectly În consonance with International justice and will contribute toward ihe peace and tranquillity of East Asia.

It is her inflexible resolu- tion to carry out this polley In this

tra.

"The new order envisages a certain degree of economic cohesion and co- operallon between Japan, Manchou- kuo and China and the formation of

single #

economie unit in the presence of similar units which already exist elsewhere and which are both powerful and self-suming. "At the moment, not few observers are inclined to feel as

!

The Cardinals", St. Andrew's Badminton (trix, $1. Andrew's flockey Girl, Staff of the Diocesan Girls' School, Clay V Remove, Diocesan Girls' School, Com mliten and members of St. Andrew'

Club, Kwong Loong Shipyant, Captain and Officer of mv. Fook Oth Steam Laundry Co., and staff, Watelonen of The Gloucester Hotel, Kuwinan Hospital Shiplutiders Mortuary Institute of Engineer

and of Hongkong: Chaplain, Mariager and staff of Sailors Home and | Seamens' institute; the Marine Engineers Guild of China, Mayo's Shoppe staff, local start of the Union Insurance Society of Canton. Lammert Brothers, Committee and members of the Kowloon Football Club, Lift Department of the Gloucester Hotel, All ranks of No. 3 (M.G.) Hongkong! Volunteer Dience Corp; Ind many

hers.

Yangtse Gunboats En Route To S'hai

Shanghat, Dec. 19. II.M.S. Ghat brolte down en ruute though Japan, by the inauguration of | ie Wuhu, but it expected that the the so-called Japan-Manchoukuo-repairs will take only a few hours, China economic bloc, were arriving The remainder of the gunbonts will at the exclusion from Enat Asia of remain behind until the repairs are all enterprises, cupital investments, effected. trade and other economie activilles ILMS. Mantis and on the part of foreigners.

Pelerel ure expected in Shanghai on December

24, while U.S.S, Monocacy, which is

"It is quite regrettable that some stopping over to re-fuel at Kiuklang, such view is to be seen reflected in will arrive on the criments of various now.pairs | Router.

and zinez publish. murest

and America..

"EQUALITY"

Christmas Day.--

JAPANESE CONVOY

نا

Shanghai, Dec. 10. The U.S.S. Guom, HM.S. Mantis, "Japan has bng study and Petrel, Tern and Gnat proceeded before all the world the principle of down river from Hunkow at 7.10 u.m.

equality in commercial opportunity to-day accompanied

Japanese though, as a matter of fact, that convoys. They are due to leave principle has received scant regard Kulinng to-morrow together elsewhere, and Japanse produrts of H.M.S. Cockchafer Kood quality and muncrate price Monocacy-United Press. have everywhere been subjected to discriminatory treatment.

"Japan neverthisted belleves that the way to bring about the pros- perky of each and every nation is to Rive feet to the principle of equality, and she upholds freedom of economic activity in all parts of the -world is a matter of pineph.

"It is far from Japan's thought to Nim at excluding European and American economic activities fromi Enal Asia.

and

Tuesday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 20, 1938.

H.K. Stock Market

The following quotations were issued on the Hongkong Stock Market this morning:

1.K. Banks

BANKS

H.K. Banks, Lon. Chartered

Mercantile, A. & B.

Mercantile,

East Aslo

Canton

Union

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China, Underwriters ILK. Fire

Douglas,

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DOCKS ETC.

Wharves Docks (old) Docks (new) Providents (old) Providents (new) New Eng. Sh Sha. Docks, Sh. Kallan Roubs

Venz: Goldficki Hongkong Mines

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Hotels

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-$01 b. $10 1.

$00 n. ,$24 n. .82/5 n.

$0 n

$117 8. $18 b. $17 b

.$0.35 St.

3).

Woman Loved Psychologist

Chose

To Die Where

Man had

To Pass

A

WOMAN'S infatuation for a director of a psy- 506. &chology club in Belgravia

$5.60

was mentioned at an inquest $100 n. 8/17/00, xd. in Ilford recently on Sarah Margaret Burbidge, aged 7% cts. thirty-six.

.$9.35 .

.$3

แ

.P. 49 ga. .P. 24 sa. Р. 23 Б. P. 12.50 sa. .4011⁄2 Fa.

P. - P. .27 . .P. .88 xa. P-13 8. .P. 1.76 s

.P. 50 a.

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59 sa b. D. 500 n.

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11.

Two days before Miss Burbidge jumped in front of a train at Barking, Bes, the had told an aunt, Mrs. Oven, of East Ham, that she would die at a spot where the man had to pati

To this, her aunt told the coroner, she had replied: "How foolish, for one man, when there are millions of nice ment"

The dead woman's brother said his

sister, formerly governess with a titted family, was a member of the Psychology Activities Club, of Gros- venor-erescent S. W., and did a great deal of work for a director, Mr. Al- fred J. Collier.

"She told me she was terribly fond of him." he said. She said they used $17 b. to embrace "quite a lot," and she $831. had shown him parts of letters Col- $34 n. Hier had written. One passage was, $7114 "If you have lost filth in me I have $229. not lost faith in you." .$22 n.

Tisat had reference to another girl $10.30, n.

in the club. Mr. Collier was seen .310 n.

out with this girl and his sister re- .$50 n. $17sented it.

. "NEVER IN LOVE"

Mr. Burbidge sald that about three years ago Mr. Collier used to send

$10% b. $23.50 n $8.60 n 21/3 his sister three or four letters a day, 25/-n. But recently he had written about once a week. He did not think Mr. 314 n.

Collier reciproented his sister's affec- $13 n. tion. $1.70 n. $15.00 n. $1.25 n.

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Wing On Textiles, Sh.

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H.K. Entertainments, Constructions,

Vibro Piling

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Sb. $24 n. $40 n.

$0.40 b

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74% 1.

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par b. Marsmans (Lon.).....s/ 15/6 n. Marsmana (HK.), 8/- .... 3 n.

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QUOTATIONS

New York, Dec. 10.

New York Colton

with Jan. (1039) U.S.S. Mar. (1939)

May (1039) July (1930) Oct. (1039) Dec. (1939)

Ciano Welcomed In Spot

Hungarian Capital

Opening Closing 8.22/22 8.20/30 8.10/19 4.27/27 8,01/01 0.07/10 7.72/72 7.80/82 7.44/44 7.55/55 7.48/48 7.58N

8.72Nom.

New York Rubber

16.42N 10.25/24 16.33/35 16.19/20 10.30/31

16.30/31 16.30/30

December Budapest, Dec. 19,

Mar. (1939) Unity in the Berlin-Rome axis is May... the keynote of the welcome given September Count Cluno, the tailan Foreign October Minister, by the Hungarian press to- duy, which makes no mention of Hungarian claims for Huthenia, or the other controversial issues likely December "11 is imperative, however, that to disturb the harmony or the axis Me.. the economie, activities of other power. Powers should be subject to certaini It is generally expected that County · 001/4/60

an

Sales for the day:3,010 tons.

Chicago Weat

04/037 60%/004 00%/0024

30/06 Saturday's Sales; 6,401,000 bushels,

Chicago Corn

restrictions dieinted by the require-Claro will stress the necessity of ments of the national defence and Germany and Italy pursuing economic security of those countries identical policy in Central Europe. grouped under the new order, and It is emphasised in politicul quar- December that no political privileges shouldfers that Hungary is determined fur-May l attached to those activities.

ther to follow the political, guldance July

of the axis Powers, io which she awes

Press.

"But even if these restrictions are her recent territorid gains-United put in force there will remain vast felds of commercial and economie) activity open to the peoples of other 1'owers:

NEW DUTCH CONSUL

"The formation of an economic co- Pirtnership of nations, euch ng is Dr. W. Huender, newly, appointed contemplated for Japm, Manchuluo Consul-General or the Netherlands to and China would, by no means en- the Philippines has arrived in Manlio. tall any. diminution of trade between He is the first Dutch Consul-General that group and other countries,

there, his Government having only recently decided to rnize the Dutch to that rank,

"In this conniction I might add a Consulate in Manila few words regarding Manchukuo. To say that the new State has been

closed to Powern other than Japan

a gross misstatement, for statisties

52%/52%

Mr. Alfred J. Collier, of ́ilford, a schoolmaster, said he was never in love with Miss Burbidge "In any sense whatever." He denied be wrote to her three or four times a day, and said the letters he did write were written only because he knew she was lonely and he wanted to help her,

He and to prevent her from monopalising his time after club mcelings, and when she wanted

on one

occasion to accompany him to Liverpool Street he had to escape Into a restaurant and re- Inain there an hour.

The coroner: Did she complain to you that you had dropped her for Betty?

Mr. Colller: I do not remember anything about that.

The coroner said there was no renson to blame Mr. Collier. The woman appeared to be in love with him. A verdlet of "Suicide while the balance of the mind turbed" was returned.

53 /63

Winnipeg Wheat

50/50 522/52 53/53%

·

December Moy July

59%/50% 614/014 013/019 0176/01% 0176/02

Lost Overboard

·Near Singapore

New York, Dec. 19. The offices of MacFadden Publica-

was dis-

Dou't Show This

To The Wife'

"WOMEN are Гаг more

advanced in evolutionary status than men, and are superior to them in every way."

Who said that? A militant feminist?

No. It ia the considered opinion of famous United States doctors and professors.

And they are all men! They were attending s. meet- ing of the American Philoso phical Society at Philadelphia

recently.

more

"Of course women are highly evolved than men," de- clared Professor Raymond Pearl, of John Hopkins Univeraity. "There's no question about · "From a biological" stanil- palut they are better than men' In every way.

**They have a lower Infant mortality; are healthier, and live longer lian' men.”

Aut everybody 'presént agreed with him;.

SIGN, LANGUAGE

MARRIAGE of deaf and DUMB COUPLE

A deat and dumb couple, Mr. W. F. Piper and Miss Grace Adler, were married at St. Saviour's Church, Westgate-on-Sea, recently,

The couple met at the Margate The nou Consul arrived from Hel-

Dent and Duinb Club a year ago, and singfors, Finland, where he was the tions have advised that Mr. James Mr. Pipet. a twenty-eight-year-old Consul for the Netherlands. Mr. A. Williamson, their European general London baker and confectioner, pro- J. D. Steenstra Toussaint, who has manager, and promotion manager

show plainly the progressive incresso been in charge of the Dutch Consu- stationed in London, disappeared / based in the sign language.

that has characterised the foreign late in Manila for the past year, ex-from a ship en route from London to:

The service was conducted by the trade of Manchukuo during the past pects to be transferred to another Singapore, after attending a fancy vicar of Westgate, and interpreted to

post within a few months.

dreas ball on board the liner.-Reuter, the bride and bridegroom by signs.

fow, years,

Bus Driver Fined

Dangerous Driving In Controlled Area

of Mir. II. G.

On the complaint Williams, a bus driver, Chan Shui- ngau, was summoned before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday for having driven a motor bus in Nathan Road,

Majestic Theatre In

a

near the manner dangerous to the public.

Mr. Williams said he was driving in the controlled area of Nathan Road on the morning of November 21 when I motor bus

parsed him on the near side at a speed of about 30 miles an hour.

Further up the road, the bus nently collided with another car.

Chan was fined $30, and was cau- Uoned, on two further for having falled to produce his licence when asked to do so by n police offteer on November 21, and having failed to carry

lamp show- Ing to the front a white Hght on the night of November 23.

MurinoNSES

FOREIGN WARSHIPS Breakdown of H.M.S. Gnat On Yangtse

Hankow, Dec. 19. Five British and American gun- boats, including H.M.S. Mammoth, left here at 8 o'clock this morning. They will be joined at Kluklung by HMS. Cockchafer and the American gunboat Monocacy en route to Shanghai.

Japanese warships arc escorting the foreign warships from Hunkow to Shanghul.---Domel,

Guat's Breakdown

Shanghai, Dec. 19.

A Japanese naval spokesman cald that the Gout had a breakdown near I wanteng,, 50 miles below Hankow, whereupon the whole convoy елд tied up overnight but they expect to

Kłukiang proceed to United Press.

to-nwrrow.--

Arrival in Hankow

Hankow, Dec. 18. The Oahu, two British and one Italian gunboats atrived at here on Saturday at 3.40 p.m., escorted by three Japanese mine-sweepers. The gunboats spent an hour at Kluklang, where missionaries visited the war- ships and received some mall.

Jeffs of Lieut. Commander C. R.

sold The Oahu

convoyships open- the ed fire "n couple of times," firing

landscape on Burker Island, 25 miles above Wuhu. The ships also fired and sank one mine, 10 miles Press.

the

at

convoy

Above Wuhu."—United

Somo for Shanghai

Hankow, Dec. 10. Moving down river for the first time since the hostilities began, four British gunboats steamed out of Hankow under Japanese escort for points down river at dawn this morning. Or the four vessels which moved off, the Mantis and Peterel will go to Shanghai, while the Tern will remain at Nanking and the Gnat at Wuhu. Rear-Admiral Holt was among those aboard.

The gunboats Cricket and Aphid,

in. Hankow which arrived

from points down river on December 17, formally took over duties in Hankow at midnight. Reuter.

TEMPERS RUN HIGH

Dispute Follows Basketball Game at Y.M.C.A.

Excitement was caused outside the Chinese Y.M.C.A., Bridges Street, last night when the Police Emer- gency Unit was called out to attend to a huge crowd that had gathered outside the Y.M.C.A. and was on the point of fighting.

10

The excitement was over a bas- ketball game between the Mul Fong and Chi Hang girls. The game end- ed in favour of the latter team, but the supporters of the other side claimed that the referee had allow- ed extra time when he should have sounded the whistle and closed the Rame in favour of the Mul Fong teum.

When the Emergency Unit arriv- ed on the scene, matters were grow ing serious, but the crowd was soon dispersed and the captains of both teams and the referee were taken to Central where the malter was amicably settled.

it is said, will

A return match, decide the argument.

Cloves Act As Barometer

Sydney, Austrails.

A family here has a novel barome. ter in the shape of a small model; ship made entirely of cloves strung together by One wire. The ship was brought from the cloves-producing centre in the South Sea Isinna. With every change of weather, the scent of the cloves changes. It becomes fainter or stronger according to the degree of dampness In the air.

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