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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

25

words $2.00

for 3 days prepaid

WANTED KNOWN.

PLACE YOUR ORDER EARLY for Christmas Feast, delivered if requir ei, Java Ricetable, wonderful tasty, appetizing, invigorating, enjoyable Java Restaurant, for everybody. Lockhart Rond, 44, Telephone 32404,

PERSONAL,

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

BANK HOLIDAYS.

In accordance with Government Ordinance, The Exchange Banks will be closed for the transaction of Public Business on Monday and Tuesday, the 26th and 27th Decem- ber, 1938. (Christmas Holidays), Hongkong, 21st December, 1938.

Friday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Social Items

A dance will be held in the Ilolel Cecil to-morrow nigh:,

The wedding took place yesterday before Mr. T. J. Gould, Deputy Re- istrar of Marriages, of Mr. Loulo Chun-alu, merchant, and Miss Lung Pul-yuk, of 160 Queen's Road West, Hongkong. The witnesses were and Lung Messrs. Louie Hok-tol Ching-lal.

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The following forthcoming wed- CROWN LIFE INSURANCE CO. dings are announced: Mr. Siu Tun- hau, bank clerk of the National Com- mercial and Savings Bank, and Misa

TORONTO-CANADA.

Effective 15th December, 1938. arrangement, by mutuni and Messrs. Gilman & Co. Ltd., have relinquished The Crown China RONNIE, Please return home Im-Agency and Messrs. Thomson & mediately. The matter is of very Co., Chartered Accountants, Hong small importance, and not wori Kong and Shanghai Bank Building, worrying about. Everybody anxious Hong Kong, are authorised SJ and walling for you. E.

premiums a.l necept

inaue policy holdera of receipts to Crown Life Insurance Co.

Cilents are therefore requested GOOD OPPORTUNITY.—The whole. collection of rare curios now exhibit to make their deposits or pay- ed in Hotel Cecll, room 37, 2nd noormenta direct to Messrs. Thomson is offered wholesale at favourable

& Co. only, at the above address. terms Examination welcome.

J. H. UNDERWOOD,

Manager for China.

FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Two large Canadian Silver Foxes

Marlens $100.

Two $330.

Stone

At "Eve", National

Commercial Bank Building, 2nd four ST. ANDREW'S BALL

Room 205, BA Des Voeux fload,

UNDERWOOD Sewing

PORTABLE $50:

For the convenience of Members Overcoats Machines $30:

Guests of St. Andrew's 58-10; Safes; Dinner Porcelains, and

Telescopes, Society attending the Ball to be Catglass Punchbowls, Binoculars at sample cost "FE.M. held this evening, a special 3 C.A. 321, 3rd. Asia Life Building minute service of Star Ferries 14 Queen's. Until 6 p.m.

STOCK MARKET REPORT

The Hongkung Stock Exchange official summary issued at 3.15 pm yesterday, says:

The market remains quiet.

Buyers

Hongkong Bark $1,339 Daugiakes $014

1.K, K. Wharves $125 1.8. Docks (010) athy H.K. Docks (New) $17 Providenia (Old) $0.40

1.& S. Hotel $0

ILK. Lands $36

HK. Reniles 15

ILK. Tramways $17

Watsons $7.45

Entertainments

Vitro Pling $0%

K. Govt. 45% Lurn by pan.

1.K. Govt. 34% Loan par

Hellers

Hongkong Bank $1,370

China Underwriter .70 Humphreys $5

Youmati Ferries (Old) $52Z N

Sandakan Lights $10-

Dairy Farm $24

Lane, Crawfords 18 Constructions 81%

Sales

ilongkang Bank $1,335/40 H.K. Docks (Old) $18 Providents (Old) $5.40 11.5. Stotel %%

11.X. Landa $30

Telephones (Old) $2

Wnion $7.45

Antamoks P, 50

Aloke 24

Baguio Gold za

Benguet Consol. 12.00 Coco Groves Bl Demonstrations 27 San Mauricio 1.10 Surce Consol. 20

St

will run between 9 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. and a special service from

Ip Yuct-hung, of 230 Shanghai

Street, Yaumati: Mr. Loo Yu-ming, assistant secretary of the China Can Co., Ltd., and Miss Chan Kim-ming, of 14a Canel Road West; Mr. Kwan Shun yuen, bank clerk, and Miss Au Pik-yee, secretary, of 135 Fu Yuen Street, Mongkok; Mr. Fok Pak-ming, student, and Miss Tee Slu-kwan, of 40 Village Road; Mr. Kwong Wah- to, alias Mr. Joseph Albert Tossan, office assistant, and Miss Wong Shin- chun, typist of 26 Jordan Road, Kaw- Joon; Mr. Chen Shing-wu, managing director of Jenson & Co., and Miss So Ting-yup, of 1 Wing Wah Ter- race. Hongkong; Mr. Lim Kim-chong. merchant, and Miss Kwik Teeck- hong, of 20 Fort Street, North Point; Mr. So Chi-chiu, evangelist, Miss Yuen Shul-wah, student, of 85 Yu Chan Street, Shomahupo.

and

The Hongkong Chinese Women's Chub would like it to be known, in fairness to its donors, that a part

the valuable

of collection of

to be held articles for the bazaars

New York and Parls were contri- buted through that Club, being on Women's Christian Association exhibition at the Young

at the same time as the contributions of the other organisations.

in

Kowloon to Hong Kong will run every 15 minutes between midnighting and 1 am, and every half hour thereafter until

3 ZE. ITI. The Vehicular Ferry Service will be extended until 2 n.m.

The first Supper will be served at 11.45 o'clock p.m. (approx.) and all those desiring to participate therein should be seated in good time before this hour. No reser- vation of Supper Tables may be made.

December 23, 1938.

COMMONS ATTACK ON PLEDGE BY KOREANS

DRUG POSITION

IN FAR EAST

(Continued from Page 1.}

TO GOVERNMENT

(Continued from Page 10

and national reconstruction, will be accompilated. This bellef is not only

people, but also by Koreans.

almed at the systematic demoralisa-held by the 450,000,000 Chinear tion of the Chinese people.

He thought that the diagnosis which most correctly Atted this extremely grave posllion was some- what as follows: reports we receive from North China seem to confirm the statements made at the meeting of the Opium Advisory Committee last June.

In North China, before the Japan- ese occupation in 1937, an attempt was being made by the Chinese

to Centrul

enforce Government

narcotic laws drastic opium and which they promulgated in 1935.

There are indications that they were, to some extent, being success- ful.

Since the

ocenpallon Japanese of this region, there deterrents to large extent have disappeared. 1 is as these deterrents disappear that the position seems to get worse.

Mr. Butler proceeded to say that in February over 30 Chinese Govern ment ordinances were repealed by the Pelpint Provisional Government. and in May it was announced that the Pelping tax administration had decided to allow the opening of 300 oplum dens.

The Provisional Government had issued

certain ordinances for the control of the trafic, the effect of yet possible to which it was nol estimate.

POSITION IN PEIFING He was bound to give the House the information he possessed, and it appeared to His Majesty's Govern- ment, that since the formal repeal of the Chinese Government's ordinances, oplum pipes and smoking accessories began to be offered openly for sale on stalls and in the markets at Pel- Innumerable drug stores were was scarcely n single store where drugs could not be bought openly and indulged in.

Viscount Halifax had no definite beyond the published information budget figures of 1938 regarding Munchuria, but a report on the drug situation had been called from the British representative here.

30,000,000

the

LIVE LIKE ANIMALS

"It has been 20 years now since Koren was conquered by Japan.

"During these 20 years, under the extension, principle of interior 30,000,000 Koreans have been forced to live like animals.

The sufferings and oppressions we Koreans have been receiving are be- yond imagination,

endure any "Those who cannot longer the Japanese oppression have moved to the Chinese Three Eastern Provinces, to share the destiny of the Chinese brethren there.

"Since the beginning of the pre- rent war, the Japanese military had had a severe lesson. Comrades of the Korean People's Party have all. risen to revenge the grievances of these 20 years, and to fight for justice, peace, and the mother country. Only the lack of strength has made large- scale rebellion impossible. But unti- Japanese netlvities have never ceased for a single day,

"China and Korea are historically related. Both nations have been subjected to Japanese aggression in the past scores of years. Karea has unfortunately been conquered, but her spirit of resistance is in no way The different from that of China. Koreans belleve

Chinn that when wins in her war of resistance, all the weak and amall nations will be bene- Ated, emancipated, and can return to a state of freedom and equality.

Generalissimo

Chiang recently

NOTICE

For the convenience of Christmas Shoppers, business hours of the undermentioned Stores

will be as follows:-

DECEMBER 21st From 9 a.m. to

9 p.m.

22nd From 9 a.m. to

9 p.m.

TO

23rd From 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

**

24th From 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.

#

On Christmas Day all our Stores will be closed, but will be RE-OPEN on December 26th As Usual.

On

THE WING ON CO., LTD. THE SUN CO., LTD. CHINA EMPORIUM, LTD. THE SINCERE CO., LTD.

POST

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

OFFICE.

MAIL LETTERS Monday, December 28 and

Ordinary letter mail only for West Tuesday, December 27, the General Kwangtung. Kwangsi, Szechwan, Post Office and Kowloon Central Post Omee will be open from 8.00 am, to Kwelchow and Hunan will be nes 1.00 p.m. Sheungwan Branch Post cepled at senders' risk.

10.00 a.m., and the other Brunch Post Omers will be entirely closed.

The League of Pais will be hold-ping.

Fancy Dress Ball for members and friends at the Kowloon Tong opened, until at the present, there Ings and hardships, in order to con- Office will be open from 8.00 a.m. to Garden City Club on December 26, conummencing at 0.30 p.m. There will be prizes for those coming in fancy dress, and for the others spot dance prizes will be given. An enjoyable time is assured.

The St. Andrew's

Women's Fel-

lowship held their Christmas Party yesterday in the Church Hall, a large number attending. An excellent and amuse- programme of Kamer ments was arranged, tea wos pro- vided, and a most enjoyable after- noon was spent.

Members and Guests are re- quested to note particularly that ADMISSION TO THE BALL WILI, BE BY TICKET ONLY AND BE THAT

CANNOT THESE OBTAINED AT THE DOOR OFWon THE HOTEL.

Entrance to the Hotel will be by the Main Doors, Salisbury Rond, only.

Civic Pride Dynamited Sainty, an

Petaluna, Cal.

for

white hen, posted An immense atang the highway and which years has served to inform every ap- Proaching visiter that the town they were coming to was "Petaluna, the World's Egg Basket." is no longer in the advertising business. Someone of dynamite a stick touched off beneath it.

Fritx ста

Juan

Culbertson

Investment Bankers and Brokers

Members of New York Cotton Exchange

Chicago Board of Trade

Winnipeg Grain Exchango

Commodity Exchange, inc., New York

Canadian Commodity Exchango, Inc., Montroal

New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange

Manila Stock Exchange

Hongkong Sharobrekers Association

Shanghai Stock Exchange.

SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, MANILA AND SINGAPORE Cable Address: Swanstock

COPIES OF

PHOTOGRAPHS

by "Staff Photographer"

appearing in the

"SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST"

"THE

and

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH”

may be purchased

at the Business Office · of "The Hongkong Telegraph” Morning Post: Building. Wyndham Street.

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A supper donce was held in the Metropole Hotel on Wednesday under the Hotel manage- the auspices of

Chincse ment and the Hongkong Women's Soldiers' Rellet Association. The proceeds will be donated to the was Fund. Music

Boys. Refugee Relief supplied by the Metro Swing the Hotel's orchestra, and there were exhibition dances given by Mr Chan Hak-ying and Miss Chan Yuk. An- ather dance of the same nature was held last night.

FORMER MENTAL CASE

Sent to Gaol for Chopper

Attack on Sister

Hoving previously stated that he remembered using the chopper on

not his sister, but that he did recall the details of the Incident, a man named Tse Slu-tong, 25, stated yesterday, "I have no grudge against her. It

moment's wrong nction," when he appeared on mand before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy.

WAT 11

re-

IL was said at a previous hearing that defendant suddenly attacked his sister with a chopper 45 she was her standing on the verandah of

The wo- house in Yunnan Strect. man received injuries to the head. The defendant was formerly in the mental hospital.

The was sentenced to six months' hard labour.

Commuter Rides 50 Years

WASHINGTON, Del. George A. Salman, of Wilmington, spent more than two years on rail

be road trains while commuting tween Philadelphia and Wilmington during the past 50 years. Salman figured he has travelled 850,000 miles during that time.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

Steamship

"JEAN LABORDE” 3'A/30 Bringing Cargo from Marseilles via Salgon, etc., arrived Hongkong on Friday, 23rd December, 1938.

Consignees are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Oplum, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored into the Go- downs of the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd., Kow- loon, whence delivery may be obtain- ed Immediately after landing.

All claims must be sent in to me on or before 3rd January, 1939, or they will not be recognized

Damaged Packages will be examin- ed by the Company's Surveyor Mesara-Goddard and Douglas in the presence of the Consignees at 10,00 on Thursday, 20th December, 1939.

Consignees must have a Revenue Omeer in attendance when any duti

examined able goods are

by the Company's Surveyors.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.

R. OU

Agent. Hongkong, aard December, 1938.

The conditions in Central China did The not appear to be so serious. Nanking Provisional Government had ordinances recently promulgated aimed at controlling the traffe, but he was not able to give definite in- formation as regards their likely re- sult.

Mr. Butler said that, taken together with the information he gave about the growth of heroin, it would seen there had been distinct increases in these various parts of the Far East.

view The Government's

was that the Increase in there had been on Aramc.

JAPANESE ATTITUDE Viscount Halifax had no informa tion on the attitude of the Japanese military authorities to the trade in -heroin, which appeared chiefly to Was rmanate from Tientsin, and

Korean camp often curried on by followers.

The Government intended to con- the tinue a close examination of mutter in company with other gov ernments, as that was preferable to individual action.

dropped The matter was then Reuter.

FAREWELL LETTER BY FINANCIER

(Continued from Page 1.)

1CAS and received something out of interests of all."

The

"

to pay

work for

Issued

message to the Chinese people, expounding with great deter- mination the true meaning of pro- longed resistance. He asked that the people must face the present situa- | ilon with greater fortitude, greater courage, greater capacity for suffer- tribute to the consolidation of na- tional strength for nationwide pro- longed resistance and bring

about the ultimate victory. This message has not only pointed the right way in enemy-resistance and national recon- struction, but also been a lesson to Koreans in their biller struggle for their national Independence.

"Front now on, it is necessary that Chinese and Korean comrades be crisis with prepared to face the greater fortitude and patience, and with united mind and action, to fight for the final victory. Members of the Korean People's Party will follow loyally the leadership of Generalis- with to co-operate simo Chiang, Chinese for the purpose of defeating Japan, restoring this Korean nation. for justice and for peace."--Central News,

AGREEMENT NO LONGER VALID, SAY ITALIANS

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the agreement therefore had no legal existence.

The opposite view, however, has been held by the French Govern- ment. The attitude which France will now adopt is not yet known, but political circles here believe that the French Government will ike its stand on the terms of the memoran-, dum addressed by it to the Italian Government in April, 1918, which is said to have stressed the French Government's rendiness to settle all autstanding differences between the two countries.

Italian circles that

The wel-known French political writer, "Pertinax," affirms in his that the memurandum paper make also emphasised the standpoint of the the French Government that con- cessions made to Italy, particularly with regard to Tunis by the 1035 agreement, must be considered as the extreme mits of concessions which France was prepared to go- Trans-Ocean.

acting United States attorney, Mr. Noonan said that the authorities had evidence Federal

who that at least eight people. knew Coster in the early days as

bad profited ex-convict, financially from that knowledge.- Reuter.

מוס

In

I. R. A. Leaders

Belfast Round-Up

Belfast, Dec. 22.

Air Mail Service Across Atlantic

There will be one collection from the pillar-boxes cach day us on Sun- days and one delivery of Registered and Ordinary correspondence each day at 11.30 a.m.

The Branch Post Offices at Stanley," Tai Po and Un Long will also have one delivery of ordinary correspond- ence at 11,00 am.

The Money Order Office will be entirely closed during the Holidays.

VIA SIBERIA ROUTE Letters and Postcards for Euruye (except Great Britain and Eire) and South America are forwarded "vie Siberia" sa superscribed.

OUTWARD MAIL TIRIES

and Parcel Mails are Registered closed 15 minutes earlier than the ume given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are adverts-

MAIL FOR CANTON Registered and ordinary maile (not Insured or Paretis) will be ac-d to close at or before & a.m., re- cepted for Conton and despatched as gistered and, parcel malls are closed circumstances permit.

at 5 p.m. on the previous day.

INWARD MAILS

From

Shanghel Salgon

Air Mail by

Japan and Shanghai Japan

Per

Conte-Blancamano Jean Laborde Atuta Maru

Haiphong, Pakhoi and Fort Bayard Yunnan

Straits

Manila

Dua

...December 23.

December 23. December 24,

Japan

"Imperial Airways

Direct Service"-London

date, Imperial

18th December,

Airways Plane

.December 24.

Marechal Joffre Tusima Maru

December 24.

December 24.

December 24.

Bhutan

December 25,

Phemius

December 25.

President Taft

December 25.

Szechuen British Monarch

December 25.

.December 20.

Menestheus

.December 26.

December 20,

December 27. „December · 27.-

December 27.

U.S.A., Honolulu and Japan-San

Francisco, date 2nd, December Shanghal and Swnlow

Japan

Japan and Shanghai Manila

Haiphong.....

Bangkok' and Holhow Straits

For

Pleasantville

Canton

Kulgen

Van Heutaz

OUTWARD MAILS

Per

Friday

Parcels only for Rangoon Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Manila and Naples-due Naples, Conte-

14th January 1939.

Date and Time.

Hong Kheng ..Fri, Dec. 23, L'p.m. Sagres

...Fri., Dec. 23, 3 p.m.

Biancamano Fri., Dec. 23, 4.30 p.m.

Straits, Ceylon, India, East and Corfu................................ Fri, Dec. 23.

G.P.O. and K.P‚Ó,

Parcels,

10

South Africa, Aden, Egypt, Malta and Europe via Marseilles due Marseilles, 20th January, 1939.

Reg.

Ord.,

.Dec. 23, 5 p.m. .Dec. 24, 9.45 am. .Dec. 24, 10.30 am.

Saturday

day Island, 5th January, 1930.

Manila, Australia and New Zealand Atuta Muru

via Thursday Island-due Thurs-

K.P.O. and G.P.O.

Reg.

Ord.

Air Mall for "K. L. M. Airways Corfu

Direct Service"-due Amsterdam, 3rd January, 1090.

Rek. Ord.,

Washington, Dec. 22. The United States clvil aeronautics authority stated to-day that it was engaged with discussions with the State Department and other Govern- It is officially stated that in an all- ment agencies for "looking toward

the

early, establishment of the trans- night round-up, the authorities ar- rested 34 leaders and members of the Atlantic air services." Irish Republican Army on charges I added that lawyers for Imperial

and allegedly Airways had Nied of plotting violence.

an application planning to attack prominent citizens with the authority for a permit to and property during "the Christmas

inaugurate a trans-Atlantic service. and New Year periods",-United Press.

Christmas Relief Work In China

London, Dec. 22. According to the Dally Telegraph's Washington correspondent, a similar plan to that arranged for Spain is also being carried out by the Red Cross for relief of suffering Reuter,

in China.-

WANG CHING-WEI IN CHUNGKING

Mr. T. V. Soong, the prominent Chinese statesman who has been re siding in the Colony, stated last night that the press report on Mr. Wang Ching-wel's arrival in Hanol from Chungking by plane on Monday was groundless.

Mr. Wang Ching-wel, Vice-Pre- aldent of te Kuomintang and concur- rently Chairman of the Central Poll- tical Council, was seen in Chungking on Wednesday, it is learned from good authority, planning to hold n memorial service for the Isle Genera) Chiang Po-11,

The application was referred to the Company's London oficials for execution, and cannot receive final

consideration unfl this, and other technical requirements had been fulfilled.--Acuter.

Goebbels Suffering With Influenza

Berlin, Dec, 22. The Releh Minister of Propagando, Dr. Josef Goebbels, is suffering from acule intestinal induenza, and will be confined to his bed for several daye, it was announced here this evening.

He will therefore be unable to speak at Uie large Christinas festival planned for Friday evening, and will, instead, be represented by the Reich Commissioner for Winter Rellet, Herr Hilgenfeldt-Trans-Ocean.

Quartor-million Amusement Sockers

New York.

A quarter of a million persons at one time can be accommodated in the 280-ncro Amusement Zone of the New York World's Fair, 1939,

.Sat., Dec. 24,

Dec, 24, 0.15 am. Dec 24, 10 am. „Sat, Dec. 24. G.P.0. and K.P.O.

.Dec. 24, 9.30 BEL .Dec. 24, 10 KM.

Air Mail for "Air France Service" Maréchal Joffre ............8at,, Deo. 24.

January, -due Marseilles, 9th 1039.

Salgon

Amoy and Shanghai Amoy

Swatow and Shanghai Tientsia Manila

Air Mall by “Imperial

Direct Service"-due 2nd January 1919.

G. P. O. and K. P. O. ReE

..Dec. 24, 1.30 p.m. Ord..

.Deo. 24, 2 pm.

Marechal Joffre

Sulyang

Anhul

Sunday

Sat., Dec. 24, 2.30 pm. .Sat., Dec. 24, 3.30 p.m. ....Sat, Dec. 24, 5 p.m.

Sinklang ....Sun.. Dec. 29, 8.30 n.m. Kwalsang .Sun., Dec. 20, 9 a.m. President Taft Sun., Dec. 20, n.m.

Monday

London,

Airways Imperial Airways Plans Mon, Dec. 20,

K.P.O.

.Dec. 26, noon.

Air Mall for Malaya, Java and Ans- Imperial Airways Plano Mon, Dec. 20.

tralia by "Imperial Always

Direct Service" dae 2nd January 1935.

Bydney,

Manila, Macastor and Sourabaya

Swatow

Swalow and Tientsin

Batavia

Holhow, Pakhol and Halphong

Shanghai

Tuesday

Beg

Ord.

.Dec. 20, 1 p.m.

G.P.O.

Reg.

..Dec. 20, noon.

Ord.

.Doc. 28, I p.m.

K.P.O.

Reg..

.Doa, 28, noon.

Ord,

.Dec. 26, 1 p.m. G.P.O.

Rez.. Ord.

Tilnegara..

.Dec. 28, noon.

Dec. 20. 1 p.m.

„Tues., Dec. 27, 8:30a.m. Yunnan .Tues., Dec. 27, 8.30 am. Erong „Tues., Dec. 27, 10.30 num. Tilsaroca ..Tues., Dec. 27, 10.39 n.m. Szechuen Tucs., Dec. 27, Noon

Wednesday

Amoy and Shanghai.......... Air Mail for Mariis, Guam, Hono-

"Pro lalu and U.8.A., by the American Airways Direct Service" -dua San Francisco 4th January 1930,

Potsdam....Wed., Dec. 28; 8.30 am, Kaying....Wed., Dec. 28, 3.10 p.m.. Pan-American Airways Plane

Wed, Dec. 28. K. P. O.

......Dec. 18, 5 pan

.Dec. 28, 5.30 p.m.

Kor.,

Ord.

G. P. O.

Rer,

Ord,

„Dew, 58; 5) PART.

„Dec. 28, 7 pa