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were

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Ret this morning:

BANKS

HK. Banks, $...

loon.

he

All further steps will be taken, and expenses horne, by the Society. will The Informant's name kept strictly private, except in cases where mulice is proved.

Y. Ferries (old) s..

Y. Ferries, (new) $.

China Light, (cum. ris.). China Light, (right) $ China Light, (ex. right) H.K. Electries $. Macao Electries 5.... Sandakan Light $.

.3.45

3.49 Ba.

$ 8.55 n.

57% 5.

.18 s. 10.10 b.

Wednesday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Exchange At A Glance

SELLING

T.T. London Demand

T.T. Skungbai T.T. Singapore T.T. Japan T.T. India T.T. U.S.A.

16. 2 16. 2

175 Nom.

0346

100

.83

.20

T.T. Manika

58%

TT. Batavia

.532

T.T. Dangkok

140%

T.T. Solgon

.109

T.T. France

10.00

T.T. Germany

T.T. Switzerland

TT. Australia

..72 .120 .1/01/2

BUYING

4 m/s L/e London

4 m/s D/p

do,

4 m/s L/C U.S.A.

4 m/s France

30 d/s India

U.S. Cross rate in Lon.

1/3 1/3.5/32

.20% .11.40

.84 1.679

MYSTERIOUS

EXPLOSIONS CAUSED BY SABOTEURS

(Continued from Page 1.)

main transmission electricity cable froth Liverpool, Manchester and Preston.

on

Special precautions were taken in Whitehall to-day, police being duty on both sides of Downing Street, and pedestrians from Whitehall were closely serutinised.-Reuter.

I.RA. POSTERS

London, Jan. 17. Posters of the Irish Republican Army, demanding the establishment of an undivided republic of Ireland were posted on walls in Liverpool to-day by unknown persons,

removed

the

January 18, 1939.

SPAIN'S CIVIL WAR-Continued From Page 1

Insurgents Continue Drive On Barcelona

experienced and unwilling soldiers in the Catalan army now than in March Jast.

Cease Fire Order

nearer

LEAGUE COUNCIL DEBATES JAPAN'S. ATTACK ON CHINA

(Continued from Page 1)

and

The Insurgents believe that ns they draw

to

the Barcelona, Government will hand over the al- thority to a committee of citizens who will give a general order to cease fire,

Kenerol cause of upholding the and will invite a detachment of principles of international law Insurgents to occupy the city, thereby order.

More than that, the rights and avoiding bloodshed

interests of other countries directly Whether, after retiring from Barce-concerned in the Far East would gain Jonn, the Negrin Government would security by this legitimate defence. establish headquarters at Albacete in

Dr. Koo pointed out that past ex- Military experts very debatable. reckon it would take about three perience had clearly shown that it months for France to subdue the would be Impossible to safeguard legitimate Western Interests in China remnants of the Loyalist forces.unless the Chinese people remained United Tess.

masters of their own destiny.

Rapid Push

Hendaye, Jan. 17. The Insurgents are reported to have pushed forward rapidly north and north-east of Tarragona after the capture of Cervera,

The Chinese door cannot be kept open if the Chinese people are not allowed to exercise fullest control in their own house,"

Time For Action Overdue South of Cervera, one column took The time has come, said Dr. Koo Granadella and Granena, while an-in fact it was long overdue, for the other column, operating in the Tarega League lo take effective action in section. captured series of towns, order to restrain Japanese uggres- Rocafort, de Valbona, sion. Those countries with impar- including | Ciutadella and Guimera.

tant terriforial possessions, commerce Further east in the Colomba de and economie interests in the Far Quera sector, the Insurgents captured East had the added obligation Bellprat, as well as a series of field defend them. positions of strategic value.

The Loyalists offered stir resistance in that sector, according to Insurgent

intervention

of reports, but the aviation turned the tide in the In- surgents' favour.

North-east of Sierra de Lacultada, the Insurgents reached Biure. while directly north of Tarragona, a column of infantry captured Catallar on the right bank of the Gaya River.

4,000 Prisoners Taken

to

deliberate Eighteen months of attack by Japan upon their rights and interests in China, along with the expansion of the Japanese in- vasion, made it perfectly clear an to what was in store for them.

Dr. Koo concluded: "Unless the interested Powers are prepared-and it does not seem that they are-to abandon their treaty rights und estab- 1shed interests in China, and to

position abdicate their rightful

111

Police promptly

domiciliary searches The clean-up of the Tarragona East Asia and the Pacific, no time pusters, and

is to

to be lost by them to take con- were made in districts of the city pocket, south-east of the city, cun-

number The

of certed, or parallel action to check the which are, to a large extent, inhabit- tinued to-day.

of Japanese

aggression. prisoners taken during the last 24 spread ed by Trish,

hours is put at 4,000, and large They have everything to gain by quantities of war material were also adopting determined action 10

!!ne retreating promptly carried out."-Reuter.

Private Mcating

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Mercantile, A. &. B. £.

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13 n.

Star Ferries S.

7211⁄2

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210 sa

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475 S.

China Underwriters els

.70 9.

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175 b.

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The entire London police force was mobilised this morning in order to carry out effective protection of al- legedly threatened electricity and gas works.

Strong police guards have been in-1 stailed in the power

works at Chelsea, Battersea and Fulham, as well as at other power stations of miunr importance.

THAMES PATROL

abandoned

موزی

Of Council

Loyalists.

The

continued Loyalists

their front, attacks on the Estramadura

Geneva, Jan. 17. according to Insurgent reports, but these were all broken up, and in

A private meeting of the Council is counter-attacks, the Insurgents claim expected to take place before the emi to have taken 305 prisoners and cof the session in order to discuss the siderable

material, United

Chinese Government's demands 85 Preas,

presented to-day by Dr. Wellington Koo-Reuter.

War

Advance On Igualada

Insurgents

AGITATION IN PARIS

(Continued from Page 1.)

occupied it is believed M. Bonnet will stress,

centre

have

It is fully realised that it will

POST OFFICE.

MAIL FOR CANTON Registered and ordinary malis (not insured or Parcels) will be ne- cepted for Canton and despatched as circumstances permit.

MAIL LETTERS

VIA SIBERIA ROUTE Letters and Postcards for Europe (except Great Britain and Elro) and. South America are forwarded via Siberla" If so superscribed.

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Mails are closed 15 minutes earlier than the Ordinary letter mail only for We time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertis- Kwangtung.

Kwangst, Szechwan,ed to close ut or before 9 am, re Kweichow and Hunan will be negistered and parcel' nulla are closed -

at 5 p.m. on the previous day. cepted at senders' risk.

INWARD MAILS

From

Iniphong Moulin

Calcutta and Straits

Per

Canton Emp. of Asia Hosang

date, Imperial

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways

Direct Service"London 7th and 11th January, Shanghai

Calcutta nnd Straits Japan and Shanghai Haiphong....

Australia and Manila Straits and Hoihow

USA., Honolulu and Japan-(San

Duc.

January 18.

.January 18.

January 18.

Airways Plane

January 18.

Regensburg

January 18.

January 18.

Carthage

January 19.

January 10.

Komo Maru Mulnam

January 10,

.January 19.

Tilawa..

Fornfrie

Francisco dute, 24th December), Pres. Harrison.......January 18.

Straits and Europe via Suez (Papers

Straits

Runchi

Soudan

etc.)-London date, 22nd Decem- ber and London Parcels-Landon date, 18th December 1038,

Haiphong, Pakhoi and Fort Boyard Sulyang Straits

Tegelberg Shanghai

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways

Antilochus

Direct Service"-Lon/lon date, Imperial Always 14th January, Saigon

...Los

Pres. Pierce Victoria

Yochow

U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang- hai (San Francisco date. 30th December 1038). Shanghai

Swatow

patow

Salgon

Felix Roussel

January 10.

Junuary 19.

.January 19.

.January 19.

January 21.

Plano...

January 21.

January 21.

January 21

January 21.

January 21..

January 22.

January 22.

January 23.

January 24.

January 25,

January 25..

January 23.

Francisco Pan Amerlean Airway Plane

Air Mail by "Pan American Airways

Direct Service"-San date, 11th January. Java and Manila

Shanghal

Manila

Japan

Straits

For

Swatow Shanghal

Fort Bayard

Swatow

Swatow, Amey and Foochow

Saigon and Porcels only for

many via Hamburg

Tientsin

Japan

Japan (Parcels only)

Air

Tjinegara

Agamemnon

Grelsenau..

Kitano Maru Perseus

OUTWARD MAILS

Fer

Wednesday Anhul

Deucalion

Date and Time.

Wed, Jan. 18, 1.30 p.m. Wed., Jan. 18, 1.30 p.m. Tai Poo Sek. Wed., Jan. 10, 1.30 p.m.. Thursday

Kiungchow Thurs., Jan. 19, 9.30 a.m. Ger- Regensburg

Thurs., Jan. 10, 10.30 a.m. Sagres ....Thurs, Jan. 19, 3 p.m. Hangsan..Thurs., Jan. 19, 3.30 p.m. Kamo Maru Thurs., Jan. 19, 3.30 p.m.. Hoang Thurs., Jan. 19, 5 p.m.

Mail for "Imperial Airways Imperial Airways Plane Direct Service"-due 26th January

Thura, Jan. 10. K.P.O.

London,

Jan. 10, p.m.

Jan. 15. 6 p.m.

Ord.

....Jan. 19, 5.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

Reg.

Jan. 19, 5. p.m.

Ord.

ize

Air Mail for Mainys, Java and Aus- Imperlat Always

tralla

Airways by "Imperial Direct Hervice-dae Sydney, 28th January

Plane

Thurs., Jan. 10.

K.P.O.

Reg.

Ord.

Jan. 19, 5 p.m. Jan. 19, 5.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

Reg.

Jan. 19, 5 pm-

Ord.

Friday

Burgos, Jan. 177. General Franco's forces, advancing, from Cervera along the highway to The Thames, since dawn to-day, Darcelona, lo-day captured four more has been patrolled by police boats, towns, and are now within 12 miles

industrial

of 1 while

slowly at the bik have police ears patrolled all the London city districts Igualada.

The where there is possible danger.

It is believed that the demonstra-Pallerrols, Guardiorlada, Lluida, and will sooner or later become absolute-

ly necessary. tors, because of the strong police pre- Augillo.

at night.

guntada. 12 miles distant from the cautions, will, in future, det er tre of Insurgent vanguard, is reported to

the Three explosions in centre

be strongly fortified by the Loyalists, extremely dieuli to obtain the con- Birmingham on Monday afternoon

mrds The Insurgents are also threatening tent of the Suclaltats to such a step. Police gunros remain mystery. and patrols in Manchester, Birming- Jualada from the south-west ad-That financial and economic circles have been yancing along the road from Montview the situation with a certain un- ham and Edinburgla

Blanch. These columns are only 30eusiness ↳ shown by the weakness tripled. Especially strongly miles from Igualada.

of the Bourse. Are the Edinburgh suburbs of Porto Bello and Granton, where are the power stations applying halt Scotland with electricity, them being recently completed at a cost of £2,000,000,

one

ANOTHER EXPLOSION

of of

The bomb explosions which arous. ed great excitement in Birmingham and 11s vicinity on Monday, were augmented by a further attempted bombing, to-day, when an explosion vccurred a1 Great Barr between Bir- mingham and Walsall.

Intention in this case was evident- ly to destroy the must of the high- tension cable, but the only damage done was the breaking of one sup- port.

Since the beginning of the offen- sive, 38,000 prisoners have been re- gistered and placed in concentration

camyis.

Con-

A further 1.100 prisoners are re-

П To-day M. Bonnet had ported to have been captured, togther with abundant

with and ference

the war materials

Premier, M. Daladier, in which he reported on unmunition,

the League seraion.

The two Ministers then exhaustive- ly discussed the Spanish question.

M. Bonnet also told Daladier what According to the Insurgent high Lord Halifax had told him in Geneva rommaad, the advance is continuing about the outcome of the Rome con-

all sectors.versations, at the same pace on

In the meantime the agitation was Reuter.

intensified for

an opening of the Franco-Spanish border,

50 that Loyalist Spain might ic

supplied with arms.

A Radica! Socialist Deputy said that with every

with which

AIR RAID SHELTERS FOR BRITAIN

London, Jan. 17.

step

Swatow and Tientsin Manila

Shanchal, Japan and Europe (except Great Britain and Eire) vla Siberia,

Fort Bayard and Holhow Haiphong

.Jan. 19, 7 D..

Tingsang...Fri., Jan. 20, 8.30 am. Pres. Harrison Fri., Jan. 20, 10.30 am.

Ranchi Kingyuan Canton

Straits, Ceylon, India, East and Carthage

South Africa, Aden, Egypt, Malta, and Europe via Marseilles-duc Marsellies, 17th February

Sandakan

Air Mail for "K.L.M. Airways Carthage

Direct Servico”-due Amsterdam, 31st January.

.Fri., Jan. 20, 10.30 a.m. .Fri., Jan. 20, Noon. .Fri., Jan. 20, 2 p.m. Jan. 20. ..........Fri., G.P.O. atid K.P.O.

....Jan, 20, 3 p.m. Jan, 21, 9.45 am. Jan, 21, 10.30 a.m.

.....Sat., Jan. 21. G.P.O. and K.г.O.

..Jan. 21. 9.30 am- Jan, 21, 10 #LI- ..Sat, Jan. 21. Jan, 21, 11 am.

Parcels

Reg.

Ord.

Saturday

Hinsang ....Sat., Jan. 21, 8.30 a.m.

Papers for Straits and (Parcels and Kumsang

Papers for Calcutta)

Reg. Ord.

Parcela Papers

Halphong

Esang

.Jan. 21, Noon .Sat., Jan. 21, 1 p.m..

Amoy and Shanghal

nol

Swatow and Foochow

Manila

11th February.

The Home Office has placed orders Franco was coming nearer to Barce for 400,000 new steel nir raid sheltera lenn, he was also coming nearer to which will be used for the occupants

France.

of small homes. The shelters will be He demanded erected in the gardens and backyards Government of houses.

A second bomb which bad not exploded was found in the vicinity.

Police protection has now been extended throughout the Midlands, and all power plants, gas works, and radio stations are under constant guard, while police patrols have been | stationed on the highways co that Bulletin. they can move rapidly to any point of disturbance,

Anxiety has been extended to Lon- don, where all the underground stations this evening were patrolled by the palice.

In Liverpool, special, precautions have been taken to prevent bombing of the docks or damage to ships, since all ships coming from Ireland dock there.

TENSE ATMOSPHERE

According to the Bellast press Wils evening, the whole of Northern Ire- land is quiet, but a tense atmosphere prevalls. Ali State buildings guarded and pollee are patrolling the streets, while the reserves have been called to barracks in case of emer- gency.

ro

A particularly heavy patrol is be- ing maintained on the frontier be- tween Northern and Sounthern Tre- land.

A Inter report says that in the course of police investigation of the Great Barr explosion, numerous un- exploded bombs were found, a sack- ful of them being found at one spat. These discoveries indicate that the bombings are part of a campaign of terrorism which had been carefully prepared.

A strong police guard has been set up throughout England und Scotland, headduarters having received a tele- phone warning that further explosions would occur to-night in London.

A conference between Mr. Neville Chamberlain and the Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare this afternoon, is believed to have been concerned with the series of bombing outrages Trana-Ocean.

that

the

French

seck

an Immedinte withdrawal of all Italian volunteers

An order has been placed for 120,- from Spain, and that France should 000 tons of steel which will be spread re-open the border if Italy did over a number of factories-Reuter comply with the demand-Trans-

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Llangchow..Sat, Jan. 21, 3.30 p.m. Nanning

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and Naples due Napics Victoria ........Sat., Jan. 21, 5 pan.

Ale Mail for Mantia, Guam, Hono- l'an American Airways

lulu, and U.S.A., by the "Pan-

American Airways Direct Service"

due San Francisco 29th January

Plane ....Sat, Jan. 21.

F.P.0,

RCE.,

Ord.,

Jan, 21, 5 pm. Jan. 21, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.

Reg.,

Ord..

Jan. 21, 5 p.m. Jan. 22. 6 p.m.

Sunday

Swatow, Shanghal and Tientsin

Jolhow ...

Air Mall for "Imperial

Direct Bervice"-duo 30th January

Fooshing ......Sun., Jan. 22, # a.m. Monday

Muinam ....Mon., Jan. 23, 11.30 am. Airways Imperial Airways Flane London,

Ord..........Jan. 13, 7 p.m.

Mon, Jan. 23. K.P.0.

Ecg.

Jan. 23, 5 pm.

Ord.

.Jan. 23, 5.30p.m. q.r.o.

Rex.

„Jan, 23, 5 p.m.

Air Mall for Malaya, Java and Ans- Imperial Airways Plano

tralia by "Imperial Airways Direct Service" due Sydney, 30th Jan.

Mon., Jan. 23. K.P.0.

Rex.

„Jan, 23, 6 pm.

Ord,

Jan. 23, 5.30 pan.

Reg.

Ord.

Amoy

Anul

Mon., Jan. 23, 7 pm.

Shanghal, Japan, Ilonolulu, U.S.A., Emp, of Japan

Central and South America via Vancouver B.C., and (Parcels and Papers for Canada)-due Van- enúver D.C., 11th February.

G.P.O, and K.P.0.

Parcels, Reg. Ord..

Tuesday

Holbow, Pakhal and Halphong Amoy and Shanghai

Sinklang Yunnan

Mudang, Sulamaua, Tulagi

Rabaul Swatow, Shanghai and Tlenisin

Wednesday

and

Friderun Talsang

G.P.O.

„Jan, 23, 6 p.m.

Jan, 23. p.m.

Mon. Jun. 23.

.Jan. 23, 5 p.m. Jan. 24, 0.16 . .....Jun. 24, 10 n.

„Tuer, Jan. 24, Noon. ..Tues., Jan. 24, 3.30 p.m.

Wed, Jan. 26, 10.30 am, Wed. Jan, 25, 2.30 p.m.