1939-01-18 — Page 4

4

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

25 words $2.00

for 3 days prepaid

TUITION GIVEN.

"DANCING IN 6 HOURS"-Rupk Easy

Lessons.

Beginners

Speciality."

Advanced

"A Courses.

Wednesday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. EMPIRE

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN &

MORTGAGE CO. LTD.

Notice is hereby given that Mr.

NEWS 4 KILLED IN SEARCH

FOR TYPIST

Reginald Andrew Wickerson has 4 KILLED IN SEARCH this day been appointed Secretary and Manager of this Company. In the place of Mr. J. C. Guterres.

Uy Order,

S. M. CHURN,

Chairman.

Modern Ballroom, Tango, Tap. Ex- Hongkong, 16th January, 1939.

Apply Tony's Danee pert Tullion. Studio, China Building, 6th Floor," 12-A.

WANTED KNOWN.

AMATEUR Photographers!

FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN,

What to do to help a child Entries for 4th Annual Exhibition of Saltors

Anyone knowing of a child who and Soldiers Camera Club, close January 25th. Attractive prizes. All has been assaulted, neglected, or manner likely to your ill-treated in a eilgible, Bend in vinateurs

from enuse unnecessary suffering or injury forms entry

Entry now! socrotary, 22 Hennessy Road, Photo-tu health, or knowing of a parent graphic dealers or Box No. 008, who is seeking advice on any matter concerning a child, would be doing "Hongkong Telegraph."

an act of kindness by communicating ut ouce with MOTOR CARS, ETC.

The Hon. Secretaries, H.K.S.F.C. MODERN

for The Old City Hall, Queen's Read C., comfortable hourly, daily, weekly and monthly Hongkong, or the Inspector, 49. htre at most moderate prices. Plense Pokfulum Road, 1st floor; or the phone No. 51174, Samson Co., No. Inspector, Violet Peel Health Centre, Wonchai; or the Inspector, 12, Sai 39, Haiphong Road, Kowloon,

Yeung Chol Street, 1st noor, Kow-

cars

LEAGUE COUNCIL DEBATES JAPAN'S ATTACK ON CHINA

(Continued from Page 1)

loon.

All further steps will be taken, and expenses borne, by the Society,

The Informant's name will be kept strictly private, except in cases where malice is proved,

would be imposible to safeguard STOCK MARKET

legitimate Western interests in China unless the Chinese people remained masters of their own destiny.

"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 The time had came, said Dr. Kou in fact it was long overdue, for the League to take effective action order to restrain Japanese aggres- stan. Those countries with impor- tant territorial possessions, commerce and economie interests in the Far

tol added obligation Fast had the defend them.

Eighteen months of deliberate altack by Japan upon their rights and Interests In China, along with the expansion of the Japanese i vasion, made it perfectly clear as to what was in store for them.

Tr. Koo concluded: "Unless the interested Powers are prepared--and j

tr

in

it does not seem that they are-to abandon their treaty rights and estab

China, and hahed interests in abilicate their rightful position East Ario and the Pache, no time is to be lost by them to lake con- certed, or parallel action to check the spread of Japanese oggression. They have everything to gain by: bel adopting determined action promptly carried out."-Reuter,

Private Meeting

Of Council

10

Geneva, Jan. 17.

REPORT

Exchange The Hongkong Stock melal summary issued at 3.30 p.171. yesterday, says:

The market continties quiet, only a few small transactions being re- corded during the day.

Buyers

Hongkong Bank $1,335 Union Insurance $470 Dougtanes 201 Entertainments $7

Sellers Hongkong Bank $1.416 Unies Inurnmen $470 China Underwriters 10.70 Providents (010) $6% 11. B. Hotels $0.00

K. Tramway $17.00

Peak Tram (New) $4

China Lights (Cum ris) $9.35 IK, Eteciries $571⁄2 Cements $10.70 Constructions #1

Hales.

Hongkong flank $1,403

H.K. Docks (Old) $10.20/1600 H.K. Lands $30

K. Tramways $17.40

Anlamak P

Aleks .57

Tagulo Gold 2014

Benguet Consolidated 13.00 Coca Grove 50

Consolidated Mines .003

Demonstrations .24%

1. X. L..

3

Paravate Gumbus 13

San Mauricio 154 Suyoc 1

United Parcales 74

MOBILISATION OF BRITAIN'S TRANSPORT

London, Jan. 17.

A scheme for mobilisation of motor vehicles in the country is outlined in statement Issued by the Ministry of Transport.

The country will be divided into of motor and owners A private meeting of the Council is traffic areas expected to take place before the end vehicles grouped under different sec- of the session in order to discuss the ions in order to facilitate rationing when inobilisation should Chinese Government's demands us) of fuel

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

jan

Bulletin.

Swan Culbertson

11

Friti $

Investment Bankers and Brokers

Members of New York Cotton Exchange

Chicago Board of Trade

Winnipeg Grain Exchango

Commodity Exchango, Inc., New York

Canadian Commodity Exchange, Inc., Montreal

Now York Coffee and Sugar Exchange

Manila Stock Exchange

Hongkong Sharobrokers 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 Telögraph”.

Morning Post Building.

Wyndham Streok,

Sydney.

wire

January 18, 1939.

| SPAIN'S CIVIL WAR-Continued From Page 1

Insurgents Continue Drive On Barcelona

die Valbona,!

Rocafort, Including Clutadella nud Gulmera.

Further east in the Colomba de Quera sector, the Insurgents captured fellprat, as well as a series of feld positions of strategic value.

North-cast of Sierra de Lacullada,' the Insurgents reached Biure, while directly worth of Tarragona, a column of infantry captured Catallar on the right bank of the Gaya River.

Flying Officera Wyber and Milner, a mechanic named Everett, and Police Constable Young, of Brisbane Water

The Loyalists offered stiif resistance Pellee, were burned to death when a

Australian Air Force Seagull in that neelor, according to Insurgent or amphibian mane struck an overhead reports, but, the Intervention

electric

and aviation turned the tide in the In-) high-powered

surgents favour. crashed near Brisbane,

The plane was taking part in a police

search for a typlat, Miss Marjorie Morval, who has been miss ing for 17 days. A fourth member of the plane's crew was left behind 1o make room for Constable Young.

This has been the blackest year in Altogether 40 Australian aviation. persons have been killed and 14 injured.

Inquiry to-day'

Australian disaster in which the National Airways monoplane Kylema crashed at Mount Dandenongt, 24 miles from Melbourne, on Oct. 25, with a long of 10 Ilves, counsel appear ing for the Pilots' Guild demanded that Mr. Thorby, Defence Minister. should give evidence so as to restore confidence in the future of aviation in Australia.

At

NEW ZEALAND

Into

the

DANGER OF LABOUR UNREST

Auckland.

A series of industrial strikes has been embarrassing the Government since the recent elections, and it has

that becoine apparent

milliant elements in the Labour movement are seeking to force the pace.

The Minister of Commerce. Mr. D. G. Sullivan, has emphasised the danger of these subversive nove- ments, and has appealed for discipline in the trade unions, "

the of Mr. Roberts, chairman Federation of Labour, states that it is impossible for the Government to

function if obstacles are raised by workers striking illegally because of

insatisfactory awards. TANGANYIKA

REVENUE AFFECTED BY UNCERTAINTY

Dar-Es-Salaam.

The Governor of Tanganyika, Sir Mark Young, opening the Budget session of the Legislature recently painted a gloomy picture of the country's finances and urged the need for confidence in the future. and misgiving about the nindate in the absence of a definite statement by the Imperial Govern- ment were, he said, still having n serious effect on the revenues.

Uncertainty

Sir Mark announced that he was appointing a Select Committee to in-

the vestigate

whole question 67 Jewish refugee settlement.

The Budget statement revealed an estimated surplus that

instead of the end of present year, there

the was a defleit at £178,000. It was estimated that next year there would

st be a deficit of £113,000. In thut case the balance of more than £1,000,000 which was in hand at the end of 1937 would be reduced to £300,000.

at

BENGAL POLITICAL

PRISONERS

Calcutta

Mr. Subhas Dose, president of the All-Indian Congress, thinks that the Bengal Ministry is much weaker after the reshuffle.

He added that if it was desired in any quarter that Congress Ministers should resign on the issue of the re- lease of political prisoners in Bengal, that move would not appeal to him. CANADA

Television

Across Atlantic

26

POST OFFICE.

MAIL FOR CANTON and ordinary Registered

mail

(not Insured or Parcels) will bo ac cepled for Canton and despatched as clrcumstances permit.

MAIL LETTERS

VIA SIBERIA ROUTE Letters and Postcards for Europe (except Great Britain and Eire) and. South America are forwarded Hyla Siberin" if so superscribed.

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Malls are closed 15 minutes earlier than the Ordinary letter mail only for West me given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertis- Kwangal, Szechwan, ed to close at or before § umą re Kwangjung, Kwelchow and Hunan will be negistered and parcel mails are closed

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

MAILS

From Haiphong

Calcutta and Straits

INWARD

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways

Direct Service"-London 7th and 11th: January. Shanghai

Calcutta and Straits

Japan and Shanghai Haiphong...

York, re- FROM Riverhead, New

cently the

Manila B.B.C. received a scientifle document which leaves no 4,000 Prisonors Taken

doubt that their Alexandra Palace Tarragena television service has been seen and The clean-up of the pocket, south-east of the city, con-card across the Atlantic--3,500 miles

number or away.

When the station was opened the tinued to-day. The prisoners taken during the last 24j

was said to be hours is put at 4,000, and large normal range qualities of war material were also miles.

"We have checked up on the claims by the retreating

made by the engineers of the Radio abandoned

B.D.C. America," of Corporation Loyalists,

The Loyalsts continued their

on the Estremadura front, metal said "and it is clear that they attacks

3. Their description of the girl ot according to Insurgent reports, but our Picture Page on November these were all broken up, and in the desk convinces us that it was Miss counter-attacks, the Insurgents claim Joan Miller whom they watched. to have taken 365 prisoners and con- "Seldom do they and sound and

"material-huited vision simultaneously really good.”

siderable Press,

War

Advance On Igualada

Burgos, Jan. 17. General Franco's forces, advancing from Cervera along the highway to Barcelona, to-day captured four more towns, and are now within 12 miles

the big industrial of Igualada.

centre

of

Australia and Manila Stral and Holhow

Per

Canton... Emp. of Asia Hosang

Βασι

January 18.

January 18.

January 1B.

date, Imperial

Airways Plane

January 18.

Regensburg Tilawa... Carthage

January 18,

January 18,

January 10.

Fornfric

January 10.

Komo Maru Muinant

„January 10,

January 19.

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

Francisco date, 24th December). Pres. Harrison Straits and Europe via Suez (Papėra

ate.)London date, 22nd Decem ber and London Parcels-London date, 15th December 1938. Straits Haiphong. Fokhoi and Fort Bayard Sulyang Straits

Tegelberg Shanghзi

Antilochus Alr Mall by "Imperini Airways

Service"-London date, Imperiai Airways Direct

January 10..

Ranchi

January 10.

Soudon

.January 19.

January 19.

January 19.

January 21.

Plane

January 21.

Loos

January 21.

Pres. Pierce

January at

Victoria

January 21.

Yochow

January 21.

Felix Rousse)

..January 22.

January 22.

January 23.

January 24.

January 25.

January 25.

January 25.

- 14th January. Saliron

THE EXPLANATION The New York correspondent says that the explanation given by the Radio Corporation of America is:

Under certain conditions and at U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang- hal (Son Francisco date. 30th the iono- year certain times of the

December 1038). sphere-the upper layer of the at- that reflects bock radio mosphere tha

waves

Beross

*The Insurgents have occupied becomes sufflelently dense to the Atlantic the high- Pallerrols, Guardiorlada, Lluida, and frequency rays from the television

transmitter.

Aupillo.

reflecting layer is most heavily The reducing November.

December,

Igualada, 12 miles distant from the Insurgent vanguard, is reported to

charged be strongly fortified by the Loyalists.

January and February, The Insurgents are also threatening

R.C.A. engineers, experimenting Igualada from the south-west ad-

with receivers for projected tele vancing along the road from Mont vision stations in New York-they lunch. These columns are only 10 are being built now-got the first flickers from London last winter. A further 1,100 prisoners are re-tre parted to have been captured, togtherThey perfected the apparatus during

the summer

and

now have a screen with abundant wor materials and which automatically calls attention to itself when it has picked up sonic-

miles from Igualada,

ammunition.

[10 Since the beginning of the offen-ing Pictures have flickered on the sive, 38,000 prisoners have been re-

only a mi

minute; sometimes gistered and placed in concentration screen for

the show has gone on for five minutes

more.

Sometimes the pictures camps.

According to the Insurgent high for command, the advance is continuing: have been wildly distorted, but there at the same pace on all sectors have been times when they

uncannily clear. Reuter.

FRANCE SPEEDS

DEFENCES

(Continued from Page 1).

France by Cardinal Richelieu and! M. Clemenceau,

were

R.C.A. men say it must be under- stood that this reception is a freak for which they have to wait patiently and which never lasts long.

AIR RAID SHELTERS FOR BRITAIN

An order has been placed for 120.- 000 tons of steel which will be spread over a number of factories.-Reuter Bulletin.

London, Jan. 17. The French navy, said M. Cinn-

The Hume Office has placed urders pinchi, had honoured in the Itichelieu for 400,000 new steel air raid shelters one of the founders of the French which will be used for the occupants empire, as well as the vanquisher of of small homes. The shelters will be the Spanish, and a statesman who erected in the gardens and backyards etearly recognised that the power of lot houses, the nalamm must be founded on its military and naval strength.

the The navy had honoured in Clemenceau the victor of the world

and "an war,

authoritarian and statesman in those tragic days." The duty of the present Government was to preserve the liberty and well- being of the French natlon as it had been established by Richelieu in the 17th century, and saved by Clemen- ceau 20 years ago. Trans-Ocean.

U.S. TO TEACH ITS CHILDREN TO FLY

St. Louis, Jun. 17. Between seventeen and twenty million schoolchildren will be taught

IMPORTS WITHIN THE the theory of mechanical fight every

530 in

EMPIRE

Ottawn.

Canadian Imports during October from Empire countries amounted to £3,743,055, compared with £2,900,- 017 during September, and £5,071,-

October of last year. Imports during October from other countries were valued at £0,035,932, compared with £8,302,327 for September and £11,351,013 for October of last year.

Parted, Came Dying To Wife's House

SEPARATED from his wife, Re-

ginald Walter Stokes, 48-year- old jockey, stumbled dying to her house after taking polson, and heard her say, "Reg. Reg. I'll have you back," before he died.

"It is only your daddy," he said to his 11-year-old zon, who opened the door to him and called his mother.

I walked back to tell mummie," said the boy, telling the story at the Cambridge Inquest recently, "and daddy stumbled after mc und snt down on the bottom of the stairs.

"He said; I am dying? My mother came and gave him salt and water." "COME BACK TO ME" The widow, Mrs. Irene Henrietta Stokes, of Chesterton Read.

Cum-

bridge, continued the story:

"I said, 'Never mind, daddy, come back to me. will pull you up ngain. I had ceen him like it before,

In a distressed condition.

Mrs. Stokes said there was

an

agreed acparation order and there

were arrears in payment.

Verdict: "Suicide while the balance

of his mind was disturbed."

year, it was decided to-day by the National Acronautical Associations convention.

The children will be taught under systems similar to those used in Europe.

GALES SWEEPING UNITED KINGDOM

London, Jan. 17. Gales sweeping parts of the coun- try continue to-day. In the Channel the force of the gale reached 70 miles jan hour and stearners were unable to

leave.

At Aberdeen a trawler enpsized and It is believed the crew of eight or nine were drowned.-Reuter Bulletin.

GERMAN LOAN

TO TURKEY

Berlin, Jan. 17. Germany's economic loan of £12,- The scheme will be dovetailed with 000,000 to Turkey has been ratified. the Government's programme for The agreement was signed by Dr. tenching thousands of college students Walter Funk at Ankara in October.- how to fly-Reuter.

Reuter Bulletin.

Chimneys Swept

WITH PROPER APPLIANCES

BY OUR OWN TRAINED

STAFF.

PHONE

20269

A Clean Chimney

Means A Bright, Cheerful Fire

Shanghai

Swatow Saigon

Air Mail by "Pan American Airways

Direct Service"-San

date, 11th January, Java and Manila

Shanghai

Manila

Japan Straits

For

Swatow Shangbal Fort Bayard

Swatow

Francisco Pan American Airway Plane

Tilnegara

Agamemnon

Gheisenau

Kitano Maru Perseus

OUTWARD MAILS

Salgon and Parcels only for

many via Hamburg Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Tientsin

Japan

Japan (Parcels only)

Per

Wednesday

Anhul

Date and Time.

......Wed., Jan. 18, 1.30 p.m. Deucalion..Wed., Jan. 18. 1.30 pm. Tal Poo Sek..Wed, Jan. 18, 1.30 p.m. Thursday

Kiungchow Thurs., Jan. 19, 0,30 am. Ger- Regensburg

Air Ball for "Imperial Airways

Direct Service"dne London, 20th January

Thurs., Jan. 19, 10.30 a.m. Thurs., Jan. 19, 3 p.m. Sagres Hangsang ..Thurs, Jan. 19, 3,30 p.m. Kamo Maru Thurs., Jan, 10, 3.30 p.m. Ilosang....Thurs., Jan. 19, 5 p.m. Imperial Airways Plane

Thurs., Jan. 19, K.P.O.

Reg.

Ord.

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

G.P.O.

Reg.

Jan. 19, 5 p.m.

Ord.

Jan. 19, 7 p.m.

Air Mail for Malaya, Java und Aus- Imperial Airways Plane

tralia by "Imperial Airways Direct Service-due Sydney, 28th January

K.P.C.

Reg.

Ord.

Ord,

Swalow and Tientsin Manila

Fort

Thurs., Jan. 19.

..Jan. 19, 5 p.m.

Jan. 19, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.

Jan. 19, 6 pm,

Jan. 10. 7 p.m.

Tingsang... Fri., Jan. 20, 8.30 a.m. Pres. Harrison Fri., Jan. 20, 10.30 a.m.

Stralis, Ceylon, India, East and Carthage

South Africa, Aden, Egypt, Malta, and Europe vio Marseilles-due Marseilles. 17th February

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

Friday

Shanghai, Japan and Europe (except

Great Britain

and

Eiro)

via

Siberia.

Bayard and Holhow

Ranchi... Kingyuan

Holphong

Canton ..

Parcela Reg. Ord.

Sandakan

Saturday

Hinsang

Alr

Mall for "K.L.M. Airways Carthage Direct Service”-due Amsterdam, 31st January.

Reg.

Ord.

Papers for Stralis and (Parcels and Kumsang

Papers for Calcutta)

Parcels

Haiphong

Egang

Amoy and Shanghai

Swalow and Foochow

Manila and Naples due Naples,

11th February.

Papera

....Jan. 20, 6 p.m. Jan. 31, 0.45 a.m. Jan. 21, 10.30 am.

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

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

Jan. 21, 0.30 am. .Jan, 21, 10 a.IS, Sat, Jan. 21. Jan. 21, 11 a.m. Jan. 21, Noon ....Sat, Jan. 21, 1 p.m.

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

.Sat., Jan. 21, 5 pm,

Victoria

Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Hono- Pan

luit, and U.S.A, by the "Pan- American Airways Direct Service?" duo San Francisco 23th January

.Sat., Jan. 31, 5 p.m.

American Airways

Plane...Sat, Jan, 21:

K.P.O.

..... Jan. 21, 5 p.m. Jan. 21, 5.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

Jan. 21, 5 p.m.

Jan, 22, 5 p.m.

Swatow, Shanghot and Tientsin.... Fooshing......Sun., Jan. 22,9 a.m.

Reg., 0.

Ord..

Reg.,

Ord,

Sunday

Monday

Holbow

Muinam....Mon., Jan. 23, 11.30a.m. Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Imperial Airways Plane

Direct

Mon., Jan. 23. Service" dao London,

K.P.O. 30th January

„Jan. 23, 5 pan. Jan, 23, 5.30 p.m.

Beg.

Ord.

G.P.O.

Rek.

Jan, 23, & p.m.

Ord.

Jan. 23, 7 p..

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

tralia by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"--doc Bydney, 30ll: Jan.

Mon., Jan. 23.

K.P.O.

Reg.

.Jan. 23, 5 p.m.

Ord.

.Jan. 25, 5.30 p.m.

Reg.

Ord.

Anhul

Amoy

Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, USA, Emp.

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

Hothow, Pakhoi and Hulphong

LTD. Amoy and Shanghai

C.E. WARREN & CO., LTD.

St. George's Bldg., 1st Flr.

Madang, Salamaua, Tulng!

Rabaut Swatow, Shanghai and Tientsin

Tuesday

G.P.O.

Jan. 23, 5 pm.

Jan. 23,7 p.m.

,Mon., Jan. 23, 7 p.m.

of Japan... Mon., Jr, 23.

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

Parecis, Reg Ord.,

Sinklang Yunnan

Wednesday

and

...Jan. 23, 6 p.m.

Jnn, 24, 0.15 0.

no. 24, 10 ...

Tuca, Jan. 24, Noon.

..Tues., Jan. 24, 330 p.m.

Friderun Wed., Jan. 28, 10.30 a.m. Talsang....Wed, Jan. 25, 2.30 p.m.

A