1939-03-22 — Page 23

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 22, 1939.

P&O-BRITISH INDIA (APCAR) AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES

(Companies Incorporated in England.) '

Taking Cargo on through hints of Lading for STRAITS, JAVA & BURMA, CETLON INTIA. MANIAN QULF, MAURITIUS, E. & 8. AFTICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUD ING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, RED SEA, ZGYPT, KUROPE, ETC

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERI (Under Contract with LM, GovernIEDS.)

ad view may call at any poris un or off the routa-and the route and sil patilogi ara subject to change or deviation with or without notice.

Tons From H'Kong about |

6,000 25th Mar, 0 a.m.

Steamers **BURDWAN

CANTON *ALIPORE

10,000 1st Apr.

0,000 10th Apr.

CORFU

↑ SOMALI CHITRAL

CARTILAGE

"BANGALORE

RAJPUTANA RANCH

14,000 15th Apr. 7,000 21st Apr. 10,500 | 200| Apr. 14,500 13th May 0,000 2011 May

17,000 27th May. 17,000) 100 June

-* Cargo only Calls Casablancs. All

SINDHIANA

J

Destination

B'bay, M'seliles, Havre, L'don, Hull, H'bg, R'dam & A'werp. Marschlies & London.

Stralis, Colombo, Bombay & Karachi.

Marsellies & London.

D'bay, M'scilles, Havre, L'don, Hull, Hbg, R'dom & A'werp. Marsellies & London.

'buy, M'scilles, Havre, L'don, Hull, Hbg, R'dom & A'werp. Bambay, Marselles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. vessels may call at Multa

BRITISHI INDIA APCAR SAILINGS (BOUTU.)

10,000 25th Mar, 10.30 a.m. S'pore,

SHIRALA

8,000 8th Apr. 10,000 | 22nd Apr.

8,000 0th May

TILAWA SANTHIA TALMA

10,000 20th May

Port Swattentan. Penang. Rangoon & Calcutta

DO.

EXO.

DO.

DO.

#1. Apcar Lips Biezmers have excellent accommodation for lat & ând clasà paNNenger XARTIIN & AUSTRALIAN BAILINGS (SOUTH)

NANKIN

NELLORE

TANDA

7,000 5th May,

7,000) 1st Apr. 11 um.

7,000

3rd June.

Manila, Rabaul, Briabans, Sydney, Melbourne & Hobart

Regular monthly sailings from Ukong, to Bhanghai & Japan & E'kong to Australia

CHITRAL

TILAWA

NELLORE

SANTHIA

CARTHAGE

TALMA

Hong Kong to Bydney-19 days.

BAILINGS TO SHANGĦAL & JAPAN,

15,500 30th Mar.

10,000 30th Mar.

Shanghai & Japan.

Shanghal & Japan.

7,000 8 April

8,000, 13th April 14.500 13th Apr. 17,000, 27th Apr.

Shanghal & Japan. Japan.

|Shanghai & Japan. Shanghal & Japan. Shanghai & Japan.

10,000 27th Apr.

Agcate

RAJPUTANA

" Cargo only.

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notics, parcela meamiring not more than 5 c.ft. will ba, received at the Company's Office up to new on the day previous to sailing,

For Passage Nates, Handbooka, Freight, ate.... apply

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO. Phone

CANADIAN=PACIFIC

G RAILWATSEDEXPA

Connaught 1.C.

TO CANADA, UNITED STATES and EUROPE

via Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama

EMPRESS OF ASIA via Honolulu....7.00 .. Thurs., Mar. 20. EMPRESS OF CANADA via Honolulu.....Noon, Fri. Apr. 14. EMPRESS OF RUSSIA via Honolulu EMPRESS OF JAPAN via Honolulu

EXPRESS OF ASIA

...Naan. Thu, Apr. 27.

..Noon. Fri., May 12,

Princess Josephine Charlotte, 11, eldest daughter of King Leopold of Belgium, already is taking her place in public life. Shown in centro- here she is seen with, nurses and children, during a visit to a public nursery at Brussels. Her mother. Queen Astrid, was killed in an automobile accident in Switzerland, in 1935.

Common people of Europe hope that war won't come this syring, as predicted by 'many, but are preparing for it, nevertheless. Here is a speelmen steel-lined bomb shelter in London, built for use as a first-aid and dress- ing station underground, la case of an air raid. Shelters are now available to private individuals or communities, as part of the defence, plans established by the government. Arched roof to let bombs glance off.

BANK NOTICES

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853,

Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED.

Authorised Capital Pald-up Capital ******* Reserva and Undivided £3,000,000

£3,000,000

Reservo Liability of Proprietor 19,000,000

+

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON:

38, shopɣate, E. C. %. Sub-Agencies in London:

11/122, Leadenhall Street, E. C. 3, West End Branch:

14/16, Cockspur Street, BW.. Blanchester Branch:

91, Mosley Street, Bianchester.

AGENCIES AND DRANCHES! Alor Star Hankow

Amritsar

Bangkok

Batavia

Kunta

Profits

$10.000,000.0

0,500,000.00

..................................... @ 2,883,033.09 HEAD OFFICE:—HONGKONG

10, Des Voeux Road, Central ·

NOARD OF DIRECTONS

Bir Shoun Chow, Chairman. Li Koon Chun, Bag. Li Lan Sang, Deg. P.K. Kwok, Esq. Wong Chu Son, Baq, Wong Yun Tong, Esq. Kan Yiur Po. Esq. Chang Chung Shek, EsqungPingWah,Kg KAN TONG PQ, Erg. Chief Manager. LI THE YONG, Eag, Manager. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:

Amoy Batavia Itombay Calcutta Haiphong

Hanikow Honolulu

Rangoon

Harbin Hongkong

Saigon

Seremban

Iloilo

Shanghat

11ombay

Ipoh

Singapore

Calcutta

Karachi

Sitiawan

Agencies;

Klant

Sourabaya

Clive

Kaud

Street

Fallin

Lumpur

Taiping Tientsin Tongkah

Kobe

Kowloon, London

Place

Kuching

[[Bhukot)

Canton

Madras

Talogiao

Cawnpore

Manila

Yokohama

Cebu Colombo Deli

Medan

New York

Pelping

Haiphong Hamburg

['cking)

Penang

FOREIGN EXCHANGE Banking Business transacted.

and Generat

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year or starter periods in Local or Other Cur renetes at raies which will be quoted on: application.

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with intereri allowed at rates obtainable on application. The Bank's Iizad Offies in London uin- derlaken Executor and Trusted business. and claims recovery of Britiali Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of the Agencies and Branches.

+ ·R, A. CAMIDGE,

Manager.

Manila Melbourne Nagasaki

New York Paris Pelping Penang

Rangoon Saigon

San Francisco

Seattle

. Semarang

Shangha Singapore Sourabaya

Swotow

Sydn

Vancouver

Every description of Banking and Ex- change business transacted: Loans Wast ed on approved securities.

Current Accounts opened in Zoca! Cur rency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies on terms which will bo quoted on application,

Safe Deposit Boxes To Lat.

RAN TONG PO

Chief Manager.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

Head Omeo:-19, Gracechurch Street, Landon, P.Ca

Authorised Capital Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital ... Reserve Fun and Rest

BANKERS1

£3,000,000

1,000,000

1,030,000

1,047,639

The Bank of England & Midland

Bangkok Bantboy Calcutta

Colomba

Delhi Galle Hongkong

Howrah

་

Bank, Ltd.

DRANCHES;---

Ipoh

Kuantan Kandy

Karach

Kato haru

Kuala Lipla

Madran

New York

Репалд Rangoon

Shanghal

Bila

Kuala Lumpur Singapore Kuala Trenggonu

DESPERADOES CAUGHT Police Mobile Search Unit Commended Charged with unlawful possession of two revolvers, ten rounds of am- munition and a dagger, at Ping Shan on February 5, four Chinese moles were sentenced by Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell at the Criminal Sessions Yesterday to three years' imprison- and Fixed Deposits at Rates that may be

ment with hard labour,

The men were Mok Yuk-yuen, Li Yan-tin, Li Hing-chau and Li Kwong.

All but Li Hing-chau pleaded guilty.

HONGKONG BRANCH

Every description of Banking and

Exchange Business transacted.

TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSUP UNDERTAKEN. Interest allowed on Current Accounts ascertained on application.

D. Benson,

Manager.

It was stated that a fifth man, LA CONSIGNEES NOTICE.

Ming, was also arrested with the

gang, but he hod escaped from custody at Kowloon Star Ferry on February 18 and had not since been found.

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

Steamship

"CHENONCRAUX"

No. 9 A/30 Bringing Cargo from Marseilles vla Salgon, etc., arrived Hongkong on Sunday, 10th March, 1930.

Mr. M. J. Abbott prosecuted for the Crown yesterday, and the case was heard before the following Jury. Messrs. G. W. Cooper' (Foreman), Pun Sha-feng. Chan Yi-tseung, I. Johnson. G. Gerrard, A. S. Basker and R. J. Manalac.

After Mr. Abbott had outlined the that their goods with the exception Consignees are hereby informed case, Sergt. W. Rothwell gave evi- of Opium, Treasure and

and Valuables dence that he was in charge of are being landed and stored into the mobile scorch unit between Pingahan Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon and Sheungshui on the day in ques- Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd., Kow- tion. About 8.30

p.m. he noticed ve Chinese walking towards his vehicle, loon, whence delivery may be obtain

ed Immediately after landing. which he stopped. He got out and All claims inust be sent in to me challenged the men, and his party on or before 20th March, 1939, or they proceeded to search them. Two of them threw away objects which later will not be recognized.

Damaged Packages will be examin- proved to be a dagger and revolver, ed by the Company's SurveyDT, and one other dagger was found. Messrs:-Goddard and Douglas in the Both revolvers were loaded. Lipresence of the Consignees at 10.00 Hung-chau was in the middle of the

a.m. on Saturday, 25th March, 1939. group, but he had no weapons on him.

Consignees must have a Revenue In--reply-to-prisoner,-witness Omcer in attendance when any dutie agreed that prisoner said something able goods are examined by the to him which he could not under- Company's Surveyors.

stand. Prisoner sald he explained No Fire Insurance will be effected that he was merely walking to Castle by us in any case whatever.

Air-conditioned equipment on C.P.R. Trans-Continental Trains Frequent Canadian Pacific Atlatie sailings to European Ports

TO MANILA

EMPRESS OF CANADA

Union

Building

.5.00 p.m. Thurs., March 23, Fri., Apr. 7,

Canadian Pacific

Telophone

20752

PRESIDENT LINER

SAILINGS

SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES

vin

SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA AND HONOLULU

"S S "PRESIDENT PIERCE"

SS "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"

SS "PRESIDENT TAFT

SS "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"

SS "PRESIDENT PIERCE"

& 8 "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"

Omite Shanghai,

J

SAILS MAY

SAILS MAR. 26th at 4.00 p.m

APR, 8th at 8.00

0.01. APR. 21s! at 8.00 0.032

5th at 8.00

Akti

MAY

1014

at 0.00 3.m

SAILS JUNE

3rd

at 0.00 A.m.

And fortnightly thereafter,

NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA SUEZ

S S "PRESIDENT MONROE"

&S "PRESIDENT ADAMS”

SAILS MAR. 29th

at 9.00 pm.

LA APR. 14th at 12.00 Noon

And fortnightly thereafter.

MANILA

98 PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"

S S "PRESIDENT TAFT"" SS "PRESIDENT ADAMS"

STRESIDENT CLEVELAND"

SAILS APR. Ord at

*

APR. 14th at 1.00 am. APR. 14th at 12,00 Noon APR. 30th at 1.00 nm.

✰✰ AMERICAN ★ ★

PRESIDENT LINES

ROUND WORLD SERVICES

11. Pedder Street

Telephone 28171

COUNT THE TELEGRAPHS.”

EVERYWHERE

New automatic armoured shelter for a gunner in a bombing plane is operated by Sir Kingsley Wood, British Air Minister, on a visil to an aircraft factory at Tolworth, England. Sir Kingsley stated that high speed of modern planes necessitated protection for the gunner if he were la operate successfully. This movable turret is the result,

hayly

This caricature shows Head of the G-Men J. Edgar Hoover, who announced he had taken over personal investigation of the Judge Manion case in New York. Charges are that the Federal Judge presided over cases of Higants who had feni money to his business "inferests Judge Manton recently resigned,

Peak and did not

know the other

men.

Sergt.

Perkins, Police

G. J. Armourer, testified that the large

revolver was useable, but the smaller

E. OHL, Agent.

Hongkong, 19th March, 1930,

one would require attention before bind him when the police party chal- It could be fired. Some of the am-lenged them. munition had been cut down to size, and not all of it was efficient.

System Criticised

The Jury, afier retiring, returned

a verdict of guilty, and his Lordship then passed sentence with the re- mark: You are all members of a Pang Yee, a Chinese constable, gang of desperadoes looking for a gave evidence, atter which his Lard- place to rob. ship said he

Mr. Abbott asked if his Lordship did not approve of did not consider that the system by which such junior officers stances of the arrest reflected merit circum- should take it upon themselves to caution arrested persons.

on the police, and his Lordship said: Evidence was given by other police. I am sure I am expressing the opinion men in the search party, and Sergl. of the community when I endorse this is a most Chittenden was tendered without your remarks that being called.

ineritorious capture on the part of the police.

The police Interpreter, Realton Chau, Bald LI Hung-chau when charged said, "Li Ming brought us to Ping Shan.""

In the witness box prisoner denied referring to Li Ming. He said he had slapped the night at Un Long and intended to walk to Castle Peak and take a bus to Shamabulpo, where his master lived. The other men, whom he did not know; were walking be-

METROPOLE

ROOM BATH $6

FROM CENTRAL

CLEAN

COMFORTABLE)

Glad to be alive after their harrowing experienos following the wreck of the Imperial flying boat Cavaller, at sen, three, of the five womciz survivors greet. New York from the deck of the rescue shlo Esso Baytown, in New York harbour. Left to right: Mim Nellis Tucker Smith, Mrs. George Inge ham and Mrs. Edsa Watson, all of Bermuda.

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