1939-04-18 — Page 16

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 18, 1939:

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 25 words $2.00

for 3 days prepaid

FRENCH NAVALU NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.

1

FORCES MASS

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JAPANESE USE GAS

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oil experts arrived in Liverpool to Hsiahsich, south of Wensi, inflicted day to confer with representatives of heavy losses to the Japanese garrison, the British War Ministry as to the killing and wounding over a hundred methods of delivering the suppliesmen, and reportedly injured the

puppet magistrate there. Trans-Ocean.

Norway Warni Shipping

The Ordinary. General Meeting of Shareholders in the above

To the cast of the Fen River, the Company will be held in the

Japanese forces at Yicheng, twenty TUITION GIVEN.

Company's Offices, P. & O. Build-

miles southeast of Linfen, have been surrounded by the Chinese troops. SCHOOL of Motoring Ltd. offers you ing, 5th Floor, on Wednesday,

Oslo, Apr. 17.

More than 1,000 Japanese at Kuwa, trial or short ог comprehensive 26th April, 1939, at Nuon for the

The Norwegian Ministry for Trade cushed northeastward to Yicheng in courses in motor tuition with Euro-purpose of receiving the Report of issued a decree to-day requiring the an attempt to drive a wedge into the Dean or Chinese Instructors. Phone the General Managers together management of all Norwegian ship-Chinese ring, were waylaid by the with a Statement of Accounts toping companies to instruct all mer defenders at. Nantanchen and beaten chant vessels in foreign waters to back after recalving a large number the 31st December, 1938,

keep permanently in touch with the of casualties.

At Wensi, the Japanese forces have Norwegian wireless information ser- vice, as this service will at once issue been increased to 2,000 men and fierce reports should danger of war in Gghting has Europe become acute-Trans-Ocean, vicinity-Central News.

20882 or 60800.

Exchange At A Glance

SELLING

T.T. London

Demand

T.T. Shanghai

T.T. Slugspore

T.T. Japan

T.T. India

18. 2

1s

2%

.52%

104%

.81%

T.T. USA.

2814

T.T. Monila

57%

TT. Bataylı

53%

T.T. Bangkok

152

T.T. Saigon

T.T. France

T.T. Germany

TT. Switzerland

TT. Australia,

BUYING

4 m/s. Le London

107 .10.75

1205 1/07

4 m/s D/p

do.

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

4 m/s. France

1/212 1/2.31/32

.20% 11.17

30 d/s Indin

.02

U.S. Cross rate in Lon.

.4.60

AIM OF EIRE

IS PEACE

{* ad of panujitoɔ) defend ourselves, so that no one can hope to nithek us, or to violate our territory with impunity.

"I have no doubt that this is the

The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from Saturday, 22nd April, to Wednes- day, 26th April, 1939, both days Inclusive.

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO. General Managers, Hongkong, 12th April, 1939.

THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Third Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Head Office, No. 6 Des Voeux Road Central, on Saturday, April 22nd, 1939, at 3.00 p.m. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Board of Directors and the State- ment of Accounts for the year ending December 31st, 1938.

The Transfer Register will be

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Hitler Reviews Troops.

Vienna, Apr. 17.

von General Herr Hiller and Brauschileh to-day reviewed recruits ot St, Poclten, 30 miles west of Vienna-Reuter.

Foar Of Forca

Berlin, Apr. 17. Well Informed sources are of the opinion that Germany will renew her proposals for the return of Danzig to the Reich.

broken out 1r the

Japanese Excuses

Shanghal, Apr. 17. Japanese quarters admit that the Chinese forces have undertaken on offensive recently, but claim that such movements are now dying down, and that in any case, they favoured the Japanese troops, since they enabled the letter to strike at large Chinese concentrations, Instead of, as viously, scattered groups.

pre-

stated that the However, it la various engagements a result of the offensive were insignificant, In- volving only อ small number of troops, and resulting in comparative- ly shall losses. Trans-Ocean.

Drive On Nanchang

Germany All sources insist that will not take Danzig by force, since

Tungslang, Apr. 18. they fear that a forcible move either against Danzig or the Polish Corridor

Chinese troops launching a counter- will probably, be a signal for general

drive ngairist the Japanese at hostilities, which Germany Is Nanchang have crossed the Fu River flowing to the southeast of Nanchang. rently sulli anxious United Press.

Llentang, nine

Two

to nvold.--

Air Raid Sirens

London, Apr. 18.

extraordinarily

hundred

They are approng.

miles from

Some 200 Japanese, however, attempted to cross to the south bank of the Fu River yesterday to attack

Chinese,

ese. They were fired upon by the

closed from April 10th to 22nd. powerful air rald sirens are being the Chinese while crossing.

1939 inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

M. Y. TANG, Chief Manager.

Hongkong. April 1, 1939.

3.35 INCHES OF RAIN

installed throughout the entire Lon-

don oren.

It is said they will create "the most distressing sound ever created by man"

as to be audible above the trame sounds.

They will be audible over an area of 200 square miles-United Press.

Italian Preparedness

Rome, Apr. 17. The military preparedness of the sified with the publication to-night Last Three Days of an official Gazette announcing

Royal decree which will become Royal effective immediate rises an extra- Figures supplied by the

The decree Observatory last night showed that since Saturday inorning 3.35 inches ordinary appropriation of une million

columna The Japanese

driving southward from Nanchang along the Chickiang-Kongsi Railway has failed to make any leadway. It has been held in check for days at Liangchiatu, 20-mile

miles south of Nanchong.

Japoning intermittently

batteries at

at Kadan have

been

across

policy of the vast majority of our Outcome of Falls During | Italian nation has been further inler Saturday they succeeded in breaking

people,

"To enforce it will require the closest co-operation of all sections. It is with a view to such contingen- cies that a volunteer force has been established, but the present crisis demands that we should look for several thousands more.

"New regulations and conditions of service will be published in about a week.

Chinese troops Chin River. counter-attacking Kaoan are re

Last ported to be outside the city,

challenged the into the clly and Japanese Lo street fighting. However, they later withdrew-Central News, Brisk Kwangtung Fighting

Yungyun, Apr. 18. Brisk gluing continues

between

advices from the of rain had fallen in Hongkong. This lire annually for ten years with Teengshing and Tsungfa, according to brings the total rainfall for 1939 up which the "fighting efficiency of the latest military

Kwanglung front-Central News. to 0.1 inches, which, though far below Army" will be strengthened. Hongkong's present needs, is ottle better than the period.

average

for

the

King The decree, is signed by Emmanuel, Mussolini and the Italian Minister of Finance-United Press.

meant

The intermittent rain has unpleasant conditions for all, but in the light of Hongkong's urgent need of rain these conditions have been accepted with a good grace. Heavier

"Only the mercy of providence can save Europe from a new war, more terrible and disastrous than the last Once war has begun, no one can know how It will end, but It is certain that it would ruin victor and vanquished alike," and more protracted falls are neces- -------Reuter...

sary If the Colony's reservoirs are to be properly replenished after last year's exceptionally dry conditions.

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ANTI-AGGRESSION FRONT EXPANDS

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The rain was lighter yesterday and ed on the Premier on his return towards evening stopped altogether. from ten days sick leave-Reuter,

gave The overcast sky, however, promise of continued wet weather.

ARMED ROBBERY Money and Jewellery Taken By Three Men

Polish-Rumanian Talks

Warsaw, Apr. 17, Colonel Beck, the Polish Foreign Minister, travelled to Cracol to-day to great his Rumanian colleague, M. Gateneu, who is on his way to Berlin. The two-Foreign Ministers-con-

tinued their journey together as far as Kattowitz, which afforded them for opportunity of conversing over an hour.

Gafencu will Foreign Minister

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Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury

China's Leading Evening Dally

Shanghai Sunday Mercury Shanghai's... Undeclared War

A Permanent Souvenir of the---

SHANGHAI HOSTILITIES

•

Shanghai Under Fire

Suid to have entered the third floor of No. 22 Second Street, West Paint, at 8 p.m. on Sunday under the spend the night at Bresiou, from A de-luxe Pictorial Review of the pretext of searching for oplum, where he will proceed to Berlin- three men, one of whom was armed | Trans-Ocean. with a revolver, rabbed the

inmates

SHANGHAI HOSTILITIES

of the house of $60 Hongkong cur-Rumanian-German Conferences Through Four Provinces

reney, $80 Chinese

currency.

and jewellery to the value of $81,

BERLIN, Apr. 17. the police, Leung The Rumanian Foreign Minister, M. In a report to Mal-chung sald

she was at home Gafencu, will arrive here lo-morrow with two other

and four to conduct a series of vital women, children when the

door terences.. Iront

entered. and

It is understood that the German opened

three

men

con-

with Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury Correspondents.

+

Ta Mei Pictorial (Bl-Ingual)

present hostilities.

The strangers sold something about Foreign Minister will insist that A Semi-Monthly Publication of 28 looking for opium and then one of Rumania decides immediately whe-pages on the Bem produced a revolver and held ther she will join the Rome-Berlin Photo news, up the inmates while the other two Axis or adhere to Mr. Chamberlain's! searched for money and valuables, anti-Axis bloc.-United Press......

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POST OFFICE.

MAIL FOR CANTON Registered and Ordinary mail and Parcels (not Insured) will be ne cepted for Canton and despatched as circumstances permit.

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES

Registered and Parcel Malls are closed 15 minutes earlier than the Ume given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertis-

VIA SIBERIA ROUTE Letters and Postcards for Europe (except Great Britain and Eire) and ed to close at or before 9 a.m., re- South America are forwarded "vial gistered and parcel mails ara closed Siberia" if so superscribed..

lat 8 pm. on the previous day.

From

Shanghai

Tientsin and Swatow

Direct Bervics”—London 12th April.

INWARD MAILS

Рет

Duo.

Ajax

April 18.

Straits

Cremer

April 18.

Haiphong

Canton

April 18.

Haiphong and Fort Bayard

Kingyuan

April 18.

Nanchang

.April 18.

Salkon

Straits

Ninghai Tegelberg

April 18.

April 18.

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways

date,

Shanghai and. Swatow

Imperial Airways Plane...Apell 19." **** Klongs

April 10.

Air Mall by "Pan American_Alr-

ways Direct Service"-San Fran- Pan American Aleways Plane cisco date, 12th April.

April 19.

Manila

Fres. Tatt

April 19..

Roseville

April 19.

Bangalore

.April 20..

Canada, U.S.A., Japan, and Shang-

Australia and Manila

hal (Vancouver BC. date, 1st April).

Emp. of Russla

April 20.

Kamo Muru

.April 20.

Bangkok and Swatow

Mulnam

April 20.

Japan and Shanghat

April 20.

Amoy

April 20.

Straits

April 21.

Straits and Manila

April 21.

Formosa, Japan and Shanghal

April 21.

For

Canton

Manila

Straits

Fort Bayard

Somall

Tilawa Bellerophon

Gnciseñou

Hukozaki Maru

OUTWARD MAILS

Per

Tuesday

Swatow, Amoy, Chuanchow and

Foochow

Japan!!

Salgon, Madang,

Rabaul

Shanghai

Tientsin

Swntow

Parcels only

Salamaua

and

Dato and Time.

Hunshan Maru

Tues., Apr. 18, 1.00 p.m. Wing Wah,.Tues., Apr. 18, 1 p.m.. Haitan.....Tues., Apr. 18, 3 p.m.. Kutsang .Tues., Apr. 19, 7 p.m. m/v Neptune..Tues., Apr, 18, 7 p.m. Tegelberg..Tues., Apr. 18, 7.00 p.m.

Wednesday

Ninghai ... .Wed., Apr. 10, 0.30 a.m.. Wed., Apr. 19, 10.30 a.m.

Wed., Apr. 19,

Mingsang

for Straits, Penang, Ajax Ceylon, Aden, Egypt, Marseilles and London-due London, 25th May.

Shanghai

Haiphong Amoy

Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Hono- lula, and U.B.A by the "Pan- American Airways Direct Service”? -duo San Francisco, 26th April.

Haiphong Manila

G. P. O, and K. P.0. Purcels,.......Apr. 19, Noon. Diomed....Wed., Apr. 10, 1.30 p.m.. Wingsang.....Wed., Apr. 10, 3 p.m.. Tainon.....Wed., Apr. 19, 3.30 p.m. Pan American Airways

Plane

K.P.O.

Wed., Apr. 19.

.Apr. 10, p. Apr. 19, 5.30 p.m. G.F.O.

..Apr. 19, 5 D

Apr. 20, 7.30a.m.

nez.,

Urd.,

Rec.,

Ord..

Thursday

Canton

Thurs., Apr. 20, 2 p.m.

Emp, of Russia

Thurs., Apr. 20, 3.30 p.m..

Thurs, Apr. 20. K.P.O.

Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Imperial Airways Plano

Direct Service" doe London, 27th April

..Apr. 20, 5 p.m.

ADE.

20. 6.30 p.m. G.P.O.

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

iralla by "Imperial Airways Direct Bervice"-due Sydney, 20th April

Shanghai Japan....

Shanghai, Jayon, Honolulu, U.S.A., Central and South Amerien via San Francisco and (Papers only for Canada)-due San Francisco. 11th May and Europe (except Great Britain and Eire) vin Siberia

KCE.

Ord,

Reg.

.Apr. 20, 5 p.m.

Ord.

...Apr. 20, 7 pa

Thurs., Apr. 20.

K.P.O.

Reg. Ord.

.Apc. 20, 5 p.m..

..Apr. 20, 35.30 p.m..

..Apr. 20, 5 p.m.~

Reg. Ord.

G.P.O.

.Apr. 20, 7 p.m.. Bangalore Thurs., Apr. 20, 7.00 p.m. Kamo Maru..Thurs., Apr. 20, 7 p.m.. Thurs., Apr. 20, President Taft

G. F. O, and K. P. O. - Parcels,

Friday

Swalow and Foochow ..... Papers only for Straits and (Parcels

and papers) for Calcutta Formoss, Shanghai and Japan Shanghai

Air Mall for Indo-China, Iran, and France (Paris and Northern Pro- vinces only) by the ""Air France Always Direct Service"

Re

Ord.,

.Apr. 20, 5 p.m. ..Apr. 21, 9.45 a.m. Apr. 21, 10.30 ...

Yochow....Fri., Apr. 21, 10.30 a.m.

Fri., Apr. 21.. Sulsang ..

..Apr. 21, 11 am. Parcels Papers...Apr. 21, Noon- Hakusan Maru Fri., Apr. 21, 3.30 p.m. Gneisenau...Fri., Apr. 21, 4.30 p.m.

...Fri, Apr. 21. Air France Plane ......

K.P.O.

....Apr, 21, 5 pm

Air Mali for "E.L.M. Airways Direct Hakozak! Mara....Fri., Apr. 21.

Service"duo Amsterdam,

May

4th

Ord.,

..Apr. 21, 5.10 p.m..

G.P.O.

lieg.,

.Apr. 21, 5 p...

Ord

Apr. 21, 7 pm.

K.P.O...

.Apr. 21, 5 p.m.

Ord.

Apr. 21, 6.30 p.m. G.F.O.

Reg.

.....Apr. 21, 5 pan.

Stralls, Ceylon, India, East and Hakozaki Maru Apr, 21.

South Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles-due Mar- scilles, 20th May

Ord.

Apr. 21. 0.30 p.

Reg.

||||Apr.”21, 0 p.m.

Ori.

.Apr. 21, 5.30 pm.

G.P.O.

Reg.

.Apr. 21, 5 p.m.,

Ord.

Saturday

Pronto

Halphong

Fort Bayard, Pakhoi and Haiphong Klangsu Amoy

Cremer

Sunday

Shanghai

Conte Blancamano

Esang

Swntow

Sulgon and Bangkok via Swatow... Kalgan Fort Bayard, Pakhol and Haiphong Klangsu

Monday

Apr. 21; 7 p.m.

Sat., Apr. 22; 10 am

„Sat., Apr. 22, 2 p.m. Sat, Apr. 22, 3.30 p.m.

Sun., Apr. 23, 8.30 am. Sun., Apr. 23, 9 am. .Sun., Apr. 23, D a.m. Sun., Apr. 23, 9 a.m.

Air Blail for "Imperial Airways Imperial Airways Piano

Direct Service" due. London, 1st May

Apr: 24, 7 p.m..

3. Mon., Apr. 24. K.P.O.

Hex.

...Apr. 29. 3 p.m.

Ord.

(Apr. 24, 5.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

Пек.

.Apr. 20, 5 pa

Ord.

Plane

Mon., Apr. 26.

tralla by

Direct Service"dae Sydney, ist. Fr

EP.O.

neg.

abr. 25, 8 p.m.

Ord.

.Apr. 24, 2.30 p.m.

Reg.

Ord.

Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Aus- Imperial Airways

Airways "Imperial

GP,0.

.Apr. 24, 5 P.

Apr. 24, 7 p.m.