1939-05-09 — Page 16

Tuesday,

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

CLASSIFIED NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. New Bills For

ADVERTISEMENTS 25 words $2.00

for 3 days propaid

NOTICE.

Council

DUKE PLEADS FOR PEACE

› (Continued from 'Page 1,) plish the great task before it is too late."--Reuter.

Notice in hereby given that

To Be Introduced Margaret Jane Russell of 42 Kennedy Road, Hongkong,

By Attorney General Tour Of Battlefields applying to the Governor for

THE HON. Attorney General, speech: followed a tour of the Verdun naturalisation, and that any por-Mr. C G. Alabaster, will intro battlefields, and was prepared with VERDUN, May 8-The Duke's TUITION GIVEN.

son who knows any reason why duce four important Bills in the co-operation of the Duchess of :SCHOOL OF MOTORING LTD.naturalisation should offers you trial or short or compre-granted should send a

not be Legislative Council on Thurs-Windsor. written day. hensive courses in motor tuition with Europeon

statement of the or Chinese instructors.

facta to the Phone 20862 or 50600.

Colonial Secretary, Hongkong.

FOR SALE.

FOR, HALE-Furniture at No. 177 Repulse Bay Road. Upholstered

settees and chairs, G.E. Refrigerator, stove, etc. Very reasonable prices. Write Box 531, "Hongkong Tele- graph."

THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

The Fifty-Eighth Ordinary Meeting of Shareholders will be hold at the Offices of tho under-

Exchange Atsigned on Thursday, the 18th May,

A Glance

T.T. London

Demand

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ROME ARMY READY

(Continued from Page 1) political penetration into the Balkan States United Press.

Text Of Pact

1939, at Noon for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Agents, together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1938.

The Prevention of Eviction Ordin-f purpose,

The Duke disclaimed any political once is to be amended by a which will provide that the provisions without the previous knowledge of

Bill

"I speak for no one but myself, tinue in foreo unt!! of the original Ordinance will con-

June 1, 1940. any Government." he said. There provisions were due to lapse) next month,

A Bill amending the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ordinance will Hive greater control over pet shops. made for the licensing, construction The Bill will enable regulations to be and proper suallary maintenance of there shops.

"I break this self-imposed silence now only because danger that we may all be drawing of the manifest nearer to a repetition of the grim events of a quarter of a century ago, to raise iny volce in expression of the The grave anxieties.. universal longing that we be delivered compel me

from the fears which beset us, and that we may return to normal cond)- tions." he declared.

The Trustee Ordinance amended by another Bill for the pur- will be pose of enabling any corporation Hongkong to be registered as a Trust and suspicions of everyday life carrying on banking business in only "reproductions of the jealousica He sold the present problems are Company.

Consolidation of the Colony's Or-in harmony with our fellow men.

In personal contacts we all still

live dinance necessitates introduction of the fourth Bill which empowers the civilisation by falling to do interna

Are we now going to destroy The Share Register and Tranz-editor of the Ordinances, under cer- tionally what we have learned to do fer Books will be closed from the tain clveumstances, to make appro-Individually?"United Press. 4th May to the 18th May, 1939, priate omissions and notations in the both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.

General Agenta.

Hongkong, 27th April, 1939.

THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,

LIMITED.

The Fifty-eighth Ordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Offices of the General Managers, Messrs. Jar- dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on Thursday, 25th May, 1939, at noon, for the

purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, passing the Accounts, and electing Directory and Auditors.

HOME. May B.-The text of the The Transfer Books uf the Italo-German pael will be drafted Company will be closed from the within the next few weeks, accord- 18th May to the 8th June, 1939 ** 10 the "Messagero," which inclusive, states that Count Ciano and Herr von Ribbentrop will probably sign the pact in the urge of their respective governments.

"The document is destined to fix the range and duration of our mutual abligations",

" says the "Messagero", which adds that this will put a final stop to talk about splits in the Axl and the possibility of detaching Holy from Germany.

150,000,000 Bloc

"Italy, with her Empire, and the German Reich, will form logether a body numbering 160,000,000, and to this formidable total must be added the populations of friendly countries. This shows the real weight of the new alance."-Reuter Special.

By Order of the Board,

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.

General Managers. Hongkong, 25th April, 1939.

AIR RAID ON ICHANG (Continued from Page 1.) Fulden, on Sunday, dropping 12,

number of houses, including the demolition and incendiary missiles. office of the Min Pao, a newspaper, were wrecked.

Yeaping, northwest of Foochow in Fukien, was raided for the first time by four Japanese warplanes yester day. More than a dozen bombs were rained in the castern and western been chosen as the venue for parts of the town. The raiders also,

Mussolini For Berlin

8.-Berlin

BERLIN, May

"signing" the Italo-German

hus

volumes.

are

HITLER FLIRTS WITH RUSSIANS (Continued from Page 1.) Poland, Rumania, and

Greece Irredeemable," he declared,

"Japan is out for domination in the East. During the great war we were reinforced by 1,000,000 from India, and the French had 500,- 000 from Indo-China.

Duko Answers Criticism

Verdun, May 8. After he had been informed earlier to-day that there had been criticism of his decision to broadenst, the Duke of Windsor authorised the following statement:

javitation to broadcast from Verdun, "When the Duke accepted the he did so realising that some criticism

men was

gaps without Russia, and with Japan "How are we going to All those as an enemy?"-Neuter.

Counter-Proposals

Paris, May 8. Britain's counter-proposals to the Soviet are based on a plan of having Russin gurantee the security of all

the nations which lie beste country and the Reich, these include Rumanin, it was asserted in French political circles to-day,

convinced, however, that a personal more than likely. Sincerely

with the uncertainty of the present some value just now, he feels that non-political message might be of

situation, there is no time to lose in giving one,"

The Duke broadcast from a room of a hotel, and he is returning to Paris on May 9-Reuter.

COUNCIL TO

BOOST BUDGET TO RECORD

England would then pledge herself to come to Russian assistance in the event of her becoming involved in a war as a rest of the guarantees.-Air Trans-Ocean.

sav

Collaboration?

and

London, May 8. The fact that Sir Williams Seeds, the British Ambassador to Moscow

M. Molotov him the text of the British proposals, handed shows that the British received satisfactory assurances that authorities M. Litvinoff's retirement implied no change in the Soviet foreign policy, and that they have hopes that the British counter-proposals will serve as a basis for mutual understanding. saya "Reuter's" diplomalle corres- pondent.

what would virtually have been an accept the Russian suggestion

Although the British offer does not

alliance, there is ground

for

for the on a reciprocal basis in the event of belief that it la based on collaboration aggression against Central or South European States, bordering on Russia.

There would be consultation and an exchange of Information, but at no moment would there appear to be Faked the city with machine-gun any specific proposals regarding the mare Central News.

shape the collaboration should as- sims-Renter.

tary and political pact, according

to trustworthy information.

The pact will be signed by Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini.

Il Duce will visit Germany for this

purpose.

KWANGTUNG RAID SHIUHING, MAY Japanese planes attacked the towns 0.-Seventeen

a large number of bombs. around Koming on Sunday, dumping Afterwards they winged their way Wanfow, southwest Shishing,

Formulation of the precise terms of to the pact is expected to be completed where they unloaded about 100 mis- during the nexi few weeks.siles. More than 40 civilian casual- Trans-Ocean..

ties resulted.-Central News,

WE

CORDIAL

EXTEND A

INVITATION

TO VISIT

ELITE

MODE

FOR THEIR

GRAND OPENING

OF

Labour

Amendment Lost LONDON, May 8-The amendment to the Military Training Bill was defeated by 387 votes to 145. without division.-Reuter.

The bill was read a second time

Unnecessary

(Continued from Page 1) - RENTA Raid Precautions activities. heading for which $330,065 in already set aside in the Budget.

new

д

Pensions Doubled

estimates for which ($2,070,000) al-

Government pensions, the Budget) ready constituted a record, will be dollar mark for the first time with carried beyond the three million

ture of $200,392, the approval of additional expendi-

It is noteworthy in this conarc- flon that pensions have more than doubled since 1935, when the total expenditure was $1,555,005.

Other items in the Supplementary Estimates which will

come up un Thursday ure:

May 9, 1939,

J. ULLMANN & Co.

More

than

1,000

DIFFERENT

STYLES

of

GOOD

WATCHES

PRICES,

QUALITY

POST OFFICE.

MAIL FOR CANTON Registered and Ordinary mall and Parcels (not Insured) will be ac cepted for Canton and despatched as elrcumstances permit.

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Mails are

closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertin-

VIA SIDERIA ROUTE Letters and Postcards for Europe ed to close at or before 9 am, re- (except Great Britain and Eire) and

South America are forwarded "gistered and parcel malts are closed Siberia" if no superscribed.

Fat 6 pm on the previous day, INWARD MAILS

From

Formosa

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"--London date. 3rd May

Calcutta and Straits

Shanghal and Amoy Java and Manila

Australia and Manila Amoy

Taiping

Van Heutsz

Manila

Tientsin...

Tientsin and Swatow

Shanghai

Saigon

Salgun

May D.

Fer

Duc:

Canton Maru

May OL

Imperial Airways Plane

BLAY 'D...

Sirdhana

May 9.

Taiyuan

Hazdane

.May 0

.Mny D.

May

Emp. of Japan

May 10.

Holhow

: May 10.

Hupeh

May 10.

Lima Maru

May 10.

Nanchang

May 10

Pres. Douner

.May 10.

date,

Ranchi Serooskerk Tango Maru Bhutan

May 10.

May 10..

May 10.

May 11.

Imperial Airways Plane

.May. 11.

Marechal Joffre

.May. 11.

Alr-

Airways plane

May 11

Pres. Harrison

› Atay 11.

May 11, May 11

Straits and Europe via Suez (Papers etc.) London date, 13th April and London Parcels London

8th April

Manlia

Japan

Strolls

Air Mall by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-London date, oth May Shanghai

Ale Mall by "Fan

American

ways Direct Service-San Fran- Pan American cisco date, 3rd May,

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

Francisco date, 13th April) U.S.A., Honolulu and Japan (San

Francisco date, 21st April) Shanghal

For

Pres. Pierce Tallhybius

OUTWARD MAILS

Shanghai and Dafren...... Fort Bayard and Haiphong Chuanchow and Amoy Swatow Bangkok

Canton

Shanghal and Jupan

Swatow

Swatow

Halphong

Foochow

Parcels only for

Calcutta

Rangoon

Parcels only for Straits

Amoy Swatow

Fer

Tuesday

Lippe

Date and Time.

Tues., May 9, 1.30 p.m Jean Dupuls..Tues., May 9, 2 p.m. Kingyuan....Tues., May 9, 3.30 p.m.

Anbul Hydra II

Wednesday

Tues., May 9, 4 p.m. Tues., May 0, 7 p.m.

Canton Maru Wed., May 10, 7.15 a.m. Fres, Doumer Wed., May 10, 0.30 am.. Yusang....Wed., May 10, 10.30 a.m. Talyuan..Wed., May 10, 1.30 p.m.. Canton.......Wed., May 10, 2 p.m. Chungking ..Wed., May 10, 2.30 p.m. Lima Maru Wed., May 10, 4.30 p.m. Van Heutsz..Wed., May 10, § p.m. Thursday

and

Tilsadone Thurs., May 11, 8.30 am.. Hangsang Thure, May 11, 19.30 am,

Shanghal, Japan and Europe (except

Great Britain and Eire) via Siberia Ranchi..Thurs, May 11, 10.30 am. Haiphong

Cheklang....Thurs., May 11, 11 a.m. Air fall for "Imperial Always Imperial Airways Plane

Direct 1811 May

Service"-due

London,

and

Tues., May 11.. K.P.0.

Ker. Ord.

...May 11, 5 p.m...

STYLE

.May 11, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O

Reg.

May 11, 5 pm.

21,483

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

tralia by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due Sydney, 10th May

Ord,

May 11, 7 pan.

Tues., May 11. KP.0.

Ileg.

....May 11, 5 pan.

7.270

53,284

ΤΟ

PLEASE

Ord.

May 11, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.

.229,512 15,082

Reg.

Ori

YOU

District Once South.$17,225 Fire Brigade

Supreme Court

Magistracies

Medical Department Volunteers

108,000 More Employed

further reduction in unemployment last month. The Ministry of Labour LONDON, May 8-There was a

estimates that the number of insured persons In employment in Great Britain at April 17 was approximately 12,511,000108,000 more than the basis 270,000 more than the year be- month before, and on

comparable

fore.

Mr. Gordon MacDonald (ab) op posed the bili on the ground that it had not the approval of the and that it was unnecessary.

country, Sir Edward Griff said

At the same date registered un- that Mr. employment totalled 1,044,394, com Lloyd George had made out an un-prising 1,343,205 wholly unemployed. answerable se for the bill, but 238,720 temporarily laid off, and 62.- Russia or no Russia, he did not doubt 370 normally in casual employment.

we should give a very good ac- This total was 82.535 count of ourselves if challenged.

less than in He suggested that the Government

March, and 103,370 less than in April intraduce a measure pledging the

1938-British Wireless. country to universal liability to serve in case of war, and to abolish the National Register,

that

Sir Stafford Cripps, opposing the

GAGE SUMMER MILLINERY ill, suggested that the Prime Minis-

fashions reflecting that inimitable sympathy with the mode which is the quality-mark of all excitalve creations,

MODE

KAYAMALLY BUILDING.

1912...

Varnon confesses to Irene that

the Show is unable to us thoir dancing act.

Ponniless.

stranded in Paris.

A tense moment in a film you

will always remember

Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogore.

In their BEST Pictura

'THE

ELITE

22, QUEEN'S ROAD.

STORY OF VERNON & IRENE CASTLE”

Princesses See Port Of London

LONDON, Muy B-Queen Mary ac- Elizabeth and

ter would make a more effective gesture to the world if he entered an agreement with Russia forthwith. Mr. J. McGovern said that the Independent Labour Party would do compunted Princess everything in Its power to encourage

Princess Margaret this afternoon, the young men of the country to re-when the princesses were shown the fuse to fight, and to resist conscripcruised ten miles from Tower Pier to Port of London. The Royal party

tion.

Sir Ronald Ross,

drawing any

Conservative Woolwich,

and

passed through

member for Leidenderry, opposed George Fifth Dock, as well as visit- Jistinction between ing the offices of the Port of London Northern Ireland and other parts of Authority-British Wireless. the United Kingdom.

Industry Noxt ?

Mr. Clement Attlee said that the Government had not shown the mili- tary need for the bill, nor had it shown that the men required could

More R.A.F. Recruits

LONDON, May 8-Recruits

not be provided by the voluntary Joined the R.AE. last week system. The bill was a surrender to bered 1,071, compared with The comeriptionists at home, and the Goverment was not very well in the corresponding week last year. formed on the demands from abroad.

British Wireless... Behind the bill loomed the spectre of industrial conscription.

Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, in reply to the debate, said that the Govern ment had received message after message

from

foreign reiterating that the measure of con

countries scription, above, other acts of tho

Saigon Manila

Air Mall for Manila, Guam, Hono- Jalu, and U.S.A. by the "Pan- American Airways Direct Ser- vice" due San

Francisco, 18th May.

May 11, 5 p.m. ..May 11, 7 p.m.

Marechal Jaffre Thurs. May 11,7 pm:" Pan American Pres. Pierce..Thurs., May 11, 7 p.m.

Airways plane....Thurs, May 11.

K.P.O.

May 11, 5.00 p.m. ....May 11, 5.30 p.m.

FLcg

Ord.

G.P.O.

May 11, 5.00 p.m.

Ord.

May 12, 7.30 am,

Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., Empress of Japan..Thurs., May 11,

Swalow

Manila and Brindisi-due Brindisi,

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

...May 11, 5 p.m.

May 12, 9.15 a.m.

.May 12, 10 a.m

Fri., May 12, 10.30 a.m. ....Fri., May 12, 10.30 a.m. Soocliow....Fri, May 12, 12.30 p.m.

Conte Rosso..Fri., Muy 12, 3.30 p.m.

for Indo-China, Iran, Air France Plane......Fri., May 12,

FINE

QUALITY

DIAMOND

JEWELLERY

Central and South America vin Vancouver B.C., and (Parcels and

Parcels,

Papers only for Canada)-due Vancouver B.C., 30th May

Reg

Ord.,

Friday

Swatow

Tingsang

Sandakan

Woolgar

4th June. Air Mail

Also

and France. (Paris and Northern Provinces only) by the "Alr Franco Airways Direct Service."

K.P.O.

Reg.,

Ord.,

....May 12, 5 pr. ...May 12, 5.30 p.m. OP.O.

Reg..

Ord,

LOOSE

South Africu, Aden, Egypt, Malta, and Europe via Marseilles-duc Marseilles, 0th June,

Straits, Ceylon, India. East and Carthage

Parcels, Reg.,

Ord.,

Saturday

DIAMONDS

WHITE-BLUE PURE

|J. ULLMANN & CO.

May 12, 5 p.m. .May 12, 7 p.m. Fri, May 12,

GP.C. and K.F.O.

Air Mall for "If.L.M. Airways Direct Carthago .....

Servico"-due Amsterdam,

.May 12, 3 p.. ..May 13, 0.45 B.m. May 13, 10.30 a.m.

....Sat., May 18. and K.P.O. .May 13, 0.30 am. May 13, 10 a.m. Sat., May 13.

May 13, 11 am.. May 13, Noon. Sat, May 13, 1 pm- .Sat., May 13, 5 p.m. Sat, May 13. G.P.O. and KP.O.

23rd

G.P.O.

May.

Popers and Parcels only for Calcutta Kutsang

Ord

Parcels, Papers,

Haiphong Japon

Mingsang Islami Manila, Australia and New Zealand Taiping

via Thursday Island-due Thurs day Island, 26th May.

Swatow

who

Dairen

num-

320 in

Established 1860

Air Mall for "Imperial

Direct Service"-due 22nd May

Chater Road

Hongkong.

BURGOS, May 8-Spain has with-

known

Spain Leaves The League

Government, would give them hope drawn from the League, of Nations, and greater Basurance in pursuing according to a report made the cause common to us all-Router, here to-day-

Reuter,

Parcels, Rex. Ord.,

.May 13, 4 p.m. May 13, 5 17.1. May 13, 5.30 p.m.

Sunday

Hupch

Sun., May 14, 9 n.m.

Monday

Talthyblus Mon., May 16, 9.30 am. Airways Imperial Airways Plano

London,

Mon. ray 15, K.F.O.

Lex.

May 15, 5 p.m.

Ord.

May 15, 6.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

Hez.

May 15. & p.m. Ord...May 16,7 p.m.

Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Aus- Imperial Airways Pland

tralla by "Imperial Airways Direct Service”-ndas Bydooy 22nd

May

ADO!

Bron, May 15.

K.P.O.

ner. Ord.

May 15, 5 p...

..May 15, 5.30' p.m.

O.P.O,

neg.

May 16, 5 p.m.

May 15, 7. p.m.