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Royal Prize Winners
Was
At Show
London.
The King and the Duke of Bed- ford,were prize winners at the Hert- fordshire Agricultural Society's show at Hatfield Park recently. The King awarded rats in two classes. The Duke and Duchess of Glouces→ ter spent about three hours in the showground. Heavy horses made o brillant display, and dotry Short- In the horns had some good classes. Shire horse classes the society's gold medal went to the Duke of Bedford for the four year old Ally Woburn Debutante. Among tome good Sufs falk horses the King won first award with his 7 year old mare Vernons Marguerite.
Modern Methods In Court
London.
The depositions at Brentford police court were taken down direct on to a typewriter by the Clerk, Mr. Bray. Brentford is the Arst court in tho London aren to do this. "The greatest beneft" said Mr. Gray, "Is derived by people who have to read the depositions if a case goes for trial. If they cannot read a Clerk's writing from the lower court. they absolutely at sea."
pre-
Bohemian London Going
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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NOTICE
R.
Owners of Motor Vehicles are hereby notified that they will be prosecuted if their vehicles are found unlicensed on the ronda after 21st July,
Similar action will be taken against unlicensed drivers.
C. G. PERDUE, Commissioner of Police. 18th July, 1939.
REAL STORY OF THE LUKOUCHIAO INCIDENT IS TOLD AT LAST
(Continued from Page 7.)
refused and referred his demand to the Pelping authorities.
infuriated the This apparently Japanese commander for he im- mediately tightened the military A com- pressure on my little elly. plete brigade under General Kawanube was sent to the scene und fresh fighting commenced, Simul- taneously a Chinese column from Papaoshan under Colonel Ho Chi- teng attacked the Japanese flank and the conflict was under way in real isirnest,
Bombardmant Starts
"At 6 pm. General Kawunobc sent me a message saying they were going to bombard the city with henvy
and advising all KALEN
Chinese civilians to evacuate
nnit also instructing the two Japanese dele- gates to the investigation committee to leave before the bombardment be- Can
"I replied saying that the Peiping authorities' would care for the safety af its civilions and also that the two Japanese would remain Inside Wanping's walls.
"Inmediately they received my reply, the Japanese commenced the
surd bombardment
heavy shella Instile enused considerable damage the elly. A1 8 p.m. the Chuese battalion under Colonel Ho Chi-feng had succeeded in routing the Japan- ere who retreated to Sakang where they consolidated their position In defence works which had been con structed by Chinese troops in the hummer of 1035.
"Meanwhile the Peiping authorities rcin- attitude had stiffened, fresh forcements began to arrive on both sides and eventually the Political Council of Hopel and Chorlar sent counter demands to the Japanese asking for an immediate withdrawal from Fengtai and Wanping:
"That night we staged a night raid on the Japanese positions, but they were well protected in their defence works and our aid net with little success. At midnight I received a telephone call from Pelping saying that the Japanese had agreed to their demands. In return for the Japanese evacuation of the Wonping disrtict, I was told, the Chinese regular troops should withdraw to the outskirts of the city and a Peace Preservation
Corps 300 strong under General Shili You-shan would arrive in Wanping from North Hopel to replace the regulars,
Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Exchange At A Glance
SELLING
TIT. London Demand do, TT. Shanghat T.T. Singapore T.T. Japan TT. India
T.T. Bangkok
Politicians Want New Diet Session
.
Tokyo, July 17.
July
18, 1939.
Narkunda Not Badly Damaged
LONDON, July 17.-The P. and 0. The executive committee of the Company announce that the Nor- People's Social Party has submitted kunda, which suffered a severe ax- petlilon to the Premier asking, him plosion in her No 0 hold, resulting in to summon the Diet for a special the death of three of the crew and session in connection with the Anglo-Injuries to 20 olliers, has been grant- ed a seaworthy certificate, and she Japanese talks,
her Journey to Australia-to-morrow
The petition states that the con- will resume ference was an extraordinary event, Colombo alming at a new order in East Arla, morning-Reuter. It was therefore necessary to explain Japan's policy clearly and unam- biguously before the entire
to Increase the strength of all means.-- national unity by Trans-Ocean,
1/2+1 1/21
.220
.62%
1044
..02
T.T. USA.
20g
T.T. Manila
57%
TT. Batavia
33%
151
and
T.T. Saigon
107%
10.80
T.T. Germany
.714
1204
stralla
1/012
BUYING
1/210
4 m/s D/P do,
1/2.21/32
4 m/s L/C USA.
2034 11.22 -83
T.T. France
TT Cvitzerland
4 m/s L/C London
4 m/s Fronce
30 d/s India
U.S. Cross rate in Lon. ..4.00
H.K. Stock Market
wer
The following quotations Issued on the Hongkong Stock-Mar- ket this morning.
BANKS
H.K. Banks $...... H.K. Banks, Lon. £.. Chartered ...... Mercantile, A. & D. L. Mercantile, C. L.
1,330
771% 17.
.74 21.
244.
.124 n. .80 n.
Men And Women In Brawl
Hul Sing. Au Yu, Au Wan and Chan Sam, with others not in custody were charged before Mr. T. J. Hous
POST
OFFICE.
INWARD MAILS
Per
From
Formosa from
Amoy Tientaln
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Bervice" London dato, 12th July
Violent Heat-Wave Bangkok and Saigon
Hits Yugo-Slavia
Belgrade, July 17.
A tropical heat wave is sweeping lasted a week, and to-day became even more Intensive.
Yugo-Slavia and Slovenia. It has
In the Bosnian town of Tuzla, a of over 120 degrees temperature fahrenheit in the shade was recorded,
ton at the Central Magistracy tha while the sun temperature of the morning with behaving in a disorderly Dalmatian spa of Ülzin passed the manner by fighting and throwing 100 mark-Trans-Ocean. stones in the vicinity of Ming Yuen Street West.
First, second and third defendants pleaded guilty and were bound aver for $25 to be of good behaviour for one year, whilst the fourth defendant said it was not her fault as her son started the fight. She was remanded the for 24 hours in order to help police to look for her son.
Pathetic Story Told Court
East Asia $.
INSURANCES
Contons $.
.230 n.
Union $..
Chloe Underwriters $. H.K. Fire $.
415 n. 1.35 n. .185 n.
SHIPPING
Lau Chung, 19, unemployed, was charged before Mr. T. J. Houston at the Central Magistracy this morning without with travelling in a Bus paying the legal fare and with intent Man Yin. 32. lo avoid payment. China Bus inspector was complain-
.67 n.
15.
00 n.
Douglases $. Steamboats $. indo-Chinna, P.S Indo-Chinas, DS. Shell Bearer s/s Waterboats $.
DOCKS ETC. Wharves. $... Docks, $... Providents $. New Eng. Sh. $.. Sh. Docks, Sh. $.
ADNING
Kailan s/ Raubs $. Venz, Gold $. Hongkong Mines cts.
LANDS
Hotels S.. Lands $. Land 4% de. $. Stal Land Sh. $ Humphreys $. H.I. Realties $ Chineze Estates $.
UTILITIES
Trains $... Peak Trams (old) $, Peak Trams (new) Star Ferries $.
.30 n. .82/6 n
.8.30 n.
ant
Soviet Increases Production
Moscow, July 12. According to the Central Burenu of the Five-Year Plan, the production
issued
seven Com- by figures missarlats, including those of Defence and Meclinical and Industrial Cons- truction, for the first term of 1930 were 27 per cent, higher than figures Pro- for the same period last year. duction in the USSR.'s chemical industry increased by fifteen per cent.
lavas.
Hens Snub Air Conditioning
Berkeley Cal.
Defendant said he was very poor and had just arrived from Canton, he said he had no parents as they were both killed in the bombings in The University of California ex- Canton. At present he was staying perimented for a year to ascertain if egg production could be increased by at his school-mate's home.
Defendant was remanded for 24 keeping the hens in cooled hen- Only to allow the pollee to in-houses. The answer was no.
unc thing
the was ascertained, 4vestigate his story.
university reported, and this was that in the hot days, the hens were noticeably more comfortable in the cooled henhouses,
17
.100 a.
.8.30 p.
.100 n.
.17/6 n.
.3.40 .
.4.
.4 n.
,514 11.
hours
TO COMMAND RESERVE FLEET
LONDON, July 17-Vice-Admiral
354 R. H. T. Raikes has been appointed
SOVIETS REPULSED BALSHAGAL, July 18.-Accord-
par b. Vice-Admiral cornmanding the re-ing to Japanese claims, an attempt by
. .
serve feel of destroyer flotillas
8 n. from July 20. 4.60 n.
to
as Outer Mongol and Soviet troops
cross the Khalha River at dawn ca
This appointment, in succession lo July 13 was repulsed with heavy 100 n. Vice-Admiral Sir Max Horton was lossen. announced last week, and then post- 10.00 s. poned-Reuter,
7.40 n.
.3.70 n.
.65% n.
.22% n.
.8.35 5.
.5.40 n.
54 sn
18.
Y. Ferries S..... China Lights (old) $.. China Lights (enw) $. H.K. Electric $.. Macao Electrics Sandakan Lights $. Telephones (old) $.... Telephones (new) $. Tractions st- Traction (Pref.) 5/-
INDUSTRIALS Cald: Macg. (ord.), Sh. $.. 14 n. Cold: Macg. (Pre.), Sh. $...13 m. Canton Tees $.
.1 b. Cements. $.
.12.00 b.
3.70-T
"The Peace Preservation Corps, however, did not arrive the next morning July 9, and it was revealed
uter-that-they-had-been-stopped-by---H.K-Ropes-5: the Japanese. A group of 30 of them, unarmed, led by Chow Szc- ching arrived nt
that day,
noon
Chow was a pro-Japanese official of the Political Council of Hopet und Charhur provinces. I conséquently refuses to receive his group.
Tricked By Manoeuvre
Later the full 300 Peace Pre- servation Corps arrived, also un- arned). the Japanese authorities having insisted that they should be
unarmed.
With their arrival, the Japanese troops went through the movements of withdrawal, but their move was obvious. Actually they were rela- foreing positions on the outskirts and although I complied by evacuating the Chinese regulars as my part of With the closing of the Adelphi the, negotiations, I realised the Hotel bar for the last me rezently, cleverness of the Japanese strategy
was
London,
one of the last links with the great | In manoeuvring me into having only days of Bohemia was broken. The a few regulars and 300 unarmed Adelphi Hotel
originally Peace Preservation Corps in my little "Osbornes" and is mentioned by that city.
From the title in "Pickwick Papers,"
negotiations subsequent detailed description there is little
successful and Inter- doubt that Dickens went there fre- quently.
Elk Ignores Scarecrow
Flagstaff, Ariz. Forest Ranger Bill Brown's efforts to raise a garden at his ranger station In Long Valley are all in väln. Even a scarecrow, taments Brown, won't scare away an eik. He said every time he planta a garden the elk bent him to the harvest,
Twin Of 15 Fly 8,000 Miles
"The were not mitlent fighting between my few remaining regulars occurred until on July 12 1 was agala summoned 10 elping to partake in negotiations. On my journey I saw the concentra- tion of Japanese troops, and I had grim forebodings as to how equal the 'negotiations' would be.
To cut a long story short, it was while I was partaking in the so-called negotiations that I received word that the Japanere had launched a major offensive on Wanping. Later a general attack, by Use this ted Chinese 20th Army and. the Slo- Juponese way had commenced with a, vengeance.
STORES, &c. Dalry Farms (old) $.... Dalry Farma (new) $. Watson $...... Lane, Crawfords $.. Sinceres $...... Wing On (H.K) $..
Powell, Ltd. $.
COTTON MILLS Ewo Sb. $. Shai Cotton Sh. $
.23 n. 7.60 n. 18/- n. 22/- 1.
.21 n. .21 .
8.40 n.
7.30 n.
1.00 n.
.41 b.
1.1 .
18.30 n. 105 . .42 n.
Zoong Sing, Sh. $. Wing On Textiles, Sh. $....48.
MISC.
H.K. Entertainments $. Constructions 3.
.0.90 n. .1,55 n.
Vibro Piling $.
.8 ».
Ch. Goyt. 5% 1925
G. Bonds.......37% n. II.K. Govt. 4% Loan 4% prm. b.j Morsmans (Lon.) s/~ Marsmans ¿3‚Í ¤¿-
14/6 n. ....4/- n.
MANILA SHARES Following are sales and bid prices:
July 17. July 18, Afternoon Morning
Closing
Antamok
Atok
Bagulo Gold Batong Buhay Benguet Cons Big Wedge Coco Grove Cons. Mines Demonstration IX.
ipo Gold
logon Mining Mambulao Cans. .... Mastale Cons....... Mind. Motherlode .. Ming Operations ...
Paracala Gumaut.. North Camarines. San Mauricio
Surigao_Conn. Huyoo Cons....
Nyixilcato Invest. United Paracalo...
Closing
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The following is Swan, Culbertson & Fritz report on this morning's market:
"I WOB ordered 10 evacuate Prices were from unchanged to two Wanping on July 30 when the 29th. | centavos up on the Manila Gold Share Army withdrew from Peiping to market at the close of the morning Alonesouthern Hopel after the Chinese period. The market closed steady rejection of the Japanese ultimatum with San Mauricio showing the on July 27 and the battle of Nan-largest gain of two centavos. Big Wedge followed with J · centavos, "I left my little city with fears in while United Paracale advanced one,
reduced to n my eyes. It was
as did North Camarines and Coco
casualties bombardments and the among the moorer civilians who could not evacuate were terrible.
yuan.
Kathleen and Margaret Murray, 18- years-old Aberdeen twins, mado n fight of more than 8,000 miles. They left Croydon airport to join their
shambles after 23 days Japanese Grove. Penang, Straits Settle- parents in ments, where their father is a banker, The Journey took 8 days.
METROPOLE
ROOM BATH $6
CENTRAL
CLEAN
COMFORTABLE
:
July 17
July 18 Morning "But it was a worthy loss. From Volume of busi
ness done... Po 223,000 Fs 216,200 the ashes of Wanping has sprung the Gold Share Av. 70.00
ew Chinese unity and national
emancipation.
"Sometimes I sincerely regret that
01.05
I did not die with. the clty....but LONDON, July 17-Prince and perhaps my life has been preserved Princess Paul of Yugo-Slavia arrived
to enable me to see the Chinese re- in London fo-day, and are staying at Jenter Wanping," concluded Mr. Buckingham Palace for a few days.
Wong Long-tsai.
--Rester.
Three Soviet tanks were disabled.' -Domel.
Their accuracy, reliability &
long life have won for them a world-famous reputation
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Hongkong Telegraph
NINTH ANNUAL
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
June-September, 1939 CASH
$250
PRIZES
$250
(Donated by “Hongkong Telegraph") TWO SILVER TROPHIES, VALUED $250 (Donated_by_ ILFORD, Ltd., London).
SEND YOUR ENTRIES IN NOW
CLOSING DATE & TIME:
29th SEPT. AT 5 P.M.
THE ILFORD TROPHIES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BEST AND SECOND BEST ENTRIES IN THE COMPETITION, IRRESPECTIVE OF CLASS,
Prizes will be allotted as follows: SECTION ONE:
For Story-Telling Pictures. 1st. $30. 2nd. $15. 3rd. $10, SECTION TWO:
General Pictorial Section: Landscapes, Seascapes, Architectural, Street Scenes, etc. 1xt. $30, 2nd, 315,
3rd. $10,
SECTION THREE: Portraits, Informal Close-ups, Human Studies,
1st. $30. 2nd. $15. 3rd. $10. SECTION FOUR:
Still Life and Table-Top Studies. int. $30. Zud. $15. 3rd. $10. SECTION FIVE:
Snapshots taken by children under fourteen years. 1st $15, 2nd, $10. 3rd. $5.
RULES
The following Rules will govern the Competition:
1-The Competition is confined ex-
ta
photo- clusively
Amateur Деарнеги
No ampinyes or member of any Arm in the photographic trade in permitted to compeid.
3. The prizes will be awarded to the competitors sending in what are adjudged to be the best photo- graphs in each Bection. Each entry must be accompanied by a form which will be published during the period of the Com petition, and which must be pasted on back of entry, 4-The right to publish any or all of the entries is reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph.
6-All photographs entered_must have been taken in the Colony of Hongkong. Photographs which have been already entered in Competitions are ineligible. other
e. No responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery of, loss of, or damage to entries.
T-All entries to be either black, #epla, or toned plolures, and must
USE THIS FORM
AND PASTE IT'
ON THE
BACK OF EACH ENTRY-
bo
photo-
Coloured mounted. graphs are ineligible. B-Pictures submitted in sepia tones should be accompanied by smaller print in black and white. -No picture to entered in mord
ihen ene flection. 10-Mounts to be only white or
and, except .
the Children's Section, must be of one of the following sizes:-10X12 14X20.
11.-No correspondence will be entered into in connection with the Com- petition.
12 Entries in the Children's Section murt bear the entrant's name, aga and address on the entry forin counter-signed by a parent. it-Member of the Staff of the tongkang Telegraph and the South China Morning Ppai are not permitted to compete.
24-The decisions of the Judges shall
be final.
15-At the conclusion of the Com peution, entries will be returned to competitors on applications at. thd Telegraph offices within seven doya.
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DATE
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