1939-11-14 — Page 8

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

November 14, 1939.

P.&O.S.N.CO.PHOTONEWS

ΤΟ

STRAITS, INDIÀ

AND

UNITED KINGDOM

PASSENGERS AND CARGO

SAILING

ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER

alto

TWO CARGO SAILINGS

IN

NOVEMBER

B. I. S. N. CO. LTD.

Sailings to Straits, Rangoon and Calcutta,

1

E. & A. S. S. CO. LTD.

Sailings to Rabaul, East Coast of Australia and Tasmania.

ALSO FREQUENT SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI AND JAPAN.

All vessels may call at any ports on or off the route and the route and all sattings are subject to change of deviation with or without notice.

Passengers aro requested to register their requirements but under present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted.

For details apply to

MACKINNON MACKENZIE & CO.

Phone 27721.

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE

Fortnightly

Το

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

via Shanghai, Japan & Honolufa

ROUND-WORld service

To

NEW YORK & BOSTON-

"ViaTM

Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Suez, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marscilics.

★ ✰ AMERICAN ✰✰

PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND-WORLD SERVICE"

"ALSO AGENTS FOR "TWA", THE POPULAK

· TRANS-CONTINENTAL AIR LINE"

12, Pedder Street

Telephone 20171.

War doesn't consist entirely of wearing a snappy uniform and marching to the stirring music of bands. These British Tommies, somewhere in Franco, are starting unromantic trenches.

UFS

As Britain, in common with other European nations,.con- sorves gasolino for wat pur- poses and puts restrictions on its usa by civilians, auto- mobiles are being equipped with balloons, as above, filled with manufactured gas. Cost of metal tank to hold gas under pressure is reported prohibitivo.

A Look Through The "Telegraph"

50 YEARS AGO

Nov. 14, 1889.

"Money in uncomfortably tight," is the general erythroughout the Colony. We are no doubt that this musertion is abaniutely correct but we can 400 nothing very aurpelsing about it: money

BANKS

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Dicorporated by Royal Charter JEST Paid-up Capital

******................ 43,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietorm £3,000,000 Reserve Fund .............. £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE:-LONDON.

18 Bishopsgate, B.C.1. Sub-Agencies in Londont 117/172, fæadenbell Atreet, E,CS.

West End Branch 19/26, Cockapar Street, B.W.). Manchester Branch:

52, Mosley Street, Manchester, E. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:

Harbin Hongkong

i always ohjectionally tight when one requires it very urgently. Of course Alor Star there are special reasons why at the Amritsar prezent Limo In Hongkong financial Bangkok. arrangements are not quite so enally Jatavia managed an of yore.

It would be uncless to attemṛt to:

Rangoon

Надом

Ipoh

Bemaranız

Itolta

Seremban

Bombay Calcutta

Klang Agencies: Kobe

Clive Street Kusin

ICarschi

Shanghat

Singapore

Altiawan

Hourabaya

Talping

Tientsin

Madras.

Tongkah

Manila

(Phuket)

Medan

Tringião

New York

Yokohama

Petping

(Peking)

Kuching

disguise the fact that the present Anan= | Fairie Placa Lumpur cial dead-lock is chielly owing to the Canton inad era of sharo speculation which for Cawnpore No many monthe transformed the com- Cebu mercial to of Ilangkang into a gambl-Colombo lag hell of the most dangerous and Delhi Iniquitous type.

A curious but useful feature of the theatros In Melbourne is that they are mostly equipped with billard-rooms.

Jamburg Hankow

Penang

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.

CURRENT_ACCOUNTS: opened - and FIXED DEPOSITA received for One Year or shorter perlade in Local or Other Chri |rencies at rates which will be quoted on

Queen Victoria says she will not alt application, for hor pleture any more.

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interdst allowed at rates obtainable an application. Edinburgh with A population of The Bank's Head Office in London 300,000 bai no street cars on Sunday, undertakes Execular & Trustee business, iving the cab-nen a monopoly which and claims, recovery of British Income enables them to charge one-third more, Tax overnald, en terms which may be than on week days. There are no scertained at any of its Agencies and

Branches. train's running and the day is given up to rollalous worship, runalag, und a good deal of whisky-drinking,

25 YEARS AGO

Nov. 14, 1914.

A despatch to the "Tinies" from Genova says that the Sulmo staten that Hmperor Wam is itt with Inflamma- tion of the longe, as the result of hav Ing fallen into a trench Alled with water.

A. CAMIDGE,

Manager.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE, SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES

Steamshilp

Bringing Cargo from Marseilles [via Saigon,

been! H

Considerabin venantion eronted ni Petrograd by discoveriosi Consignees are hereby informed minde on board the German cruiser that their goods with the exception of "Magdeburg" that was blown up after Oplum, Treasure and Valuables are going nahore at the entrance of the being landed and stored into the Finalsh Gulf. Among the articles lying Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon about the decks on the afterpart, whorej

bonts were lowered for the majorly of Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow- the crew to escape on the accompany-loon, whence delivery may be obtain- ing destroyers, were several specimansjed immediately after landing. of the old "cat of nine tall

All claims must be sent in to me When the Russian authorities went on or before 18th November, 1939, through the ship they found ong of these instruments in every

hard usage.

ulcers or they will not be recognized. cabin, and all bore signs of long and Damaged Packages will be examin

ed by the Company's Surveyor Messrs: Goddard and Douglas in the The public are to have an opportunity presence of the consignees at 10.00

Instruments of Prussian culture.

1939.

of lanposting these latest-discovereila.m. on Monday, 13th November,

10 YEARS AGO

Nov. 14, 1929.

Consignees must have a Revenue Omeer in attendance when any duti- able goods are examined by the Com-

The Nobel Prize for Literature hna pany's Surveyors. been awarded to Thomas Mann, the famous German, novelist, (Mann is in by us in any case whatever, exile from the Nazis.-EJA

No Fire Insurance will be effected

II.R.. the Duke of York, the King's second son, to-day addressed a meeting of the World Alliance for promoting international friendship through the churches. The meeting was held at No. 10 Downing Street.

Mis Iahbel acDonald presided, nodi the Archbishop of Canterbury. Lord. Davidson (ex-Archbishop) Anil Lord! Parmoor were present.

The Duke paid a tribute to the work) of the Allance. He said whether or not peace or war in future was to be the means of settling disputes must de. pend on the way in which the youth of the world is educated.

Contemplation of the horrors of the hist war to the generation new grow-| Frise up was rather the same as older people might look upon the Crimean War. It was not the horrors of the past, but right understanding of the prabies which freed us that would nchlove the result which we ao ardently desired. The Duko ja the present] King-Ed.).

5 YEARS AGO

Nov. 14, 104.

It is believed here that because of the overwhelming popular endorsement of Administration policles as a result of the elections, industrial lenders are rentising the futility of effective poll- cleal opposition to the Administration: and will co-operate with the Roosevelt achenio.

R. OHL

TECHNICOLOR! * Shirley

TEMPLE THE LITTLE PRINCESS

RICHARD GREENE ANITA LOUISE fon Huntor Craar Romere Arthur Treacher Mary Nesh By Jason Billes Nancer Marcin Man Tanne

Best Walls "ang

COMING SOON KING'S

N.Y.K.

LINE

SERVICES UNCHANGED IMMINENT DEPARTURES

PASSENGER AND FREIGHT

THIS WEEK

THIS WEEK

NEXT WEEK

FORTNIGHTLY

FORTNIGHTLY

CALL)

SHANGHAI (SPECIAL JAPAN, HAWAII, CALIFORNIA and SOUTH AMERICA. LONDON via SINGAPORE and SUEZ.

AUSTRALIA via MANILA and Way Ports.

· HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO, and LOS ANGELES.

.VANCOUVER and SEATTLE

FREIGHT ONLY

END of NOVEMBER

· CALCUTTA via. SINGAPORE and Way Ports.

-Completa Information From Your Agent ar: NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA General Passenger Agents in the Orient for CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE

TELEPHONE 20201.

KING'S BUILDING

This ingenius young Swiss, of Barna, lying on couch, is all tot for an air raid. Emulating a fireman, he has his coat, shirt, underwear and gas mask suspended at just the right angles for swift action.

COPIES OF

PHOTOGRAPHS

by

"Staff Photographer"

appoaring in the

"SOUTH CHINA MORning posT"

and

“THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH” may be purchased

at the Business. Offica

of "The Hongkong Telegraph" Morning Post' Building, Wyndham Street.

Princo Ernst von Starham- borg, extremely wealthy former Vice Chancellor of Austria and former Hitler follower, now exilad by Gorman Reich, which has confiscated his wealth, Pro- perty included 13 castles in Ostmark, long in his family.

PEPSODENT

TOOTH

PASTE

AND POWDER

IRIUM

DONTAIN FOR GREATER CLEANSING Pepsodent

POWER

TRIUM

THE NAW FRENCH REMEDY.

THERAPION No:1 THERAPIÓN NĚ.2 THERAPION NË,3

No, I Carer Discharged Met Duro kścod Marital Proc N, Chancheskor aktier by astera Mal

HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY

THE CAMERA

2ND EDITION

A selection of over 60 excellent views of the Colony. Very suitable for sending abroad.

Pictures comprise views of the latest buildings and hospitals, schools, churches, the harbour, The Peak district, Kowloon, Jubilee Reservoir, New Territories, Cheung Chau.. Aberdeen, Repulse Bay. Deepwater Bay, besides street and wharf scones, efc., etc.

PRICE $1.50

Obtainable from:-KELLY & WALSH, LTD, HONGKONG TRAVEL BUREAU or the Publishers SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LTD.

Wyndham Street.