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FOR SALE. "ONGKONG as REVEALED BY THE CAMERA" Second Edition. Over 40 excellent views of the Colony Price $1.50. Obtainable at Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., Hongkong Travel Bureau or from the Publishers, South China Morning Fast, Ltd., Wyndham Stret,

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PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

November 17, 1939.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. British Women's War Fashions Defy Convention

NOTICE

A vacancy exists for a European British Assistant to the Director of Air Raid Precautions of the Hong Kong Government,

Applications should be by letter

In the first instance addreused to

the Director of Air Raid Precau-|

BUSTLES (AUGUST) GO OUT

AS TROUSERS COME IN

J

THE fashion news for women at the beginning of August | tions, c/o Colonial Secretariat, was bustles and tight·lacing. The fashion news for women at Hong Kong, accompanied by full the end of September is--trousers. particulars of qualifications and coples of testimonials. Forms of application may be obtained from the Colonial Secretariat.

AID FROM ALLIES IF HOLLAND INVADED Applicants should not be under

(Continued from Page 1.) 40 or over 50 years of age, should held a position of authority, have the House of Commons to-day in Mr. Chamberlain's absence, Sir John capabilities, Simon, good organising

welcoming General possess tact, be of a genial Sikorski's visit to London, hoped that personality and be capable of it would soon be possible to organise Referring to M. Paul Reynaud's

Never has a fashion died so quickly.

Current Issues of smart magazines, prepared for press before the war, look like records of a bygone age, with their pictures of heavily boned | hour-glass corects.

Whether men liko it or noi, women are going to wear trousers, Already they are to be seen in the streets of the West End of London. Many women have become acctis-

In the scurry of wartime they are

to be held on Monday, the 20th taking charge of the department self-contained Polish forces in France tomed to wearing. Uem in, the house.

day of November, 1930, nt 3 pm, Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Wong Neh Chung, in the Colony of Itong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 75

years.

at the Omeen of the Public Works

as deputy to the Director. Pre-visit, Sir John read a long extract ference will be given to applicants from yesterday's communique regard- not going to bother clanging, which who have a knowledge of air raiding the necessity for close and con-Inveives putting on corsets, stockings

tinuous Anglo-French Anancial and and underwear, when they economic co-operation.

shopping.

precnutions,

Salary will be at the rate of

go out

Neck To Wrist Shops are competing with their

Discussions with the representatives of the Dominious and India dealt with ull aspects of the war and covered the questions of defence, foreign different designs In air-rald OF polley problems of supply and "siren" suits,

shipping,

Almost all of them are one-pleos trouscred garments that cover the wearer from neck to' wrist and ankle and are fastened with single zipper.

SPOTLIGHT

ON

GERMANY

GORING'S

JOKES FALLING FLAT

Exchange At A Glance

SELLING

TT. London Demand do, T.T. Shanghai T.T. Singapore

1/27

.1/2

.270.

.62%

T.T. Japan

1034

T.T. Indla

10296

T.T. U.S.A:

.24 x

TT. Monit

.48%

T.T, Batavia

.45%

T.T. Bangkok

.140

T.T. Sulgon

.100

.10.00 .107

T.T. France T.T. Switzerland TT. Australia

BUYING

4 m/s L/C London

.1/03/2

.201 .11.45

.1/3

4 m/s D/P

.do.

.1/3%

4 m/s L/C U, S. A,

4 m/s France

30 d/s India..

.84

U.S. Cross rate in Lon,

.4.02

U.S. Cross rate in N.Y, ..3.03%

HUNT FOR RAIDERS

(Continued from Pape 1.)

detach some of their

AMSTERDAM. may be forced NEUTRAL acquaintance A ranching here acquaintance

says that pessimism in the Ger-

more powerful warships from their main force in an effort to erase the in fort in an effort to eras

Not Strong Enough

POST OFFICE

A revised edition of the Hongkong Post Office Guide is on sale at all Post Offres price $1.00.`

Small Packet Post to all countries is quspended,

Christmas and New Year Cards bearing not more than five written words and enclosed in open envelopes are accepted by the Post Office at the centa rate for printed matter, le. 5 per 2 ounces, for all countries.

Hongkong, China and Macao at 2 cents per 2 ounces.

Envelopes must not be closed,

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Mails pre losed 15 minutes earlier, than the time given below unless otherwise tated, and where mails are udvertis. ed to close at or before 9: n.mn. regis- ered and parcel mails are closed at 3

p.m. on the previous day. When mails are advertised to close after B pim. Registered and Parcel mails ire closed at 5 pm.

INWARD MAILS

Canton Hulpbong

Nov. 17.

Nov. 17.

Haiphong. Holbow and Fort Bayard

Nov. 17.

Nov. 17.

.Nov. 17.

.Nov. 18.

.Nov, 18.

Tourane

Manila Salgon Australia and Manila Shonghat Bangkok, Saigon and

Japan and Shanghai Shanghal Sandakan

Nov. 18. Νον. 18. Nov. 10. ..Nov. 10.

Fort

Nov, 10.

Haiphong, Holhow 功

Air Mail by Imperial Airways

Bayard Manita

750 per annum, and the period of engagement will be for three years, terminable at any time by three month's notice or payment economic warfare, and of one month's salary on either while a number of meetings were helt with representatives of the In- side.

The selected candidate mustdividual Dominions on various special

problems. Intending bidders are advised nitress which will be held by the most encouraging.

puss an examination for physical The progress already made was

Not only air raids, but heat ration-man capital is growing daily. British forces in South Atlantic Ing are affecting women's dress. This is despite newspaper propa- waters, although reportedly. aug that immediately after the dispo Hong Kong Medical Authoritica, France and the defence preparations and instep length woollen houscou such as Field-Marshal Goring's enough to challenge the Nazi warship. The oversens* representatives to Floppy trousers that cover the instep ganda and bombastic utterances' mented since the outbreak of the sal of the lot the Purchaser (and his appointment will

war, are not believed to be strong'

.Nov. 10. be In Britain had given them an op-will take the place of silk dresses and not the applicant) will be required

portunity of judging for themselves

hausreoats. A leading designer speech yesterday:

The Admiral Scheer is a 10.000 ton Direct Service”—London date 11th to deposit with an authorised

the magnitude of our war effort and sald

Commerce s parnlysed by new vessel with a speed of 20 knots. She November,

.Nov. 20. had given a fuller knowledge of how

"For evenings we art assuming laxatlon, which forces even John' was built at a cost of nearly £3,800,- Straits

..Nov, 20. officer who will be present at the

Empire assistance may best

that women who go out dining and Citizen to yield up to 80 per cent, of 000 and was completed In 1933. She Air Mali by 'Pan American Airways sale, the aum of two hundred

utilised.

dancing will wear dinner dresses, not, his income to the Government.

carries nearly 1.000 men and has a Direct Service”—San

Francisco full evening dress. We are making Nationing already leaves citizens in total horsepower of 54,000, dollars, ($200) in caah. This num

date, 14th Nov.

Nov 21. high neck lines so that in case of air Some things on their ration cards, guns are 11-inchers of a dinner dresses with long sleeves and many towns hungry at the day's end. According to reports, her heaviest | Amoy

V. 21. will be refunded on payment of

raids they will be warm.

new type Calcutta and Straits the Purchase price.

such as butter, eggs, and coffee are turned out by the Krupp works in Japan,

Nov. 21. "Black dresses. are trimmed with unobtainable.

Germany. These guns con

hurl Shanghai the black-out." white for the sake of visibility in

Tobacco and other luxuries are be- 670-pound projectile more hun 17 Straits.. coming scareer, All public entertain-miles.

| Jaya and Manila meats and dancing in the danger zone Hats fit on the head, instead of towns are prohibited.

She also has eight guns of nearly Air Mall by perching on

six inches ench, couple of curls.

smaller yume The position of German Jews is ordnance, and eight torpedo tubes. Shoes are lower-heeled,

desperate. If the shortage increases:

Officially, the Admiral Scheer and 'Saigon

provisional pending receipt of covering approval by the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

NOTICE

The partnership of Hazeland and Gonella, Civil Engineers, PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. Architects and Surveyors has this day been dissolved by mutual consent;

No. of Sal

Inland Lot

Registry No.

Locality

'DED 100% 2014

Adjo

No. 5711.

4933.

Inland Road,

Nei Chung.

Boundary

Measurements

N...

feet foot feel tent

an per salo

plau.

Contenta

sq. feet.

A:n Rent

| Upact Pric

$382

025'018

E. M. HAZELAND, UGO GONELLA.

-16th November, 1939.

Grow Own Food Campaign

Making Englishmen

"Garden Conscious'

Accelerating Convoy System

The Minister of Shipping and the First Lord of the Admiralty were discussing the acceleration of the system of convoy. Fuster convoys would be establish

convoys in- and the tarber of erensed as more escorting vessels be- emme available.

Our destroyers had steamed hun- dreds of thousands of miles. One was sunk by n mine.

Four enemy ships were taken inst week, and two large vessels scuttled on November 12 and 13.

were

Our merchantmen continued to stil In great numbers notwithstanding that the crews now had to face torpedo, gun and mine.

Land Operations Curtailed Bad weather had curtailed land operations.

The enemy planes raiding the

23

21.

..Nov. 21.

.Nov. 21. .Nov. 21. "Air France Direct Service Paris dato 18th November Nov. 22. .Nov. 22. Nov. 22.

There is only one relaxation of they will obviously be the Orst her sister ships, the Admiral Spee Shanghai.... severity. The now nightdresses are sufferers. Even now, Jews are for- and the Deutschland, are known as Haiphong and Holhow..... Nov, 23. trimmed with embroidery and thread-bidden to buy provisions except dur-j "armoured ships." The term "pockel, Air Mail by "Imperial Airways ed with rows of baby ribbon.

ing certain specified hours.

battleship" is a popular designation. Direct Service”-London date, 15th No Soviet Oil

November

Nov. 28.

RUTHLESS U-BOAT WAR ON NEUTRALS (Continuett from Page 1)

LONDON, Nov. 16 (Reuter), Shetland Islands on November 14 since the Kjoede enrried a cargo -A campaign to make English-dropped 12 bombs on land and eight oil

been

considerable

but

sea. They enused no casualties: men more garden-conscious is and negligible damage.

There hud being started under the auspices

no major engagements.

Mr. Attlee Speaks

of the Ministry of Agriculture activity in the air

consigned to Copcalingen.

+

the

former

Thes

buck

Nov, 23.

Nov. 23.

OUTWARD MAILS Friday, Nov. 17

Aden, Egypt, and Europe VIR Suez and Londen Parcels due London, 20th December.

X.P.O.

Saving In Tonnage A Unique feature of these warships Japan and Shanghal ITLER'S poor prospects of obtain is that they were the first of Ruch USA Honolulu, and Japan (San H

ing oll supplies from Russia are size whose hulls were electrically Francisco dote 23th October) described by

Berlin welded. This effected an important correspondent of the Belgian news, saving in tonnage without detracting

from the vessels' protection. paper, the Solr,

In ол analysis of Germany's were also the first vessels of of Mail's Brussels Correspondent, this engines.

economic position, snys the Dally proportions to be powered by Diesel, Straits, Ceylon, India, East Africa, Belgian writer declares:.

The possible ramifications of o Denmark Will Wait

"One can say without exaggeration' highly successful raining campaign that the Third Reich begins the war by the Scheer are numerous. For SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" under a regime of restrictions equal example, agriculture department COPENHAGEN, Nov, 10 (UP)—It to_about that of 1917,"

sources here have stated that the re- is officially stated that the Danlah

He says that, while Russia might intive success of allied shipping in authorities are

able not planning any be

to supply timber and

the game of hide-and-seek with Ger- Mr. Clement R. Attlee, the Labour action at present, pending clarification manganese to Germany, lack of trans- many's submarines has forestalled, Opposition Leader, followed Sir John as to whether the Arne Kjoede vas port faculties kill any hope Germany for the time being Simon and regretted that the Ger torpedoed or struck n mine,

at lenst, sharp Calcutta may have of obtaining oil in any quantity from that source.

Ord., foodstuffs much of which is purchas- index Ogures have risen by 14 points By 1918 there were 05,000 allot- rejected the Hague peace citork.

We all hope that those peaceful from 155 to 160-states the Minis-ments being worked, and by 1920 countries will not be drawn into the ROPE NA KO, Nolite the the difficulties, which it would take years Frently, however, it is probable that alon

Transport by rail from Russian ed in Latin America. ports

is ruled out by technical

Should Allled shipping suffer Fort Bayard " he said. This time it is expected that by war

Mr. Attlee welcomed the statemer Nida have been, sunk of the coast of only be used if Germany controlled next spring there will be 50.000 about-the-visits-of-General Sikorski Esthonla.

Lithuanian steamers Paneveys and to overcomne, while the Danube, which food prices would soar and purchase Shanghai, Honolulu, U.S.A., Central

Halphong is not everywhere navigable, could would be restricted. allotments in addition to 3,500,000 and M. Reynaud, and especially the, private gardens.

Rumanian poris. Dominions representatives.

Cost Of Living Up In England

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

and various societies.

People will be encouraged to grow their own food.

During the last war the allotment LONDON, Nov. 10 (Reuter). Since scheme had hurdly begun utilil 1917, the war begon, the cost of living when U-boats were causing havoc.

try of Labour.

On November 1, the figure was 00 per cent. above the level of July, 1814, compared with 65 per cent. on September 30.

SPECIAL

there were 1,250,000.

20th

CENTURY

SPECIAL

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX MOVIETONE NEWS

SEE!

THE LATEST PICTURES FROM THE WESTERN and EASTERN FRONTS!|

HITLER AT THE FRONT

ACTUAL PICTURES OF ARTILLERY BATTLE AND INFANTRY IN ACTION

AFTERMATH OF BATTLE

POLISH PRISONERS OF WAR

CIVILIAN REFUGEES

FRENCH ARTILLERY AND MECHANIZED UNITS AT THE FRONT

CZECHS ENLIST IN CZECH LEGION

BELGIUM AND SWITZERLAND PREPARE FOR EVENTUALITIES

AUSTRALIA'S PREPAREDNESS

N

with "LITTLE PRINCESS"

Starring SHIRLEY TEMPLE 16 TECHNICOLOUR

TO-MORROW A KING'S

THE

man Government has so summarily

The 1st of subjects discussed with the overseas visitors, however, did

not include formulation of peace It also was not lee carly to give

alms.

full consideration to the Importance of planning for pence in Britain.

Tribute To Queen Wilhelmina

Lith Steamers Sunk

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" COPENHAGEN, Nov. (UP),

CANADA'S HUGE

needs.

Denounced For 8/-

price increase for meats and other

Another Victim

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" Germany, says the writer. has to import 85 per cent, of the oil she, German raider, either the Deutsch- CAPE TOWN, Nov. 16 (UP),—^

land or Admiral Scheer, has sunk the British tankter. African Shell (700 tons) near Zavala, 21⁄2 miles from

lain was taken aboard the raider.

Survivors have been lauded in the Inhambane district.

Reg. Ord.

Reg. Ord.

.D ́pan.

$.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

Parcels.,

5 p.ra.

p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 18

.5.00 p.m. .7.00 p.m.

10.30 a.m. 10.30 a.. ....1.30 pm.

and South America and Canada via San Francisco (No Parcels for Canada) duc San Francisco, 6k December.

Parcels Rex.

G.I.O. and K.P.O.

WAR SPENDING THE Daily Mall's Bule Correspond- the coast of Mozambique. The cap-Amoy and Purcels only for Tientsin

ent says that travellers arriving OTTAWA, Nov. 10 (Reuter).-It is from Bavaria decinre there have been estimated at Canada will spend wholesale denunciations of alleged Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Liberalis000,000,000 for war purposes in the inalcontents there during the last few Leader. particularly welcomed the first year of the war, according to days, Anglo-French economic and Anancial the Ottawa "Evening Citizen." co-operation because the two coun-

tries would slnic or swim together. The imperial air training plan is So would the sterling and the Irane, expected to entail an outlay in the and nothing but the closest co-opera- first year of between $250,000,000 tion would aval to save them.

and $300,000,000.

Sir Archibald declared that they, owed a great debt to Queen WIT- helmina for her bold initiative and

for her assertion of the principles. NAZIS “INTERN"

reason and justice even amid the elamour of war.

Moreover, it had cleared the vir,

for no longer could it be argued

CZECH PUPPET

PARIS, Nov. 16 (Reuter).—Thei

This follows the offer of a reward

Another Raldor At Large CAPE TOWN, Nov. 10. (Reuter).-

of 8s. for anyone making such de- It is officially announced that the nunciations.

Officers Datort

THE Petit Parisien reports from

Brussels that

three German officers and 21 soldiers have deserted into Belgium.

Czechs "Warned"

A

CCORDING to a despatch to the German News Agency from

L

180

..Nov. 18, Noon. .Nov. 18, 1.45 p.m. Ord..........Nov. 18, 2.30 p.m.

2.30 p.m. Skinnghai, Japan, Honolulu, USA,

Central and South America San Francisco-duo San Francisco, 10th December.

G.P.O. & K.P.O.

via

Reg.,

Ord

,8.00 p.m. ....5.30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19

....3.30 pan.

6.30 p.m. Eart

British steamer, Scalia Shell, was sunk by German raider inside! Portuguese territorial waters,

Japan miles north-east of Lourenco Mar- Shanghal, Japan and Honolulu ques

It is reported that the crew were allowed to land,

The captain was taken prisoner. No exact information is availablo of the identity of the raider. Not A Battleship

it

that the war was forced upon Hitler. "Paris Soir" carries

The British Government must be Bratislava to the effect that the Czech Government of the Protectorate of a report from Prague, President Hacha and the ready to give prompt support, if the President under Nazi rule, M. Hacha, Bohemia and Moravia have Issued an

Durban reports suggest that it was duty protecting their neutrality and has been "interned" in the Pre-emphatic warning that if subjects of merchantman.

a 10,000-tonner, possibly an armed, liberty was Imposed upon Holland sidential chateau, near Prague.

the Protectorate join any military and Belgium by Hitler.

Rumours that organisation formed abroad, they will battleship

was a pocket-i be regarded as having committed high counted.

are authoritatively dis, intrenson and will be liable to very

henvy penalties.

The pilot of an acroplane arriving the north reported seeing a steamer, at Lourenco Marques yesterday from slaking 200 miles north of Lourenco Marques.

They would not be forgiven if He refused to publicly repudiate those countries were made victims) anti-German activity by Czechs of German aggression without effec-the Allied countries. tive help being given by us, he con- cluded.

Rush To Purchase SUBMARINE SEEN

Finnish Bonds

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" HELSINGFORS, Nov, 10 (Reuter),

OFF SANTIAGO

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” MEXICO CITY, Nov. 18 (UP),

It is announced that the defence) The newspaper "La Prenca" to-day loan of 500,000,000 Finnish marks published uncontrmed reports that has been over-subscribed by about several people had sighted a sub. 100,000,000 marks.

marine carrying the numerals WJ 147

Stress is inid on the seriousness of the consequcrices to all subjects of the Protectorate who, having joined such become German prisoners-at-war.

organisations,

Ribbentrop's 50 h.p. Car

་

Icotmen and other

BRITISH chauffeurs, charwomen, sorvants who

A second loan, of a similar amount, in the vicinity of Santiago Beach, were employed at the Germon Em- may now be floated.

jolght miles north of Manzanillo.

UNANIMOUS SUPPORT

OF BRITISH COLONIES

bassy until the day of the staff a de- parture have now received the wages due to them..

Lifeboats On Boach

Manila, Straits, Ceylon, India Africa, Egypt and Europe via Brindis due Brindisi, 12th Dec.

G.P.O. and KP.0.

Reg.

Orl.-

.5 pm. .5.30 p.m. Air Mall for "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due London, 26th November.

Rer.

Ord. Shanghai

G.F.O. & K.P.O.

.Nov, 18, 5.00 p.m.

Nov. 18, 5.30 p.m.

... ..

WOUNDED BY

AIR RAIDS

Three Chinese, Yuen Fong, Yuca Hel and Yue Cheun, were admitted to tre Kowloon Hospital yesterday

He also saw two life-boats on n beach, surrounded by a number of suffering from bomb ned shrapnel men presumed to be the crew.

wounds received during an air raid

The pllat dropped a message that Shaucheung, Chinese Territory, on the Administrative Post and later November 16, Baw people leave in the direction of the ship.

SOVIET RECOGNITION Slovakia Sending Envoy To Moscow Shortly

Omelola of the Swiss Legation tools charge of the Embassy's affairs.

Mr. A. . Parkes, who was Em-

Moscow, Nov. 10, bassy chauffeur for more

than 10 The Soviet

recognition of Slo- years, sald:

vaklo is revealed with the publico- Ribbentrop had a-bigger car thon tion of the Slovakian President's

NOTICE

TO

ADVERTISERS

are

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH** LONDON, Nov. 16 (Reuter)-Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, at a meeting in London, declared that nothing illuminates more was more than twenty feet long, congratulating M. Kalinin

any of the other ambassadors I drove, and Foreign Minister'a telegram Advertisers brilliantly the difference between ours and the Nazi political seven feet wide, and had an engine Molotov in connection with the 22nd requested to submit

and M. systems than the contrast between the responses from the of fly h.p. Colonies and the responses from German "protectorates."

anniversary of the Russian Revolu- "Rubbentrop liked travelling when tion.

copy for display adver No messages were sent to Derlin, did, were like Rip Van Winkles, who in Scotland, and in Devon and Cort- envoy will arrive in Moscow shortly tising not later than

jhe was over here. He used to atay It is understood that a Slovak

Conspicuously abant among the 2 p.m. on the day before congratulatory messages are those patched one last year, and the Fin- from President Roosevelt, who despublication. nish President,--United · Press,

Messages of support were received had been asleep for a generation and wall. from every British Colony, protec-wakened, with a start to hear Here torate and mandated territory.

"When Germany werit Nazl thoro The people who spoke of British Imperialian which, if it ever existed; the Embassy, but no one ever bother

von Ribbentron talk about a British as a change in the atmosphere at Imperialism, as Herr von Ribbentrop was certainly dead for many years."ed: mo."