1940-09-02 — Page 23

NANCY

LADY IN ICK LOLA THE FROZEN BEAUTY

NOW PLAYING

AT THE CIRCUS!

·BOY!***.

I

THAT'S

HOID

A SWELL

SHE

JOB IN

QUIT

THIS

HER

HOT

JOB

WEATHER! TODAY!

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

•

$100,000 Hongkong Civil Court Case Adjourned

COURSE DEVIATED & TWO LIGHTERS WERE MINED

The loss of two lighters through striking mines just at the entrance of Hong- kong was the subject of a claim for $100,000 special damages before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the supreme Court this morning.

|

fying the Japanese flag, took the lighters in tow and brought them to Canton, where they remained for about a fortnight. They then started on their return to Canton, and after were ping Tal Shan Kwan, they stopped by Police launch. The Puller boattied ie launch towing the fighters, and after they had left, the vessel changed its course to

utherly direction--frum Castle Peak to Chiu Liu Kok.

Plaintiffs were the Mi Yuen places other thon Hongkong and 10 Tai Shan Kwon in Canton River. Navigation Co., Ltd., a Portu- Macao, and that the agreement was] On arriving there, another launch Ruese firm registered in Macao, subsequently varied accordingly.

Other defences raised were that and defendant ЗКАЯ Ching the explosions were a peril of the Cheong, of 27 Wing Lok Street,sen and that the lighters were at The claim was based on anthe time controlled by crews engaged

by plaintiffs themselves. alleged brench of charter party. |

In reply

to these allegations, plain- Mr. Percy Chen, instructed try Mr.¦ tuta fler a statement denying that J. M. D'Almndis Itemedios, appeared the charter party has been varied to for plantis. Defendant Wax nut allow defendant to send the lighters present nor was he legally represent-

to places other than Hongkong and Macho and contending that the loss was due to the negligence of defend- ant or Isis aptent because the lighters were ordered to take a course through a minefleid which had beer advertised hy

Plaintiff's Case

Mr. Chen sald that on October s, 1030 defendant catered into a char- ter party with plaintiffs in respect of two lighters, the Tai Yee and Tal Hing. The term of the ngseat: Uuritier was that the #ghters could Duly carry cargo between Hongkong and

the

Hongkong 110-

Evidence

Co

About half

an hour later, the unch again clunged its course, this 418) easterly direction towards

Brothers Islands, where it struck a

mite The launch sank immediately. bat the lighters were not affected then However, whilst They

HERTZOG REBUFFED

were Yu Yuen, manging director of trying to rescue the crew The Macau, and the mannthly ture was platit firm, testified that

no tunel, the lighters struckt mines in $1.300

tune did he vary the charter party, turn, amat sank. Shortly after the agreement, de to enable defendant fo

send the fendant, in breach of the charters fighters to places other than Hong- lighters to ong and Macao. At the time of the party, despatched two Couton, and it was whilst on their | explosions, the lighters were towed return to Hongkong that they struch

byn launch, Kwong Hong, which ! maines, resulting in their total loss.

was owned by the Tung Hing Bank. :

Caj Town, Aug. 31, In his statement of defence, de- Kwok Fuk, head sallur of the Tal The Assembly to-day reaffirmed fendant admitted having despatched Yre at the fline of the incideni, sold the South African Government's the lighters to Canton but cuntended flint at the beginning he was told that war policy, and defeated General that, under the terms of the charter | the Fighter was being towed to Macao, Hertzog's pence motion by a vote of party, he was allowed to send them to at mid-way the course was changed 83 to 65.-United Press.

September 2, 1940.

By Ernie Bushmiller

I JUST WANT TO SEE IF I CAN TAKE IT?

DOWN IN

SYDNEY.-

Your wives

and

daughters will bo beginning to know the famous surfing beaches. The sea- son is just begin. ning. Showing the now styles you'll be cabling money for is Laraine Day movia starict,

Go Empress

ONE MANAGEMENT DIRECT ~to North America

and Europe!

EMPRESS LUXURY

Speed across the Pacific by juxurious Empress liners, then... Victoria ... stop over if you wish ... and Vancouver in Canada's Evergreen playground. NEXT SAILING FROM HONGKONG

FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBÉR

(Omlising Honolulu)

Fast through AIR CONDITIONED trains from ship'a side at Vancouver take you through the Majestic Canadian Rockies--Lake Louse, Banff-600 miles of travel through Marvelous Mountain Seenery. Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes can be included as optional, routes on your coast-to-coast trip. Stop over anywhere you wish.

Then, Montreal and Quebec, gay French-speaking cities on the famous St Lawrence Seaway, and a quick crossing to Europe by one of Canadian Pacific's Atlantle fleet.

NEXT SAILING TO MANILA FOURTH WEEK IN SEPTEMBER

For full Information consult your travel agens,

Union Building,

Hong Kong. Telephone 20752.

or

Canadian Pacific

World's Greatest Travel System

PRESIDENT

LINER

SAILINGS

To SAN FRANCISCO AND

Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Hanolata.

SS "President Coolidge".

SS "President Taft"

LOS ANGELES

SEPT,

SEPT. 11

OCT: ·2

CUT TRUCKING COSTS WITH

STOUT LONG WEARING

GOODYEAR GIANT TYRES

16 DIFFERENT TYPES. 78 DIFFERENT SIZES

No one Giant Tyra is suitable for all work. So Goodyear makes a spa- olflo tyre for each typo of truck or bus opera- tion. For instanco, there is the YKL tyre, designed to conquer the intense heat developed in truck or bus service, and the LUG type tyre for gruelling, off-the- road work in tread gouging rocks, or sticky mud. These are but two of many Goodyear special servios tyros,

GIANT TYRES FORY

TRUCKS AND BUSES CREATE

Distributors for Hongkong and South China: UNIVERSAL SALES French Bank Bldg., Tel. 34104"

Sub-Distributors for Hongkong, NNAM TRADING CO

107, Hennessy Road, Tel. 28789

Lack Of Materials Is Italy's Problem

Duce's Naval Plans Are Not Going Well

-London Report

IT is authoritatively believed in London that shortage of material has already had effect on the Italian naval construction programme.

NAZIS MISSED

THE BOAT

Gold worth £60,375,000

was sent from France to the United States during the week ended June 26, it was learned in Washington.

It was during that week that the United States cruiser Vincennes carried a quantity of gold From France to America.

Shanghai Police

There is reason to think that when the Italians decided to slow up work on their two new cruisers in favour of their small vegsel (destroyers and sub- marines) programme the action was made necessary not by lack of skilled workers but because of shortage of materials.

It was pointed out to-day that the Italian navy were far more anxious to go to war with Britain than either the army or the air force. The army have been at war in Abyssinia, and the Italian Air Force have been in action both in Abyssinia and Spain. The Italian Navy, on the other hand, have had no

Take No Chances opportunity to show what it can

do.

Shanghai, Sept. 1. The Italians are proud of their Special precautions against trouble navy. have been taken by the police at particularly submarines, and Much of their fleet,

the French Concession in the past

few days. An official said the police cruisers, is now..

were ready for any eventuality and for anyone who wanted to make trouble.

Five Battleships

Italy has five battleships in com- He denied that anything unusual mission--three reconstructed and two was happening or expected to "hap-now ones, the Littorio and Vittorio pen and said the meastires were mere-Venuto,"

Îy routine. Many streets are barri-

trians,

caded, patrols are searching pedes- It is thought that the Italians' will armoured cars are craising not be able, at present, to replace round and residences being search-their submarines hs fast as we are ed-Router.

sinking them." They may also have difficulty in replacing personnel.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The personnel of the Italiani navy is roughly 50 per cent, con-

· script and 40 per cent, volunteers. Donations to the S. C. M... It is known that a month or two

Post War Fund

A total of 81,312,798.17, wie reached, an Saturday by the War Fund inaugurated

by the BC. M. Post,' Ltd. ::

Latest contributions are

"Scotse Wha Fina" han

Capt. Goo, Wright (3rd, monthly

donation),alia

GAWA CH. In memory

damonthly "dónation)

"P.8.8 Chic Sedonation

donal

400

50

azo, there was,n- shortage of volunteers for the navy, and as submarine crows are, moslly mundo up of volunteer men, there may be great difcally in replacing those crews font.

The Italian navy, it is pointed out, should not be under-estimated us, a fighting force. There is no retuon to doubt the quailty:/of structed ships or the

SS "President Cleveland”

To NEW YORK AND BOSTON

Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay & Capetown.

SS "President Polk"

SS "President Garfield"

To SINGAPORE * PENANG

SS "City of Newport News" SS "City of Norfolk"

SEPT. 29

ост 10

BEFT. 25

OOT. 27

To SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

Direct

SAAAAAP S

• SS "City of San Francisco"

SS "City of Los Angeles"

• via Yokohama,

SEPT. 4 SEPT. 18

* AMERICAN ★ ★ PRESIDENT LINES

*ROUND-WORLD SERVICE” AGENTS FUR TRANSCONTINENTAL &' WESTERN AIR AND UNITED AIR LINES.

Telephone 28171.

12 Pedder Street

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 scenes, etc., etc.

PRICE $1.50

Obtainable from--KELLY & WALSH, LTD.

· HONGKONG TRAVEL BUREAU or the Publishers SOUTH CHINA' MORNING POST, LTD.

Itheir crews