The Archive

Sunday, 8 January 1939

  1. North-China Daily NewsOfficial Papers UnnecessaryAccording to the regulations eves official petition papers are not necessary for they are hard to obtain in such areas. Plaintiffs will simply write their grievances on clean sheets of paper and send them to the new judg…
  2. North-China Daily NewsFrance Revealed To the FrenchOf "Violent Polemics" Algiers, Jan. 7. M. Edouard Daladier, the French Prime Minister, speaking at a banquet given by the Governor-General, M. lo Beau, yesterday, declared "France wants peace with all countries, and wish…
  3. North-China Daily NewsThe Correct Way to Keep Your Dog HealthyThe correct way to keep your dog in perfect. condition and lovely coat always is to provide him with Bob Martin's Condition Powders three times a day for two consecutive days in every, week, These famous powders are your…
  4. North-China Daily NewsJoy of ChristmasThe joy of Christmas should not be so largely dependent upon environment and circumstance. Where have we gone astray? Have we lost sight of the fact that the giving znd receiving of gifts, the holiday making, the good fe…
  5. North-China Daily NewsUses for GypsumThere have for some time been rumours of increasing competition in the gypsum and plaster board trades. It is now confirmed that Anderson Gypsum Products, a subsidiary of D. Anderson and Sons, Ltd., roofing felt manufact…
  6. North-China Daily NewsNeed of World is GodThe world cannot satisfy apart from Christ. Farthly pleasures tire, and the heart is filled with unsatis No Heart-room Now there is a world of suggestiveness in that little descriptive sentence which St. Luke adds to his…
  7. North-China Daily NewsThe Day of DaysChristmas Day is not the commemoration of an isolated fact. It is the day of all days on which we should remember that the coming oí God to man in His Holy Spirit, is a continual process. That is why on Christmas Day eve…
  8. North-China Daily NewsProtection of WhalesOn the other hand, the Japanese did not want to see the whale oil market spoilt, nor specially to have a slump occur, such as happened in 1931. when the depression was so great that the Norwegians refrained entirely from…
  9. North-China Daily NewsStill in Good ConditionThe tools section alone provides a vivid picture of the equipment of the Roman artisan. Here you may see gouges, nails, axes, adzes, bradawls and cers, some of them still in as good condition as when they were first made…
  10. North-China Daily NewsJapan Joins South American ArenaWashington, Jan. 7. The Far Eastern Survey of the Institute of Pacific relations today predicted a trade war between the United States and Japan in South America after the conclusion of the Sino- Japanese war and said th…
  11. North-China Daily NewsNorth Postponed Increases May Be Imposed During MarchOn account of the strong opposition voiced by British and American nationals and their authorities, the provisional regime in Peiping has postponed the date for increasing the Customs duty in the north which was formerly…
  12. North-China Daily NewsGermany Holding BackAuthoritative quarters here understand Germany does not desire te expand her military air force at present because of the short life of fighting planes, and because, like the United States, she faces a shortage of skille…
  13. North-China Daily NewsBank Of England Sells GoldLondon, Jan. 7 HE Treasury, following representations from the Bank of England, and in conformity with the Currency and Bank Notes Act of 1928, has issi ued a Minute, increasing the Fiduciary Note Issue to £400,000,000 s…
  14. North-China Daily NewsReich Expands Air ForceLondon, Jan. 7. CTIVITIES of German aircraft factories have greatly increased since the Munich Agreement, states Group Captain L.G.S. Payne in an article in the "Daily Telegraph." "This tends to confirm," he says, "the r…
  15. North-China Daily NewsEmergency Bouts Needed"The promoters should have three or four good emergency bouts ready, he said. "And when those preliminary fighters don't come through with the brand of bout that the promoter and the crowd expects, they should be tossed …
  16. North-China Daily NewsModern History ReviewedReviewing modern history, Lt.-Ca Takashima observed that Japan's sweeping victory in 1905 over Russia, who was generally regarded as possessing the strongest army in the world, baffled world expectations and reversed the…
  17. North-China Daily NewsForeigners to Remainently most of the foreign o remain here, but it is w Gérstood that a few Americans are thinking of leaving if a way opens ior them to do so, At present there are no boats running between Kiukiang and Shanghai, even if it…
  18. North-China Daily NewsNew York Journal Hits At Japanese Cabinet"Precious Little Glory" In China War So Far New York, Jan. 6. The "New York Herald Tribune" in an editorial today criticized the new Japanese Cabinet. "The reshuffle of the Japanese Cabinet," the "Herald Tribune" said, "…
  19. North-China Daily NewsPalestine Arab DelegationCairo, Jan. 7. The departure of the Palestine Arab delegation for ihe London Conference may be delayed by the consideration that the members of the delegation are giving to conditions imposed by the French Government upo…
  20. North-China Daily NewsLong Hours of LabourNevertheless, the Pontiff still works from fourteen to sixteen hours a day. He rejects the advice of his aides that he should reduce the daily routine, that he should rest longer each day. To some of his intimates, he ha…
  21. North-China Daily NewsRoar of TanksAdmiral Oikawa mounted the saluting Accom by his stof Vice-base, situated outside the Japanese Naval Landing Party Barracks in Kiangwan Road, shortly after 10 am. His arrival was heralded by a fanfare of bugles, which, a…
  22. North-China Daily NewsWilhelmstrasse Warning Over Spain Italy, Germany Would Not Remain InactiveBerlin, Jan. 7. A warning that neither Germany nor Italy would remain inactive if an attempt were made by another country to displace the balance of strength between the two sides in Spain is con-taipod in the official "…
  23. North-China Daily NewsBank of France SupportParis, Jan. 6. The French authorities are keeping their own counsel concerning the measures to be adopted in support of the steps taken by the British authorities their defence of in sterling. The "Agencie Economique," h…
  24. North-China Daily NewsDispute Over Rent EndsTwo Indians one Sikh police-constable and his broihér, a watchman named Sarwan Singh and Talok Singh respectively, were fined $30 euch yesterday by Mr. I. T. Morris, acting Magistrate in the H.M. Court at the conclusion …
  25. North-China Daily NewsRome Visit ProgrammeLondon, Jan. 7. "When Mr. Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, and Lord Halifax, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, leave for Rome on Tuesday, they will travel to Paris in the Golden Arrow Service and from Paris as far …
  26. North-China Daily NewsVisit to the PopeOn Friday morning, the two British Ministers will go to the Vatican and Will be given an audience by the Pope, afterwards attending a luncheon given by His Majesty's Minister to the Holy See, Mr. D'Arcy Osborne. After a …
  27. North-China Daily NewsShaw Cuts ShawBernard Shaw's "Geneva," another topical play about dictatorships, has been ruthlessly cut, not by the Censor but by the author. The play is half an hour shorter than the play as originally produced at Malvern. In additi…
  28. North-China Daily NewsExtortioners Given Jail Terms Gang That Posed as PoliceDetectives Boris Konaiff, a Russian photo studio "salesman, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment yesterday by the First Special District Court charged with extortion by posing as a police detective. Two of his Chines…
  29. North-China Daily NewsGiven League PostMr. Edwin Howard, formerly Editor of the "North-China Daily News," Shanghai, and more recently Associate Editor of the magazine, the Far East." (published in London), has been appointed the British member. of the Informa…
  30. North-China Daily NewsChungking Air Raid FailsChungking, Jan. 7. An attempt by Japanese planes to king was made today, according to Chinese dispatches, but was frustrated by bad weather, The alarm, was sounded at 1145 am. (1245 "pin. Shanghai time), when 24 Japanese…
  31. North-China Daily NewsMany Drastic MeasuresSome of the measures taken had io be drastic, Mr. Here-Belisha declared. It was not palatable, for instance, to make comprehensive changes in the Army Council and the Higher Command. The knowledge that the Prime Minister…
  32. North-China Daily NewsFrustrated by ChineseTheir plan, however, was frustrated by the Chinese Government issuing special regulations for the control of foreign exchange. Moreover the attempt to collect National Government notes was impeded in the beginning by the…
  33. North-China Daily NewsBy Billy ConnNew York, Jan. 6. Billy Conn of Pittsburgh became the leading contender for world middleweight championship honours te night when he surprised a crowd of 10,000 at Madison Square Garden by refooting Freddie Apostoli in a…
  34. North-China Daily NewsEven First Halte first half saw neither side gain-much territorial advantage, al-the Police did threaten towards the end of the period when were only prevented from on more than one occasion force of numbers. Hocking put in rana defenc…
  35. North-China Daily NewsGuildhall Museum TreasuresNo one, it has been said, can ever hope to know more than a little of London. In the attainment of that little a visit to the Guildhall Museum is certainly indispensable. The Guildhall itself lies within the heart of the…
  36. North-China Daily NewsNew York FightNew York, Jan. 6 After three months of undercover investigations, Brooklyn police ana G-men today brought to a successful conclusion their pursuit of notorious drug smugglers who attempted to bring in 150 pounds narcotic…
  37. North-China Daily NewsIN PARENTHESIS Currency Situation E: North ChinaTientsin, Dec. 29. Up to date the new currency in North China has not been a success. it is perhaps symbolical of the rather slap-dash way in which it was introduced that the foreign name, Federal Reserve Bank, which app…
  38. North-China Daily NewsStephenson, Kent Take December HonoursWith 37 points each. N. E. Kent and K. G. Stephenson tied in the 18 holes running pool contest of the Hungjao Golf Club through the month of December, while Stephenson won the 18 holes v. bogey competition by a good marg…
  39. North-China Daily NewsGuerilla Warfare Round Cantonxr Canton, Dec. 29. Gunboats were to cover the distance between Canton and Hongkong either way right after Christmas but the Japanese military commander requested H.M. Consul-General, it seems, not to allow any war vesse…
  40. North-China Daily NewsBerlin Officials ReticentBerlin, Jan. 7. Beyond expressing dissatisfaction over the "regrettable disturbance" to the Vienna settlement, which both sides had pledged themselves to regard as final, German political circles are not inclined to comm…

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