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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 19, 1940
PARIS BAN ON FOREIGN BROADCASTS
People in Parle may no longer listen to foreign broadcasts in public.
In the first restriction on radio reception since the war bogan, the Prefect of Police has forbid- den the tuning in of foreign stations "in public ostablish. ments."
RUSSIA SEIZES POLISH FOOD
Appalling conditions in
Russian- occupied Poland were described to a "Daily Telegraph" correspondent in Bucharest by a small party of Polish refugees who reached Rumania at the risk of their lives.
NAZI DELUSIONS ABOUT BRITAIN
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A Pole who spent three months in different parts of Poland under Ger- man and Rusalan occupation and has Just reached England says that the Germans firmly believe that there is an acute food shortage in Britain.
A German officer, he said, discuss ing the war, declared: "We shall adopt the same methods against England as in Poland. These will include bomb- ing of towns, striking terror into the civil population, and dropping para- chutists in large numbers. England must be punished for her obstinacy. Our rule in England will not more lenient than in Poland."
TYRANNY IN CRACOW
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HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.
Notice is hereby given that the Or- dinary Yearly Meeting of Shareholders will be held in the Office of the Com- pany, No. 2 Queen's Building, Hong Kong, on TUESDAY, 26th March. 1940, at noon for the consideration of the Directors Report and Balance Sheet for the year ending 31st Decem- ber, 1939.
The Share Register and Transfer Books will close from the 15th to 26th March, 1940, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
E. COCK. Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 27th February, 1940.
THE HONGKONG &
KAI TAK AIRPORT DANCE
The above Dance will take place at the Peninsula Hotel, Rose Room, on THURSDAY, March 21st, and not as previously advertised March 22nd, (Good Friday). Tickets and Bookings already made
are good for THURSDAY, March 21st.
THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Fifty-first Ordinary Yearly Meeting will be held at the Company's Re- gistered Office, 4th Floor, P.. & O. Building on THURSDAY, 21st March 1940 at 11 a.m. for the purpose of
Describing Nazi tyranny in Cracow, KOWLOON WHARF & presenting the Report of the Directors
Pole in South-Western Poland, the said that all the best hotels were re-
officials. The for German served best shopping areas in the town were likewise reserved for Germans.
Poles were transported in thousands to Germany. In the prison in Mon- telupi-street, Cracow, executions were Some pri- All the inhabitants of Eastern Po-carried out every night. land are on the verge of starvation.
soners were shot by the officers of Hundreds are dying, daily from the Gestapo with revolvers.
ex- posure and lack of sustenance. Their terrible sufferings are due partly to Russia's own lack of food.
Available stocks in Poland would have sufficed until the 1940 crops ma- tured, but the Soviet military author- itles seized vast supplies and sent
them into the interior of Russia.
The Russians have seized
every-
thing available. All furniture has become State property. Poles, Uk- rainians, White Russians and Jews are in a like plight. The man who can obtain a few dried-up apples and some lumps of coal with which to cook them counts himself lucky. Used tea-leaves are a luxury.
DIGGING FOR ROOTS Black bread and water are
the staple fare, but bread is often unob- tainable for days at a time. In the food queues dozens. drop daily from exhaustion..
In Zakopane, the. Polish winter re- sort, the rule of the Gestapo was no less severe. The Gestapo had estab- lished themselves in the Marilor, one in the of the most modern hotels
Here many of the Polish upper town. classes were brought for trial before being carried away to be shot.
many instances There were
of
Some
GODOWN CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,
THE FIFTY-THIRD ORDINARY SHARE- ANNUAL MEETING OF HOLDERS will be held at the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. on TUESDAY, 2nd APRIL, 1940, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1939.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 23rd MARCH, 1940, to TUESDAY, the 2nd APRIL, 1940, both days In- clusive.
antagonism between the Gestapo and By Order of the Board of Directors, the local military authorities. of the Austrian commanders in Wes- to restrain the tern Galicia tried activities of the Gestapo, but were seldom successful.
described.
Some of the atrocities committed against Jews in the Cracow district were too horrible to be
at sight Hundreds had been shot without even the mockery of a Nazi trial,
PASSES FOR JEWS
Jews were compelled -to-carry- The ration cards of Soviet employ-
to proceed ees entitle them to two loaves of passes authorising them black bread, or four eggs, or 2lb of from one part of the town to another. apples daily. But he shops are usual-Almost invariably when stopped by a ly sold out. Thousands roam the German policeman they were brutal- ly slapped across the face before be- countryside, begging from the pea- sants or digging with their hands in The Germans, he said, seemed
ing asked to produce their pass.
take a malicious pleasure in seeing a helpless person in abject fear.
the fields for edible roots.
to
work
I understand that he United States Red Cross relief organisation has not
The Russians were hard at been allowed to penetrate into Rus- sion-occupied Poland. Welfare socie- fortifying their side of the new fron- tles here consider that stocks
tler in Poland. Heavy guns were be- easily be sent from Rumania if So-ing placed in position and strategic
roads built. viet Government officials would per- mit entry and distribution under the supervision of neutrals.
could
A Polish refugee ex-soldier told me here that he had just heard that his wife and daughter had committed suicide. They had bartered all their belongings for food and had nothing left to offer but the clothes they wore.
(Released, by The Dell Brufiesta, „Thei
A practical Jokester is an adult. 'who won't let his sense of humour
up.
CHINESE COUNTER- ATTACK IN CHUNGSHAN
Shiukwan, To-day.
Chinese troops have been counter- attacking the Japanese at Shakki, In- ficting many casualties.
C. M. MANNERS, Secretary & Manager. Hong Kong, 11th March, 1940.
THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LIMITED
NOTICE TO ShareholdeRS.
The Seventy-first Ordinary Gen- eral Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the undersign- ed on THURSDAY, the 4th April, 1940. at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers, together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1939.
The Share Register and Transfer Books will be closed from the 21st March to the 4th April, 1940, both days inclusive. JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD
General Managers,
The Hongkong Fire Insurance
Co., Ltd. Hong Kong, 14th March, 1940.
PUBLIC AUCTION
In east Kwangtung Chinese troops advancing on Chaoan (Chaochow) have reached the northern suburbs. The Undersigned have received In- A Japanese attack at Yeēkai, north-structions, to sell by Public Auction west of Chaoan, on March 10 was re- pulsed-Central News.
PREMIER TO LIFT
THE VEIL
London, To-day.
in
'a
figures
on
THURSDAY, the 21st MARCH, 1940, commencing at 2.30p.m.
No. 35 Hankow Road, Kowloon. at their Sales room,
A Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture
comprising:- Teakwood
:
In the Commons yesterday the Pre- mler indicated he will deal
Drawing Room, Bed statement to-day with
of Room, Dining Room and Office Furni- material assistance sent to Finland,ture, Ornaments, Cutlery, E. P., Brass, the possibility of financial assistance | Aluminium, Glass and Porcelain Ware, in the Finnish reconstruction and Carpets, Rugs,, Perambulators, Electric the raid on the Orkneys. British Table Lamps & Heaters, Pictures, Wireless.
Gramophones & Records, Cooking Utensils, etc., etc.
BANK HOLIDAYS.
In accordance with Government Ordinance, the EXCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the transaction of public business on - FRIDAY, SATURDAY and MONDAY, the 22nd., 23rd, and 25th March, 1840. (Easter Holidays).
Hong Kong, 18th March, 1940,
also A Few Pleoss of Blackwood Furnituro
and
One Steel Filing Cabinet.
On View from Wednesday, the 22nd: March, 1940.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
* Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 19th March, -1940,
together with a Statement of Aç- counts to 31st December 1939, elect- ing Directors and Auditors and fixing their fees.
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The Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 9th March to 21st March 1940 both days Inclusive, during which period transfer of shares can be registered. By order of the Board of Directors GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,
Agents.
Hong Kong, 22nd February, 1940.
THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
NOTICE is hereby given that an of Extraordinary General Meeting -
in the the Company will be held P & O Building, Victoria, in the Co- lony of Hong Kong, at 11.15 o'clock in the forenoon on THURSDAY, the 21st day of March, 1940, or as soon thereafter as the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of the Company shall have terminated, for the purpose of con- sidering and if thought fit passing the following resolution as a special resolution:-
That the Capital of the Company
Its be increased from
present Capital of $6,000,000 Hong Kong currency divided into 600,000 shares of $10 each to $18,000,000 Hong Kong currency divided into 1,800,000 shares of $10 each and that such additional shares shall rank in all respects päri passu with the original Capital of the Company.
And for the purpose of considering, and if thought fit passing the follow- ing resolutions, namely:-
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1. That the Directors be and they are hereby authorised to capita- lise the sum of $3,000,000 Hong Kong currency part of the un- divided profits of the Company the standing to the credit of Company's Reserve Fund and to allot to the Members, holding shares of the Company as the 1st day of July 1940 in re- spect of the net amount capita- lised fully paid shares of the Company of equivalent nominal value in the proportion of one share for every two shares of the Company then held by such,
that persons respectively and such shares so allotted shall rank for dividends as from the 1st day of July, 1940. That if, on such distribution as aforesaid, any person would be entitled to a fractional share the Directors shall, in lieu of issu- ing Fractional Certificates, cause the whole, share to be allotted a person or persons to be nam ed by the Directors and such share shall, at such time as the Directors think At ....be sold, and the proceeds distri buted amongst the persons eny titled to the fractions making vik up such share,- By order of the Board of Directors,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON
Hoh Rong
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