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THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT &
AGENCY CO., LTD. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS EXTRAORDINARY
HARBOUR DEPARTMENT
NOTICE
F
It is hereby notified that sealed tenders in' triplicate, which should be marked "Toader for the purchase of the wreck GENERAL MEETING
of the River Steamer "On Lee"," NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN will be received at the Harbour on Friday, EXTRAORDINARY] Office until Noon that GENERAL MEETING of The 18th April, 1947, Hongkong Land Investment &
The "ON LEE" which is un- Agency Co., Ltd. will be held
is to be sold as Measta. serviceable, Ofaces at the
of
as she leg in shallow Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., scrap No. 18, Pedder Street. Hong water at Kum Tong, Kowloon Kong, on Monday, the 21st day Bay. of April, 1947, at 12.45 p.m. (or as Boon thereafter an the An- musl General Meeting to be held at Non on that date shall have been concluded) for the purpose ENGLISH COUPLE_and_child_of_considering and I thought or unfurnished ne- fit passing the sub-joined Res require flat
Willing to
pay solution
Ordinary Ite commodation.
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NEWLY arrived from America & Sauerpans Australia, Cutlery &
at special reduced prices. Set of 3 pieces pure Aluminiuun Sauce. puts $16.00. Self 21 knives, forks & Spoons 854,00. Apply V M. HAMMOND & CO. Big. 4th floor.
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THE "STAR" FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO. SHAREHOLDERS.
that Notice is hereby given the Forty-fifth Ordinary Yearly Meeting of the members of this CommBy will be held at the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd., on Monday the 28th day of April, 1917, at Non, to receive the Report of "the Board
of Directors and Statement of Accounts for the December, year ended 31st 1946, to elect Directors, and appoint Auditors.
A n
the "That the Capital of Company be Increased to $50,000,000.-by the creation
PARTICULARS:-
Length 168" 0" Breadth Jepth
34' 0" 10' 4"
Details of her present con- dition are avaliable on applica- Lion to the Salvage Adviser, Harbour Office.
Tenderers must, deposit at the of One Million Six Hundred Treasury, Prince's Building, the: Thousand mess shares of Him of $1,000-(One thousand Twenty-five Dollars each tol he desire 101. Auch time
or
times and in such terms and
conditions In every respect Is the Company's Board of Directors may think fit."
Dated this Eigth day of April, 1947.
By Order of
the Board of Directors.
B. C. FIELD, Secretary.
CHINA LIGHT & POWER COMPANY, LIMITED,
Report of the Board of Directors and Statement
of Accounts:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty Fourth Ordnry Meeting of the Share- holders will be held at Noon, on the 12th day of April, 1947, is the Company's Hong Kong Office, 2nd Floor, St. George's' Notice is also given that the Building, Chater Road, Victorin, Transfer Books of the Com-Iong Kong, for the purpose of! pany will be closed from the receiving a Statement of Ac-
to the 28th counts and the report 15th April, 1947,
Directors for the period 1st April, 1947, bath daya inclusive.
September, 1945 to 30th Septem- By Order of
ber, 1944, and electing Directors and appointing Auditors,
the Board of Directors.
C. E. TERRY, Manager & Secretały. Hong Kong, 8th April, 1917.
WIT
SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE HONG KONG
of the
dollars), which sum shall be forfeited to the Hong Kong Government if the successful tenderer falls to complete the tranunction. The deposit will be
returned to ansuccessfil ten- derers.
The successful tendercra will be required to pay the purchase money to the Treasury within 1,48 hours of being alvised of the
acceptance of their tender.
The Transfer Books and Re- gister of Shareholders will be closed as from the 6th 1917, to the 19th April. 1947.; brth days Inclusive.
Government dues not bind itself to accept the highest or any tender.
J. JOLLY,
Harbour Master,
Hong Kong, 7th April, 1947.
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB
Open Colony Tennis Championships
TO-DAY
Men's Doubles (Semi-Final)
5 p.m. Sharp
April, Ho Ka-lau & F. K. Kwok
By Order of the Board of Directors,
P. W. A. WOOD. Secretary & Chief Accountant.
who Hong Kung, 14th March, 1947.
any Englishmen have arrived in the Colony since 7th January 1947, the date of the Society's Annual Meeting, and win wish to renew their
join membership or in
the Socfety, kindly notify the un- dersigned.
Members who have not yet sent in their list of guests for St. George's Day Celebrations are requested to do so as ADON as possible,
PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHELL & Co.
Secretaries & Treasurers, Exchange Building, Hong Kong.
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IN
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PUBLIC AUCTION
The undersigned have received instructions to sell by
Public
Auction on
Friday, the 11th. April 1947 Commencing at 230, P.M.
A FINE COLLECTION OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE comprising:-
Teak Wardrobes, Chest of Drawers, Low Boys, Dressing
V..
Yip Koon-Hoong & Paul Kong
HARBOUR DEPARTMENT
Shipping News-
Notice is hereby given that as from the 1st May, 1947, all information regarding shipping movements entering or lying in the waters of the Colony will be issued to the Public only from the Harbour Office on application.
(Sd) J. JOLLY,
Harbour Master,
Hong Kong, 10th April, 1947.
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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1947.``
SCHACHT "EXPLAINS" WHY British
HE JOINED DER FUEHRER
TEETOTALER, NO DOUBT
'Cork, Eire, Apr. 9. The present shortage of atout in Eire in one of the
best things that ever hap: pened, according to Judge J. K. O'Connor, at the Circuit Court Criminal Scasions to-
"It is an ill wind that blows nobody good und certainly the scarcity of drink will have the effect of further leasening the amount of erline that comes here before we ho suid- Reuter,
Democratic Rome Duel
Stuttgart, Apr. 9.
Hitler's financial wizard, Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, who was acquitted as a major war criminal at the Nuernberg tribunal last year, heard the Chief Prosecutor read a 53-page Indictment | against him when his trial before the denazifi- cation court opened here today.
cameras
When the proceedings started, Schacht's brief ac-
count of his public career was hardly audible] above the noise of clicking press which photographed the scene. Helmut Ballerin, Chief Pro- the persecution of the Jews and secutor, who was once a fugi- the Church, and told him, he tive from the Nuzis, charged must get rid of the Gestapo, Schacht with having given the whose behaviour has aroused Nazi system extraordinary po world contempt," he continued. litien), economic and pro-
Hitler's Distrust with paganda assistance and
"From this time onwarda,' -having-played an important Schacht-anid, "I—Incurred Il- part in the Hitler government ler's distrust. 1 heard he had which could only have been said that I had not helped re done by leading Nazia and armament but sabotuged it. propioters of the Nazi terror Consequently, Goering was on- regimer."
He demanded that Schacht be declared the main culprit" under the denazification İnws, Concluding an Impassioned de- of fence against the charges, the former Nazi Finance Minister "I did not immigrate where The two newspapermen par. I might have written articles made speeches, That ticipating declared themselves and "satlafied" after harmlessly would inve been cowardice.
Nazi dictatorship crossing swords with each other fought the 12 timen at dawn in, a deserted here in Germany. I only had
on Rome's outskirts. barroom
Attilio Battistinl
Rome, Apr. 9. The first postwar duci honour in Italy ended today in
a bloodless draw.
Journalist
declared:
GRUESOME AIN'T IT?
Toulon, Apr. 9.
Bars and liquor atorca here today reported a sharp de- cline in the aule of "pastie."
The police announced that an undetermined quantity of - drink which had been flooding the local black market was made from alcohol stolen by an enterprising hospital in- ditarcting from Iaboratory.--United Prean,
terc
U.S. Army
To Buy Cloth
trusted with part of my work In Germany
and became Commissioner for the Four Year Plan.
Schacht made a strong point that two month before the German defeat at Stalingrad he had written to Goering point. ing out the failure of the Luft- waffe's offensive against Grent Britain.
London, Apr. 10.
Fighters For Turks
London, Apr. 9.
A spokesman of the Supply Ministry said to- day that 350 British figh- ter planes have been flown to Turkey since last
150 August and more planes will be sup- plied during the next few months.
The spokesman said there was no connection whatever between these aircraft supplies and the “proposed American tour to-Tur key. The supplies, he said, were decided upon when a Turkish air misalon visited Britain last year.
The Ministry does not directly supply RAF surplus planes, but the planes come from the manu. who obtained them'
the RAF since
In American Army purchas- facturers ing mission is reported to be from the surplus pool for recon. headed for Germany with a $10. I ditioning. The planes were pilot.
States nor Britishy left in groups of 12, accen 000,000 cloth order neither theed by ex-RAF crew. They usual United
panied by two "Dakoles" carry. manufacturers want.
The Board of Trade confirmeding spare parts and bringing the We did not finance German today that it had turned down crews back to Britain.
The planes Include "Spitfires," armaments because as Minister an American request for 5,000.- "Mosquitoes," "Beaufighters," all without Portfolio he was with 000 yards of alive drab worsted armed with cannon and machine to be delivered within the next guns and with top speeds up to out influence.
Frau Schacht listened to her six to nine months.
450 m.p.h. husband's speech and hopes to
A Board of Trade spokesman In Turkey, the planes will be attend
every session
of his said he heard the buying mis-used by Turkish Air Force of-
sion went to Frankfurt in the neers trained by
from | 1941-United Press. hope of getting goods German textile mills.
• An Informed source said he the Army buyers understood came to Britain because the U.S. Army at present has to compete After the trial she plans to in the open market with private Schacht explained that he live in a Hamburg Buburb. buyers for American joined Hitler's cabinet to solve Reuter. 700,000 the problem of Germany's G- unemployed and to secure Germany's economic equality with other nations, The only alternative to the Hit- ler government was a military putsch and a breach of the con- is the Nazi party stitution,
the misfortune to remain alive,"
Today, Dr. Schacht said, was and proof-reader Marlo Galeffa tragic anniversary in life, trial. She told correspondents
f his of her relief that her two chil gat into an argument about as three years ago three trade unions which they decided best friends, including niral dren were being cared for in Canaris (former Nazi secret a home established by the Bri. could only be settled by a duel service chief) who had conspir- tish authorities for under- First they were held up by the ed with him against Hier, nourished children
until she absence of swords, then had, to were hanged in the courtyard was able to care for them her- exchange the required silk duel of Flossenburg concentration | self. ling shirts for size,
by
Their 12 parrics were describ- ed as a "democraile duct" referee Colonel Giulio Albertini. -United Preas. –
Correction
camp.
was the largest.
"This Rat-Catcher"
Rome, Apr 9, Asked at a meeting here what would happen to Europe's dia- placed persons if the internu-
In view of the economic re- tlonal refugee organization was cord of the democratic govern- not functioning by the time ments which preceded Hitler it UNRRA closed its operations on was not surprising that forty June 30. Major-General Lowell per cent of the Germans voted "for this rat-catcher," he said. Rooks, Director-General of
Schacht defended his special UNRRA, replied that "In that event UNRRA can do nothing whereby I found money to put credits to German industry, but turn these unfortunate peo- ple back into the hands of the these six and a half million un- countries in
employed to work again." which
they find themselves, whether civil
When after the second elce. otion Hitler invited Schacht to military."
become Minister of Economies, This version of what General, Schacht accepted "because I Rooks said corrects a report of was convinced that the only his statement yesterday, in possibility was to try and in- which he was quoted as saying fluence the Hitler cabinet from that "all
displaced persons within and try to establish re. would be shipped back to their sistance centres against Hitler's | respective countries no matter criminal tyranny." what type of government was la power."-Reuter.
Republican
Associated Press,
cloths.-
Venezuela's Worst Air
Troops In Lisbon Tragedy
Dockyards
Lisbon, Apr. 9.
Caracas, Apr. 9. The Venezuelan Government today declared a three-day period of mourning throughout the country, following the
aviation
the
Troops from the engineer corps today occupied greatest single air tragedy in Lisbon's shipyards, hamstrung for over a week the history of Venezuelan civil by the partial strike of 10,000 workers, as the In the accident, 27 high- Government reopened plants it shut down school teachers and students, crew of four, were killed yesterday during an "investigation." Strong police detachments patrolled the dock area when an aircraft belonging to
Aero-Postal crashed in .. to protect workers, slowly dribbling back to e
flames in a mountainous region their jobs, against any violence. No distur-25 miles from the capital. bances were reported.
The passengers were return- semi-official newspaper Ing from a Easter week vaca- "Diario de Manha" meanwhile tion at Comana, a seaside re- called for vigorous action against sort in Eastern Venezuela. the "underground activity of A
flew at fifth column." The Government
No To
Obstacles Friendship
Thi
The tional flay
had charged officially that the half-mast throughout today on partial strike was Communist pubile buildings.-Reuter, inspired.
The "Diario de Manha" charg-
London, Apr. 9.
ed that the Communists sought, disorder and. differ- firstly, to create
secondly, to hinder imports ot
A declaration that
"I protested to Hitler against ences in social and political or food to create discontent. Several
Six Die In
der were no obstacles to friendships were held at Lisbon by the Avalanche
Clash Onght by Vassily
Truman Aid Plan
Washington, Apr. 9.
Hotel,
hampered repair
Vienna, Apr. 9.
Easter on Mountain in
for an occurred during
Southern Austria.
The mountaineers were.
Russia and the strike, which ship between other countries was made to work.
Workers refused to work over- Kutnetsov,
time of the Russian Parlia
or on holidays without extra Six of eight mountain clim- mentary .delegation
visiting Pay additional food rations, and bers are known to have lost refused to work normally during their lives in the worst Aus- Britain.
the eight hours on the fab daily trian mountain avalanche act because they said their food was eldent for many
years which At a prons conference In Insufficient. The Government clor- London held at the famous ed the yards yesterday The Senate's two top Republicans-Arthur Van- Orchid Room of the Dorchester investigation and reopened then, Hochschwar
today. Kutnetsov told 200 denberg and Robert Taft-clashed today on journalists that the delegation
"Toys" the US$400,000,000 Greco-Turkish progranime, had noted during their stay in The Diario said the workers caught in a blizzard and decided The Senate President, Senator Vandenberg, asked Britain influential political were "toys" manoeuvred by "for- to try the dangerous descent for an immediate vote on amendments to as- groups under the influence of eign agents." It said the Foreign with ropes over a route never
Ministry was informed weoke ags used in winter. sure the United Nations a voice in the propos- reactionary circles were irrecon- that Portuguese
During the Spanish
descent, the ed programme. Senator Taft, chairman of clably hostile to Russia and trade unions had received instruc- avalanche swept down and the Senate Republican Policy Committee, her neighbouring countries.
buried seven of them. Five-bo- dica have since been recovered. squelched the move by objecting that this The delegation was returbing would touch off a debate on the amendments. to Russia, however, convinced that the large majority of the Senator Vandenberg and Sena-| The critics spoke amid pre- British people were striving to tor Tatt clashed for the second dictions by Vandenberg and Song- wards a permanent, just ponce time in a week, following, the ter Tom Connally (Democrat, throughout the world and former's successful move against Toxas) that the measure would would not allow "Instigators of recommitting the nomination of win early Senate approval. Sepa- a new war to sow mistrust and
Tablen with Stoela, Double & Chinese Optical Co., Daly Lithal, who, was tor Connally doubted that there discord between peoples."
Single Bedsteads, Dining Tables, Sideboards, Glass Cabinets,
Tabics, Writing
Book Савев, Typist Tables, Chesterfield Sulten, Folding Card Tables, Tea Poys, Table Clock, Table Fan, Carpets,į Rugs, Cutlery, Rattan Chairs, Glass Ware, E.P.N.S. Ware and | Child's Push Car, Etc., Etc., Etc.
Also
1 "Philips" Radio
OPTICIAN
67 QUEEN'S ROAD C-19
TIMBER FAMINE THREAT
London, Apr. 9.
by Senator Taft aa chair-would be more than 10 opposing
Kutnetsov added: "We are Iman of the Atomic Energy Com- volt.
misalon.
Meanwhile, the Senate Foreign also convinced that the British understand the im- Senator Taft has not taken Relations Committes sidetracked people
portance of sincero co-operation public stand on the Greco.Tur. for the second time the vote on kish programme, which Benatur nomination of the now Ambasso. between Britain, Russia, Franco Vandenberg has endorsed, but dor to Russian.influenced Poland, and the United States and the Taft's friends raid he would vote Chairman Vandenberg said the deep desiro that success shall for it reluctantly,
Committes wanted more informa- attend the work of the Foreign Ministers in Moscow.”—Reuter. Senators Edward Martin (Re. tion-United Press, publican, Perinsylvania) and Har-
Unless immediate steps are lan Bushfeld (Republican, South La Guardia
taken to encourage large-scals] Dakota)' criticized the aid pro- planting of trees there will be gramme.
Martin said he would,
Premier
troops to
Prize-Winner
New York, Apr. 10.
U.S. MEDAL FOR GWR OFFICIAL
a world, Umber famine with vote for it with reluctance, while 1.Oak Wood Dining Room the next few years, Viscount Bushfield warned. that it meant
Bennett, former
at the annual the Middle East and that "un- former New York mayor and alstant General Manager of the Canada, stated
Ja Director-General of UNRRA Great Western Railway, who
Charter,
of sending United States
doubtedly the United States
Fiorello
LaGuardin,
Landon, Apr. 0. K.W.C. Grand, As.
and
tions to organise discontent and agitation among workers.
The directives reportedly asked that special attention be given to creating food shortages as a mean. of fighting the Portuguese gimeUnited Press.
The eighth member of the party who had managed to free himself, was killed while going to fetch help.--Reuter,
HITLER'S PIANIST HAS A COMPLAINT
Munich, Apr. 9. Hitler's favourite pianist and foreign press_chief of the Nazi Party before the war, Ernest "Putzi" Hanfstaengl, who recently applied to the Bavarian Government for registration as a victim of political persecution, has had his ap- plication refused,
Vacuum Cleaner completa) luncheon of the World: Forcats headed once more for world war." in named winner of the 1944 was its company's agent in the Bavaria, and wrote to Philip crash. -
Sulto
1
with Flex and Roda-Now
1 Royal Typewriter 10"
1 GHAllan Refrigerator
Hanfstaengl, who sheltered Hitler after the "beer"
hall putsch" in 1923, fled to Britain in 1937 after quarreling with Hitler and was interned on the outbreak of war, first in Britain and then in Canada and again in Britain, He is now living In Upper him by involving him in an air In reply Auerbach One-World Award for Frees United States for some years Auerbach, the Bavarian Con- saldi "New Deal Method"
and Radio for his "outstanding before the war, will be present-missar for. Refugees, there is "You share the guilt for the Senator Hugh Butler (Republi. tional public service."
record of national and interpa-ed with the American Medal of not the least doubt that with death of 11,000,000 men and deplored the fact that timber was not being gan, Nebraska) joined the pre- The One-World Committee, Freedom with Bronze Palm for an objective consideration of women who perished, in con- On view from Thursday, the replaced now on the same scale hune's critics by declaring that outgrowth of the american bis services in the United States the facts. I can leafinately be centration camp
classed as a politically per 10th. April 1947
that it was being used- the bill was "typical of the Now Nobel Anniversary Committee, during the war,
Deal method of spending money cited LaGuardia particularly
Terms: As Customary.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
Ho referred to the rate at which world timber resources had been used up in, the 100k two wars: and
.
The presentation will tako
Those present at the "Tuts to solve the world's ills. Ho sug- "for his fearless stand over thef pinco at the United States Em-
cheon included the ambassadors i
ministers.
•
Accusing Hanfetsengl of aide socuted
Ing Hitler, he said the applicant person."
would go down in the, wand’M Hanfstaengi was reported to history as a traitor. be willing to perpetuate small as in his public life, generally 46 Britons will be decorated by Germany in 1997 because he you will not be classed as Communist dissident troups ll as his One the United States Government had been informed that Goer politically persecuted person.
order to claim American aid.
Reuter. World Associated Press.
ing was planning to get rid of -Reuter.
of China and Brazli- and' · the /gested that other countries might radio and in the presa: as well Ƒ-bassy hore tomorrow,. Altogether havo alleged that he fled from) -- "As long as I am in zombie de
Guatemala, · Liberia Uruguay-Router.
and
Ita