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HARBOUR DEPARTMENT. NOTIFICATION
For information of Ship Operators & Charterers.
17 IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT MONDAY, 4TH AUG 1947, HAS BEEN DECLARED A WEATHER-NON-WORKING DAY.
J. JOLLY, Harbour Master.
Harbour Department,
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THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN CO., LTD.
̧· NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. NOTICE la hereby given that the Fifty-sixth Ordinary Annual Meeting of the Members of this Company will be held at the
HEI” THE 'CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1947.
THE HONGKONG AND British
SHANGHAI BANKING |--A
CORPORATION, A Policy On
per Dollar.
..
The Ruhr
London, Aug. 5.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Interim Divi dend of £2. 0.,0. per share (rett | Corporation Profits Tax) has after deduction of Hong Kong been declared in respect of the Foreign Secretary Ern- year ending 1947, at a rate of 1/2 27/320: the House of Commons 31st December est Bevin reiterated in Office of Mexsta. Jardino, Matheson & Co., Ltd., on Thurs-
last night Britain's an- day the 7th Augast, 1947, at THIS DIVIDEND WILL BE nounced policy of public Noon, to receive the Report of PAYABLE on and after ownership of the mines the Board of Directors and MONDAY 11th August, at the Hong Kong, th, August, 1947. Statement of Accounts for the offices of the Corporation, where and factories of Ger-
ended Bist December Shareholders are requested to many's Ruhr. 1940, to elect Directors and to apply for Warrants.
“Who is going to have, these appoint Auditora.
industries if the people do not?" THE REGISTER OF he asked, in a debate on Germany. SHARES of the Corporation Are they going back to the syn- will be closed from MONDAYdicates or to the Kruppa?" 28th July to SATURDAY 91 Mr. Bevin also declared his op- August (both days inclusive) position to four-power control of during which period no transfor the Ruhr as proposed by France, of Shares can be registered.
"I have taken the view that I will not be a party to four-power con- trol of the Ruhr unless there' is four-power control of all German industry," he said,
Service Auction Rooms
Auctioneers, Surveyors, etc. Bassment, French Bank Bldg..
A.E.B. de Souss, Auctioneer Telephone 31807,
LAMMERT BROS
Auctioneers. Surveyors and Appraisers,
Pedder Building. Telophoria No, 20224.
PUBLIC AUCTION
The Undersigned have receive instructions to sell, by Publi
Auction an
Friday, the 8th August 1947
commencing at 2.30 PM,
+
at their Enles Rooms No. 8′′ Hankow Road Kowloon,
A FINE COLLECTION OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
comprising:
year
NOTICE is also given that the Transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed from the 24th July 1947, to the 7th August, 1947, both days inclu-
sive.
By order of the Board of Directors.
CHAS. E. TERRY, Manager and Secretary, Hong Kong, 10th July, 1947.
THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
IOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
A. MORSE. Chief Manager
BY ORDER OF THE
LIQUIDATOR
Messrs Lammert Brothers have received instructions to sell by Publié Auction
In One Lot The Valuable Leasehold Property altuated at
•
The Foreign Secretary's state. mant of policy was the first from on ofetal British source since the Angio-American differences over planning for Germany were thrust into the open last month in a dis. pute over the scope of projected duction in the Ruhr-Associated talks.In Washington on coal pro. Press.
Philippine Air Mission
hat an Extraordinary General Repulse Bay in the Colony of Called Off
ceting of the Company will be held at the Office of Messrs: Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., on Thursday, 7th August, 1947, it. 12.30 p.m., or at such time as he Ordinary General Meeting a be held at the same place at Yoon shall terminate, for the urpose of considering and if "Hought ́At passing the follow- ing a8 SpecialTM Resolutions, via:~~
(1) That the Authorised Capital of the Company (which
• now $8,000,000.00 consisting I 160,000 shares of the ominal value of $50,00 each, of Camphorwood Chests, Teak vhich 90,000 shares have been wood Chest of Drawers, Ward
ssued), bo increased to $50,- roben, Dressing Tables, Hanging000,000.00 by the creation of Cupboards With Drawers Com bined, Divans, Double Bedsteads Dining Room Tables, Chairs Sideboards, Silver Cabinets, Tor Poya, Chesterfield Couches Arm chaire, Gramaphone Record: Perambulatora, Folding Ironin Board, Blackwood Chairs, Offic Desks, Typewriters, Table Fant Bed Side Tables, and Assorte. Tables, Etc., Etc.
Also.
1 Kenmore Carpet Sweepe:
with Accessories
1 Gesteiner. Three Duplicato.
1 National Cush Register
6 Oil Paintings
1 Frigidaire
1 Baldax Camers, Lense 1:2!
F-7.4. C.M...
1 Marble Ornament (Animal
On View From Thursday, the fth August 1947.
Terma A3 Customary.
PUBLIC AUCTION
LAMMERT. BROS Auctioneers.
BY ORDER OF. THE DIRECTOR OF DISPOSALS FAR FASTERN AREA (M. 0.8.)
Mesats, Lammiert Brothers of Pedder Building, Hong Kong, have received instructions to sell by, Auction at their Sales Rooms, Pedder Buliding-Basement, at, 10.30 am on 7th day of August 1947:
Thursday, the
A LARGE QUANTITY. OF MISCELLANEOUS STORES AND
***VEHICLES
LOCATED AT R. A. O.C. DEPOT, SHAMSHUIPO
Tyre Covers, fron Beds, Old Aluminiuro, Old Brass, Empty Cartridge Cases, Oil Cast: Iron, Tinbed and Galvanized Iron, Wrought Iron, Bitel Boráp, Old Tools and Cylinders, O Canvas, Old Leather. Old Oll. Skin and Webbing, Old Cotton and Woollen Rags, Old Blankets, Old Cable, Wire Ropes, Old Rubber and Tyres, Old Batteries, Box Ammo Trays, Armour- ed Water Hose, Pneumatic Wood Borets, Pneumatic Light Picks, Generating. Set-Lister (22 KW) and Scrap Metal LOCATED AT R. A. 0,0. 221 VEHICLE' COY, CHATHAM ROAD,
W KOWLOON
Chevrolet Dodge und Ford Trucks, Heavy Utility, Ford Jeeps. and Matchless, Norton and Ariel Motor Cycles
340,000 additional ehares of the nominal value of $50.00 each, nd that such shares be lasued t such a uma or times and pon such terms as the Com. any's Board of Directors In heir absolute discretion shall hink. fit.
"(2) That Article 19 of the
Hongkong and being
Rural Building Lot No. 165 Together with the damaged mesauage thereon known us Mirador Repulse Bay, Hong Kong.
on
Thursday-
the 7th day of August 1947 at 3 o'clock p.m.
nt
Pedder Building, Victoria, Hongkong,
Manila, Aug. G. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs today suspend ed the departure of a special misrion to Hongkong where preliminary egotiations for an air agreement between the Crown: Colony and the Philip pines went to be oponed.
Vice-President Elpidio Quiri-
And The
Egypt Asks U.N.O. Tito
To Expel Troops From Nile
Nile
Egypt appealed to the United Nations Security
Lake Success, Ang. 5. Council on Tuesday to order all British troops out of the Nile valley and thus strike a blow at "nineteenth century Imperialism." Warning that public feeling in Egypt was on the point of "eruption," the Egyptian Prime Minis- ter, Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha, per- sonally called on the Council to act quickly be- fore tension of Britain's 65-year-old foothold in the Nile threatens world peace...
L
Vatican
Prague, Aug. 5, The Yugoslav news agency, Tanjug, reported- today that Marshal Titos. told seven Americans Protestant church lea- ders that, he could fore-
see
..
no immediate ima provement in Yugoslav-~ Vatican relations.
"I do not see any, improve.”
He assalled Britain's dominased that the 1986 treaty was freement, in the near future." Tito tion of the Suez Canal and ly entered into by both parties said in reply to a question dur Sudan, Ho asserted: live in a world which cannot
"We and was binding until 1966.・・ ing an interview at his summers tolerate
Sir Alexander quoted pro-home in Bled, imperialism.
the ventures of minent Egyptian statesmen at "This does not depend on u
the time the treaty was conclud. but on the Vatican. If the Council require:-
Nokrashy demanded that the ed all of whom declared that Vatican continues to cause our
the treaty was not inconsistent.elorgy not to adopt a morer 1. Evacuation of all British with Egyptian independence and positiva atand towards the states. forces from the Nile on an that it respected the principle of relations will naturally deterio "Immediate, complete and unequality. conditional basis,"
Nokrashy Pasha rate," himself said that he personally Tito told churchmen that he 2. Termination of the pre-approved of this treaty which he wished America to know that dominantly British administra: had signed.
Yugos'avin is her friend. tion in the 1,000,000 square mile Sudan, so it can be unified with "Without these treaty provi- truthful reports on Yugoslavia
"Many of those spreading un.“ Egypt.
alons and these forces, it ta are certain Catholic circles and 3. Scrapping of the 1980 questionable: whether victory Orthodox bishops," Tito said.
which would have been achieved, and On the Yugoslav attitude to Anglo-Egyptian Egypt anys violates the United the United Nations over created. ward the churches, Tito said, Nations Charter.
In virtue of these provisions "We not ask Church digni 4. Alteration of Britain's Egypt's territory was defended tarlos and priests to be any "Role responsibility" over the by British forces. As a result thing else but loyal to tho Buez which should be an "inter- of these provisions, Egypt emer.' state”—United Press. national artery open to all." ged from the war a richer coun
Nokrashy, speaking from a try and almost entirely un- 30-page text and surrounded by Acatched". the largest group of diplomats
dom to choose complete indepen- and advisors over to represent Anglo-Egyptian negotiations cen- claims to be the right of other This main controversy in the dence which she ao ardently one government at the Council tred on the phrase dealing with territor and which she hor- session, said friction between the right of the Sudanese to Relf received from Britata". Britain and Egypt had develop choose the future statue of the ed into a dispute which endan- gered world peace.-
Buda
trealy
Clouds Gathering "Egypt does not have to look) no (Secretary of Foreign Affar to find clouds gathering on fara), discovered that the in- the horizon." vitation to come to Hongkong
►
เ
Departing in one. Instance from the text-of-his-specchˆná” released in advance, Sir Alexan- The Sudan
der sald: "This morning the Egyptian Premier revealed that Declaring that the Egyptian Egypt's, signature of the 1986 Government considered that the treaty was merely a temporary had been extended by an exocu- "vast part of our territory and Sir Alexander said: "In other same does not apply to Egypt's He referred to Sudan, as a Sudan's choice should be limited, expedient. Let us hope that the tive of an Hongkong airline, said the security of that part words, Egypt la not prepared to signature of the United Nations rather than by the British or and perhaps of the entire Middle accord to the Sudan that free-Charter."-Reuter.
East would never be Insured until the British are forced out and Sudan merged with Egypt.
For further Earticulare and Hongkong government. Conditions of Salo Apply
Mesars Deacons, 1, Des Voeux Road, Central, Solicitors for the Liquida. tors..
or to Messrs Lammert Brothers, Pedder Building. Hong kong, Auctioneers.
ompany's Articles of Assocla--the balance of $60.00 per ion be cancelled, and the follow-share, being the remaining hatt
gaubstituted therefor:~~
$19.
of
of the nominal value plus the remaining half of the premium.
(c) Payment of the sum of; Notwithstanding any of the $50.00 per share on acceptance of the offer shall be deemed to revisions these Articles
be the first call on such shares. Association no Shareholder shall vithout the sanction, of the and the balance of $50.00 per Jirectors be entitled at any umeshare shall be deemed to be the
balance payable, within be registered as the holder of
the
The mission will not leave until assurances have been re- colved that it is recognised as an official representative of the Republic.-Associated Press.
A small fire, involving two drums of petrol, occurred at the Kowloon Canton Railway Shed at Hungham at about 9.46 last night..
Tiwa Are appliances despatched to the scone and the WAL ston brought under
fire control,
nore than one-tenth of the meaning of Articles 34 to 43 pi Capital of the Company issued the Company's Articles of Asso- for the time being.
ciation. Provided Levertheless that the registra
(1) Subject
payments A Jon of a transfer of shares being made on the due datea, whereby the holding of any such new abares shall rank na
to
shareholder is increased beyond partly paid shares from 1st he said amount shall be con- January, 1948, end as fully paid tusive evidence that the sanc shares from 1st Jul, 1948, lon of the Directors to auch in participating in dividend for reased holding has been given the
1st perlod ut shall not be, evidence that 1948,
January, to 31st Juno. he Directors have
-1940, sanctioned to the extent of one quarter, and ny further increase by such for the period 1st July, 1948, to shareholder in his holding." 81st December 1948, to the ex; NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN cared for existing abares in tent of one half the amount de hat if the above. resolution No respect of the year, 1948, 1) is duly passed as a Special thereafter, ranking for dividend tesolution, it is the intention of and in all other respects par! he Board of Directors in actor pass with the existing sharea lance with the terms of the of the Company. (N Special Resolutions passed
and
word
Valley is a blatant contradiction "The occupation of the. Nile of the will of our people and a flagrant violation national law," the Egyptian of inter- Premier concluded. United Press,
i
British Reply Sir Alexander Cadogan, reply Britain's permanent delegate, ing to Nokrashy Pasha, declar
Scheme To Send Japanese Traders Abroad
Viet-Nam
Extremists
Ousted From Cabinet
Paris, Aug. 5,
Detalls of the reshuffle in the Viet Namese Govern
ment, which were reported to have eliminated many of the extremist anti-French elements, have been released by the French Govern ment
Vo Nguyen Glop has relin- ties of 16,005 killed and 19,957 quished the post of Minister of wounded, not including prison- National Defence to Ta Quand ers or the sick. Dun, member of the Demo- The Commission, cratic Party.
which claims to receive its informa- Vo Glap, a member of Presi- tion. from ita Government dent Ho Chi Minh's Party and through Bangkok, Siam; Is not reported to be an extremist, recognised by the French Gove mains commander of the Viet ernment. Nam armed forces.
The post of Minister of Veterans Affairs went to Dr. Vu Dung, a member of the Viet Namese Provisional Govern ment in France and a Catholic who is believed to be pro French SA
The Ministry of the Interior will be given to a Cochin-Chin- ese, not yet designated, the re- port-added.
Bao Dai
reliable Government source today said United
Washington, Aug. 5. States officials are working on a plan to permit Japanese businessmen to go abroad under Allled supervision to arrange for foreign sales Admitting that such a scheme is "bound to raise'
and the servicing of Japanese products. Com objections in certain quarters", the official said, however, that some such plan is necessary be- cause as Japanese trade grows it will become
Earlier, it was announced In "too complex for the United States Govern-
Saigon that . Nguyên, Vinh ment" alone to attempt to handle all contacts
Thury, the personal name of abroad. He said the plans still are in the
Bao Dai, the ex-Emperor of Annam, beaded the list, · Dr formulative stage, but "something must be
"Supreme Counselor of the
United States Government is payers at home more than for a summary of the war in Indo-
done within the near future”.
new Government. Be An American official said the
The Viet Nameso Government It apparently fears the tax-Commission in Paris has issued now offering foreign buyers elgn criticism-United Press,. he 7th day of March, 1935, to (i) That where the share about 16 "counts" of Japanese offer as soon as possible after holder an desires, the full sum textiles; the Japanese before,
China, claiming French casual. the 7th day of August, 1947, of, $100.00 per 10,000 new shares of the nomin-paid up on
abare may be the wor, sold about 1,500. al value of $50.00 each, being offer, and in
acceptance of the counts' in foreign markets,
such event, any,
He said, too, that as Japanese the present unissued Capital of shares on which the full sam sports of light machinery the Company, together with an shall have bean paid up shall materialize it will be necessary additional 20,000 new shares of rank for dividendy and in all for Japanese manufacturers the nomlani value of $50.00 each other respecta par, passu, with and exporters to have their in accordance with the terms of the existing shares of the Comfications and arrange for in- the above Resolution, making a pany as from January, stallation and servicing of own men abroad to quote speel- total of 90,000 new shares of 1948."
sale b
equipment.
án
the nominal value of $60,00 The offer will be made by each, to the persons who on the
Soviet Troops Take
Oil Refinery__
Austria's largest oil refinery in Lubau, là the So-
Vienna, Aug. 5. viet Zone outside - Vienna, which is the pro- perty of the British and United States all in- terests, has been taken over by Soviet troops
LOCATED AT REME COMMAND WORKSHOPS, QUEENS, 7th day of August, 1947, are Notice sent by post to each finally completed in designed the refinery belongs to Osterreichische Miner
ROAD, EAST; HONG KONG
Guillotine and Scrap. pron...
LOCATED AT R. A 8. U-CENTRAL SALES DEPOT,
Water Sterilising Outfits. *LOCATED AT:
Port
SUB-ORDRANOR DEPOT, QUEEN'S ROAD, APARANTURONU KONG
Porn
to view. Catalogues sad Sprcial Condlilons of Sale be obtained trous Menken. - Lammert: Brothers.
Three German: subaldin
The United States plan, when registered in the Company's shareholder, specifying Share Register as the holders at number of shares to which the bllshed programme under which aloel Werke which is controlled by sub-
the to complement the recently esta the 90,000 suedyabares in the shareholder is entitled, and such 400 foreign businessmen will be sidiaries of Shell and Soconý Vacuum Di Capital of the Company, offer, if not accepted either on permitted to visit Japan, begin- Company of New York. In the proportion of behalf of such shareholder or ning August 15, and survey the Shortly after midnight on one new ahjure for each share his nominee on or before 31st situation and establish contacts August 14, Soviet troops arrived Shell and the Bocoby Vac held by them respectively, at a December, 1947, will be deemed with Japanese manufactures, at the refinery in several lorries Company hard premium *$50.00 1. per share, to be declined." and to propose the following Any of the shares which shall abroad badasigue todo ell officials arrived later and call-
Help Pay Debts and took pairsalon, carrying out interest further Special Resolution; not be taken up by the Com Japan's exports and help repay read proclamation stating the The plan for Japanese go a check of the workers. Barlet
G *****(0) That the aforesaid 90,000 parashall of is, dobroller-skiptaste and redbury, hai phed into the expe
od a meeting of the employees and new shares shall be issued aforesaid, shall be disposed of in food relief shipmontar and aubject to the following condi- ruch muner and such Linia dicupation costs.
d-of the- Borist, Union. | at. Boveral workers were diamiased, it resumption The knizure WBA
ording
eid BkTerkt: the-above mentioned Location flone can be made, beswei the hours of 1,80 am and 12.noon. and between 4,00. p.m. and 2.00% on, the 5th, and eth.
to
or times and upon such terms. Officials here are fully aware was believed, on political jernunda due for As the Company's Directors shall
In their absolita) discretion: ase
The Br
·French
Fighting between "French troops and the army of Viet Nam has been going on since last December-Reuter,
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