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HONG KONG ANTI- TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION Applications are invited for the post of Secretary. Prefer-
THE HONG KONG AND
KOWLOON · WHARF
AND GODOWN. COMPANY, LIMITED,
THE CHINA, MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1948.
THE CHENG RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED.
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(Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances, Hong Kong).
.
ence will be given to appli- Notice To Shareholders cants with secretarial and or-
ADOPTION OF NEW ganizing experience. A know- ledge of both
and ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION English
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS Chinese is essential. Quarters NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
AND will be provided if necessary.
qualifi-that an Extraordinary Goners! STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS Applications stating
FOR THE YEAR ENDED cations, experience and salary Meeting of the Members of this
304 JUNE, 1947. required, should be forwarded Company will be held at the of Messrs. Jardine, to the undersigned not
later Omee
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Matheson & Co., Ltd., Pedder than 22nd April, 1948.
Street, Hong Kong, on Wednes-that the Thirty-third Ordinary Share- Meeting of day, 28th April, 1948, at 12.16 Leneral
the abovehamed p., or at such time as the holders in Ordinary Annual Meeting of Company will be held at 001/ Members to be held at the same 006 Marina House, Hongkong. place at Noon shall terminate, on Thursday, 29th April, 1848, for the purpose of considering at 12.15 p.m. for the following and, If thought fit, passing the purposes. following Special Resolution:-
S. N. Chau, Chairman. H.K. Anti-Tuberculosis Assn. China Building, 1st Floor, Hong Kong
NATURALISATION
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that Vital Facts | HELEN TAUS formerly known un "HELEN TAUS-WEIS", 8, Industries. Boulless Earnings. 23 cents Somerset Road, Kowloon Tong, WORLDWIDE Hongkong, is applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any
who person knows any reason why na- turalisation should not be granted should send a written and signed statement of
copy.
ORDER
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the
CZECHS "KIDNAP". AIR LINER IN MID-AIR
Fierce Battle For Hospitals!
Cairo, Apr. 8.
Munich, Apr. 8.
Non-Communist Crechs kidnapped a Czechoslovak
commercial airliner in the air on Tuesday and`· flow it to Gerhianý, it was revealed today.
It was done it a quiet revolt of 17 passengers and three members of the crew. They explained: "We wanted to get away from the Communist regime."
"It was all so smooth, those of us who did not want to come here, did not know about it,"
A fourth member of the
The 1,500 male nurses, who said one of five other passen- struck in Cairo's two largest gers hospitals yesterday, threatened to set the hospitals on fire and Hurled blazing mattresses, torn from sickbeds, at the police who
crew who objected was kept at gunpoint!
The plane was a transport To receive and consider the
owned by the Czech National "That the New Articles of Directors' Report' and ` State- were besleging them, Iskander Air Lines. It landed suddenly on Association produced to the ment of Accounts for the year Pasha, the Egyptian Minister of Tuesday at the U.S. Air Forces
The
Greek King Also Gets Surprise
Egypt's Conditions On Palestine
Cairo, Apr. B. Egypt is ready to accept a temporary and conditioned United Nations trusteeship over the Holy Land, the evening news paper "Al Zaban" said today.
The conditions which the Egyptian Government laid, added the newspaper, are:
1-Trusteeship should cover the transition period between the British mandate and the coming phase of complete independence for Palestine,
2-Trusteeship should be for the unlocation of Palestine under a Athens, Apr. 0.
United Governinent in which the chded 30th Jume, 1947, to elect Public Health, said today.
Jewish The King Meeling, and for the purpose
fighter base at Neurenburg near
and the of Greece
Arab majority left stelkers, who were de- of identification subscribed a Director, to elect Auditors,
Athens last night on a surprise minority would take part. and to transact any
other manding more pay, also used boil Munich.
visit to the Peloponnese, accom- by David Fortune Landale,
The plane left Prague on a ropinled by Major General James
3--The United Nations should Chairman of the Company ordinary business of the Coming water, kitchen crockery and
partition klabu of concrete from the walls gularly scheduled flight between Van Fleat, the militry head shelve the complete
of and st the Meeting, boi pany.
of the two hospitals, the Fuad El the Czech expital and Bratislava, the United States ald mission plan in order that Arab Govern
thut the There were 20 people aboard. to Greece, Major General Down,ments will be adopted as the Articles of
Blank proxy forms are ob- Awal and Kaar El Alny, as am The pilot
sult he munition in their battle with the plane to the Ameri-Masions, and General Alexander Holy Land will not prepare
knowingly head of the British Military Trusteeship Committee over the Police, which ended with the
King's militaryImplementation of the plan.--As- sociated Press.
Association of the Company
in substitution for and to the
pll exclusion of
existing Articles of Association of the Company."
A copy of the Proposed New Articles can be inspected by any Shareholder at the Offices
Ноще Hongkong. Proxies must be lodged at the Regis tered Office of the Company at Jeast twenty-four hours before |the Meeting.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from
1948, both days inclusive.
rest
of 517 strikers.
ar-
The casualty list, after the po- Hee had opened fire, totalled 128 strikers Injured.
U.S.A.A. Foret
*
the brief Papagos, Announcement | adviser.
can zame `and landed,"
said.
The Royal train carrying King Passengers who were aboard suid Czech authorities in Munich Paul and his party from Argos lilled in detalls of the kidnap was reported to have been de Tripoli, in the Peloponnese,
Before the nurses aurrendered. It was learned, the ringleaders had instituted a "reign of terror" in
scoms that three of the inside the hospital compound with
wore in on the plot to begin the molestation of female rurses with," said Blonde Mrs. Beatrix and patients who did not side Chiadek. "The three other pas with the strikers.
to
SUTE
Czech Reds ralled today a few miles from Could Have
fucts to the Colonial Secretary of the Company during the the 19th to the 20th April, ] "summary courts" which ordered! crew and 14 of the passengers to be unhurt and to have con-
Hongkong.
NATURALISATION
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that
usual office hours..
►
By Order. of the Board of Directors,
C. E. TERRY, Manager and Secretary.
Hong Kong, 5th April, 1948.
JOSEPH TAUSZ, 8 Somerset THE HONG KONG AND. Road, Kowloon Tong. Hong Kong, is
applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that
KOWLOON. WHARF AND GODÓWN any person who COMPANY, LIMITED. knows any reason why natur-1
ORDINARY ANNUAL
|
MEETING
PEKING ART RUG manufacalisation should not be grant- Notice To Sharabolders turers and exporters of Pekinged should send a written and and TIENTSIN CARPETS and signed statement of the facts RUGS. POHAI RUG COM- to the Colonial Secretary. PANY, temporary sales office, Hong Kong. Room No. 8, Lucky Apartments, Corner of lankow and Peking Road, Kowloon.
GENUINE Peking and Tien- tain Carpets and Rugs, lovely designs, various sizes.
TELEPHONE NOTICE
Come
By Order of the Board of Directors, J. A. WATTIE & CO., LTD.
Secretaries.
THE SEMAMBU RUBBER
Tripoli. King Paul was stated Unued his fourney by car..
The cause of the derailment Many palicats have been trans-sengers joined the plotting later" was not known. It was later
learned from reliable Are Your With Us
sources ferred to other hospitals because
that the Royal party was
not "We set out from Prague and on the derelied of the damage to the buildings,
train, but on and the Government has decided thought we ware going along all another which followed later. to replace the male nurses by wo- right to Bratislava," she said. Reuter.
"Suddenly one of the passengers mon.-Reuter.
Bulgaria
ESTATES, LIMITED. Threatening
(Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances! Hong Kong). REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND
Lake Success, Apr. 0. Bulgaria protested today against
of the alleged abduction. three Bulgarian frontier guards by
Greek soldiers.
The protest was received by the Secretary Generol Traygve Lie, for transmission to the Greek Go-
- mün came up to me and ask-
ed if 1 knew where we were,
" said I did'not" and he said "well we are over Munich and we are going to Londox-are you with us?"
Munich
and
the
Prane.eck said that
NEW MEMBER OF
WORLD BANK
Washington, Apr. 8.
The International
[NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS vulgarla declared that the In- were staying and those who wish membership applications
that the Fifty-Seventh Ordinary Annual Meeting of the Members
Lever we were parted, how-
without
Been Beaten
London, Apr. 6. The wartime Czechoslovakian Defence Minister, General Sergej Ingr, told United Press today that the Communist coup could have been smashed in less than a week had. President Benes given the Army orders to march.
F. General Ingr, one of the first men to desart the new regime, Monetary Bald 90 per cent of the Army and Wa camo down inFund and World Bank have 100 per cent of the Air Force
Americani agreed to acept Austria-at pre- were loyal. etime and asked us who was sent occupied by the Big Four- If the Army had marched, he going to stay and who was not as a member country, M. Camille said, it would have liquidated all I decided not to stay, 1, have Gult, the President of the Fund, Communist resistance in a few nothing
but pyjamas and announced today.
days-provided the Soviet Army bathrobe. I am going back to
did not interfere. He told a press conference that.
Until the coup, the Communists air the Governors of the Banic and had little success in Indoctrinating force officers separated those who Fund had approved the Austrian rank and file and officers of the FOR THE YEAR ENDED
30th JUNE, 1947. **
Army, although they had „inal¬ cident took place on April 4 on ed to return.
dissent,
trated into higher gehetens -und of the Company will be held at
the Island of Gernin in the River NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the Office of Messrs. Jardine:
M. Gutt sald Austria hud until especially into the Defence Minis- Maritza.
she said "I learned that a August 31 to join. She will be try Thirtieth. Ordinary The note sald that unless the man named Favion was head of required to put up $5,000,000 in Matheson & Co., Ltd., Pedder that the
General Inge is now playing a of Share three guards were released im the plot. The pilot also was in gold and the equivalent of $45 teading role in London organizing. Street, Hong Kong, on Wednes General Meeting Jac 28th April, 1948, at Noon, holders in the abovenamed mediately the "Bulgarian Govern on it. The other passengers sald million in Austrian money.--Reu- relief tor Czech refugees. United
Itself compelled the navigator--amen
named tor to receive and consider the Company will be held at 6017 ment will find Report of the Board of Diree-608 Marina House, Hongkong to take all necessary counter moa-Pavill: -did not want to fly to
'sures."
London. They said when he tors and Statement of Accounts on Thursday, 20th April, 1948,
Lie
sent a copy of the protest went to the toilet some of them for the your ended 31st Decem-at 12.30 pm for the following to Alexis Kyrou Greek repre- followed- lim. ber, 1947, to elect Directors and purposes.
Isentative to the United Nations.
A Pistol BLAIR & CO., LTD. to appoint Auditors.
To receive and consider the-Associated Press.
"When he came out they shov- Directors' Report and Slate-
fed a pistol at him and told him ment of Accounts for the year
to stay in. an empty seat.
"One of the passengers told me ended 30th June, 1947, to alect
The was asked if he was with the plotters or not. He said 'he de- Notice is also given that the a Director to elect Auditors, to transact #ny" other.
cided to go along with them. He Members
and and Register Transfer Books of the Company ordinary business of the Com-
said all my property has been nattonalised; so what do I have will be closed from 15th April, pany.
to lose?-- 1048, to 28th April, 1948, both days inclusive.
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(White Ants Extermina- tion Dept.) offers service in White Ant Treatment. Just make a call, on the telephone and our TECH- NICIAN will be at your Hong service for Free Inspection. Tel: 32913, 33324.
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Blank proxy forms are ob- tainable at 001/600 Marina House Hongkong. Proxies must be lodged, at the Regis-**** tered Office of the Company at least twenty-four hours before the Meeting.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 19th to the 29th April, 1048, both days, inclusive.
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STATEMENT-OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th JUNE, 1947.
soclated Press.
SIAM RICE EXPORTS
of
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Purchase of 30,000 tons
Bangkok, Apr. 6. that the Thirty-first Ordinary Slamere rice by the United States General Meeting of Share for Chinn eller has been com- holders in the abovenamed pleted; it was anounced by Quin- Company will be held at 601/non C. Trousdale, local represen 806 Marina House, Hongkong ative of the US Commodity Cre at 12 noon for the following and ships the rice. on Thursday, 29th April, 1948, dit Corporation, which purchases
purposes.
To receive and consider the Directors Report and State ment of Accounts for the year ended 30th June, 1047, to elect Director: to elect' Auditors;
and to transact any other! "ordinary business of the Com- pany.
Meanwhile it was announced that Siam's rice shipments for February, 1948, totalling 04,000 tons-represented monthly shipment from the king- dom since December, 1946-- united Press.
the
highest
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*Calcutfd, Abr. 8. The strice of the Central Government” employees in Cal- Blank proxy forms are ob-butta virtually collapaid today tainable at 601/606 Marina when 700 men from three of the *xpart House, Hongkong. Proxies largest offices offered to return- must be lodged at the Regis to work unconditionally.. tered Office of the Company at 1600 men, out of 20,000, remain It is estimated that only about least twenty-four hours before the Meeting
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Effectivo 10th July, 1948, tho Freight Bureau "and"" the Frangi The Increased by 1396 dh all cargo
new Tariff is în course. óf prepi nhortly.
BOOTH,
sirike. Over 400 at these are in police, custody.-Reuter.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from MONTY AT NO. 10- the 19th, to the 28th April; 1948, both days Inclusive.
By Order of the Board of
Directors,..
J. A. WATTIE,&'CO., LTD.
Secretaries. ----
THE
WINSTON
New York'
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