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20 WORDS $ FOR ONE INSERTION PREPAID $1 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL INSERTION, ADDITIONAL WORDS 10 CTS. PER WORD,
PER.INSERTION.
engineers
heted from the of The Chinese'
-áre
SALE OF CORDAGE, WHITE OAKUM,
LINES ITALIAN ETC.
Tenders are invited for the purchase of Coir and Tarred
HONG KONG
TRAMWAYS LTD.
MONTHLY TICKETS
Monthly Ticket holders can
Sisal Cordage, White Nettle-travel on any tramcar and on stuff, Lines Italian, Leak Stop-any route during the month of ping Mats, White Oakum and issue; there are no restrictions number of journeys White Sennett sited at H.M. on the Dockyard, Kowloon.
.
inken.
Tender Forms and permis- Tickets for the month of July sions to view may be obtained may be obtained, as follows:- -from-Section 1.B of the Naval|
Store Dept., H.M. Dockyard,
Office Maritime Customs, Verina House. 1630, Queens Road, Hong Kong.
ticket for The
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE -20, 1948,
CAMPAIGNS ON
ON PAPER
Exaggerations Of Chinese Civil War Battles Without Bloodshed
THE HONGKONG &
CANTON ICE MANUFACTURING
CO., LTD. Notice-To-Shareholders
Nanking, June 26,
~POSITIONS VACANT
New tickets for passengers
It is the growing conviction of neutral observers horo APPLICATIONS from Certi- Hong Kong, (Telephone No not holding a
that both sides in China's civil war are fighting feated Diesel
30301 Ext: 174 for enquiries). present month can be obtained NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN at the Traffic Office, that the Twentyfirst Ordinary. Invite for employment with
The cordage etc. may be in- only
much harder on paper than on battlefields, the Coast Staff, Chinese Mari- speeled an application to Mr. Canal Road East, on and after Yearly Meeting of the Share-
holders in the Company will Why both the Government and Communists magni- time Custon Particulars may A. V. Jones, Inspector of Store- 30th June.
be held at the Offices of the
fy minor skirmishes into bloody struggles and housemen between the hours.
can be re- General Managers, Mezzanine of 0930 to 1200 and 1400 to Existing tickets
wage destructive, campaigns which leave no Monday to Thursday, newed ut the Traffic, Office, Floor, Windsor House, Hong
Wednesday 30th signs of destruction and never more than, a 28th June to 1st. July, 1948, on Canal Road East, on the 25th, Kong.
20th and 27th June and from June, 1948, at 11.30 a.m. for
handful of prisoners, despite huge casualty production of Tender Form.
the purpose of receiving the 2nd July.
claims, is puzzling. Report of the Directors
with Statement Tickets may also be renewed, gether
and re-electing Road
псаг Entrance, at Queen's Building, Connaught Accounts
Star Directors and Auditors. Ferry, on 28th, 29th, 30th June and Ist July.
WANTED KNOWN
Brand Lager- RED TVNET The Beer with Body that's good for the body. A bottle of Hted Tower Brand makes war- Ties uk small,
RENOMMEE Imported gowns and large selection of locally mado dresses. 503, Victory Bouise, 7. Wyndham Street. Opin Dally,
CARPETS & RUGS.-Genuine Peking and Tientsin, lovely designa and colourings, various
Tenders which may be for all or any of the stores, will! not be accepted after noon on Friday, 2nd July, 1948.
E. F. S. FISHER, Suptdg: Naval Store Officer.
in
to
V. WALKER Acting General Manager
25th June, 1948.
THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF
AND GODOWN COMPANY, LIMITED.
on
to- of
By Order of the Board
of Directors,
G. MILNE Secretary.
Hong Kong, 17th June, 1948.
REMOVAL NOTICE
On and after July 1st our Offices will be located
at SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST BUILDING 3rd Floor
TELEPHONE NUMBER
2008 2
PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY LIMITED.
Application has been made sizes. Come and Inspect at The to this Company to issue Chinn Rog Co., Kayamally Dr. RENATO EMILIO Building. 4th Floor (Opposite ALVARES of 5 Julia Avenue, Hong Kong Hotel). Quern's
1st Floor, Homuntin, Kow- Rom, C.
duplicate Certificates Joon,
10 NEWLY ARRIVED Underwood for 5 Fully Paid-up and
this NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS and $5-Part-up Shares Typewriters, standard
Anest portable,
typewriter Company-Certificate number:
UN Partly Paid New Issue Shares and Distinctive numbers Japers, ribbona and carbon
declaration KNOWN-upon obtainable
World
The owners of purtly paid that the original Certificates Typewriter Cn. 46, Wellington been lost or mislaid. And shares are reminded that, under Street, Hong Kong. Tel.
Notice is hereby given that, if the terms of issue, the final 20508
ONE instalment of $50.00 per share HONG KONG & FAR EAST at the expiration of
BE PAID ON OR FOR YOUR BREAKFAST MONTH from the date hereof MUST Tifin, Afternoon. Ten & Dinner. the alive Certificates be not BEFORE 30TH JUNE, 1948.
Certif- You are welcome. Prompt Set- forthcoming the said
Any
owning Buch Try rates will be deemed CAN- vico. Alry and Quiet, Cafe de Luxe, China Emporium CHLLED and of NO EFFECT. shares who is not in possession and NEW Certificates for the of the requisite form which Mezzanine Floor Tel. 26428.
In has to be presented when pay- sidd Shares will be issued their stead by the Company. ment is made, should make Immediate application for same JOHN D. HUMPHREYS to the Company.
nt
The
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
MAY BE BOOKED AT THE HWINDON BOOK STORE, E5 Nathan Road, Tel. 59327
FOR SALE
TAMARA MAY. 503 Peninsula Hotel Holding SUMMER SALE discount
until 7th July 20% off all dresses etr.
3,000 YARDS
Heavy
White
& SON LTD. General Managers. Hongkong, 26th May, 1048.
NOTICE.
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE CO. LTD.
to this
person
Payment should be made to The Hongkong and Shanghai Corporation, Hong Banking Kong
By Order-of-the-Board of Directors,
G. B. S. THOMSON,
Secretary.
Hong Kong, 24th June, 1948.
THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD:
Notice to Shareholders.~~~
Application has been made Company to issue to 3rish Linen width 28 inch. MRS. JASMINE CHAN, of 57 Ideal for suitings or summer Cumberland Road, Kowloon furniture covers, HK$3.90 per Tong, duplicate Certificates for Yard ex godown. Write F.0 200 Ordinary Shares in this Box 2103.
Company-Certificate numbers FOR SALE-Steel Desk and and Distinctive numbers UN-NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
KNOWN-upon
declaration that an INTERIM DIVIDEND, Steel Cabinet. Apply Room
that the original Certificates in respect of the year 1948, 219, Prince's Building.
mislaid. of $0.80 per share, less 10% have been lost or FOR SALE-A.W.A. Radios And Notice is hereby given Corporation Profits Tax, has with or without automatic that, if at the expiration of been declared payable on and changers. Price very reason- ONE MONTH from the date after July 15th, 1848. able. Apply Room 219, hereof. the above Certificates
Applications for Dividend Prince's Building.
be met forthcoming the said
should be made Certificates will be deemed Warrants PILOT RADIOS: Same
re- CANCELLED and of NO EF- either personally or by letter liable prewar quality now FECT, and NEW Certificates to the Registered Office of the obtainable at popular prices, for the said. Shares will be Company, P. & O. Building, made
by possible only
Issued in their stead by the 4th Floor. demand Creased
and large Company.... salea. Allwave sets from $240 each obtainable! all the bet- tor dealers or direct from: Colonial Agencies, Tackoochoy Bid 14 Queen's Road. Phone 26310.
for
in-
SPECIALITY-Orders accepted Purcel Post-Fine hard Chocolate in well soldered tias 3 to 10 lbs., to any address at lowest wholesale Prices. We take care of packing and forwarding without extra cost. Alex Chocolate Co. King's Building, Ord floor (opposite - Star Ferry). Tel. 32814.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON LTD. General Managers,
Hongkong, 20th May, 1948.
NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG & YAUMATI FERRY
COMPANY, LIMITED.
HONG KONG BUILDING SERVICE
BUILDER
Sales Manager Proprietor Geoffrey Falconer-Henry Graye
THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE OF HONG KONG
NO. 39 OF 1932. RYMO SHIPPING
CO., LTD.
At an extraordinary general meeting of the above Company duly convened and held at the registered office of the Com- pany, No. 5 Queen's Road Central, Second Floor, Victoria,'
Third Quarter Aid Cut
Washington, June 26.
A cut of about 200,000,000 dollars in the amount of aid asked for by Europe for the July-September quarter of the Marshall plan was dis- closed by authoritative quar. ters here today.
This news came as work was simost completed the bilater- United al agreements with the Sintes, which the 16 nations must sign if the old is to coptinue after next Saturday.
The cut was decided because of the limited funds available for the full year's pragramme.
Eye-witnesses among these observers to "savage battles" and reports from neutral sour- cer were beginning to show the extent of the fighting for Henan's capital, Kaifeng, was far less than pro-Government information including that furnished by the official mili- tary spokesman for official distribution, indicated.
These Government reports fold of a last-ditch defence by Kaifeng's garrison fighting from a few strong points while a large portion of the city was lost.
Not A Sign
Travellars over Kalfang on the very day of the Inst-ditch battle did not see that. Thora was not even smake that was noticeable.
Copyright For Photos
Brusseli, "June 26. Copyright-protection-for filme and photographs in fu ture will be.available on the samo baale as for literature and other appifcd arts xn the result of the signature here today of a revised text of the Barna Convention for the protection of authors' rights. Included revisions Other protection rights to Include. the life-of-the-author and a minimum of 50 years after His death; and an author to: save the iēlusive right to contro! the recording of M work as radio broadcaste and ruleys-Reuter,
LEOPOLD WON'T ABDICATE
Brussels, June 37. Self-exiled King Leopold, in a letter to the Belgian Premier, proclaimed that he would not
that abdicate and asked
the question of his return to the! throne be decided by popular | vote.
out The King's letter pointed then the heir to the throne, 17-
Neither was there any sign of year-old Prince Baudouin, would; Chen YI'R Red armles which akain his constitutional majority It added, Government reports sald num-on Sept. 7 next, but bered more than 140,000 within That would not alter my con-
stitutional position."* an area of a few square miles.
The King said the Belgian con- These reports and similar ones stitution did not force a King to
added that from other areas where
he great abdicate. Ho had been It was disclosed that the Am- battles
reportedly would overrule this point, "If it crican request for o promiso fought without leaving normal is certain Belgium no longer has
recipient nations
convince foreign any confidence in me. I do not to scars of wor guarantes "most favoured na-observers here that actual fight-have this conviction." United tion" treatment to Germany and ing between the Nationalists and Press. Japan has been dropped, and Reds was far less than generally will be covered instead by an; belleved. exchange of notes between Am- erlen and the various nations. Reuter,
from
Jap Govt Secure For Now
Fight-Shy
Experienced
observers
many reports
say
Mr. Nehru
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Lucknow, June 27. become-the-obyjous-reluctance-of-The-time has come when Government armics-particularly we shall have to send our isolated garrisons such as that in Kaifeng-to give the Reds firm forces to Hyderabad," Pandit resistance.
Nehru, the Indian Premier,
to the po
In many cases these garri said here today. sons simply walk out the es- He was referring
path which the Chinese mbility of an armed conflict be-'f Dape traditional superior army altween the Dominion of India and waya leaves to the enemy, the State of Hyderabad over the High Chinese oficiala here question of accession to India.
"But before wa do we shall have admitted that the only hope
Tokyo, June 27. in the Colony of Hong Kong, The Japanese press predict- on the 19th day of June, 1948 ed today that the Government, the following resolution was following its recent success in passed as a special resolution, the Diet over the Nishio case namely:-
will remain in office for some "THAT the name of the months yet
to
Final agreement on the budget Company be changed
is expected to be reached among ciated Press, THE HONG KONG EAST-
the three Government parties ERN SHIPPING COMPANY,today and
through its passage LIMITED."
the dlot in the current session
assured.
scoms
Dated the 24th day of Observers do not expect the
June, 1948.
(Sd.) E. Ott.
Chairman.
NOTICE
PRINTING PRESS
•—44–D'Agullar Street, Centrál,
Telephone 32435
SERVICE TO OFFER DENNIS & CO., LTD.
of recovering Central China from have to examine all interrelated the Reds is to revive the morale issues arising from such a course. (White Ants Exterming-- and spirit of the national armies I am not afraid' of using the tion Dept.) offers service -to-the-point where they once Army, but we must visualize the again are willing to fight.-Asso-reaction to this step in the inter in White-Ant-Treatment
national sphere."
Just make a call on the Speaking in defence of the telephone and our TECH Government's policy towards
SUGAR PRICE ADVANCE
ou
next few months to be easy, however, The Nishio affair has
New York, June 27. still to be cleared up and the rift
The first advance in rohners In the Social Democratic Party
sugar prices by a major refiner between left and right wings pro-
since the industry was decontroli bably will grow wider with time.
ed last year was announced According to the newspaper Asahi, Yoshida's Democratie Li-Saturday by California and Ha beral Party is greatly depressed wall Gugar Redner Corporation. because of the serious defeat it The company advanced its price received in the. Diet when its of refined sugar to 7.65 cents
at the close of was thrown out. Poor tactics on the part. of party leaders blamed.-Routar
The Transfer Books of the THE HONG KONG CLUB. motion of no-confidence in Nishit pound, effective
business on Monday.
Company will be closed from 2nd to 15th July, 1948, both days inclusive.
›
By Order of the Board.
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD., Agents. Hong Kong, 11th June, 1948.
HONG KONG STAGE CLUB
The Hong Kong Stage Club will be holding B Casting
an
Members of The Hong Kong Club arc reminded that Extraordinary General Meet- Ing w be held in the Club House at 5.30 p.m. on Monday. 28th June, 1940.
K. W. KIRBY,
Secretary
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers, Burveyors and Appraisers, Pedder Buliding. Telephone No. TUSSA.
HONGKONG $.DIRECTORY (1048 Edition) - Containing Hong List, Government Offices, Hospitals, Schools, Churches, Notice is hereby given that Meeting for a new radio play Consulates, Services, Clubs, the Twentieth Ordinary An-In King George's Hall at the Agencies, Who's Who, and nual Meeting of the Company Missions to Seamen, Glauces- Residences. All information will be held at the Company's ter Road, at 8.30 p.m. on Service Auction Rooma complete to March 31, 1948. Office, 3rd Floor, 144-148 Des Monday, 28th June. Un sale at all leading Book Voeux-Road-Gentral,Hong Shops and "China Mail" Office. Kong, on Wednesday the 30th
SCRIBBLING PADS pages at 50 cents each. salo at "Chinn Mat!” Windsor House, Tel: 82312,
GENTLEMEN
All interested are invited to June, 1948 at 12.00 noon for attend. 100 the purpose of receiving the On Report and Statement of Ac- office. counts for the year ended 31st December 1947 and for the Special Business mentioned | below.
Keep your hair IMMACULATE
by regular visit to the Colony's
leading hate dressers. And let
our chiropodist take
SPECIAL BUSINESS
The following resolution wil care of be proposed: "THAT THE
those PAINFUL, CALOUSED |CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY FEET CORNS and Ingrown toe- BE INCREASED FROM nails
·BETEN'S BEAUTY SALONS Exobango Bldgs,
Tel: 33161
BOSTON STEAM LAUNDRY
"BEST-SERVICE": MODERATE PRICES. 818, WYNDHAM ST.
$1,000,000 to $5,000,000,"
Nolico" is also given that the Share Register of the Company will be closed from the 23rd to the 30th June, 1048, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
LAU TAK PO. MANAGING DIRECTOR. Hong Kong, 14th June, 1948.
-----Auctioneers......Burveyors, siê Bassment, French Bank Big- AL.B. de Bouza, Austiónest Telephone 31887.
WEEKLY CHINA MAIL
*Price 50 cents
f
CONTAINING ALL THE LOCAL NEWS OF THE WEEK FROM THE
"CHINA MAIL" & & "SUNDAY HERALD."
ON SALE EVERY THURSDAY
#US STRIKING
FORCE-
are
J
its
Hyderabad and Kashmir, Pandit NICIAN will be at your Nehru said the Hyderabad pro- service for Free Inspection. blem deserved a dispassionate
and balanced assessment of all Tel: 32913, 33324. unforeseen problems which might. arise in the event of an armed conflict between Indis and Hy derabad-Reuter..
INTER-EUROPEAN . | PEIPING & TIENTSIN
WAVELENGTH
CONGRESS
WOOL CARPETS
WHOLESALE
OR RETAIL
CHI HING HONG
This is 16 points above
Copenhagen, June 27.. price on the Pacific Coast and 25
Delegates from 32 European points higher than in other mar-
and Middle East countries' met keting areas extending to Chicago today in Copenhagen's Parlia- When sugar was decontrolled, thement building for the opening-" -Chicago. price was 8.40 cents ** pound. Prices drifted lower from the level but recent strength in raw sugar. If maintained, tr The United States Army plans dicates a reversal of that trend. to have z--mobile-striking-force-——Associated Press. ---- of 18 fully-manned and equipped infantry and armoured -divisions by 1940, Brigadier General Ken- neth C. Royall, Secretary of the Arm, said
| sesjon -at- the -Inter-European | 65 Queen's Road C. Is Floor,
wavelength Congress..
Telephon, 24369:4 nks is to reshuf- One of their tasks
HONGKONG
Norfolk, Va., June 20.
"He told members of the Armed Forces Staff College here: "Our
CHICAGO GRAINS
n the wavelengths of radio sta tions in Europe, and the Middle Fast. Chief delegates discussed "internal questions", and, the first plenary session scheduled for to- day was postponed until Mon- dpy-Associated Press.
ITALY STRIKE SUSPENDED
Chicago, Juno 27. Wheat prices continued to slide Government loan plan contemplates a striking force toward the ready to go into fromediate ac-level on Saturday. Hodging pres- tion in the case of an emergency sure was one factor in the down- reports of much and this force will be the nu- turn, as were cleus of the new army."--Reuter. greater than expected yield from the Kansas wheat harvest, The Government interim support level here is 12.25 a bushel for No. 1 hard. wheat.. Wheat closed 1%- Organisation
lower
U.S. BUDGET SURPLUS. Washington, June. 27. Treasury recorda
Friday showed the US Government bud- get surplus. Et US$8,570,494,000, with only one week left in Ascai
1840-Associated Press/
110
=
July $230-S
September $2.30-$2.29%, 4 December $2.30-14. Corn was lower to 16-14 higher. Soybeans were lower
to higher-Associated Press.
JANE
HONG KONG JOB FOR THIS
FILM
and THEATRE
NEWS
JUNE
ISSUE NOW ON SALE
30 cts.
LIM-ER-FIXING
YOUNG LADY, HARRIET- AND 1-1 WAS WONDERING {THAT IS, IF IT WON'T-
PUT YOU Our-
Trieste, June 20, The heneral strike called yes-" Italian Labour terday by the
was suspended to- day after the senior civil affairs officer of the Allied Military had agreed to re- Government ceive the strike leaders..
The strike was called in pro-j test against Communist activity in the shipyards. Reuter.
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