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BRITISH firm require Salesman OLD ESTABLISHED FIRM
fapt and Extension Worker for salo of quires--about 1.300 square
пресо In business Insecticides in New Territories, ground floor Macau and South China. Must be centrs aultable for showroom and 736 "China And
Apply Dox travol prepared to
have offico, elementary knowledge of insect Mail". pesta. Apply giving full parti. culars. G.P.O. Box 107
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TIME
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Kong Anti-Tuberculonia Associa | Easy" for you, "LATEST Specialities tion, required immediately. Know VARIATIONB".
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MALE CLERKS, TYPISTS quired for Military unit stationed
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from KOWLOON provided dally. Knowledge stenography desire. able. Applicants report in pur· | Eon for interview at HQ KOW- LOON Brigade, WHITFIELD BK6 at 1130 hrs, 15 Feb.
WANTED KNOWN
BOLLYWOOD
STORE Now on display new consigninent of, Gowns Conts-Suits,
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
etc. from
ond
FOR SALE
23'-0" CABIN SAILING CRUISER WHITE HERON" Complete with Scott Atwater Outboard engine, Moorings, two aults of salle, and a!!
Cabin. soft Purnishings for Holder of
Cruiser R.H.K.Y.C. Challenge Cups for Closing. Cruise 1947/48 and
Cruise Opening 1948/49. Apply Wilmat Morgan, P.W.D. Drainage Office Tel. 39395,
FOR SALE Dining Room Sulte, well made little used, Owner leaving Colony. Apply "China" Mall","
at
Box 739
Stanley, MODERN HOUSE newly built, Two storeys, 8 rooms, garage, large gardan, tennis court, all conveniences, 48,000 sq. feet, immediate possession. Apply Box.
740 China Mall,
AVBBER Large
Hot
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HUMPHREYS ESTATE O
FINANCE CO., LTD.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong on Tuesday 8th March 1949 at 12 noon for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1948 and' for the election of Directors and the appointment of Auditors,
NOTICE is further hereby given that the Register and Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 24th February 1940 to the 8th March 1949 both. days inclusive during which period no Transfer o Shores can be registered.
AND NOTICE is hereby also given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Com- pany will be held at the same place on the same day at 12.30 p.m. or so soon afterwards as the Ordinary General Meeting shall be concluded, when the subjoined Resolution will be submitted:-
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUÁRY 15, 1940.
BREAKING UP OF
"SEISHU MARU”
Tenders are invited for the work of breaking up the vessel "Selshu Maru" at present lying at moorings off the China Fleet Club.
scrap recovered from the vessel will remain the property of the Crown.
All
Tenderers will be afforded the option of, breaking up the vessel in R.N. Yard or at their own shipyard:
Tender forms, conditions of tender, and permission to view the vessel will be issued by the Naval Store Officer,H.M. Dock- yard, Hong Kong on the pay- mont of a deposit of H.K.$ 1,000.00 to the Cashier, H.M. from Monday to Dockyard Friday, 14th to 18th February, 1949. Deposit will be 1810rn ed to unsuccessful tenderers.
Completed tenders must be returned to the Naval Store Offeer by hand in a sealed en- velope marked "Tender for Scapping Scishu Maru" not later than noon Monday, 21st February, 1949,
A. J. DAY, Naval Store Officer,
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION
POST OFFICE
MAIL NOTICE.
BURFACE MAIL TO UK.
A surface mail to Valted Kbudem per. $2.1. Carthiko will be alused as followsi GPO:
Parcel, J., February 17. Hi, a... Yebruary 18, Ord., 9.30a.m., February 18, Karen Cro
Judgment
Delivered
Judgment has been deliver- ed in favour of the Humphreys Estate and Finance Company. Limited, the applicants in a tenancy dispute in connection with No. 4 Minden Avenue, Kowloon, it was announced
Parel, p... February 17. Reg., 180 H., February 15. ONL, PA... February 18 *This mail is expected to arrive at on yesterday. don on or about March 21, 1940.
Outward Mails
Unless otherwise pintech,
Ilcgistered Artisine atid Pareal. Porta clove to mluvise
earlier than the ordinary mail. If maila slow before 10 am, Registered and Parcel Posts close at 8 pm, on the previous day. Malia are albeed at Kowloons Central
Post Offer half an hour earlier than the 420 closing times,
7.50 m. 10
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Closing Times by Ale Canton and Hankow, (Kowloon GPO) 12.10 p... 8.30 p.m. (CPO) 7 a.m., 1.30 a.m., Noos. pol Airmail for Swalow and Amor. (Rex)
1.39 m. (Ond,) = a.mì Airmall for Shanghai,
(Rex.)
3.37%
(Ord.) 9.30 KM:.. Alsmell for Hodson, (Ron) 4 pm. (Ord.)
1.30 pt.
Airzali for Shanahal, (ies) 4.10 p.m.
(ONL) 3 pm2, Airsal for Manita, Honolulu, USA and Canada; (Rex.) 4.20 p.m., (Ori) 5
3.1.
Air Paros Posts for Hanila, Honolul
and USA, (Howison CPO) 4.30 p.m.. | (CPU), Ordinary Airmall (printed mažtarn, kam
pies and well packet postaj for Manila, Gunn, Honolulu and UBA, (Howion CPO) 4.30 p.m. (OPO) I p.DL.
Ar for Bwalow, Amoy. Nanking, ingtao and Peiping, (Reg.) 3. p.m... (Only 3.30 pos
The application had been for the eviction of an order for tenants of the premises under which one Mrs. Tam Lat-hing was in charge.
that
The applicants, claimed the lady present at several hear- ings was not Tam Lal-hing' at all, but some imposter to whom the real Tam Lahing had transfered the premises.
Mr. G. 5. Ford of Ford Kwan the and Company, represented applicants, while the opponent was not legally represented. · Mr.
trate.
SHIP MOVEMENTS
Tho M, Pinner Ways to due to erzie here today. She will be moored in Duny Al fur discharge nu
her Junding of
carku.
The vessel is expected to sail for New York via Bhanghai, Kobe tomorrow alter Hout
That na, ' f'renllent Wilson (API) walled from San Francisco on February 11 for Hong Kong vs Honolulu and Manila, and in due to arrive at Hong Kong en March and wall on March & for Ban Francisco vin Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama and Fraudota.
#
The Mount Manafleki (APL) nailed
Airmail for Bangkok, (Reg.) 4.30 p.m., from San Francisco on February 10 for
(Ord.) m.
Closing Times by Sea
THAT the Authorised capit- ' al of the Company be in- creased from its present Capital of $3,000,000 divided into 300,000 Shares of .$10 each (of which the whole have been issued) to $10,- 000,000 by the creation of 700,000 additional shares of the nominal value of $10 each and that such addition- al shures as aforesaid shall be issued at such time or
The Annual General Meeting Shanghai and Japan, & p.m. times and upon terms, and of the above Association will conditions as the Company's take place at the Y.W.C.A. Board of Directors in their Down Town Centre, Rutton absolute discretion shall Building, 4th Floor on Monday, 28th day of February, 1940 at 5.30 p.m.
think fit.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, LTD. General Managers.
Hong Kong, Feb, 0, 1949.
REGISTRATION FOR Stock taking sale 05 today, Costume Jewellery ---
$3.60. Medium $3.00)| VOLUNTARY SERVICE Handbags Shoes Dresses Obtainable at The Bummerbliss -Sults and Coats from $40-] Co., Ltd., Room 445, 10 Queen's
All residents of Hong Kòng $100. Room 206, Melbourne Road, Contrat.
who are willing to offer their Hotel.
time of emergency in at popular prices, made possible any capacity are informed that only by Increased demand and the centre will be set up as
sales, large
World Reception from Monday, 14th February, Models from $190 each. Obtain at:- able at all the better dealers or diract from! Colonial Ageroles, Taekooohoy Bidg 14 Queen's Road. Phone-26310,
HONG KONG FILM AND
PILOT RADIO8: 8ame rellable services to the community pre-war quality now obtainable in
2 p.m.-6.30 p.m.
Peninsula TAMARA MAY 503 Hotel, Day, Afternoon and Even.
takon ing Dresses, Etc. Orders for Wedding and Evening Gowns, Etc.
Workmanship Еигоровл only. THE VICTORIA CO., Dry-clean- Ing & Dying Experta, 30 years experience. No. 40, Jordan Road & No. 39, Nathan Road. Kowloon.
PICTORIAL at
HKVDC, Headquarters, Gar- den Road, Hong Kong-open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
the
All interested are welcome.
(Mrs.) M. FINĊHER,
Acting Secretary
PEAK TRAMWAYS CO., LTD. NOTICE
Manija, a p.m
- traits and Calcutta, i p.m. Foochow and Amoy, 15,999,
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Closing Times by Ķir Alemail for Swnlow and Amoy, (Beg)
8,80 ... (Onl) 9 am,
Alemall for Shanghel, Hen.)
D BAD (Ord.) 3.30 1.7. Alemal for Kanlia, ↑ (flex.) 11 1.
(Ord.) 11.30a.m. Airmal for Shanghal, Nanking, Taingtens Alrmalt for Bwatow, and Telping: Amy and Tainan: Alrmell for For 'show, (Reg.) 4'p.m., (Ord.) 2.30 pm
Closing Times by Ben Swiow, 1 p.m.
Tamkong (via Canton),
p.m.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Closing Times by Ale Almall for Bangoon, Calcutta, Karachi, Bahrein, Alexandria Nairobi, Juhan. Bosborg and -Marsellies via Alexan
Kowtown dra), Tome and London,
OPO1 (Rex.) 4 p.m., (thed.) 4.30 pan.: (PO: (Reg.) 4.20 p.m., (Ord.) § gum. | Airmat for Bangkok, Bingapore, Balavia, Colombo, Bydory and Auckland, (leg.) 4.30 pm (Ord.) 6 p.m. Airmall for Japan,
(Item.}
4,20 ...
(Ord.) 6 p.m. Airmail for Belgon and Paris, (Reg.) 4.39
p.m., (Ord.) 5 p.m.
Owing to the necessity of making certain mechanical re-
ir placements
the Engine Room NO TRAMS will run on WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, the 16th and 17th FEBRUARY, ataxia, Bourabara and Machanar, 2 p.m.
1940.
THEATRE NEWS at 50 cents par
Registration is open to both Hong copy. Obtainable at Leading men and women and applicants BEAUTIFY Your garden for Book Btores, Nawapaper Ballers will be offered the choice of either joining the HKDF, or Easter with Calla Lily, Litium, and "China Mal" Offics. Anemones and Gladioil. Vande- CHINA
the Special Constabulary, or of ven's Gole-agents-Anglo-China $2.00 per sopy. Obtainable at all indicating that they are willing Trading R.4 Pedder Building Leading Book Stores and. "Chine Third floor 20063.
Mall" Offica.
gency without electing now to ST. Join any specific organisation. CHINA MAIL POSTCARD$1.60 Further detalls may be obtain- for 6 or 30 conta sach. Obtainable
ed from the officers at the re-
ELZRENA. 73 Harbour View Hate, Kowloon. Bale continuing until 18th February. American dresser, quite, skirts, maternity wear, at bargain prices.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
#AV BE BOOKED AT THE IWINDON BOOK STORE, 26 NATHAN ROAD, TEL. 69327
EXPERT PACKER for Chinaware, Glassware, Furniture, Campnor- Buppilar Wooden wood Chentu, Boxos, ato, Hau Choo, 0, Wing Woh Land (near D'Aquilar Street).
RENOMMEE Dresses New Ship- 'mant
of Coats & Afternoon Dresssy. "DESIRE" Hats Special
to offer to serve in an emer-
at all leading Book Stores andgistration centre.
"China Mall" Omce.
Service Auction Rooms.
A. E. B. de Suusa. Auctioneer. Auctioneers, Surveyors, etc. Basement, French Bank Bldg.. Telephone 1867.
PUBLIC AUCTION
The Undersigned. has re- ceived instructions from the Custodian of Property to sell by Public Auction
on THURSDAY, Feb. 17, 1949, commencing at 10.30 a.my
at his Sales-Rooms, French Bank Building, Basement,
offer high quality Sliver Foxes 49 LOTS OF MISCELLANEOUS from $150 to $378, 803, Viatory Hours, 5 Wyndham Street.
RUGS Manufacturara and Ex- porters Paking and Tientaln Car- pate and Rugs. Poking Art Rug: Company Room No. 8. Lucky Apartment, corner of Hankow and Peking Road, Kowloon
CARPETS
ARTICLES Comprising:
STORED AT, CUSTODIAN 1-K. GODOWN, MA TAU WEL ROAD...... KOWLOON, Assorted Chairs; Chest of Peking and Tiantain, lovely de- Drawers; Wardrobes with Mir- signs and colourings, various sizes. Fors;
A RUGS.-Gonulno
Cupboards; Writing Come and inspect at The China Desks; Assorted Tables: Car- Rug Coy Kayemaily Building, 4th pots, etc., etc. Floce (Opposite Hong Kong
Hotel). Queen's Roads, Central, STORED IN OPEN GARAGE,
CARPETS, embbased, plain, fancy,)
In Chinese Oriental and . Pératan - designs. Alt elzos.
All cotours.)
Carpet, industries 63 Austin Road, Kowloon,
KENNEDY TERRACE,
KENNEDY ROAD,
Iron Scraps.
The above articles will be
LADIEB we have at your service open for inspection at the all spuolalled" operations for respective godowns on 15th & -16th. February, 1949, between Holene Curtici bool-WEYRE, machinelers ofl perma, hairdyes d 10 am, and Noon and between manlaure ROSE MARIE Beauty 2p.my and 4 p.m. Inspection Parlour Phone 80304-48, Han-Permits will be issued by the kow Rd, Kowloon
FINANCIAI
VER
Auctioneer...
The Auction is subject to the Conditions of Sale published in the Hong Knog (British MIB- |taty--Administration)| Gazette Volume 2, No. 12, of 9th March,
THE HONG KONG
JOCKEY CLUB
Draft Programmes and Entry Forms, for the Second Race Meeting to be held on Satur
day
26th February, 1949; (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Secretary's Offee, Exchange Building; the club house, Happy Valley; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.
NOON
Entries close at 12 o'clock Thursday, 17th February, 1940.
сп
By Order.
C. B. BROWN
TENDER
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, LTD.. General Managers. Kong, Feb. 14, 1940.
SOCIETY OF VINCENT DE PAUL
NOTICE
A concert will be held at Club
Lusitano (kindly loaned by the Committee) on Thursday, Feb-
Closing Times by Bea Etralia, 1 p.m.
Bangkok, ..
Horst Kung vin Jonatulu, Yokohama, Kibe, Shanghai and Keature, and is due to arrive at Hong Kong on March Band Rolkat March for Blagapore, Port Hwettenham, Penuas, Colombo, Curkin. Bombay, Karachi, Sur, Part Bald, Alex Mamelles, Gengh Leghorn Naplem, Now Yuck and Burton,
VULCAIN
Superb Swiss Wrist Watches fashioned- to last for
years by tho world's finest craftsmen
VULCAIN
Sole Agents
CARNIVAL
By Dick Turner
"We want you to alant your stuff toward the rustlern: college student-mother songs, sad?"
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
The Authority on "Authorities" %
ADD A PINCH OF SAFETY strength to favour No Trumps, THERE ARE plenty of situa- he was forced to put the slam
and with thut. tions in which you cannot play into
enough the hand s0 as to insure ab- power might go lo grand slam solute Enfety of your contract. whatever declaration seem- But if you can add a bit of ed best. When he picked the. 8- the wisest safety, ilke a cook who adds a Diamonds, he made
።። pinch of salt to the recipe, it choice.
South should have made the prove worth while. Bull ing ahead on an easy line of contract, but was too lazy He play, which will work only it won the club 7 lead with the A
A and K- you find the defenders' cards scored the diamond
istributed in the desired way, xgave up a trick to the diamond man's way. And it took the spade 3 return with is things the same slim re-
the A, finessed the heart J. Ibid
may
atten
wards, or lack of them, which he loafer deserves in any other Reld, and often receives.
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KÁI TAK AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY
presents
FLARE PATH
by
TERENCE RATTIGAN
in
ruary 17, at 6.09 p.m. No THE STATION CINEMA, R.A.F. KAI TAK'
admission charge, but a collec- tion will be made during the interval In aid of the Society.
Fri., Sat. & Sun., 18th, 19th & 20th Feb. at 8.00 p.m.
J. M. G. da SILVA,
Secretary-General Bests hookable in advance between 10 a.m. and 12 noon daily.
Telephone 58071 Ex. 11.
PARKER HERBEX ·
The wonderful treatment for special rentedy for the cure of any scalp allments. and a thin falling hair, baldness and premature greyness, dandruff.
Beten's, Beauty Salons
Expert Ladica", & Gentlemen's Hair Dressers, per
Main Shop:
Secretary. Exchange Bldg, HK. Tel 39181
TENDER is invited to sub- __mit_____bld_for_loading" "large quantities of Iron Ore from shore. For shore depot to ship anchored off full particulars please call at:"
MUTUAL TRUST COMPANY. Room 505, Holland House, H.K.
Branch Shop:
Peninsula Arcade Tel. 50011.
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers, Kurveyors and Appraisers, Podder Building, Telephone No. 20324.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
MESSRS, A. P. PATTISON & CO.
Føderal Inc., U.S.A. Hong Kong
AS FROM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1949 OUR ADDRESS WILL BE:
No. 12-14 Queen's Road, Central, 4th Floor,
Tel. No. 25946:
No. 69
$3, $2, $1
Special coaches will leave Star Forry, Kowloon at 7.30 each night
Return after performance.
COMING TO THE
KINGS
KAKERS OF MIRACI
THE CROWNING MUSICAL TRIUMPH
FROSE 20th CENTURY-FORM
CARMEN
FAYE: MIRANDA
53432
BAKER · GOODMAN
HAK
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10 2
10 7 4
down the A and saw the Q fall.
this Momentarily pleased him, Mo until he counted and, sw ha now had no way to avoid losing trick, the setter, to one of West's Ave hearts. Ho could
guarded himbel
have
against
that by ruffing the heart 2 mediately after
winning the of the J. That would Anesse
have made his, contract safe against any remaining possible distribution, excepting only
for
six hearts in East's hand, as the Q was marked with East by the winning finesse.
Tomorrow's Problem:
S 10 8 5 HK 9 2
'DAK
(Dealer Nath, 1
Both rides vul-
nerable),
North East South West
Fasa
2 D
Pass
2 8
Pass
3 H
Pass
.3.
NT.
TASS
SH
Pass
·C J 10 7
# D
South's last bid there, the 5-
80 703 HAJ3
N
#765.4
$
C 38 4.2
Hearts, was a beauty. It made D A 10 8
5 2 clear to North the fact that he had rebiddable hearts, at least A five of them, and more dia- monds, since he had bid them Brst.
"It also constituted an in-
DK J'4' 3
SKI4
WE D90
SAD 2
HQ 10 B DQ 7
CK Q 9 5 3
Both sides
Zerential absolute force to small alamin ang sult or. the other, (Dealer: West. since North preferred the dia- vulnerable). monds he would have to bid six What would usually be the to
S-Hearts of final contract overcall the
on this deal in course, if North, who had shown rubber bridge? What in match the two black suits, had the point duplicate?
A BRITISH CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Musicals!
12
&S ORCHES THA
The Gang's
ECHNICOLORI
All Here
WATCH FOR THE OPENING DATE
TAI HANG JEWELLERY Wholesalers of CUT-DIAMONDS
Gold Agents for
Liberty Diamond Cutting Works (Pty) Ltd.
“Johannesburg); South Africa.
·Bank of Hait Alfa Bldg, SYAN, NEOPRòum-707
Heng Kong ARIDU
Justuud
27
ACROSS
1 Municipal
4 Nearer.
8. Accident
10.
sound. 20. Frenzo, 23 Paradise.
29 Deny. Burnt fo bmw.london-27 Embryo ||12 Unimportant romcers.
Bathing, 20 Appellation.
14 `Accumļi».
lates
30 Property...
31 Wandering.
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19 Firmsiċially wideo)
Yesterday's Crossword
23
DOWN
1 Punctua15 State of
tion mark,
2 View.
a Convdries.
5 Idle.
0 Glube.
7 Conse
quence.
9 Portend. 11 Untidy per-
Bor
13 Set apart
mind,
(10 Oatsfaridkig. 14 Indian coin..
20 Middle
21 Delicious
beverage. 24 Outcome. 25 Sober.
20 Produce.
28 Cleric,
Buncadrangle 10 DOWN: Atthy", 3 -- Poet, - AGROBBIES Entreate, 8 Crop, Nont, 8: Hold, 6'Astir, -7 Sorry, 9. Radiator, 19: Elevated; 13 Rapid, 10. Debar, 13, Lonya, Dray Handl 18 Director: Alone, -18 Civil, 17, Peace,).
Diaoreet 25 Revallie, Lyric, 20 Seven, dat Dive,
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