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THE BANK OF 'EAST, ASIA, LIMITED
Notice is hereby, given that the Thirty first Ordinary Yearly Meeting of this Com- pany will be held at the Regis- tered Office of the Company. No. 10, Des Voeux Road Cen. tral. on Saturday___the___11th February, 1950 at 2.30 p.m. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Board of Direc- tors together with 1 Stafe. ment of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1949 and to elect Directors and appoin: auditors..
The Register of Shares of the Company will be closed from Saturday, 4th February, 1950 to Saturday, 11th February, 1950 (both days Inclusive) dur. ing which period no transfer ot shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
KAN TONG PO,,
Chief Manager.
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NOTICE is hereby given that jan Extraordinary General Meat- ing of the Shareholders of the CULTURED PEARLS beautiful Company will be held at the wortment, moderately priced, on Registered Office of the Com- view George Lin & Company, 202 pany. 218/210 Queen's Bulic Bank East Asia Bldg. Mongkong. ing. Hong Kong at 11.00 .m. Tel 24408.
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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1950,
Annual report of Commissioner of Prisons
Three suggestions have been made by Mr. W; Shillingford, Commissioner of Prisons, to help relieve the local community of the cost of maintaining prisoners—more than HK$1,000,- 000 yearly.
He proposes a comprehensive and liberally-used Probation System; a reasonable allowance in time in which to pay fines; and enforcement, when possible, of payment of fines, if neces- sary by distraint on goods,
In his annual report for, vide the only ultimately satisfac- 1948-49, the Commissioner of tory solution and there is little Prisons Bald that he la con-
doubt that the enpital expenditure fident that adoption of the sun of money on such projects would by the dividends of gestions would result in the be Justined vast majority of petty offend human unlvage in the early stages
of deterioration. ers paying for their offences.
added that he is equally Fondenly that option of t three proposals would also have # certain deterrent effect. “Ai present the State la being fined, instead of the offenders against its own laws," said Mr. Shilling- ford.
His statistica on prisoners show that during 1948-49, one out of every 535 persons of the Colony's 1,800,000 population was admitted to prison during the year.
Japanese
trade with Red China
Tokyo, February 8.. Mr. Shillingford, explained,
The International Trade however, that it must be realised Minister, Heitaro Inagaki, said
that every admission did not in-
volve a different person. Many in the national legislature to- with persons were, admitted more than day that Japan's trade once to serve short sentences in Red China is steadily progress. the course of the same year..
Ing
For such trival offences до ile told a questioner that the pliiing." "obeying a call of na-Trade Ministry estimated that ture" and "hawking without a most of the $30,000,000 worth of Hernce," 8.254 persons (5,291 men Japanese guads expirted to China and 2003 women) served short via Hong Kong during 1940 found sentences. They nerounted for destinations in Cominunist ter- nearly 40 per cent of the daily | ritories. average prison population.
ment.
He added: "A fair amount of trade was recently developed on a barter system between Japan and the North China ports of
for the
im-
Mr. Shillingford added that the fact makes it obvious that the expenditure in maintaining Tientsin und Tsing00. prisoners is not justified. It is
The mlalster sold Jupan recent- "That the authorised capli- also obvious that mere economy)
པ་ coal from the Kallon- al of the Company be in-
ly imported demands alternatives to this creased from the present expansive prosean of imprison.mines in North China and talks
were in progress capital of $2,000,000 divid-
portation of more coal from the ed into 2,000,000 shares ní
During the year: now under Fushun area in Manchuriu. $1.00 each to $5,000,000 by
He said Japanese exports to the creation of 3,000,000 report the main objectives have
include Redl Chine
electric therefore been decentralisation, additional shares of the provisions of increased accomma-wires, jewellery, machinery and nominal value SHORTWAVE enthusiasts receive]
of $1.00dation, and means for at least machinery parts. each."
elementary classication, solec-
The
Nippon Special Ceramic tion of a more suitable type for Company of Tokyo today reporteu personnel, training of that per- the first ship
shipment of Janagane, sonnel, and
provision of
of useful
automobile paris to Red ntade employment for pisoners.
China. The company said the -Fair progress towards these on shipment consisted of 5,000 spark jectives has been made during the plugs valued at US5000. year; the steps taken have in- cluded completion of the first part of the reconstruction of the Vie- torin Gaol which was reopened on December 1, 1943 to provide satis- factory accommodation for 31 prisoners segregated according to classification, and the opening o' a Young Prisoners' Training Cen- tre: the Institution of training classes for locally engaged sub- stnit whereby all new applicants have been required t pass a simple education test befor Being engaged and thereafter t undergo concentrated training for 'at least a mɔnili before taking up
thelr
and refresher courses
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Hong Kong, January 25, 1950,
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
NOTICE
1st RACE MEETING— 11TH FEBRUARY, 1950
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It said the shipment left Nagoya, Henshu, yesterday for Tientsin via Hong Kong. It diefed that the order came from "Chinese-American company" in Tientsin.
The Company spokesman tola the Press they expected to receive further inquiries for similar mer- chandize from Red China-United sub Press.
OR DEATH OF GENERAL
KIRKPATRICK
Alled
numerous
------London,-February-8.-- In view of the large entry of a month's duration for all other
General Sir George Kirkpatrick, Book Stores, Newspaper Bollore, for the "Taiwan Bay Handi-
warders. Cinemas.and "China Mail" Offen. cap" it has been decided to
whose death at Rochampiɔn at the It has been a long and up-hill age of 83 was announced today, split the race into three sec- struggle to overcome the
pro- served with the Royal Engineers tions. The third section will judice against prison labour and for 84 years, be Race No. 10 and run at 0.15
the products thereof, but this has During his service career h been achieved to
a satisfac such a p.m. or as soon after as prge-
important gen- Ucable.
tory extent, that from the middle cral-staff appointments. After be of the year it be claimed that ing commissioned in the Royal There will be no cash sweep all the thousand-odd male pri- Engineers in 1885, he served in
soners with sentence of two years South Africa, Canada, India, Aus or more, and some 400 with sen- tralia, China and South Africa. tences varying from six months to He became Major-General during 18 months, have been fully em- the 1914 war-Reuter. ployed in the workshops of Stan- ley Prisons, manufacturing a wide range of articles for Government Stores and other Government De- partments.
MARINE SURVEYORS
Bank of East Asia Building, Tel: GODDARD & DOUGLAS on this race.
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CARPETA
As from 12th. February 1950
new address will be: King's Bullding (Top Floor) Connaught Road Central. Telephones: 31151 & 31152.
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Mr. H. M. Farsons has this
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·Tango, Jitterbug (Jive), Enquirita (1-3 P.M.)Tony Hudson, 512 China Bullding..
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February 8, 1950.
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and all up-to-date conveniences. Notice is hereby given that Rental consonable, no kay money. MR. FRANCIS HUI SEK FYE Ready for immediate occupation) of La Salle College for six-month to one-year period. is applying to the Governor for Apply Box 836 "China, Mall",
naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send written and signed. statement of the facts to the Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretariat, Hong Kong.
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THE HONG KONG ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of the Hong Kong Anti-Tuber- culosis Association will be held on Thursday, 23rd February, 1950 at 6.30 p.m. in the South China Morning Post Board Room.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Increase persists
The unskilled labour partles
PLANE ATTACKS GERMAN TRAWLER
Cuxhaven, February 8. Another. German fishing trawler
working on reclamation schemes complained today of having been attacked in Heligoland harbour outside the priso.15, which pro vidert einployment for
a dally by an unidentified plang.
The average of 200 prisoners at thi
from Schulau near trawler. beginning of the year, employes Hamburg, reported that a four- of the Lancaster engined plane during the latter half of the year. machine-gunned it five times 0.1 a daily average cf 800 prisoners
type, bearing the marks US-418,
The problem of providing oo. Monday in diving attacks from a cupation for those serving zen. height of 3,000 feel 'Nobody was tences of a month or lets har hurt and no damage was done been partially solved by collect. Router.
alt old clothing, and other material condemned by variou
Boards of Survey and convert ing it by hand-pleking old. Into cotion-waste, rag-mops, clean-
ing and so on.
INJUNCTION AGAINST NATIONALIST SHIP
Sydney, February 8.
An interim injunction to pre-
The Increase in prison popula-vent the sailing before Friday of tion has persisted, although most the 3,805 ton Chinese Nationallst
of
ency has to
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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
bithority,as Alaborities"
PIEGEMEAL PLANS BAD
pades and one in diamonds, since a losing diembad could have MANY AN average player been parked on a club honour. seems to treat each trick as on As it happened, a better, score, entirely separate matter, having was made in the 4-Spades be- nothing to do with anything else.cause it was doubled. But to do Consequently you sometimes see it. South required help from the a mistake made which is
dus errant doubler in the East. West solely to the fact that the player
deckted that
that the double asked for did not consider the contract as
n trump lead, so he put forth the
a whole, but only, the altuation. South played the 8 from dum- in the
particuler sult someone iny and East, noting a chance to No play should knock off the Q later, held, up has just led.
sake his A. South' took that ever be made for its owa
trick alone, but only because of its with the J, scored the club A, and apparently probable Influence on K..then ruffed the club 8 with the end result.
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the sparle Q. which East there- fere never gol another chance lo kill with his A. The ˆtwo heart tops furnished discards of South' Inst club and a diamond. After that nothing could be lost except. and trick to the spade A and two in diamonds.
If East had put, his
cap off
thinking
on, he could have seen the “a certainty of preventing the Im- portant one ruff of a club-in dum- my
He should have, won the Brst trick with his spade A and
Dealer: South.. (Both aldes vul- returned another spade to rem nerable).
move the Q. After that South East would have had, to lose three Pass tricks in the miners, as only two
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