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PUBLIC AUCTION.
PARTICULARS AND CON DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 14th day of May, 1940, at 3 pm., at the Offices of the Pubiks Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of опе 1.ot of "Crown Land at Mong Kok, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at & Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Ma jesty the KING, for one further term of 75 years,
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PUBLIC AUCTION
THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
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PARTICULARS AND CON. The Fifty Ninth Ordinary DITIONS of the Sale by Public Meeting of Shareholders will be Auction to be held on Tuesday, held at the Offices of the under the 14th day of May, 1940, at 3 signed on Wednesday, the 22nd p.., at the Offices of the Pablle May, 1940, at Noon, for the Works Department, by Order of purpose of receiving the Report His Excellency the Governor of of the General Agents, together one lot of Crown Land at Sham-with a statement of Accounts for shulpe, in the Colony of Hong the year ended the 31st Decem Kong for a term of 75 years, comber, 1939.. mencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by th: Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 24 years lesa the last three days thereof.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis Intending bidders are advised posal of the lot the Purchaser that immediately after the is.. (if not the applicant), will be posal of the lot the Purcher required to deposit with (if not the applicant) will be authorised officer who will be
required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in
present at the sale, the sum of two, hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT price.
No. of Sale.
Kowloon Inland
Lot No. 4263. Junction of
Tong Mi Road and Bute Street,
Mong Kuk
Registry No.
Locality.
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cash. This sum will be refunded-
Now Kowloon Inland [-
Lot No: 275F.___
You Chou Street & "Junction út
Un Chau Street,
Shamshuipo.
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Square feet
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Registry
Locality.
As per
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About
18,970
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
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PARTICULARS AND CON DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 14th day of May, 1940, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Mong Kok, in the Colony of Hong Kong for term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one fur- ther term of 75 years.
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Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis posal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant), will be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.
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The Share Register and Trans- ter Books will be closed from the 8th May, to the 2nd May,
940, both days inclusive,
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HONGKONG, MAY 8, 1940.
IMPORTS ORDER
THE
The Omega Band will be in at- tendance
at the Cheero Club
Dance tonight at 8.30 pm,
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St. Sister M. Martegnoni, of Mary's School, arrived in the Colony yesterday.
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Mr. W. A. H. Du, Vice-Presi- dent. Underwriters Bank for the Far East, Inc., Shanghai, passed through Hongkong yesterday.
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Mr. S. Mahadeva, a prominent Ceylonese Rotarian, and a well- known Colombo personally, is in Hongkong on a short holiday.
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Mr. J. F. Richmond, chier ac-{
terday,
Mr.
HE PERTUBATION caused in trading circles in the Colony over the new order issued by the Government last week requiring special countant, of the Standard-Vacuum licences for the importation Oil Co., arrived in Hongkong yes- of motor cars and radio sets, apparently caused the Cham- ber of Commerce to seek fur- ther elucidation of the mea- sure. At a meeting of the Chamber
un Monday, which, business firms fully represented, the handi- caps the order would cause to Importers of goods from coun- tries outside the sterling bloc were, it is understood, "voiced,
at
were
LG. Cousins, director of the Yee Tsoong Tobacco Co., Ltd., Shanghat, was a passenger transit to the North yesterday.
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Mr. R. J. E. Price. director of
Tobacco Co., Enterprise
Ltd.. Shanghai, was a passenger to the North from the Colony yesterday.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1940.
Picture taken after the wedding at St. Joseph's Charch on San- day afternoon between Mr. J. W. Thirtwell and Mix C. C. Andrade. (King's Studio).
CANDID
CENTENARY
· COMMENTS CLASSICAL
(BY G.W.S.)
а
CONCERT
TONOFF TRIO TREAT
I have just finished reading "Beware of the English" (W. G. Knop). It is a collection of pub- He utterances by Hitler, Goebbel & Co. also extracts from German newspapers 'covering period. The Tchaikovsky Centenary from October 1938 to July 1939, It Grand Concert given by Professors is mostly violently anti-British Tanofi, Pellegati and Harry Ore. propaganda relying chiefly on assisted by Gaston D'Aquino, in vituperation and senseless denun- the Rose Room of Peninsula Hotel.. ciation with occasional glaring in- last night was well attended consistencies of which the follow- and was a success."
The Russian Choir"was not pre- ing is an example,...».
On April 27, 1939 Goebbels in sent, owing to the indisposition of the "Volkischer Beobachter" stated|M. Diakoff, the Conductor. (inter alia) "In Germany there The programme opened with are laws which forbid the Press Prof. Ore at the plano playing to be insulting." The German "Doumka" (Russian Rustic Scene), Government controls the press. Meditation" and Valse from the
"Eugen the Therefore the German press is Opera
Onegin"—all of
don an extremely correct and loyal terpretation. sincere feeling and compelled to assume towards Lon- which were rendered with fine in- attitude. In particular it is never brilliant technique.
Gaston D'Aquino, tenor, was in allowed to intervene in English domestic matters." Yet on March extremely good form when he sang. 28. 1930 the "Hakenkreuzbanner, three sentimental lyrics: "Legen- Westdeutscher Boebachter" stated | de," "Puchinella" and "Morning.”
We do not hesitate to denounce
BEST ITEM Duff Cooper as the most degener- The best item on the programme. The marriage will take place in ate of all the agitators of recent was the "Grand Trio," written by
We shall never allow our-Tchaikovsky in memory Hongkong shortly between
selves to forget this man! Not great artist, N. Rubestein, as play- Benjamin Stalkartt Carter, young because he is our political enemy. ed by the Tonoff Trio, who main
Mr. M. 0. Cheek, Manager Life Insurance Dept.), Messrs. T. H. Davies & Co., Ltd., Manila, pass-
Mr. R. F. Sutherland, of the on payment of the Purchase NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING. in an attempt to secure some Dairy Farm, Ice and Cold Storage modification of the restric- Co., Ltd., Hongkong, left for tions involved in the Govern-Shanghai yesterday, The Fifty-ninth Ordinary Genment notification. The plea is PARTICULARS OF THE LOT eral Meeting of the Company more than justified, for, while Mr. George Sellett, of the firm And Nelson, will be held at the Offices of the motor cars may quite fairly be of lawyers, Sellett General Managers, Messrs. Jar classed as a luxury in Hong- Shanghal, passed through Hong
on his way to dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.. kong and call for some form kong yesterday Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on of restriction, radio apparatus, Shanghat. Thursday, 30th May, 1940, at on the other hand cannot be noon, for the purpose of receiving placed in the same category. Apart from the fact that the the Report of the Directors, pass major portion of imports of ing the Accounts, and electing radio equipment comes from Directors and Auditors,
America, to place any obstacle week-end on his way to Shanghai in the way of their access to
Dr. J. Smalley," of Mody Road, this Colony, from whence they reported to the police yesterday distributed widely in the loss from his residence of a are China, would merely defeat an chromium clock, with barometer
attached; important means of bringing and thermometer to the people in these parts of value of which is $50. the world news of the Allied war aims and purposes for which foreign sympathy and support is being sought.
.As per
saje plani
About
OWN ZI
FOR SALE
H.M.T." "CHERUB” lying in the Chamber, R.N. Yard,
Kowloon,
230
25,760
870
Tenders are invited for the above vessel as she lies at Kow- loon. Vessel will be open for inspection after Wednesday, 8th and tenders should be addressed to the Naval Store Officer, H.M. Dockyard, to arrive not later than noon on Monday, May 20th, 1940.
Envelopes should be marked Tender. for Cherub."
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 23rd May to 13th June inclusive. By order of the Board. JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
General Managers, Hong Kong, 16th April,
1940. ".226
ROBBERS SET JUNK UN FIRE
Lo Ting-ming: 32-year-old junk foki, reported to the police yester- day that about 8 pm, on Monday.
is the junk in which he was work-
ing was proceeding near Sam Mun Customs Station, In Chinese terri- tory near Lintin Island, they met a party of robbers who approached in a fishing..junk
.ed through Hongkong at
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Mr.
years.
of the
IN MAKING. this new order est son of the late Mr. Charles of which we have many, but be-tained their high reputation for
Carter, of Sherwood Lodge, Not- tingham, and Mrs. Carter, and Miss Barbara Carruthers, daughter of the Rev, A. Carruthers. and Mrs. Stratton, of Clifton, Bristol,
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on April 23. was fined $5 by Mr. at the Central Court yesterday....
G. Sheldon
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Miss Dallas Lee Franklin, society-
cause he is unfathomably mean, classical music in the Colony." the Government appears to
blood thirsty war-monger, more The trio, lead by Prof. Tonoff, have departed from its former
Jewish than the Jews, more showed confidence in tempo and standpoint of persistently em-
Satanic than Satan Himself, the interpretation." phasising that Hongkong is a
incarnate curse of this age." Prof. Pellegati, on the Cello, was. free port and that any restric-
an able partner to Prof. Tonot, tions or quota schemes where Pleading guilty through a letter.
Verbal extravaganza" seems to be with his pleasing tone and ine trade is concerned "should be E. B. Teesdale, residing at the
'Germany's chief weapon against technique. viewed with disfavour. If Starlight Villa, who was
us. Their submarines and a secret Prot. Ore, at the plano, was an such was the policy of the moned for driving a car at a speed weapon which turned out to be expert accompanist.
Tchaikovsky's Government in normal and between 22 and 26 mph. In the the magnetic mine was going to
Centenary Was destroy the British Navy and also observed by ZBW yesterday wreck our Mercantile prosperous times, the present controlled area at Bonham Road
Marine, when recordings, of his compost- can hardly be considered a
Our Navy has destroyed most oftions and a studio talk on Tchal- propitious moment for a sud
thelr submarines and means have kovsky, with musical illustrations. den change of front, when
been devised to successfully coun- were given. extended trade relations with
Appearing on remand before Mr.ter the effect of the magnetic After ransacking the vessel, the neutral foreign countries are R. Edwards at the Central Court mine. The German Air Force was robbers set fire to the cargo junk, particularly needed to help yesterday, charged with the un-going to blow us to smithereens editor of the Yankee Clipper, Two persons were burned to death, the Allies to prosecute the lawful possession of a code book, yet despite their long preparations Shanghal, and 'daughter of Mr. C. All material on board will be while four others who jumped into task they have undertaker Mak Hing-wan was further re- they have scarcely so far hold B. Franklin, former chairman of sold with the vessel with the the water are presumed to have to a successful conclusion, mandeg to Friday, May 10, when their own against us in the air. the Shanghal Municipal Counci,I exception of chain cable, anchors drowned. Twelve persors were The excuse that the order hearing of the case will commence As to the future we have an Em-passed through the Colony yester- and gear, which will be lent to badly burned about the face, limbs will help to conserve sterling at 2.30 p.m. Mr. C. A. Sutherton
and body..." the purchaser for navigational
The injured persons were treat and that it will materially Russ appeared for the defence. safety within the port of Ilonged at the Cheung Chau Hospital benefit British manufacturers
by Dr. Khoo.
can hardly be sustained, "for Kong.
any retaliation by neutral British administration, and countries will reduce of tender and permits to view CORRESPONDENCE beneficial effects to a mini- Britain would seize upon to and-carry basis.
just what enemies of
. mum. The British Empire use for their pernicious pro- CHARITY BAZAAR
! needs co-operation in trade
paganda of conditions under from neutrals most and the British rule. To the Editor, The Hongkong Daily Press
plea for a modification of the Dear Bir-1 am told that there' order must be given full con- Is a little confusion in the minds sideration, of some people concerning the exact time of the opening of the
Particulars of the vessel forms
may be obtained on application
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT | to the Naval Store Officer. Ap-
No. of Sale,
Registry Nol
Locality.
Kowloon Inland-
Lot No. 4254. Junction of
Tong Mi Road.and
. Arran Street,
Mong Kok.
Boundary
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ments.
As per
sule plan
Annual
Rental
Abone
Contents in
18,970
Square feet..}
34B
33,198
Upset Price.
plicants must be British subjects.
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CHINA UNDERWRITERS,
LIMITED.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Sixteenth Annual Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
of China Underwriters, Limited,
receiving the Report of the
School for The Deaf: As I am
!
aby is
pire Training scheme which is day on her way to the North. designed to give us 25,000 pilots
a year whilst American Factörles will before very long be turning
When taking it
out fighting planes at the rate of near my Office. 3,000 a month which will be avail-out of the parking place a very able for the Allies on the cash- alight error of judgment would precipitate me into the harbour. As this is has already happened to me once my reputation won't bear a repetition so please Mr. Saun- ders do let us have that three foot safety wall.
The "Norwegian adventure seems to have upset some of us but it should be borne in mind that with active "sympathisers in Norway and an initial landing without any
Another job for the Police "Cait-
盘 certain
harm
TO JUDGE from what the
in writer
the Singapore paper has written, Hongkong opposition from the Norwegians, ferent Department) is the control is just a den of iniquity, Germany gained a colossal advan- of street boot blacks, many of bazaar" in aid of the Hongkong MISREPRESENTATION where vice and crime are tige on land but her Naval losses whom are petty, pfiferers and work allowed to rove rampant were so big that the points to be in pairs when doing their extra. responsible for publishing in the THE PROPENSITY of news- while the custodians of the awarded to the contestants in this dirty work. Christ Church notices and in the papers and their columnists law just merely look on fight can only be fairly assessed |
When is the Government going Christ Church Monthly Notes two to add colourful details and The crowded streets," he by an umblassed expert. One fact
to properly censor newspaper different times, both of which are importance to commonplace writes, "teem with criminals has clearly emerged and that is
posters? On Monday, your" "old" wrong. I should be grateful if you incidents is well known to or every description-from the necessity for Neutrals to ef- will be held at the Offices of the would allow me to apologise for the members of the profes- pickpockets and bag-snatch-fectively control the enemy in offending evening contemporary having misted anybody who has sion throughout the world. ers to desperate gunmen." their midst if they really intend came out at midday with a poster. Company, 4A, Des Voeux Road read either announcement.
It is an aspect of journalism And again: "The struggle for to defend themselves against Nazi which almost Ted one to believe 809 Central, Hong Kong, on Tues. The Bazaar will be opened by
day the Fourteenth day of May, Lady Noble at half-past three, The Which panders to the 'sensa-existence among a section of aggression. Norway had an Army that England had been invaded tional and sensationalism is the masses is so acute that of 200.000 war strength with 100 and that Italy had come into the 1940, at noon for the purpose of demonstration by the children what most of the reading | night Ands the streets crowd. aeroplanes. Germany an Army of war. This sort of thing must do
of 5,000,000 with about 22,000 ma- will be given at half-past four, I
amount of. amongst our ninety per cent non- Board of Directors, and a State. {hope that this correction will be public wants. As such, there-ed with prostitutes thou-chines. David and Gollath!
sufficient to prevent would before, it is excusable, but when sands of them! There is
British residents most of whom ment of Accounts for the year patrons of the Bazaar from being it comes to exaggerating no doubt that conditions in Germany for the past few years have a very elementary knowledge DONT FORGET ended 31st December, 1939, and disappointed. Yours etc...
known facts and conditions, Hongkong have been difficult has been working on a war basis of world affairs" of electing Directors and Audi.
a writer becomes guilty of as a result of the influx of re-with attendant economic discom-
tors.
gross misrepresentation. This fugees caused by the Sino- fort Their people have been pro- A young Hongkong couple. Kowloon Tong. charge, therefore, can apply Japanese hostilities aver the mised plunder by their piratical honeymooning in Japan were at- to a writer in a Singapore last three years, but to try chief. That is what they are tracted when in Tokyo by some contemporary, who has given and make out that open de- fighting for but they will find out rather striking photos in a shop his readers in that city a fiance of law and order pre- that, just as surely as the night window and the husband suggest- A 63-year-old Chinese woman lurid pen-picture of present- vails and that vice and cor- follows the day, moral conditions ed that his wife should have her named Chan Fuk, living at No. 453, day conditions in Hongkong. ruption flourish in this im- are more decisive in the long run picture taken. On going into the
Shop the Proprietor politely ea Shanghai Street, was knocked To anyone who has not visit portant trade emporium of than material conditions.
quired what the Gentleman want- down by a bus about 9.30 Pm ed this outpost of the British the East is a travesty of the Mr. G. V. T. Marshall's suggested and on being asked to see yesterday as she was attempting Empire, this description of truth and must be emphati ed praya wall does not seem to some photos sald "Sit down. Il HERBERT R. STURT,
to cross from one side of Shanghal Hongkong would give an en cally contradicted. Perhaps, have fructifed although I can you please," and took some photos Managing Director,sha Street.
Street to the other, near Che tirely erroneous Impression the writer in the Singapore think of o sound argument from the window saying "This An ambulance was summoned, of a Colony which proudly paper did have a fountain against it. I have a rather large lady is 15 yen and the other one Hong Kong, 1st May, 1940.
boasts of its importance to pen lifted off him while he Car which is occasionally parked is luscious, she is 20 yen including- the Empire under a benign was in the Colony!
in the middle of Connaught Road breakfast
THAT WHEN You are at Home
you
can get the HONG KONG DAILY PRESS at SELFRIDGES.
DAVID ROSENTHALL,
Vicar, Christ Church,
The Transfer Books and Re-Kowloon, May 7. gister of Members of the Com. pany will be closed from the 6th May, 1940, to the 14th May, 1940, both days inclusive
By Order of the Board of Directors,
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but she died on the way to Kow loon Hospital.
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