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THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC
CO., LTD.
Issue of 300,000 new ordinary shares of $10 each, credited
as fully paid up..
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 1st July, 1940 to the 10th July, 1940, both days inclusive, during which period no Transfer of Shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board
of Directors,
London Office: 53, Fleet Street
E.C.4.
HONGKONG, JUNE 29, 1940.
A REVIEW OF THE WEEK
EDITORIAL
NEWSETTES
"Europe is a continent of fight A Concert will be held in the European YM.C.A, on July 4, at ing mongrels: purity of race does 9.15 p.m., in aid of the S.C.M. Post, not exist. That is an apposite War Fund.
extract just now from one of the books of Mr. H. A L Fisher, Mr. J. P. Murphy, Assistant warden of New College, Oxford, Crown Solicitor, has received a whose death is reported. cable informing him that his brother has been killed in action"
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Mr. S. B. Tari has been appoint ed export manager in the firm of Banker and Co., Ltd., import and export merchants, Hongkong.
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The ban on export of rice from has been partially
Bishop T. A. Scott was enthron ed as Bishop of North China on June 30 in the Cathedral at Fel ping, his successor as Bishop of Shantung (the Right Reverend John Wellington B.D.) having been consecrated In the Cathed- ral in Pelping, on, June 29,
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AIRPORT NEWS
CHINA CLIPPER
LEAVES
Carrying 24 passengers, the Pan American Airways China Cupper took off for Manila yesterday.
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The passengers were:- Mr. R. R. Roxburgh, manager of John I. Thornycroft & Co., Ltd...
Mr. J. Weldon Jones, accom- panied by his wife, returning to Manila after three months"
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SATURDAY,
JUNE 29, 1940.
Volunteer Orders
ORDERS BY LT-COL H. B. ROSE, M.C, COMMANDANT,
· RECRUITS MEDICAL
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.
'day parade will be on Wednesday.
10th and not Thursday, July 11,
No. 1 Company
EXAMINATION
July 8, 11.Q. 5.30 p.m. Orderly Medical Oficer: Lt. B. W. Stout.
PARADES
Corps Artillery 1st Battery
July 1: Full day's training under Fistoon arrangements as in Com- pany circular..
July 4, H.Q. for D'Aguilar, a.m. by, Platoon Co
vacation In South Africa. Mr. Full Battery parade. All day Weldon Jones is financial adviser exercise. Dress: Helmets, shirts, to the High Commissioner of the shorts boots, puttees rolled down, Philippine Islands.
haversack, 'waterbottle (alled) and
suck),
2nd Battery -
- July 2 and 6, H.Q. Those detailed:
No. B
July 3, HQ 5.30 pm. N.C.O.'s.
No. 3 Company
Mr. Frank Courtney. of Mars- web belts. Steel helmets and gas July, 1. HQ 8.15 am. Dress: man & Co., Manila, returning after masks, overalls and run platform Helmets, shirts, shorts, puttees. shoes to be carried. (Knife and hosetops, boots, belta, pouches. & short stay here on business,
Mr. Casey Robinson, motion pic fork should be carried in haver-haversacks, waterbottles. Training ture script writer, accompanied by
as given in Company circular, THE PAST week has been the Colony
an eventful one. Deve- lifted The amount allowed to be
At the annual meeting of the his wife. Mr. Robinson is' en route
July 2, HQ 5.15 p.m. All re lopments of international im- exported is based on a percentage American University Club, Shang- to America after a trip to the Far
July 2, HQ for Bluff Head, acruits and those detailed- bal, which was held at tiffin on East.
a.m. All personnel except those in July 4, HQ, 5.30 p.m. Kit Inspec- portance have followed each of Import "figures.
June 21, in the assembly room of Dr. M. Nubla, P.I. lawyer, re-possession of written leave from tion. Dress as given in Company other. in quick succession.
the American Club, members un-turning to Manila after a short Battery Commander.'s All. day circular, The result has been a world
training. Dress: Helmet, shirts,
No. 4 Company* animously elected Mr. R. P. But-trip to Hongkong.
Dr. B. Erana, dentist in Mantia, shorts, boots, puttees rolled down July 1, HQ 7.30 am. for Hong- rick. Acting
(Bergts.shoes, khak! stockings kong men and Kowloon Railway General, to the presidency for the accompanied by Mrs. Erans. ensuing year.
Mr. W. T. Sullivan," of the Ameri-optional) web belt, frog, cross station, 8 am. for Kowloon men can Underwriters. on a business braces,, tin hat, waterbottle (Field training at Fanling. All day. trip to Manila."
ed), haversack. overalls and gun Compulsory. Dress: Boots, puttees, Mr. T. A. Becly, officer in the platform shoes to be carried. Also hosetops, shorts, shirts, helmets: plate, knife, fork, spoon, mus. Full equipment. Belta, pouches, United States Army.
Miss V. Cox, Mr. E. W. Stumvoll, Respirators, rifles and bayonets haversacks on back, waterbottles Mr. A. Jladani. Indian merchant, will be drawn. and Mr. F. Puigjaner, were also passengers for Manila.
the Chinghai High Court.
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American Conani-
The Chinese National Govern in turmoil, countries appre-ment in a mandate on Thursday. hensive of the future, people appointed Mr. Ma Shih-yung pre- living in a state of uncer-dent and concurrently judge of tainty and anxiety as the struggle between democracy| His Excellency the Acting Gdy- A farewell in was given to and totalitarianism threatens error and Mrs, Smith, accompani- Mr. W. E Holland, by the RAFA to assume even more dreaded by Miss Rachel Smith will dine in Shanghat, on June 21 at which ful proportions. Culminating with the Hor the Acting Colonial he was presented, with a sülver events of far-reaching poli- Secretary and Mrs. R. A. C. North, mug by Sir Victor Sassoon in the tical upheaval since the on Tuesday next, at 8.15 p.m.
name of the association. Bir" Vic- French Prime Minister, Mar-
tör Sassoon, in proposing the toast His Excellency the Acting Gov- to Mr. Holland, said he was sure shal Petain, and his col-
ernor, accompanied by Mrs. N. that he would "angle" his way leagues capitulated to the
Smith. will be present and dis- into something worth doing at Germans, came the news
tribute the prizes at the annual home, and wished him the best of yesterday that yet another prize-giving of St. Stephen's Col- luck. blow for aggression had been lege. Stanley, on Saturday next. 363 struck by Soviet Russia and July 6, at 4 p.m.
After an axtensive inspection that Rumanla had been
tour, the second, group of the Chi- forced to cede a valuable H's Excellency the Acting Gov-nese Comfort Mission from the sixth of her territory, com-ernor and Mrs. N. L. Smith, Miss South Seas arrived in Kwellin from prising Bessarabia, Bukovine Rachel Smith and party will be Shukwan on Thursday. After a and other strategic seaports present at the screening of "Irene" brief stay they will continue their under threat of force. Once at the Queen's Theatre on Satur Journey to Liuchow. Following NOTICE is hereby given again political writers and day next July 8, at 9.30 pm in their vistit here, they will return
ald of the BW.OF. Ambulance to the observers have been proved
Fund. wrong in their surmises that the Nazi and Fascist dictators
GIBB, LIVINGSTON » & CO., LTD.,
Agents.
ANTA-M-IXL SELECTION
TRUST, LIMITED.
that the SECOND ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of
The treasurers of the BW.OF. SHAREHOLDERS will be held would not countenance such inform us that the credit balance at the registered offices of the a move by M. Stalin in the at the end of May was $104,501.92. Company, 6 Des Voeux Road Balkans. Germany and Italy During the month donations and Central, Victoria,
received totalled Hongkong, appear to have acted behind subscriptions
on Saturday, 29th June, 1940 at the scenes in this latest ruth- $19,831.32 while the expenses for 12 o'clock noon for the purpose less snatch and indications that period came to $3.981.24. of receiving a Statement of Acare that a three-way split of
South Seas, According to Mr. Chen Tsung-kan, leader of the group, they have gathered favourable Impressions on their trip to Hunan, Klängsi, Chekiang, Fukten, Kwangtung and Kwangst.
Educational Centre Again Bombed
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3rd. Battery July 2, HQ. 5.30 pm. Change of
July 4, HQ for Aberdeen, 8 am,
filled, frogs, rifle slings. – Knives and forks will be brought wi
July 2, B.Q, 5.30 p.m. Those de.... talled for extra LG. instruction. No: 5 Company
Honolulu were Mr. M. D. Walsh, it
Travelling by the Clipper to of the Intercontinent Corporation, who is en route to San Francisco, Full battery parade. Dress: Hel- July 1 Company will proceed to Mr. Ralph C. Rhoades, US. geolo-met, shirts, shorts, puttees rolled Fanling by the 827 am train gist, and Joleen and Dick Hunter. down, web belt. Haversack and Dress: Boots, puttees, hosetops, waterbottle (filled), Knife, fork, shorts, shirta, helmets, belts, spoon, plate and mug to be car-pouches, haversacks and water.. ried. Tin hats and gas respirators bottle filled Knives, and forks will be carried. This parade is must be carried, Compulsory.
July 2, HQ. 5.30 p.m. Sound. flm. "The Bren gun.".
WHAT IS SECRET
WEAPON?
are
4th Battery
July 2, HQ for Pakshawan, 8
A.M. All members. Dress--Ec-
5th AA. Battery
No. 6 Company
July 2, HQ 5.30 p.m. Company
ments.
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July 2, H.Q. 8.30 am HQ. Coy.
under Lt. Stout,
mets, shirt, shorts, puttees rolled Commanders parade. down, boots and web equipment. All those in possession of teet Hitler's alleged secret weapon is Tin hats, gas mask, waterbottles helmets must return same to HQ still puzzling the experts," All Overalls and gun platform Company Stores not later than
Recently David Lloyd George shoes in haversack. Plate, mug. Tuesday, July 2 made a reference to it, bat Amerikalfe, fork and spoon. This parade "Army Service Corps Company cana take it far more seriously is compulsory unless written per-Transport Section: than the Allies.
mission has been granted by the tailed
under Company arrange- Reports that the German troops Battery Commander. in Flanders used a mysterious
Supply Section: No parades: "nerve gas" that paralysed the
July 2, H.Q.7,30 a.m. No. 7 Sec-
Field Ambulance the Balkans "between the His Excellency the Acting Goy-
French and British troops counts and the Report of the dictatorships of Europe is ernor and Mrs. N. L. Smith, ac-
hardly borne out by the fighting Helmets, shirts, trousers, boots, fall tion. Full day's training. Dress: Directors for the year ended even now going forward.
companied by Miss Rachel. Smith
facts, which indicate that the web equipment including haver- July 3, H. 8:30 am, & Com- 31st December, 1939 and to
and party will be present at a
Nazis lost about four men to every sack and water bottle alled, steel pany under Lt. Scott. IN THE MEANTIME, to
CHUNGKING, June 28 (Central) Allied soldier, and failed, to pre-helmet over left shoulder. Spare transact the ordinary business of
variety concert to be given by the quote American opinion, Hongkong Chinese Civil Servants-Over ninety Japanese planes re-vent the embarkation of close on shirt, overalls and G.P. shoes to be der Lt. Balean, the Company.
Japan is adopting Signor Club in aid of the BW.OF. and peated their bombing of Chungking half a million troops and civi- carried in haversack as well as a THE TRANSFER BOOKS Mussolini's tactics in the Far BFR.D.C, on Monday at the Ko yesterday.
Jlans,
Dress: Shirt, shorts, boots, hose. knife, fork and plate, The raiders came in relays, fiy- A board of inventions experts in
tops, puttees and helmets. Knife of the Company will be closed East. Bluster, threats and a Shing Theatre, at 8.30 pm.
ing at a
avoid London daily examines appliances course. Dress: SD. caps, shirt, man high altitude to
July 2, H.Q. 5.30 p.m. Ride and fork to be brought by aach from Friday, 14th June, 1940 to good deal of bombast are be-
A special committee will be ap- Chinese anti-aircraft fire, Saturday, 29th June, 1940 bothing combined to secure what
Cal- and ideas from all over the world, trousers, boots and web equipment All Company Officers will send is apparently a double pur pointed shortly by the Kwellinese fighter planes challenged meant to encompass the downfall less haversack and waterbottle. In their requirements for stores. days inclusive.
pose-firstly, to try and force municipal authorities to plan the them to dogfights. One enemy of Hitler and his armed forces. 2 Section
the Only one in ten thousand is set the brave Chinese, who have construction of a memorial for machine was shot down in been defending their country Chinese soldiers who have beer northern suburbs of Nanchwan aside for expert examination, and their democratic ideals killed in action. The provincial near the south Szechwan border. for three years against the ag-government will grant $20,000 for Several others were
By Order of the
Board of Directors,
G. F. WALKER, Acting Secretary, Hongkong, 12th June, 1940
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CHILDREN TO BE SENT TO THE DOMINIONS
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believed to
gressor of the East, into sub-the construction of the memorial, have been damaged by Chinese Webbe, an American inventor and July 17, 1940.
July 4, H.Q. 8.30, am, B Cog..un-
etc, to QMB. Stevens 3 days be
July 4, HQ. 530 p.m. No. 1 Sec-fore the day of training tion. Ride course and. Uniform * OFFER TO ALLIES
Pay Section and Equipment Inspection. Dress: Recently Captain Harold W. as detailed in Unit circular dated 2/Lt. Gibson, 2/BB. Squad and July 3, HQ" 215 pm Lecture by
241 arms drill under RSM. Calvert mission, and secondly, to take
World War, 1 veteran,. offered a All Chinese fighter planes re-secret weapon to the Alilled Pur training. Details etc. as for No. 1
July 4, No. 2 Section Fall day's Dress: Mufti advantage of the present Eu-
chasing Commission now in Wash Section's parade July.2.
E. N. Thursby, Captain ropean impasse to recoup her Bishopric of North China on June turned to their base safely.
Scores of high e-plusives were 30 is for the time being remaining
ington.
Adjutant, EK.V.D. Corps.. deteriorating economic posi-in Peiping, in the hope of being of rained in the educational centre Refusing to give details of his tion which appears to be on
suburbs. at Shapingra in the some use to his successor. (Bishop
invention. Captain Webbe hinted laboratory, workshop and
bullets.
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Bishop Norris who resigned the
The
Field Company Engineers July 2, KOR. 5,45 am. Technical
AFFILIATED UNIT
Nursing Detachment, HK.V.D.C.
There will be no lectures until further notice. Agarda
There will be no Practical Ban-
daging Class until further notice
nions for the duration of the war, country in any further mill power even to the New World voluntarily built air raid shelters/Hitler boasted shortly after the exercise. Dress: Same as for J-Will anladies who have received
ari island fortress by removing as
tary adventures.
time?
CONCERT
BAD FLYING CONDITIONS
Biman
Trained
First Ala
the verge of collapse. Spurred T. A. Scott) as Chaplain to the staff residences of the Nationa7/that it was a device capable of-exercise. Those living on the on by their despotic-minded | Embassy or in some other ways. Central University were demolish firing shells from Britain to Ger.Island to catch the 5.35 am. Sta militarists, the people of Els postal address will be as Japan are being stirred out hitherto "Church of England Mis-ed. Luckily, as the University has many, from North Africa to Italy. Ferry Dress: Helmets, shirts, of their antipathy to further son, Peking.”.
closed for the summer vacat' .clared, "it will wipe out an entire otherwise putties and hosetor
“Used on battleships," he de-shorts, khaki stockings optional, LONDON, June 28 (Heuter)--useless continuation of the
there were no casualties. ...
city at a time.”
Pliers and jack-knives to be worn. Parents are applying at the rate hostilities against China and
According to a Kwelyang " re-
The forthcoming Home Nursing Webbe thinks that his secret Overalls to be carried. of 1,000 to 8,000 a day to have
port, a' British · resident in the
Examination date will be announ- the Involvement of their
July 3, K.C.R. 6.40 am. Technical ced in the press at a later date. their children sent to the Domi-
threatens to extend its grim Kwelchow provincial capital has Weapon is similar to that of which The Japan- and which, if it succeeds, will to accommodate Chinese civilians Allies to get in with it first. The basic idea is to help in the
war broke out. He urges the 2.0
enrolment and mobile forms please conversion of Great Britain into most in spreading propaganda world civilisation.
ese press and radio are fore- destroy the whole fabric of during air raids. The weichow
Corps Signals
complete and return same at once, Even the provincial authorities have ex-
June 291 (1) Mainland: Line 50 that our records may be kept. many non-combatants as possible, for this purpose. Will the most conservative elements in pressed deep appreciation of his
Detachment under L/C. Booker. up to date. The children will not be going as selves to be blindly led to in the chorus of protest
Japanese people allow them the United States have joined friendly action.
All new members are requested (11)"-Fatigue party as detailed, my
to obtain outdoor uniforms at the refugees.
June 20: (1) Mainland Line De-earliest possible date. Full" in- make greater sacrifices, to against the shame which the FINE CHARITY
BERNE, June 28 (Reuter)-The tachment as detalled. (1) D/B formation may be obtained from One difficulty is the question of suffer. even more exacting Petain Government brought
British Government has expressed Detachment as detailed, Sgt. Cop- Quartermaster shipping apace and any plans will hardships and to court almost to the French Nation. There
their regret to the Swiss Govern- pin. necessarily, depend on this They certain disaster which will be is, however, in the United
ment and has offered to pay full
Stay white, Telephone 29092. cannot be taken in cargo ships the consequence of any fool-States a strong belief that a
July 1, HQ 5:15 pm) (1) Groups A few vacancie still exist for compensation for the damaged "A" and "8" Line Telegraphy and Mobile Members who are re and the space in suitable ships is hardy venture abroad at this crippled France
Dave Kossick is one compere caused, when bombs were acci- Procedure at Victoria Barracksperienced limited.
does not and is arranging better, and better dentally dropped on Geneva arid (11) Group" and Recruits. Nurses and Japan's leaders, to necessarily mean that the shows. The variety concert that Renens near Lausanne on the signal training It is expected that the number whom the future of their spirit of nationalism of the he staged at the Cheero Club last night of June 11 and 12 states the which can be taken away will not country must mean a great French people has been des ly enjoyable
night for the Services, was extreme-Swiss Telegraphic Agency,
July 3, H.Q. 2 p.m. Uait, will deal, should weigh this ques- troyed: The unanimous de- tion carefully. One false step cision of the people in the the Colony's best amateur talent, He had the assistance of some of
The British Government attri parade in uniform-shirt aleeves, B.D. buted the
shorts, boots and pattes error, to bad flying' by their militarists now will French colonial possessions Gaston D'Aquino led the bill Other VILLAGERS; · ^FINE'
(1) Area Line Test" (1)), caps. conditiona find a strong democratic and French subjects in other entertainers, all of whom gave of
Group "C.Signal training (111) CO OPERATION front, led by the United parts of the world to denounce their best, included Maude Read
Recruits. Arms drill and Mus During the last week it has been States, strongly opposing their Marshal Fetáln's action and Ernie Perry, Stanley Hinchliffe,
MANY ALIENS
Ketry polye necessary to erect barbed wire en plans, with force, if necessary, to
ARE RELEASED
Mobile Column continue their battle Jean Gibson, Clare Shand, Robert tanglements in the New Territories, F
July 4, Hung Hom Depot, 8 am. AMERICA 15 deeply against the European aggres- Bonney and Mande Waller, at LONDON," Time) (23)-(Renter)- This has unavoidably caused some vigilant over what the future sors with Britain has created
Tactical Exercise. New Territories. There was a large number of ser since September last, 340 alles No exemption unless previously anithext Miami's 12th
Superstitiousraviator interference in normal agricultural holds for the Far East, she is a deep impression in the vicemen present, as well as a num- have been released from Inter-authorized by 0.0.
Eure equally watchful over the United States and these galber of civilians.
|ment, Str. John Anderson (Home
American arm Far from showing resentment to march of events across the lant people can depend upon
Dress (1) Arma Car PL R.TR are they wanted to Secretary) revealed yesterday caps, overalls, black boots, web planned for next wards the working parties, the Atlantic. In fact, develop the United States giving them HEALTH RETURNS These were mostly young people equipment. (11) MM.G. PL. RTR would bear the und farmers and villagers have volun-ments across both expanses all the material assistance tarily assisted by carrying wire and of ocean are tending to they require to help them to notinable diseases that occurred in return to their events and equamente/2014
The following is a return of nuns (who have been allowed caps shirtsleeves, shorts, hoses
tops puttees, black boots. Web in many cases have given presents harden her foreign policy fortify and equip their fight the Colony during the 24 hours technicians needed for work of of fruit, to the troops carrying out more and more against ing forces for the battle the ended at midnight on June 27: national importance, AR T
There will be no parade on Motu. The GO.C. wishes to place on methods of aggression which real battle against totall Tuberculosis, 11, dysentery four, About 750 Brits citizens are at July 1 record his appreciation of this have pillaged so vast a ter- tarianism which 18 now just and one each of enterte fever and present being detained in this Reference Corps. Orders exemplary behaviour.
ritory in Europe which beginning.
country
33/40 dated 24.6.40 the next
be higher than 8,000 a month
life,
the work
diphtheria,
of from 16 to 17 years of age,
and Home Nursing Certificate:
(BEd)
ther
Commandant rsing=”Detachment HKVD Corps.
IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT
mano