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EDITORIAL
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Sequel To
To Traffic
THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC
CO., LTD.
EWO BEER
As from 24th March, 1941 the Issue of 600,000 new ordinary prices of EWO Beer, Pints and Quarts, have been increased by $3.00 per case.
shares of $10 each.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 1st to 5th April, 1941, both days inclusive, during which period no Transfer of Shares can be registered,"
By Order of the Board of Directors,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON &
CO., LTD., Agents.
21st March, 1941.
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to
CHINA LIGHT & POWER
CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS.
Notice is hereby given that the Company's standard charges will be increased as from, 17th March, 1941, by adding a 10% surcharge the amounts charged for electricity consumed for lighting and power as per meters read it and after 24th April, 1941.-
The existing scale of discounts
will remain in force.
By order of the Board of Directors,
D. W. MUNTON,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 8th March, 1941.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED,
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JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., 'Pedder Street,
Hongkong.
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The
Daily Press
報西剌孖
Mishap:
0: European
Police Officer Fined
PETER OLIVER GUILD, Sergeant in the Hongkong Police Force, summoned for driving ear. No. 6225 in a dangerous manner and with driving while under the influence of drinkt, was found guilty by Mr. H G. Sheldon, K. C., at the Central Magistracy yesterday on the. first count while the second was dismissed on the ground of insufi- cient evidence.
Guild was fined $200,
The offence was stated to have saw defendant drinking in the foccurred on the wrong side of a Hotel on Feb. 23 between 4.30 and i bend in Repulse Bay Road about 6 p.m. Defendant had signed chits;
for 6.45 pm, on Feb. 23.
whisky, brandy dry and
Traffic Insp. F. J. Clarke pro-cigarettes amounting to about $31. secuted, while defendant was re- H. P. Santos, reception clerk at presented by Mr. J. M. D'Almada Repulse Bay Hotel, sald he sawi Remedios.
defendant at the bar with a lady friend. Defendant," according to
MES
defendant
Col. F. R. Shaw, R. A., who was involved in the accident with de- the chits, had three drinks. Witness fendant. said he was driving a stated that he little over 15 mp.h. along Repulse stagger to his car and also noticed Bay Road when he saw the re-that the vehicle was zig-zagging Editorial and Business Office:necting light of a car rounding the when he drove away.
15-19, Queen's Road Central,
bend. He sounded his horn and Defendant. in evidence, stated Tel. 33225.
a second later, a car approached that he was a moderate drinker fur headlights and and when he left the Hotel he travelling on the wrong side of was driving at between 18 to 20 the road, and crashed into him. m.p.h. Before he got to the bend he was driving on the left side of the road, near the centre, when he saw a car approaching from the opposite direction travelling on the same "side.
Night Editor (Wanchal Office): him with
Tel. 24511.
London Office: 53, Fleet Street
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HONGKONG, March 25, 1941."
THE BATTLE OF BOMBS
Witness tried to avoid an ac- cident by veering to the wrong side but was too late. The other car was on the wrong side of the road.
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The driver of the car, defendant. got out and witness formed the opinion that he was drunk as ac-
of liquor.
A GREAT DEAL of Interest-cused was staggering and smelled
ing information regard- ing the progress of the war in the air-the
Battle
of
SPEED OF CAR
Col. Shaw said that he estimated the speed of the other car, wher. Bombs, as one expert termed approaching the bend, to be be it-the steady growth of Bri-tween 25 to 50, m.p.h,
SWERVED CAR
Witness said that he swerved to the wrong side in order to avoid head-on collision but rammed
a
into the rear of the car.
Insp. Clarke You are a police officer; I presume you have a fair knowledge of tranic regulations. Yes.
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Why did you not ask the name and address of the other driver of the car involved in the same ac-
tain's aircraft industry and K Kaluzhny, assistant manager the relation of these twolof' Repulse Bay Hotel, sald that he cident?-I did not have the time factors to hostilities in gen-
eral, and particularly to the new
types
and war at sea, was made public are even now
engines YOUTH KILLED
nearing
during the week-end. The completion, is an indication AFTER FALL
own
Sunday.
!
most important statement on that Britain and her people, these questions of aerial war are not going to rely merely FROM BICYCLE fare was that måde by Lord on American help, but to en-
A 17-year-old youth hitch-hiking Beaverbrook, the Minister for hance that very valuable and on the rear of a bicycle ridden by Aircraft Production, in the generous aid which the Uni- another man slipped and fell and course of a broadcast address ted States has promised her was run over by an approaching from London. What Lord by her
unremitting bus in Belcher Street at 3 pm on NOTICE IS HEREBY
Beaverbrook had to say was, efforts. When a country- ac- GIVEN that the FIFTY-SIXTH
Bus No. 496 was heading for its indeed, most encouraging. tively engaged in hostilities on terminus at Kennedy Town, when ORDINARY YEARLY MEET.
His reference to the huge re-several fronts is able to give a bicycle with two persons on it, ING of the Company (since serves of aircraft which Bri-such evidence of its ability to came out from Kwan Yick Street. registration) will be held at the tain was piling up through-produce its war needs on such The blegele passed the bus, but the rear-seat rider apparently lost his Hong Kong Hatel, Hong Kong, out the country indicated an increasing scale, it is an
THURSDAY, the
grip and fell. that the results of the coun-assurance that no responsi- APRIL, 1941, at 11.30 a.m. for try's war efforts are already bility will be shirked to bring the purpose of receiving the becoming evident and that ultimate victory. Report of the General Managers together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31ST OCTOBER, 1940.
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3RD
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hong Kong, 18th March, 1941.
the numerical superiority in ANOTHER interesting as-, aircraft with which Germany pect of the war in the air was started the war 1s
He was rushed, to the hospital, where he died shortly after. The
dead body was later identified as Fung Man-ting, of No. 42, Catchick Street.
being given on Saturday by Major Joint Y.W.C.A.
on
Finance Campaign
THE
TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 194121
WAR" AT SEA:
BRITAIN HITTING BACK BATTLE OF ATLANTIC:
THE U-BOAT MENACE
"Britain has started hitting back hard in the Battle of the Atlantic," said LIEUT.-CDR. THOMAS WOODRUFFE, BB.C. naval commentator, when he broadcast from Lon- don on Sunday on the progress of the war, at sea, follow- ing on the Prime Minister's announcement recently that three German U-Boats had been sunk,
machines," suld Comdr. Woodrufte,
"Herr Hitler spoke lately of, "The superior performance of his coming spring offensive our air pilots is due to a large ex- against our shipping," went tent on their confidence in their on Comdr. Woodruffe, "but and a mass built submarine might what he has forgotten is that at same time let its crews down. far out on the Atlantic our destroyers and escort craft are at work day and night.
STRADY TOLL
TRAINING OF CREWS
"I don't mean that submarine building cannot be speeded up, Mr. Tong Chan Hon, Assistant of
-but-there is the necessity for care Canton University and his bride,
in turning out the parts, Apart formerly Miss Sum Chi Sang,
"Any successes we have are not from that there is the question of graduated of National Amey Upi- announced unless there are excep- the crew. Almost any able-bodied versity and Headmistress of Laptional circumstances, but there is intelligent man can today he furn- Gay Girls' Schozi in Kowloon, always a steady toll being taken ofed into a soldier in a few months, photographed after their wedding German submarines, These suc- but the sailor who is trained for at Gloucester Hotel on Friday cesses may not come by actual work in a submarine has to learn sinkings. A submarine, for in- with the precision of a machine stante, may have just escaped and he has to have special cold- depth charge, but when she does blooded courage and so the loss get back to port she will have to of a crew is more serious than the be overhauled and her crew given loss of the vessel itself." 1 rest."
(Photo: King's).
Busy Day At The Registry
"EIGHT COUPLES
MARRIED
The Registry, Supreme Court, Bad another busy day yesterday when seven Chinese couples were married by Mr. J. Reynolds, Deputy Regis- trar. The following were the parties:---
Comdr. Woodruffe went on to. explain the heavy strain in posed on submarine crews, par- ticularly when they were trying to escape depth charges. The explosions gradually get louder and louder and those in the sbmarine can do nothing but wait and listen. Then might come one thundering crash-- the lights out, another crash and a few trickles of water begin to seep in between the damaged plates.
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This may force the submarine to Corporal Albert Wraight, Middle-come to the surface and attempts sex Regt. and Miss Eileen Lin, of No. 402, Portland Street.
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Mr. Lee Chun-chung, physical in, structor, Education Department, of No. 22 Granville Road, ground floor, and Miss Lee Tze-lla, of No 1 Granville Road, second floor:
Mr. Yeung Kam-wo, clerk, of No 19 Cheung Sha Wan Road, second door, and Miss Tin Man, of No. 29 Shek Kip Mei Street, second floor;
Mr. Yeung Chau-sing, clerk, of No. 21A High Street, first floor, and Miss Chp! Tak-hing. of No. 177 Hennessy Road, top floor,
Mr. Lee Sal-hong, merchant, of No. 91 Caine Road, first floor, and Miss Chan Wan-kai, of No. 37 Caine Road, ground floor;
to escape may be difficult. It was a real test of nerves and a U-Boat might have this happen to it more than once.
Comdr. Woodruffe said that In the last war it was notice- able that the morale among U-Boat captains and crews had deteriorated as, attacks against them were intensified and, with a little luck, that might happen again.
"An interesting fact is that the Germans cannot build submarines as fast as we can sink them," said Comdr. Woodruffe. "A large pro- portion of our convoys are getting through and as long as that goes on, 'Herr Hitler has as good as lost the Battle of the Atlantic:"
SIR PERCY NOBLE, Comdr. Woodruffe said that the appointment of Admiral Sir Percy Noble to be Commander-in-Chief of the Western Approaches, show- COMING STRUGGLE
ed that the Admiralty was taking "Now that the summer and bet-every precaution. Sir Percy Noble- ter weather, is "coming along the was well-known as one of the struggle will become unrelenting" finest naval strategists and he. said Comdr. Woodruffe. "A lot would not lose an effective coun- will depend oXI the number of ter-measure for want of trying it. escort craft and ships we can keep Comdr. Woodruffe next referred
at sea. A large number of escort to the two German surface raiders. craft can make a convoy almost which were at large. He said that invulnérable to U-Boat attacks, both these vessels were heavily but the number will have to be protected. They had the armour very big.
of a battleship, but for all that "What we must always remem- they were very speedy and were ber is that every submarine sunk capable of 30 knots. means one experienced submarine crew less for Herr Hitler. The loss of crews is a greater disadvantage to the Germans than the loss of a submarine."
Comdr. Woodruffe declared that the building of submarines too was not so easy. It could not be
"These raiders can do a lot of quick damage, but they can- not keep up continual pressure tinless there are a number of them,” said Comdr. Woodruffe. "But they cán divert our shipping."
Mr. Cheung, Wing, building con- tractor, of No. 194 Wanchal Road, and Miss Leung Fung, of No. 14 altogether mass produced and con- referring to the progress of the Mallory Street:
Cemdr. Woodruffe concluded by
sisted of a mass of complicated | campaign in East Africa and paid. machinery. Each part had to be a tribute to the help which the Mr. Kwan Fo-sin," merchant of carefully made. They could not Mediterranean Fleet under Admir- No. 86 Hollywood Road, and Miss be run out of a machine ke aal Sir Andrew Cunningham was Au To-ying of "No. 160 Lockhart string of sausages, Road:
floor;
IN
ANNOUNCEMENTS
rendering the British land forces.
NEWSETTES "VOCAL MUSIC"
An entertaining social evening was held by St. Andrew's Club at the Church" Hall: last night..
The
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Vice-Chancellor
LECTURE
This formed part of the lecture
quickly overhauled. It also Oliver Stewart, a recognised The TRANSFER BOOKS of is proof that Britain's re-authority the subject;: the Company will be CLOSED search work has been carried when he adduced convincing from" MONDAY, the 24th out ceaselessly in an effort to arguments to show that the MARCH, 1941, to THURSDAY, combat every new device and intensified aerial warfare was
Mr. Cheung Man-yee. cook, of the 3RD APRIL, 1941, both method which the enemy has linked up with the war at sea.
No. 9 Tregunter Mansions, May Rd., At" a report meeting of team days inclusive,
been attempting to use in the The methods recently adopt-workers in the Joint Y.W.CA. and Miss Chan King. of No. 548 onslaughts on the countryed by both the British and Finance Campaign, at the admin-Shanghai Street, second floor. and that, even if these at-the German air forces, hejistration building in Bonham Rd..
"Binging is a life course and no. The following forthcoming mar- tacks are going to be inter-said, undoubtedly pointed to on Monday afternoon, $12,387 was
student of singing should expect to This is the second of riages, were announced at the Re- reported. sified to a greater extent, attempts being made to assist three report days, the campaign gistry yesterday:
of the acheive any success within a short- Britain is now in a much bet-the naval forces.
Hongkong University and the Pre-period. World known vocalists On Bri ending on April 2, so this sum Mr. Lam. Luk, civil servant in the sident, the Committee and men reach their height only through 157 ter position to meet and de-tain's part, the constant raids means that almost one-third of Chinese Central Government, and bers of the Alumni Association will tens of years hardship and train-
feat them.
which had recently been made the required goal of $42,000 has residing at 478 Hennessy Road, hold an "At Home" in honour of
jing." been reached. THE DISCLOSURE that on bases being used by the
second floor. and Miss Maria Wong, the Hop, Mr. W. N. T. Tam, the The winning team was captain- of No. 352 Lockhart Road, secund Hon. Mr. Li The-fong and. Mr. D. production of aircraft during Germans for the constructioned by Mrs. Jade. Wong Wu, who is
J. N. Anderson, at the Great Hall on "Vocal Muste" addressed to a February had reached a re-or their U-Boats and surface the President of the Canton Y.W.
of the University on Friday next, large audience at the Chinese YM. CA, Waterloo Road, by Mr. Ng cord, is all the more satisfy-raiders were being undertaken CA., while the winning division
Mr. Chan Cho-yee, Chinese Sub-March 28, at 5.15 p.m.
Pak-chau last evening. ing, particularly when these with the object of reducing was led by Mrs. Wan Chick Won Inspector, of No. 60 Johnston Rd.,
Mr. Y. M. Liang, well-known with a sum of $5,840, Mrs. Wong
After classifying ways of singing figures are taken in conjune-Germany's war against Bri- The Chuen's division $3,515 and and Miss Kan Wal-chi, of 101 chinese painter, who recently held hymns, folk songe and operatie. tion with the large numbers tish and allied shipping and Mrs. Henry Ling's division,' $3,232,
а successful exhibition of his music, Mr. Ng sovized vocal stu of planes which are now be-to ensure that the Nazi threat making the total to date $27,479.
works at St. John's Hall, Univer-dents to pay serious attention to THE FIFTY-FOURTH OR ing sent to Britain from the to prevent shipments of war The presiding officer for the re
exhibition at the same place DINARY ANNUAL MEETING United States, since the peo-material and equipment from port: day was Dr. Law Yau-talt, Tung Chol Street, and Miss Chan outer host wil hold an- their singing teachers.
The lecture was filustrated by re- Headmistress of True Light School, Fung-bik, atudent, of No. 81 Argyle on April 18 and 19 to raise war OF SHAREHOLDERS will be ple of that country, led by the United States reaching who gave encouragement and Street;
rellef funds. The coming exhibi-corded music. held at the Office of Messrs. their President, decided to Britain will not be carried inspiration to the workers in a
tion will be under the patronage Mr. Poon Wah-kau, Atter, of No. of a group of prominent person- Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. throw every ounce of their out, The Germans, in addi-very sincere and eloquent speech. on WEDNESDAY, the 26th resources into the night on tion to concentrating their Reports of the success of the con- 30 Yat Fak Street, and Ms Chan ages in Hongkong, including Ma- MARCH, 1941, at NOON, for Britain's side. The models air attacks on Britain's ship-certs sponsored by the club girls, Mo-ching, of No. 65 Queen's Road dame Six Yat-sen, and His Ex-
the Industrial Department, West and the purpose of receiving the which America has already building centres, are using were received Report of the Directors and the made available to Britain their air forces to assist their thusiasm.
The hostesses at tea were mem- Statement of Accounts for the have earned a high meed of submarines and surface rald-
bers of the Ik Chong Club, the year ended 31st DECEMBER, praise from the pilots who ers by giving these enemy senior members of the Y.W.CA have been operating them craft information relative to who are veterans at campaigns The Transfer Books of and have proved a splendid the movements of British and for the last twenty years.
THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN COMPANY LTD.
Notice to Shareholders
1941.
with much en-
the Company will be CLOSED match for anything that the allied shipping, which they CHINA-AUSTRALIA
RELATIONS
Queen's Road East;
Mr. Mul Cho-kit, student, of No.
INOCULATORS BURNED
cellency the Governor, Bir Geoffry Northcote,
D
PUPPET OFFICIAL SHOT IN SHAI
CHUNGKING, Mar, 24 (Central) -Lou Tung, an oficial of the S'HAI EXCHANGE Nanking "Central Reserve Bank,"
MARKET
was shot and killed by an uniden- tified gunman on Saturday morn- SHANGHAI, Mar. 24 Reuter)-ing on Sinza Road in Shanghai, Two public female inoculators received severe burns to their faces The exchange market is disor-according to à Shanghai dispatch. yesterday afternoon as a result of ganised as the result of a London
Lou was fired at several times from SATURDAY," the 15th Germans have been able to are intent on destroying.
a spirit lamp spilling its contents item on March 21 to the effect that over them,
negotiations are proceeding to pre- and one bullet penetrated his MARCH, 1941, to WEDNES put into the air. Apart from Here again, the value of Eri-
Misses Rose Ip, 24, of No. 78. Po vent sterling help to the Stabilisa-head. He was rushed to the Pat the 26th MARCH, 1941, this assistance, the British tain's aircraft production and
CHUNGKING, Mar 24 (Reuter) Tak Street, and Lo Ching-fai, 28, tion Fund from feeding the Shang-up Hospital but died on the way. both days inclusive.
aircraft industry has shown output and the help she is announcement is expected of Sau Wah Fong, of the Social hal market, which is the remain-
the evidence of its own initiative getting from
United very soon that China and Austrails | Health Centre and the Port Health ing loophole in the sterling ex- and Lord Beaverbrook's state States will provide a reason- have derided on normal diplomatic Office, respectively, were inoculat change control. ment on the new types of ably successful answer to the relations with an exchange of Mining people against cholera at the No rates are available at the The trial of Gerald Casement, planes which have already German tactics and the re-sters, says the China Times, which Western Market, when a sudden opening of the dollar, nominally American marine charged with the
* murder of his 15-month-
step taken their place in the sults of the increasing tempo adds that such a step would strenggale blew the lamp over their valued at 8 7/320.
then the friendly relations and faces,
Becurities, gold-bars and com-son, Floyd Allan Bebastia will front line of the air bat of this new phase of the war commercial ties between the two Both were admitted to Queen modities are generally sharply commence on April 3 it 130 tle and the fact that other will now have to be awaited. countries,
Mary Eospital.
higber.
nounced
DAY
By Order of the Board of Directors.
C. M. MANNERS,
Secretary & Manager.
Hong Kong, 7th March, 1941.
SHANGHAI, Mar (Renter)--