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EDITORIAL
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NOTICE.
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By Order,
1,
1. B. TREVOR,
Manager.
31st May, 1941.
BANK HOLIDAY.
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MONDAY, the 2nd June, 1941. (Whit Monday). Hongkong, 28th May, 1941.
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NOTICE.
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cease
POWDER
10
act
Sole
Notice is hereby given that as from 1st June, 1941, Messrs. Chun Hing Trading Company will
of Distributors
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EMPIRE-WIDE FLAG DAY
JUNE 5TH, 1941
IN AID OF DUKE OF GLOUCESTER'S FUND.
報西刺籽
Editorial
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HONGKONG, May 31, 1941.
DISCRIMINATORY TAXATION
NO.
JO ONE will dispute the Hongkong Government's
PARADE
Military arrangements for the celebration of the official birthday
NEW RECRUITING CENTRES OPENED
SATURDAY,
MAY 31, 1941.
\AIR & NAVAL CO-OPERATION: THE PARADOX OF SINKING
OF THE BISMARCK
"Alr-Power, with which the Germans say that they Recruiting cotutres to facilitate destroyed the British Fleet, has helped the British Fleet to of His Majesty the King on June
the enrollment of more young men do some damage to the German Fleet. That is the para- 12, 1941 are as follows:--
A March Past of representative and women to the Corps of Air dox of the sinking of the Bismarck," said MAJOR OLIVER parties of the Royal Navy, Army, Rald Wardens have been opened STEWART, M.C., A.F.C., B.B.C. aeronautical expert, when and Hongkong Volunteer Defence, each Fulice division, the Director he broadcast from London on the co-operation between Corps, will be held in Hernessy of Air Rald Precautiora, Wing- Road
the whole National Anthem play-
o
A
DRAGON RACE INCIDENT
а on
16
"It will obviously be long time before ship-borna aircraft can be dispensed with
It looks BS altogether, but though land-based aircraft or flying-boats will be able to go
out far over the ocean and stay out there for a long time and still have plenty of fuci for the return journey.
About 3,800 troops will be Commander A. H. S. Stepe-Perkins, air and sea power.
"If it had not been for think that at his weekly
the work on parade under the command of stated yesterday
of these reconnaissance His Excellency the General Officer Press conference. and the total en-air
Catalina flying-boats in the chase.
Commanding.
rollment of the Corps has passed big scale," continued Major after the Bismarck opens a way to the future. In the future we shall His Excellency the Governor will the 4,000 mark.
Stewart, the Bismarck may greatly valy more and more on arrive at the official stand at 8.15 The ultimate aim of this enroll-
He will be escorted by a ment is a total corps strength of have got away scot free.. The land-based aircraft with an im- a.m. motor machine-gun escort of the 8,000...
Navy was remarkably quick mense dying range and less on. HK.V.D.C. and on arrival will be
Speaking of A.R.P. Clubs, he said on the up-take in under-ship-borne aircraft. LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD. expressed intention of inten- received by a Guard of Honour that a small committee was recent-standing the use of air power
sifying the Colony's war mounted by 2nd Battalion the {1
ly instituted to administer these at sea. effort. There has been abun- Royal Scots.
clubs.
FOUR INCIDENTS After His Excellency has inspect. dant evidence during the past
Thanks to the generosity of a this ed the Guard, a Royal Salute with number of local people, there was itself, as you have heard all about "I will not speak of the action twelve: months that Colony has been sadly lagging, will be given in honour of His now enough money handy to emit, but I want to talk on certain bark on this objective of a Club Incidents of this bunt. There are behind other parts of the Majesty the King and the Royal for each district.
four outstanding ones-the' report | full Standard broken on the fag staff, Empire In playing its
that the Bismarck and another! part towards
the His Excellency will then call for helping
ship had left Bergen; the night "DIFFICULT BUSINESS In Accordance with Govern
mother country, in the strug-three cheers for His Majesty,
second Royal Salute will be given.
attack by torpedo aircraft which "Working aircraft from an air- ment Ordinance, THE EX.
gle in which she is now en-after which His Excellency will
was flown off the aircraft carrier craft carrier is a difficult business CHANGÉ BANKS will be
In connection with the above gaged. Various suggestions take up als position on the Dals
Victorious; the air searches which and those with any experience of CLOSED for, the Transaction Flag Day, those ladies who have have been put forward from The March Past will then take
led to the re-discovery of the Bis- Aying will realise the value of the of PUBLIC BUSINESS
Over four thousand people, In-marck; and the torpedo attacks by work done by the planes from the on kindly volunteered to sell 'flags time to time, some of them place. His Excellency the General
will march cluding Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith, Hon, aircraft from the aircraft carrier Ark Royal. These will therefore are advised of the following admittedly worthy of careful Officer Commarding
Mr. R. A. C. North. Hon. Mr. J. P. Ark Royal.
be substituted by air reconnals- consideration, "by which the past at the bead of the column
attack. arrangements ---
"There are many other aspects ŝance and air
For air Immediately before the march Pennefather-Evans and Miss Phyllis Sellers resident in Hong Kong:
local war effort could be in-past, a flight of the Royal Air Harrop, were present at the Chung of this story, but I want to con- reconnaissance we are already der tensified and the financial Force will fly along the route.
Shing Bathing Pavilion, Kennedy centrate on these four. First of ing much work with land planes Flags, baskets and tins wib strength of the Colony so At the conclusion of the March Town, yesterday to witness the an-all there is this power of air re- such as the Lockheed, and with be issued at Mr. E.
M.strengthened to be able to Past. His Excellency the Governor nual DRAGON BOAT race held to connaissance over large spaces of such flying boats as the Catalina,
will leave the Dals and return 20 celebration of the festival.
the ocean. Search, the seas from but we are also using the Beau- Raymond's
Holland withstand office,
any. additional
Government House.
the air is a mathematical business forts. which have had successes riouse (1st floor) from 3 p.m.jstrain Imposed on it. Whe-
Before the commencement. the which requires careful training and against enemy shipping. The west wing of the pavilion collapsed, flying. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June!ther any of these suggestions,
The coastal command land-bases plane will therefore 3rd, and from 10 am to 12.34 (such as the organisation of a
throwing nearly a hundred persons snows as much about sea search- come more and more into the Into the water.
ing as anybody. The Prime Minis- picture. p.m. on Wednesday, June State Lottery, for instance,
Prompt rescue work by the Police,ter recently suggested that there "That brings me to my final have been carefully explored
Police Reserve and St. John Am-is very close liaison between the point. You will have noticed Mr. G. Treverton, His Excellency's bulance Brigade, resulted in there Air Ministry and the Admiralty. On Flag Day when selling by the Government is, of
that all our air attacks on the not known, to the Private Secretary, was admitted, tog no casualties excepting a boy, has been completed all the course,
THE ATTACK
Bismarck were torpedo ́attacks. above equipment should
he public, but now, finding Queen Mary Hospital on May 24 Cheung Yik choy,
In the Fleet Air Arm action "In spirit the coastal command returned direct to the Honghemselves unable to meet/suffering from a fractured spine, from the effects of immerson, and of the R.AF, is very close to the! that preceded the Battle of
During his absence his duties will another male, Lee Kam-sing, who Navy. That is why they are 'so
Cape Matanan torpedoes were Kong and Shanghai Banking the Colony's war expenditure be carried out by Mr. C. R. Lee, was also sent, to hospital witM
used. The reason is that tor-19 during the present financial with Mr. G. T. Rowe as Assistant shoulder injuries.
expert at this job of searching the Corporation.
It is from the air that the pedoes are found to be more Sellers resident in Kowloon turned to that hardy pere-
year, the Government has Private Secretary.
Mr. Smith presented the prizes first warning
the effective on these German
armour of to the winners. They were:1. Yu ships were noted. Then came the
heavily armed warships than Flags, baskets and tins will be nial, War Taxation, for the His Excellency the Governor has Shing-tong. 2, Luen Yip-tong. 3. night torpedo attack from the air-
bombing can be... issued at
"The more effective. attacks on Six boats particl-craft of the Victorious. The Vic- European purpose of raising the re- no public engagements during the Woo Hop- torg.
toricus is one of our new aircraft warships is. of course, by the Y.M.C.A. Salisbury Road on venue to the extent of some week ending on Saturday, June 7pated in the four events
He has resumed his administrative Wednesday, June 4th. between $5,000,000.
carriers and the Admiralty com- method which strikes a blow un- dutles, but, on medical advice is not
Dropping torpedoes THE REPORT of the Re-undertaking any evening engage Chinese public bodies today ob-mention of her existence.
CHUNGKING, May 30 (Reuter) munique contained the first official der-water. the hours of 4 pw. and 6 p.m.
from the air is extremely difficult constituted War Revenuements for the present.
SO is high-level bombing. served the Dragon Boat festival "The torpedo attack by aircraft and On Flag Day when selling
Committee; on which this
by distributing $200,000 among from the Victorious obtained one Dive-bombing is the most direct has been completed the above
additional taxation is based,;
the Chinese Defence Forces in hit and it was after that that the way of attacking, but the German equipment should be returne
Bismarck was lost: That was the dive-bombing attacks on the air- to the European Y.M.C.A."
comes to the conclusion that ment may yet decide to treat Chungking:
second chance she had of getting craft carrier Illustrious shows that all five heads of war revenue the subject of taxation in the Sellers are requested to kind producing sources should be Colonies on the same scale as
away and if it had not been for even dive-bombing is apt to be less air connaissance she would pro- deadly on heavily armoured ships. call to collect theke selling cquin revised to make this possible. that prevailing in England
bably have done so. Here we had Dive-bombing may work - against ment accordingly.
In doing so, however, the re-today as the only way to
the most remarkable ocean sweep light craft, but for big ships, the torpedo is being used with better port lays itself open to re make wealthy classes HARBOUR: STEAM made by aircraft.
"A large number of ma-
effect." newed criticism in the mat-shoulder a fair share of the ter of its discriminatory treat Empire's war-time burden.
CHINA UNDERWRITERS,
LIMITED..
(Incorporated in Hong Kong)
"
NOTICE is hereby given that the Seventeenth Annual Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. of China Underwriters, Limited will be held at the Offices of the Company, 4A, Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong, on Wednes day the Fourth day of June, 1941, at noon for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Board of Directors and a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st) December, 1940, and of electing! Directors and Auditors.
The
Transfer Books and Register of Members of the! Company will be closed from the 28th May, 1941, to the 4th June, 1941, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
HERBERT R. STURT..
Managing Director. Hong Kong, 24th May, 1941.
CHINESE ESTATES,
LIMITED
268
LOST SHARE CERTIFICATES
4th.
the
E. F. HYDE LAY, General Secretary,
MR. TREVERTON
INJURED
the
St. John Ambulance, Associationment of certain sections of If this is to be avoided, "it is
& Brigade.
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THE HONGKONG & YAUMATI FERRY CO., LTD.
(LOST)
NOTICE IS HEREBY APPLICATION HAS been GIVEN that Certificates Nos. made to this Company to issue to
12 Ordinary Shares Numbered 52922 to 52933" 2 Ordinary Shares Numbered 73259 to 73260
which are given below; have been duplicate certificates for reported LOSS or MISLAID and NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that unless the said certificates are produced at the registered office of the Com. pany at China Building, 5th floor, Hong Kong within THIRTY
10 Ordinary Shares Numbered 75035 to 75044
50
as
11. suшerK
•
ACCIDENT IN
LAUNCH SUNK
The steam launch Bo Wo sank
JOINT EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS
TAIKOO DOCK
STRIKE OVER
A "down tools" strike in Talkoo
seas,
1
⚫ chines were used, many of them being some of the new consolidated Catalinas. which are remarkable for range capabilities. Under certain con- ditions, these machines, can Cross the Atlantic and come. back again without alighting. One Catalina aircraft which took part in this search was in the air for twenty-seven hours.
IRONY OF FATE
INDIAN PRIVATE WRITES-
11
An Indian Sepoy describes m words his voyage following aboard a troopship from India to
the
"When the Catalina picked up Singapore:
the Bismarck again, she was still Numerous ships and boats were
Afternoon:
it was a- splendid'
the community. Once again essential that the inequities in the harbour while towing two it is apparent that this is due of the present plan be comi- Junks toward the Sat Kung Whart
revised primarily to the fact that the pletely
to on Thursday. The launch sank Reconstituted Committee has eliminate the odour of dis- about 100 feet north-west of the Cheung Chau ferry wharf and been entirely representative crimination which the
re- about 200 feet from the praya wall of only the high income commendations exhale. in the Southern Fairway.
AS FAR as the Committee's earning interests and that the disadvantages under proposals affecting the taxa-] which the man who is in re-tion of business houses 1st jeeipt of an average income concerned, the only point!
in fighting form. This was proved seen as our special train slowed is labouring, have not been which the Governent should taken into full account. In bear in mind is the necessity An Exhibition of Chinese ple-by the way she fired her guns and down to its final halt at the docks, 260, 261 & 262 registered in the CHENG WONG SHI ()ther words, the new, plan of avoiding raising barriers to pay Fun and Mr. Huang Po. the success of this difficult search left behind to rest
It was The train was soon evacuated and itures by Prof. Chao Bao-kung, Mr. the way she manoeuvred, name of Sum Pak Ming covering also Known as CHENG TIN
under which taxation is to and restrictions which might yeh, will be held at Hotel Cecil, that enabled the Navy to come to One hundred and five shares in SUM (C) of 99. Des Voeux be imposed, continues to fall impede their earning capacity 3rd floor. from May 31 to June 2, grips with the Bismarck again, stene told thornis boarding the
their khaki this Company, particulars of Road, Central, ground floor,
more heavily on those who if the revenue to be derived daily from 10 am to 8 pm. The this time with the Ark Royal..
"I am not surprised that when huge ship. After four hard, busy draw an average salary, from such sources is to be as Exhibition is open to the public while those whose incomes substantial as expected. To and no admiss will be charged, the Prime Minister announced this hours our accommodation and mess in the House of Commons there were arranged and we eagerly ran soar to the five-figure mark our mind, an equitable way in
was a burst of laughter. It seems up to the "top deck to feast our will hardly experience any which the whole question of
strangely Ironfeal that the ship eager eyes on the sweet sight of the twilight melting into right. ladditional strain
which the Germans have sunk so on their increased taxation can be
many times should tum up at this To us, who were in total blackness finances.
met would be the imposition
on-board the ship, the lights that moment. THE STRONGEST criticism of a 'Super-Tax through
"Then came three attacks adorned the big beautiful city which will, therefore, be which all the high income Docks, which started in one of the Three times, torpedo carrying air- twinkled and twinkled and gra levelled at the Committee's earning sources will be made workshops last Thursday and in-craft
were flown off the Ark dually disappeared as our ship re- recommendations will be in to pay proportionately the same day and the workers home with two torpedoes. As the1nd round our ship sailing
volved some fitters, was settled Royal's deck. One of them get The morning after was beauti relation to the increases in what the man with an aver- were back on the job at 1 pm. the Salaries Tax and the age salary is called upon to
combinations were brought into along with eight sister ships, the likelihood of a lowering of pay. Any objection to this
play. Most of the action took one in the lead being a warship.
DECK: CLEANING the scale on which incomes would be unpatriotic and
Deck cleaning. life belt parade shall become taxable.
It that, we feel sure, is incon- AUXILIARY NURSING place beyond reach of enemy air- craft. Until the final stage, when SERVICE might be of interest to men- celvable in Hongkong, where
the enemy ships were seen making and officers rounds were the main tion here the manner in everyone has loyally respond- undermentioned members for Brest, there must have been morning programme. The moment The particulars of the said respectively have been lost or which it is generally under-ed in making sacrifices for have now completed their 98 hours calls for the enemy sir force. If the interwe were doing (nd
hospital training in the wards and the enemy had been able to get whatever we Other mislaid: "and Notice is hereby stood taxation incomes Britain's war aims.
gained their proficiency certificate: some fighters out, things might matter what state we were in; which given that, if within thirty days works out in England at pre-directions in
this Jean Armstrong, Au Yeung Chak have been difficult for our aircraft whether with half shaven faces, or stripped to the nude or with a from the date hereof no claim or sent. A man in receipt of a Colony's war efforts might be Wan, Major Dorothy Brazier, Marie carriers, but here is a fine example slice of bread half way down our
re- Botelho, Chiu Yuet Fung, Suzanne of air and sea co-operation,
throats) and rush up to the top Improved with representation in respect of such salary of £600 a year pays out visibly
CLOSER CO-OPERATION. deck to don life belts and awalt original certificate is made to the in taxation £180, while in the sultant financial advantage Hutton-Potts, Mary Fielder, Lily
Franklin, Margaret Guttinger, "1 can see this co-operation further orders, Company, the Company will then extremely wealthy classes, a would be in the introduction Jessie Holland, Gizella Kopeczsky, growing closer. Bea and alt- The first of November brought a proceed to deal with such applica. man earning £66,000 per of Daylight Saving as a Ma Hon Kwan, Eileen Medley, Vera power must work together, but sen rough with rains and storms,
towards annum is left with £5,000 means.
increasing Murrell, Poon Suet Ching, Ana neither of them is complete with- and the constant pitching of the after meeting' tax imposi-working capacity in those Reddish, Helene Volkoff. Florence out the other. In Crete we lost ships made many a soldier seasick
the Yeo. which
ships because we were unable, im Dawn: We had passed the Nico- tion In spite of this heavy quarters from
Would those members who have the narrow waters there, to provide bar Hills. The tenth day brenght re- taxation, London was able to Government derives its
views of pictureque spots. On the not returned their First Aid and them with air protection.. raise over £120,000,000 during venue. The public looks to Home Nursing Books kindly do so "Carrier-borne afrcraft cannot eleventh dawn-Armistice, Tay-we the recent "War Weapons the Government for a lead as soon as possible, to the Hon. give the protection given by land-packed sur kits and landed in 251 Week." The Home Govern- on all these questions.
Secretary, as these are required. flown aircraft. I am inclined to beautiful Singapore,
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DAYS from the date of this upon statement that the original Notice, the aforesaid Certificates certificates Nos. 260, 261 & 262 shall bei deemed CANCELLED AND OF NO EFFECT and an application to the Company for the issue of duplicate certificates in respect of the said shares will be proceeded with in the usual course.
shares are as follows:-"
No. of certificate
No. of Distinctive
shares Nos.
260
50 12300 to 12349
261 262
50 12350 to 12399
5 12400 to 12404 By Order of the Board of Directors,
FUNG PING FAN, -
Director & Secretary.
Hong Kong, 30th May, 1941.
278
tion.
No. 2409 dated the 12th May, 1937 · No. 7366 dated the 6th July, 1938 and
No. 7528 dated the 9th December, 1938
THE HONGKONG &
"YAUMATI FERRY
CO., LTD. Hongkong, 14th May, 1941,
on
The
Prime Minister said, far-reaching
.
ceded from the shore,