HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
LAMMERTS AUCTIONS
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undoraigned have received
on
instructions
to sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION
on
Friday, the 11th July, 1941
commencing at 11 am.
off anchored a lighter Whart of the Hongkong & Kow- loon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon
About 150 tons Asphalt
tall more or less damaged)
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
For inspection order and gate pass apply to:-
LAMMERT BROS.
AUCTIONEERS.
New Unit For: Indian Navy
H.M.IS. Travancore Launched
U.S. CHINESE OBSERVE WAR ANNIVERSARY
WASHINGTON, July 9 (Central) More than 100,000 overseas Chi- nese throughout the United States observed the fourth anniversary of the Sino-Japanese war on! H.M.LS. Travancore, which waa Monday, voicing complete con-
(Reuter)---
CALCUTTA. July
but with funds Kiven by the Maharajah
Travancore. oi
was launched yesterday afternoon by Lady Fitzherbert. wife of Vice- Admiral Sir Herbert Fitzherbert, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Indian Navy.
the war
FINANCE & GENERAL
IN A CONVOY BOUND
FOR BRITAIN
Boston-I spent a mouth on a convoyed ship. It was a liner returning from Australia, carrying many passengers and thou- sands of dollars worth of foodstuff. In spite of the fact that Lord Haw Haw commented on the ship's departure the day after she left harbour (supposedly in complete secrecy), remarking that its valuable cargo would never reach England, the voyage was inade in fast time, and without a mishap.
I joined the ship at Bombay. To ship, sa that one ship's difficulty 'fidence in China's ultimate vic-
Judge by the passengers on board, need not endanger the others. tory and plenging further fingo it would seem that a voyage to "When you see the number of clai and material aid to the Na-England at this time was the ships that make up a convoy," it tional Government to prosecute most ordinary thing in the world. was pointed out to me, "you can Everyone was reserved, matter-of-see that it does not make such a Elaborate commemoration cere-ifact and cheerful. Women, some great difference to supplies if one monies, memorial services for the from the colonies, were going to or two of the ships are sunk." Chinese war dead and parades England for the first time to enter One could distinguish oil tank- were held by the Chinese com- various branches of war workers among the convoy, cargo boats, munities in Los Angeles and other Other people were returning besteaners. A few were definitely
The vessel is thoroughly of Kn Indian character, only the engines and boller being imported from Great Britain, and the rawler JA cities. designed and fitted for the pur- pose of mine-sweeping and sub- marine-chasing.
cause this was their regular inter-Creek, Danish. or Norwegian in About 1.500 Chinese m Chinuval for visiting the Old Country. origin. There was a convoy like There were seven children or this every two or three days, I was town, New York, attended a me- mortal service honouring the wai board, aged from three months to told. Addressing the gathering. Vice-dead when Madame Chiang Kai-15 years. Admiral Fitzherbert observed that 'shek's message was read which the occasion marked an important said, "We must not fall those who stage in the history of the Royal have borne the heaviest blows " Indian Navy and portended commencement of a huge ping programme in this country.
the
ship-
U.S. AIR CORPS RESERVE OFFICERS
THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1941. --PAGE
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BLUE RIBBON BEER
Two ships hove above the hort- The bulk of the passengers were zon. coming toward the convoy soldiers and sailors who had been escort vessels circling around to in the East and on active service see that all was well. Swift, pur- Orpind the world, it's Pabst Blue Ribbon
spinning
round and In the Mediterranean, large con- poseful, tingente of Australian soldiers and changing course in a few minutes. Air Force, and numbers of en Camouflaged with wave lines or
technicians and Kineers,
ex-sea-black and white, making it impos- He added: "Indian naval activi-
men from the colonies, coming to sible to recognize if they were tles are not confined to local de-
WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuterald Britain in producing the sinewe broadside on, or coming towards" fence alone, and some units are
--The War Department has dis- nt war
one. Planes wheeled above, signal- assisting in the Battle of the At-closed that all Air Corps Reserve
ling. lantic while the first ship to enter Officers not already on active duty Massawa after its capture was the
and whose civilian recupations vassel Rin."
are not of primary importance in the defence programme are being ordered to extended active duty.
The actual number of men con-
LARGE PROGRAMME
PUBLIC AUCTION. Continuing. Vice-Admiral
THE
HE Undersigned have received
instructions
,
to sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION
Fitz- herbert said that the programine of Indian shipbuilding was a large
"Not only have we to bulla cerned has not been made public
but indications are that it
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The Indian Ocean was consider
to
The blue-eyed, leather-faced old ed comparatively eRay going. It bos'n was leaning over the rall be- Wasn't he excited at it was after the Cape that we were side me.
I asked him. "Nothing specially on the alert, and from all? them on every day became more get excited about," he said. "We're tense. It was around that time Just going about our business."
an in- "It doesn't seem SQ exciting that I was made aware significant but most important when you realize that on each one a of those ships there is a captain gadget the degausing gear, tubing rather like a drain pipe who probably has not slept for a latter part of the programme. į It is an entirely new departure ceed provided that the wholeheart-which ran round the ship's side, week," a naval officer remarked to
making it immune to magnetleme. been and it is undoubtedly difficult, but ed co-operation which has
mines, I am convinced that we will suc- noticeable hitherto continues."
one.
hulls but we provide propelling inte several hundreds
and auxiliary machinery for the
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HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS
STOCK EXCHANGE,
SHAREBROKERS. ASSOCIATION
WEDNESDAY
on
Friday, the 11th July, 1941 commencing at 2.30 p.m.
at their Sales Roum. No. 36. Han- kow Road, Kowloon.
Boyer Ballers
Bels Nonan
$1200
$1870
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE NOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
H.K. Banks
282 2776
comprising:-
Teakwood Drawing Room, Din ing Room, Bed Room und Office Furniture. Ornaments, Curlos, Pic- tures.
Clocks, Cutlery. Electric
Fans and
Lamps, Gramophones
and Records, E. P., Brass. Glass
and Porcelain
Utensils, ele.. etc.
A FEW PIECES OF BLACKWOOD FURNITURE
Ware.
also
872
1 1
9 JULY.
Banks
Do. (Col. Reg.).... Do. (Lon. Reg)
Chartes ad Banke
P231 Mercantile Aks. "A" Mercantile kɛ. "C" Bank of East Asia.
N. C. & S. Banks Insurances
$225 Canton Insurances.... €395 Union Insuranera
Underwriters
$165 O.K. Fires....
Shipping
[linglover
Steamboxta
Indo-Chinse Pref.
Indo-Chinas (Del.)
86.55 Waterboste
Docks, Wharves, Godowns, etc. K&
& K. Wharvea.
A.K. Dorks (Old}.......... H.K. Decks (Now!....
8301 +Shangbai Doski...
Cooking
8125
854
$80
48/0
and
2 Chromium Plated Figures
$5.86
| 690 $5,80/185...
2 Cooking Stoves
$15.80
1 Electric Stove
1 Refrigerator
1 Pair Binoculars in Case
1 Enamel Bath
1 Perambulator
1 Outboard Motor with Battery
1 Chanticleer" All Ware Radio
A.C./D.O.
A.C.D.C. (1841 model)
1 "Emerson **
Fortable.
also
2 Tientsin Carpets
2 Carpet Runners
Shella
Previdents
Mining
12/6
12
Kaiju os
Boabe
$3.36
$3.35/,40
Radio
1351
BL
$97
817
On View from Thursday, the 10th
$3 20
$100
ote, Hong Kong Mines
Lands, Hotels and Buildings
H.R. & 8. Hotels......
B.K. Landa............... Da. Debentures.. Shangban Lands. .....
1.K. Realtios
$6.40 Humphreys
Chinese Estates
Cotton Milb
8411 Ewo (8.) ....................................... 8265 Bhai Cotton (8.)...
Zoong Sings (8.)....... Wing On Textiles (8.)}
Public Utilities
H.K. Tramways........
Peak Trams (old)........
Bellem Buyer
Somins
01380
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NORWEGIAN PEOPLE
WORTHY OF
HONOUR
LONDON, July
(Reuter)
"Here is a new order different
Passengers began to resemble We sailed swiftly on, passing an- hikers, parading up and down the other convoy, with a fussy little decks with life belts flung over escort rounding up the ships like
like their shoulders
rucksacks sheep at sheep dog trials, There were action stations every Dawn began to break, the gray other day. Manning the lifeboats (light of a falny morning. Off the!
3.0 outgoing convoy MANILA, July 9 (Reuter)-Tae were stewards, walters and cooks, port bow all of whom had been given special loomed up against the horizon like Italian Consulate will and lengthy lifesaving courses beghosts of ships. A precession of July 15, the High Commissioner The New York Times. on July 4 fore joining the ship.
great ships following steadily in Mr. Francis B. Bayre, has been ad-praised Norway and said that she
vised by Washington BBQ During three weeks we sighted the path of the escort.
was still fighting and that her men £77only one ship. Our guas trained, A little sloop came steaming out | The Italian Consul, Count L. di were being wained in Canada. Est we approached cautiously, The Importantly, keeping an eye on San Marzano will leave Manila £231 vessel, a small one, came towards lesser fry, the fishing boats. The earlier.
in practice from the abomination convoy faded into a wy bow on, to indicate innocent outgoing
The German Consul, Herr von Hitlerism-would force upon an un- Many an, old. trawler smudge of smoke on the horizon. Lauten Schlaeger and wife are willing world. In Norway, brute floating guilelessly about has been A flery glean in the East brought
Shanghal prior calling for
July force has already suffered shelter and decoy for submarines rosy tints to little fleecy clouds
14.
with possibir
the Italian ideological defeat. Never in their hiding beyond her. But, in this right on the far curve of the sky.
history, have the Norwegian people case, after an exchange of signals, That was the signal. The gray
of honour than been more wor we passed on. It was most un- clouds all along the rim of the
today." usual to see a small vessel plying horizon and in the bowl of the sky passed, out of the danger zone. about on its own in mid-ocean. turped white and fleecy, and be- The fringe of lifeboats that bad It might have been a minesweeper, came flushed with the morning of dangled from the ship's sides was a submarine detector, or it might a new day. It was a lovely, hope- raised again. have brought a message.
#LL
$72, 17 et
1220
1395
175 obs
$183
$120
翻
$80
860
45/0
966
890
$4.80
$0.80/85...
$15.90
8301
: ;བྲྀ:
i:
$7,90
13/0
$3.36 $35
$34/35
Peak Trame (now).....
$634 Star Ferries,
$21 Y'mati Ferring................
China Lights {0})......
#221 X.Rta H, K. Electrics (Otdi... $224
intent.
As it steamed north the ship be-
ful day.
Consul,
an
MALTA, July 9 (Reuter) Late
on Monday night, one enemy air-
We had passed more than 100 craft dropped bombs on south
or casualties, it is officially stated.
A marking buoy in the channel merchant ships since five o'clock Malta without causing damage came more and more a Boating showed us that our great ship had that morning. barracks. Gun practice was held. The naval and military contingents į although travelling as passengers, į formed into day and night wat- ches. There were lookout boxes, all over the ship, rifled tin-hatted guards on the bridge. All the feboats were swung out on their davits, ready for action.
Nevertheless, precautions for passengers safety were taken so efficiently and unobtrusively, and life on the ship was so complete in 897 itself, that if it had not been for the enforced blackout, we need. $310 $6.40 not have known there was a war
8414
$966
$125
$17.15
0113
July, 1941.
$17.10
$17.15
Terms: Cash on Delivery,
LAMMERT BROS..
$221
#281
196/0305
AUCTIONEERS.
$1.85
China Lights (New)....
Br
I.R.
***
$91
H.K. Mectrical Now)...
21
$11
R.K. Electric (Rts)
Sincro Electrica
Meno Electrice
$13
$22.
$8.90 89.10
$9
$30
$25
Cald, Maog. (Pref.)8
Cald., Kuog. (Ord.) B.
..
BI
$14.00 $8.80
884
PUBLIC AUCTION. *
THE Undersigned have received
instructions
to sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION
ob
Tuesday, the 15th July, 1941. commencing at 5.15 p.m.
at their Bales Room, No. 2. Con- naught Road, Central, 2nd Floor.
#10
4.
Bandakan Lights......
X.D. Telephones fold) 22.35
Telephones (new)........
Industrials
Canton Tolly
Cements........
$9.40/18... H.K. Rupes
HK, Govt. Laans
$97% 4% Loan
$941 81%
894 81%
(1984).
(1940)
Miscellaneous
| Dalry Farmi
Entertainmente pen.
$1,60 Construction (old)..
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on.
PRE-PAID ADVERTISEMENTS.
The following classes of advertisements, are charged at the price given below:- SITUATIONS VACANT, HOUSES AND APARTMENTS WANTED.
HOUSES AND APARTMENTS TO BE LET. MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.
Announcements not exceeding 25 Words are inserted under this heading at a Pre-paid
Rate of $1.50 for THREE INSERTIONS.
FOR SALE-One 90% new Wes- Dawn and sunset were the zero
Universal hours, when the ship was a big ton Exposure Meter
Model No. 650 both for movies and black silhouette, ant the periscope still pictures, in excellent condi-'| of a submarine indistinguishable.
tion with dead-beat accuracy. When about a week from home Used only a few times for taking thoughts of the passengers turn- 18mm, movies and night pictures ed to England. Practically every with extremely beautiful results. one on the ship-the staff, the will sell for H.K.$50. or nearest sailors and the service contingents offer. Please reply Box No. 345, had their homes in areas which H.K.D.F.
had been heavily raided. None of
them had heard from their fami-
lleg for at least two months.
Our first glimpse, from the har-
WANTED TO BUY
bour, of people calmly sauntering WE PAY HIGH PRICES about when the air raid siren for all gold and silver articles.
went, was reassuring. The night
before we arrived, we saw ligths Jade, diamonds, jewels, watches, glinting through the darkness. I fountain pens. Apply Far East asked the bostn. # were not Diamond and Gold Refining Co., dangerous for boats to show up Room 621, Chine Building 6th
76 sta. their whereabouts like that. No foor, Sundays and Holidays
they're just Irish fishing boats," $8.00 | 88.40/60
$14.80)
$181
84
he said, as if that made them in open.
vulnerable, He meant neutral,
which te hardly the same thing
these days.*
WANTED ENOWN
No one could sleep on the last Experienced Book-keeper Wants Students to form a class. Guaran- night, and we crowded the deck the students to keep a whole set of $1.65 for our first glimpse. What we
saw dispelled our arst fears, Eng books after completion of a course 0.45 land blockaded? At five in the of 6 months, Tor Term and Far-
ticulars Please Apply to
morning we found ourselves in a
nest of ships. They were a) No, 402 0/0 HRDP.
carrying cargo for England food shifts, produce, timber The horl. zon was rimmed with their black outlines and misted with their smoke, They moved slowly for vard, almost not by inoff feeling their way, sleidir; sürer); There
Jimmy's
Constructions (new)..
16:48 Lens Crawfordan, or Nanyang TobnocU......
18:00
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