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THE
HE Undersigned have received instructione from the liquida- tors and Others
to sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION
Од
Wednesday, the 16th July, 1941.
commencing at 11.30 am.
at their Sales Room, No. 2, Con- naught Road, Central, 2nd Floor
A QUANTITY OF READY MADE SUNDRY FURNITURE AND SUNDRIES.
DRESSES.
and
Rolis of Silk Ribbons.
1 Copying Machine and Paper
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS..
AUCTIONEERS.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
TRANSPORTS CLAIMED SUNK
MOSCOW, July 15 (Renter)—The official communique Issued yesterday morning states: "During the night of July 13, no large-scale operations took place and no substantial alteration occurred in the position of the troops at the front"
"Our Air Force continued, during the night, destructive operations against enemy aircraft on their aerodromes, Inflicted blows on the motorised units of the enemy, and bombed Jassy, Roman, and Ploets!.
"During Sunday, our Als Force destroyed 94 enemy planes and lost twelve planes" Announcing the capture of the Soviet Radio Station as Barno-
yesterday, wicze
the German wireless complained that the in- terior of the station bad beep completely destroyed, Soviet sol- dlers "haring smashed up literally everything. Not the smallest glass
British Raid Casualties
instrument escaped their ham BIG DROP RECORDED
merblows, Being the most wester- ly, the Soviet transmitter station Was of particular Importance for propaganda purposes."
IN FIGURES
LONDON, July 15 (Reuter) A big drop in the scale of man air raids on Britain is reflect
Ger-
!
CABLE
CHURCHILL | JAPANESE FALL
REASSURES FRENCHMEN
BASTILLE DAY MESSAGE
LONDON, July 15 (Reuter,
IN N. KIANGSI CHINESE TRAP
TSINGAN BATTLE
DESCRIBED
SHANGKAO, July 15 (Gentra)) -312 B vigorous counter-attuck Mr. Winston Churchil yesterday 'Chinese troops on the northern sent the following message to Klangs front have recapturea' General de Gaulle and his "gal- Taingan, an important town lant comrades" on the occasion the south bank of the Centra) of the anniversary of the storm- Llac River about 30 miles north- ing of the Bastille
west of Nanchang, according to
Tsingan battle, that over 1,000
"The son of France can never
a field dispatch reaching here dle and the spirit of the French last might people will rise again from all
Describing the ruin and misery purified and re- the report says juvenated from what it has un- Japanese troops launched forth dergone,
trom Tenshouchlen, northwest of "I send this message to toll an Anyi, in the middle of last week true Frenchmen and French-wo- in a furious onslaught on Tsing- men wherever they may be, how- an In order to draw the enemy ever hard their lot, that the Bri- into the Chinese trap, the Tsingan tish nation and Empire always garrison evacuated the town march along the great road which July 18. leads to victory.
GLORIES OF FRANCE
At
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1941 –PAGE 7
No sleep
last night ?
TRY
"BLACK
WHITE"
o
THOSE WHO KNOW SAY, IT'S THE SCOTC 1.
SANGUINARY FIGHTING
mightfull however. while "I feel sure that most of
us the Japanese Were not yet firm will live to see another July 14 in their foothold malde the town, when the glories of France will the Chinese counter-attacked, and FINNISH COMMUNIQUE
ed h the latest official figures of Yesterday's Finnish High Com-
be restored and when amid the after a few mand
hours sanguinary communique states;
civilian victims, At 3
During the month of June, 39/road of liberated Europe we wrighting recaptured the town, In- p.m. on July 10,
troops ad-
make amends for all. whom 175
flicting heavy casualties on the vanced to the attack after arti-persons were killed of
"It is a good augury that this Japanese forces. were men. 180 women and 64
July 14 should witness the libera-
Tsingan's strategic importance children
our
on the enemy's tery preparation, strongly fortified positions at Ladoga and Karella.
"In spite of stubborn etiemy resistance, our troops broke through his positions at several Doints Taking advantage of the success thus achieved, our troops have penetrated into the enemy's
THE Undersigned have received rear at some points to a distance or 60 kilometres from our present
Instructions
to sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION
ON
Friday, the 18th July, 1941.
eornmencing at 2.30 p.m.
at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon,
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
comprising:-
frontier. The advance continues " GERMAN RAIDS
Alr attacks on railway lines in the neighbourhood of Leningrad
Injured and detained in hospitation of Byria from the controlles in the fact that it is a junc- of Wiesbaden by British and tion town on river and highway,
numbered 481, of whom 239 were
under 16 years of age,
All
men 175 women and 47 children French hands. Independence and forming with Anyl and Fengna sovereignty can be restored to the an important triangle in the outer Arab peoples and the historic in-defence ring of Nanchang, pro- In addition, seven persoNE,
terests of France in Syria be re-vincial capital of Klangsi. men, are missing, believed killed.
Compared with these figures, ftcognised and preserved." can be recalled that 5.300
diled in May and 6,065 in April,
During the first half of this In the previous six months, the year, 18,314 persons have been number killed was 23,960.
were
killed by German air ralds.
BRITISH SEAMEN
RELEASED
LONDON, July 15 (Reuter →→ Britisti merchant seamen who: had been kept as prisoners in
and Smolensk as well as military HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS French colonial territory since the
objectives at Klev on Sunday were STOCK EXCHANGE,
| announced in a statement issued
by the Official German News Agency In Berlin yesterday.
Balnu Burer Bellera
The Agency claimed that the attacks were successful and that $1400 trafe on the railway lines was dislocated and that sher's and warehouses und waterworks at Klev were set on fire
Dakar incident, presumably at the instigations of the Germans, but who were recently released, Boman have now arrived back in Britain.
When released, they made their way as best they could to a West African port. There they were Joined by other Britishers who had been taken at various periods from torpedoed British ships,
SHAREBROKERS'
ASSOCIATION
Nomical
TUESDAY 15 JULY.
Banks
Buyer Bellem
$3425 61410/25...
H.K. Banks
£85
281
...£6 16/16
875
Do. (Col. Reg.)...
Do. (Lon. Rog.)... Charted Banks
£284 Mercantile Piks, “A”. Mercantile Bks, “C”.
Bank of East Asia...... N. C. & A. Banks............ Insurances
Canton InmuKETIOON........ $400 Union Insurances...
H.K. Fire.
$120 Douglases
Substantial damage was also claimed as a result of raids on Soviet troop concentrations in the Vitebsk asd Jotomir areas.
BYEK
#1
$185
cun-
tinued
TANK OFFENS. VES
Teakwood Drawing Room, Bed Room. Dining Room and Office
A Soviet communique says that Furniture, Wardrobe
Cabin During July 14, fighting Trunks, Ornaments, Cutlery, Pic-
the north-westerly, tures, Clocks, E. P.. Brass, Glass westerly and south-westerly dires-
Cooking tions. Porcelain Ware,
Our troops opposed every Utensils. Child's Tricycle & Bicycle, enemy offensive of Lanks and etc., etc.
motorised onits and in repeated counter attacks inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.
and
also
A FEW PIECES OF BLACKWOOD FURNITURE
and
3 Portable Gramophones
3 Tientsin Carpets
2 Typewriters
1 Electrical Guitar with case
1 Exposure Meter
1 Enamel Bath
1 Hand Sewing Machine
On View from Thursday, the 17th July, 1941
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
*
"In the westerly direction ou troops and air force
$5.95 $6.05 destroyed about 100 tanks and a great num- ber of enemy cars.
In the south-westerly direction our tropps defeated a large enemy unit of about 3,000 men. We cap- tured a great number of guns,
| machine-guns and ammunition.
"On the night of July 13, and during July 14, Our Air Force attacked enemy aircraft on their aerodromes and struck powerful blows against enemy troops, tanka and motorised units, and merc 201 detalled results of aerial combat and the operations of our force are now available
NAVAL OPERATIONS
**
$3.80
$36
Underwriters
+
18 et.
Pi
$1425
++
£85
£81
...68 15/18
£23
£11
$75
'DETTOL'
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FEW NAZI PLANES OVER BRITAIN LONDON, July 15 (Renter)
DETTOL
DETTOL
AMERICAN MAIZE * FOR BRITAIN
NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuter)
The party which arrived at a British port numbered 400 seamen of all ranks. Most had lost all their possessions and were clothed 1926 in oddments of attire, chiefly ob-craft have been off the British ship to Britain 2,200,000 « bushels
$400
76 ete.
185
Shipping
$120
Steamboats;
$8
$90
Indo-Chinna Pref.
$90
870
Indo-China (Def.)
STU
46/3
Shells
46/2
86.60 Waterbosta
361
Docks, Wharves.
Godowns, etc.
$90
H.K. & K. Wharven.
$91
$6
Providents
18
#16.90
H.K. Docks (Old)....
$18
[$15.80)
R.K. Docks (New)...
$20
+Shanghai Docka.....
Mining
$801
12/6
12/0
$7.80
$101
*
atr
"In the evening of July 12, transporta carrying Germani troops and tanks wêre sighted in the Baltte convoyed by destroyers
LAMMERT BROS., and patrol boats, motor speed
AUCTIONEERA,
boats fighter planes.
Our Baltic fleet inflicted heavy tosses on the enemy. striking suc-
! ! !
$17 $17.40
$7
$0.06
ships apd
$29
981 $11
$18.10 $18.40}
ት
Another Mekong River Incident
BAIGON, July 18 (Reuter
cessfully with planes,
coastal artillery.
Two destroyers were sunk to. gether with 13 transports and barge loaded with tanks. ·A tur- ther 13 transports and, one dez-. troyer were heavily damaged and were in flames.
"No losses were sustained DLL
While the Monetary Conference our elde either in ships or air-
between the Thai delegation and
Indo-China representatives is
craft"
scheduled to start at 5 pm, today, COLONEL DONOVAN
it was revealed yesterday that an Indo-China mail bunt was fired. on from the Thailand bank of the Mekong River near Savannakhet and a protest is being made by the Indo-China authorities.
Two natives were killed and two were injured on boara.
CONFIDENT
NEW YORK, July 16 (Reuter, We are confident of ultimate victory."
This declaration was made by Colonel William Donovan, who has been appointed by President Roosevelt as Co-ordinator of De- It is believed that Thailand 14 fence Information, speaking on experiencing some difficulty ra- the occasion of Bastille Day cale. garding Cash compensation for tirations V
capital investments taken over In Colonel Dumovun addea: "We the ceded territory, and this will made a trato mistake in ywith- form one or the subjects of dis drawing after the victory in 1918. cussion at the Munetary Con- We shall not make that mistake +ference.
agein."
$8.95
13.75
JAP
$874
07
$6.05/10**
IR. 899
$214
F11.30
tained in the tropics.
A small number of enemy air|Completion of arrangementa
coast, yesterday and a few have of Government-owned mais: un- flown inland, but there is no re, der the Lease and Lend Act within. LONDON, July 16 (Reuter) port of any bombs having been a few weeks was announced by Three passengers, all airmen, were dropped, states the Air -Ministry. - the Commodity Credit Corpora- injured when an enemy raider Two enemy bombers were des- tion spokesman yesterday. swooped low and machine-gunned troyed " the afternoon, one by He also stated that negotiations**
train in the Home counties. The anti-aircraft gunfire on the east are in progress for the train resumed its journey after coast of Scotland and the other of navag stores under the injured were attended to.
Act.
by fighters" off the Welsh coast,
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Kailasın Barbs.
2 ota. tiong Kong Mines...... Lands, Hotels and Bulldings
H.K, & 8. Hotels..... H.K. Lands..........................
1974 Do. 4% Debesturen.. $18 80 Shanghai Lands.....
$3.40 II.K. Realtics.
Humphreys ......
Chinese Estate........
Cotton Milts
$41) Ewo (8.) $3058'li Cottons (8.)... Zoong Sing (8.)...... Wing On Textiles' (6.
Public Utilities
H.K. Tramwaya.................... Peak Trams (öld)........ $3 Peak Traina inowi
8581 Star Ferrío.............................................. 822 mati
*FerTiON....:* $0.05/07+ China Lights (0).........
#140 China Lights (New).. $1.40 L.Rts. R.K. Flectrics (Old..........
#82
$11.40 $11,20,
#15
H. K. Electrics(New)-,
H.K. Electric (Rta)
Briteno Electrics
Magno. Electrica
$12) Sandakan Lights...
$23.10 Telephone Inkt).......
$80
Telepliones (new).......
Industrials.
Cald, Macg (Ord.) B. $25 Gald., Macg, (Prof.)S
Canton Toy
Céineala
H.K. Hopes
H.K. Gori Lea
#07) 4% LOAD
(1940); Miscellaneous
010) Dairy Farmin
$e
Entertainmante de Constructions joki),
80 ch. Constructiona (naw)
#6 45 Lane Crawfords
#15)
$8.95 $6.80
FOR SALE-One 90% new Wes- ton Exposure Meter Universal #414 Model No. 650 both for movies and #985 || still pictures, in excellent condi-
tion with dead-beat accuracy. $125 Used only a few times for taking 16mm. movies and night pictures 17 with extremely beautiful results. Will sell for HK $50, or nearest offer. Please reply Box No. 345.
$29.60 H.K.D.P.
$6.80
97
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$10
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