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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS:
HONGKONG & WHAMPOA
DOCK CO., LTD.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of Shareholders' will be held in the Offices of the Company, 2 Queen's Building, Hongkong, on Monday, 28th March, 1938, at Noon for consideration of the Directors' Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1937,
The Share Register and Trans- fer Book will be closed from 12th to 28th March, 1938, both days Inclusive.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS,
E. COCK, Chief Manager.
Hongkong, 3rd March, 1988,
UNION WATERBOAT
LTD. CO.,
Notice to Shareholders
Annual
The Thirty-third General Mooting of Shareholdera will be held at the Ofces of
Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd., Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Bullding, on Wednesday, the 6th April, 1938, at 11 a.m. for the Purpose of receiving the report of the General Managers together with a Statement of Accounts to 31st December, 1937.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from 23rd March to 6th April, 1938, both days inclusive.
DODWELL & CO., LTD.,
General Managers. Hongkong, 14th March, 1938.
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.
Notice to Shareholders
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Society will be held at the HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, Hong Kong, ou WED. NESDAY, 13th APRIL, 1938, at
THE HONGKONG : TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1988.
NOTICE
Mosara. John I. Thornycroft & Co., Limited have moved their Executive Offices to St. George'a Building, First Floor, Hongkong. Telephone No. 22868.
A. S. WATSON & CO.,
: LIMITED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTY-THIRD ORDIN ARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company (since registration) will be held at the Hong Kong Hotel, 22nd MARCH, 1938, at 11.30 A.M. Hong Kong, on TUESDAY, the for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managere together with A Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st OCTOBER, 1937.-
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will bo CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 12th MARCH, 1938, to TUESDAY, the 22nd MARCH, 1938, both days inclusive, JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & BON,
General Managers. Hongkong, 4th March, 1888.
THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
Notice to Shareholders.
The Sixty-ninth Ordinary Genoral Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Ofera of the undersigned on Tuesday, the 29th March, 1938, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers, together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1937.
The Share Register and Trans- for Books will be closed from the 15th to the 29th March, 1938, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON &
CO., LTD.
General Managers,
The Hongkong Fire Insurance
Co., Ltd. Hongkong, 7th March, 1938.
THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
The
Fifty-seventh Ordinary General Meeting of the Company 11 a.m., for the purpose of receiv-will be held at the Offices of the ing the Report of the Directors General Managers, Messrs. Jar- and the Statements of Account to dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., Pedder | 31st December, 1937, and declaring Dividend, etc.
of Street, Hong Kong, on Thursday, !
| 31st March, 1938, at noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, passing the Accounts, and electing Directors and Auditors,
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS Mar. 18. Mar. 21. of the Society will be CLOSED 1002 102.11/16 from 26th MARCH to 13th APRIL, .21.33% 21.63 Both Days inclusive.
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By Order of the Board,
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General Manager. Hongkong, 14th March, 1938.
26% THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE 2012
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COMPANY, LTD.
Notice to Shareholders
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 20.40 that the SIXTY-NINTH ORDIN- 1/1ARY YEARLY MEETING of the
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 24th March to ̈14th April inclu- give.
By order of the Board,
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
General Managers.
PRISONERS ADMIT JAPANESE DEFEAT
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216 Company will be held at its HEAD Ranks of the railway are launching a 22 OFFICE, Union Building, Hong flank attack.
216 .877%
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War Loan.
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On the left flank troops
21 Kong, on WEDNESDAY, 13th under Generals Sun Tung-sun and 20 APRIL, 1938, at 11.20 a.m., for the Tsao Fu-lin are making a bid for
Tsining, Kiasiang
.100 --British Wireless,
CRITICISMS - WANTED
20
and Yenchow, to
1014 purpose of receiving the Report cut the Japanese rear on the railway of the Directors and the State-line. Severe fighting took place yes- ments of Account to 31st Decem-sulting in much progress on the Chi- terday at Tsining and Kaislang, re- ber, 1937, and of declaring Divinese side. dends, etc.
The S.P.C. is a servant of the public. For this reason we genuinely want SUGGES- TIONS AND CRITICISMS of our work, and should be most grateful to anyone who will write to us on the subject.
Remember, big suggestions will need big 'funds.
HONGKONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
Roos-165, Bank of Kast· Asto
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 26th MANCH to 13th APRIL, Both Days Inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager. Hongkong, 14th March, 1988.
SENNET
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Gloucester Building Poddar Street
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WATERPROOF of much
Meanwhile, the Chinese counter- offensive around Lini on the right funk of the railway line, which re-
in the recovery sulted ground in the last few days, has now developed into a flanking attack. brigade of Chinese troops has reach- ed as far as Chienhu where it "en- gaged a unit of Japanese troops yes- terday.
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On the southern sector of the Tien- tsin-Pukow Rallway Chinese guerillas: recovered Shanbochi and Kwantlen south of the Hwal River. Japanese communications between Mingkwang
BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE | and Chubzlen have been disrupted by
COMPANY, LTD.
Notice to Shareholders
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them-Central News.
Chinese Troops Escape
Shanghai, Mar. 22. The Japanese authorities announce NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that mopping up operations 11 that the SEVENTY-SECOND OR-Kwangteh, where 20,000 Chinese are
claimed to be trapped, have
tho
casualties
been
or
DINARY YEARLY MEETING of completed. the Company will be held at its No mention of HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, prisoners is made, and it is presumed Hong Kong, on Wednesday, 13th the Chinese troops succeeded in APRIL, 1938, at 11.25 a.m., for the escaping encircling forces.--- purpose of recolving the Report of the Directors and the State- ments of Account to 31st Decem- ber, 1987, and of declaring Divi- dend, etc.
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS
of the Company will be CLOSED from 20th MARCHI to 15th, APRIL, Both Daya inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
-General Manager. Hongkong, 14th March, 1988.
Reuter.
WILL DISCUSS TRANS-ATLANTIC
AIR SERVICES
London, Mar, 21. Pan-American Airways represen {tatives; Including Col. Charles Lind- [berati, will mest Imperial Airways || representatives in Dublin on Tues- day to discuss arrangements for
| trans - Atlantic servicas. - —→ United
WATCHES
with
STAINLESS
STEEL
BRACELET
$7500
each.
DESCRIBES PROGRESS OF CHINA'S AVIATION; AND GLIMPSES FUTURE
(Continued from Page 6)
gets into the machine and just files it to the destination indicated-and that's thail
In
POST
OFFICE.
AIR MAIL LETTERS
are forwarded
VIA SIBERIA ROUT Air mail letters may be posted in, Letters and Postcards for Europe the ordinary posting boxes. They and South America should be clearly marked "By Air "vin Siberia" if so superscribed. Mall" and bear sufficient postage. Insufficiently prepaid letters may be taxed with double the deficiency or forwarded by Steamer Service, at the discretion of the Post Office.
Those who have to survey, or ganise, and bring into operation a modern airway only wish that mat- ters could be so simple.
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES is all very different. Actually it
Registered and Parcel Mulla are Take just by way of example, the
than the recent
closed 15 minutes earlier change effected by Imperial Airways
connection with their
time given below unless otherwias AIR MAIL SERVICES Hongkong service. In order to take
rated, and where mails are advertis- advantage of a shorter route, this Air Mail Services to Shanghai, ed to close at or before 9 am, re- service now
operates to and from Nanking, Toingtou, Tientsin and Fel-gistered and parcel malls are closed
at 5 p.m. on the previous day. Bangkok, on the main England-Aus- ping are temporarily suspended. tralla route, instead of froni Penang Rs was formerly the case. Such # change might, on the face of it,
op- peor fairly simple. Actually, how- ever, before political questions aris- ing could be settled to the satisfac- tion of all concerned, and the neces- sary aerial 'rights of way' obtained, It was a matter not of months but of years of pollent negotiations.
MANY PROBLEMS
That example is typical of others. First of all, in the scheme for any new airway-and more particularly for any long-distançe_route passing over different countries-there are political and financial problems to be studied, negotiated, and overcome. Also of great importance and often of considerable dificulty--are pre- liminary surveys as to the actual line Na- to be followed by the service. turally it must pass over territory suitable from a flying point of view; while it is equally important that it should serve
centres of As many population as possible. Then there is the question of arranging for land 'dromes or marine air porta. These, of course, must conform to flying needs, from the view-point of all- weather operation. They must also be as near as possible to neighbour- ing centres of population.
And over and above this there are all sorts
of questions affecting wire- less communication and signalling, establishment of moleorological services, and the provision of ade- quate installations of nerodromic lighting.
the
TYPE OF AIRCRAFT
over
Of course, a big problem concerns the actual type of aircraft which are to operate
any given route, cither lundplanes or flying boats. Many factors may have to be con eldered here—the geographical and climate nature of the route, the height of aerodromes above sea-level, the general nature of the loads that will be forthcoming. All such ques tions may influence the design of new fleet of aircraft, affecting the cruising speeds to be scheduled, and the amount of space provided in the Interiors of machines for various kinds of pay-load.
The. organisation and operation of each great trunk route furnishes problems which are peculiar to this particular route, and which have to be studied and grappled with Indi- vidually, For this reason it is not practicable to take any particulur type of aircraft and argue that, be- cause it may be ideal for some speci- de form of service, it would be equally suitable when operating un- der different geographical, climatic, Ac- and load-carrying conditions. tually the type of aircraft employed, the speeds maintained, and the gene- ral operating questions, have to be governed by the partlcular nature of whatever trunk route may be under review.
GROUND ORGANISATION
I mentioned just now that it is a common thought among many people that all that is necessary to start on nir line is to buy an aero- plane fill it with passengers' and cargo and the whole thing is fixed, The first essential is, of course, the aeroplane. The
. passengers and cargo to All it but lastly most
of all is important
ground organisation to enable that aeroplane to get to its destination safely.
next
The ground organisation comprises a number of Rems, each dependent on the other. There must be emer- gency landing grounds suitably situated along the route in order that the pilot may land if he finds his home aerodrome closed in.
An elaborate weather organisation must be storted thus enabling the pilot to have a picture as it were of the weather and winds he is likely to encounter on his journey. Detail working of Royal Observatory,
And finally an efficient wireless system must be set up. Wireless nowadays is the eyes and cars of all communlention services and without it pilots would be unable to By long distances
except
very good weather.
Detall working of D.F. and method of taking bearings from the aircraft Itselt.
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Saigon
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Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Imperial Airways Plane..March 24.
Bervice"-London date,
INWARD MAILS
Per
Due
Albert Sarraut
.March. 22.
Shanghal, Amoy and Swatow
Liangchow
.March 22.
Japan and Shanghai
March 22.
Swatow
Nanchong
March 22.
Shanghai and Swatow
Taiyuan
March 22,
Stralfs
Van Heulsz
.March 22.
Bangkok
Yingehow
.March 22.
Shanghai and Amoy
Klungchow
.March 23.
U.S.A, Canada, Japan and Manila Pres. Jefferson
March 23.
(Scattle date, 20th February),
Straits
Straits
Bhutan Eumaque
.March 24.
March 24.
Direct
16th March,
Japan
Jeypore............
.March 24.
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Manila
(San Francisco date, 23rd Feb.) Pres. Cleveland Japan and Shanghol
.March 24.
Teruiuni Maru
.March 24,
Java
Thisalak
March 24.
Japan
-Atsula Maru Bangalore
.March. 20.
March 25.
,March 25.
March 25.
.March 25.
March 25,
.March 20,
March 28.
March 26.
.March 20.
Japan and Shanghai
Canada, U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan
and Shanghai (Vancouver B.C., date, 5th March)
Ale Mall by "Pan-American Air-
ways
Етр. о! Јерал ......
Direct Service"-San Pan American Airways Plane Francisco date, 18th March.
Amoy
Japan
Straits
Sirdhana
Toyama Maru
Conte Rosso
London
Katori Maru
Straits and Europe via Negapatam
and Papers)
(Letters ..date, 24th February.
Japan
Straits
For
Nollmo Maru Sarpedon
OUTWARD MAILS
Fort Bayard and Haiphong Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Shanghai
Fer
Tuesday
G.G, Paul Doumer
Date and Time
Tues., Mar. 22, 2 p.m. Haiching ..Tues., Mar. 22, 2.30 p.m. Kanchow..Tues., Mar. 22, 2.30 p.m.
Stralis and *Europe via Marseilles Menestheus .................Tues., Mar. 22.
duc Marseilles, 21st April and London Parcels due London, 27th April,
Samshul and, Wuchow Kongmoon
Straits and Calcutta
G.P.O. and K.P.Ó. Parcels,
Reg.,
Ord.,
Wednesday
.Mar. 22, 6 p.m.
.Mar. 23, 0.45, a.m.
.Mar. 23, 9.30 a.m.
Tal Ring Wed., Mar. 23, 8.15 a.m. Fook On....Wed., Mar. 23, 10-a.m. Wed., Mar. 23, Kutsang
Parcels,... Mar. 23, 11 a.m Ord.,
March 20 Noon-
Selston
Hahhow, Phhol and Haiphong ... Szechuen Swatow Japan and Europe via Siberia
Wed., Mar. 23, 1 p.m.
Wed., Mar. 23, 3 p.m.
... Hosang... Wed., Mar. 23, 3.30 p.m.
Air Mail for Wuchow, Kwelin, C.N.A.C. Plane ..... Wed., Mar. 23.
Kwelyang and Chungking by the "C.N.A.C." Airways Direct Ser- vico"
Rez.. Ord
Mar. 23, 5 p.m.
Mar. 23, p.m.
G.P.O.
Reg.. Ord.
Mar. 23, 5 pm,
Mar. 24, 6 1.0.
Thursday
Swatow, Shanghai and Tientsin... Hangsang..Thurs., Mar. 24, 8.30 am. Tai Lee Thurs., Mar, 24, 10 a.m. Kongmoon
Friday
Sinklong.. Swatow and Shangbai
..Fri., Mar. 25, 8.30 a.m. Swatow, Foochow and Tlentsin.... Yochow.... Fri., Mar. 25, 10.30 am. Formosa
Canton Maru Fri., Mar. 25, 10.30 am.
Air Mail for "K.L.M. Airways Terukuni Maru ......Fr£, Mar, 25.
Direct Service”—Que Amsterdam, 3rd April.
Reg.
Ord.,
G.P.O. and K.F.O
Mar. 25,
25, 12.30 p.m. .Mar. 26, 1 p.m.
G.F.O. and K.P.O,
Reg Ord..
.Mar. 23, 12.43 p.. Mar. 25, 1.30 p.m.
Straits, Sandakan, Ceylon, India Terukuni Maru ......Fri., Mar. 25.
E.& S. Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles-due Mor- seilles. 20th April.
Japan, Canada, U.S.A. Central and President Jefferson. Fri., Mar. 25.
South America, and *Europe via Victoria B. C.dus Victron B. C. 14th April-and 'Europe vin Siberia.
Manila
G. P. O. and K. P. 0. Parcels,
Reg
Ord
Mar. 25. noon. .Mar.
25, 1.45 p.m.
.Mar. 25, 2.30 p.m.
Emp. of Japan Fri., Mar. 25, 4.38 pm.
.Fri., Mar. 25..
G. P. O. & K. P. O.
Manila, Australia and New Zealand Atsuta Maru
via Thursday Island-due Thurs- day Island, 6th April
Mar, 25, 4.15 p.m. .Mar. 25. 5 pam.
Fri., Mar. 25. IK.P.O.
G.P.O. and
.Mar. 23, 4.15 p.m.
..Mar. 25, 5 p.m.
Reg.
Ord
Straits, Ceylon, India, Aden, Egypt Bangalore
and Europe via Marseilles due Marseilles, 27th April.
Reg.,
Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Hono- Pan American Airways Plane
Julu and U.S.A.. by the "Pan- Scr. American Airways Direct vice"-due San Francisco, 2nd April,
Ord.,
Rezu
Ord.
Rer..
Ord.,
Fri., Mar. 25.
Kowloon P.O.
Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., Canada, President Cleveland
Central and South America and
Europe via San Francisco-due San Francisco, 14th April.
Saturday
Mar. 25, & p.m. Mar. 25, 5 pm.
G.P.O.
.Mar. 25, 5 pun. ..Mar. 26, 6 a.m.
G. P. O, and T, Mar. 25.
0. Parcels,.Mar. 20, 3 p.m. Reg.,..Sat., Mar. 26, 9.43 a.m. Ord...Sat., Mar. 20, 10.30 a.m.
Every aircraft operating on п commercial line to-day is in constant wireless touch with stations along its route. These stations can advise any alterations in weather, changes -Sanshul and Wuchow......... Tal Ming ....Sat., Mar. 26, 8.15 a.m. Air Mall for "Imperial Airways Imperial Airways Plane Sat., Mar. 26.
Direct Service" due London, 3rd April
of cloud height wind direction etc. and it is
possible for the Controi officer at the terminal aerodrome to advise upon the best direction and method of approach. You all no doubt realise that in the air a pilot is a very busy man and therefore if It is possible, and wireless makes li so, for the control officer in his office on the ground to assist in the guidance of the aeroplane the pilots task is made just that much easier.
WHAT OF THE FUTURE? We have touched briefly on the development of air lines in the Far Enal, the organisation required to operate them and now let us try to visualise what the future holds in alore.
G.P.O. and K.X.O.
Rez.. Ord.
.Mar. 26, 8 a.0%
.Mar. 26. 9 a.02.
G.P.O. and K.P.O.
Rex.. Ord
.Mar. 20, 8
Conte Rosso
Mar. 26, B. Sat., Mar. 20, 8.30a.m.
Air Mail for "Australia by Imperial Imperial Airways Plano Sat, Mar. 20.
Airways Direct Service"----duo Darwin, 30th March,
Shanghai
Swntow
van Heulez Sat., Mar, 26, 10.30 a.m. Holhow, Pakhal and Haiphong... Klungchow....Sat., Mar. 20, 1 p.m. Formosa, Japan and Europe via Katori Maru Sat., Mar. 28, 3.30 p.m.
Siberia.
Sat., Mar. 20, 3,30 p.m. Amay, Foochow (via Amoy) and Taiyuan
Shanghal
•Superscribed correspondence only.
across branch out to the north and south from London, to New York, the Aviation all over the world is still
American continent to San the arterial routes in ́such a way only In Its infancy and this, applies Francisco, thence to Honolulu and that no town of any importance wil particularly to this part of the world.
on across the Pacific Ocean vin the be more than eight or: 16 hours flying With the development of long dias previously unknown islands of Mid- from a junction on either the main tance trans-oceanic and trans-way and Wake to Guam, still further route itself or one of its principal continental airlines there is taking west to Manila and thenre via long- arteries.
"From this brief survey it will be shape one mid world route north of kong serose the Northern part of
and so on) seen that, the, future of aviation` in" the equator.which is destined to be Indo-China and Burma come the main air route of the world. across India back to Europe the far east and in China and Hong---- ~ The line it; le taking in. Mimeting: Front this main trunk route will kong in particular Incassured