NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
UNION WATERBOAT CO., LTD.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
25 words $2.00
Notice to Shareholders for 3 days prepaid
The Thirty-third Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be hold at the Offices of WANTED KNOWN.
Messrs, Dodwell &Co., Ltd., WORLD BRIDGE OLYMPIC. The Hongkong and Shangha! Bank 1938 Bridge Olympic will be held in Hong Kong on Wednesday, April Building, on Wednesday, the oth
April
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, - MARCH 2
Liaw R.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
or
The attention of. all Registered Modical Practitioners and all
firms in any persons
WAY connected with the importation, possession, distribution or unle of Anti-Smallpox Vaccino Lymph is drawn to Government Notification No. 143 dated the 14th February, 1936, (Ordinance No. 32 of 1915,
JAPAN'S THREAT TO
THE NAVIES® OF THE WORLD
(Continued from Page 6.)
20th, at B p.m. Entrica in pairs at April, 1938, at 11 am. for the Importation and Exportation) Japan, or, in other words, 15 15 9.)
$10 the pair close at noon,
purpose of receiving the report of 18th. F. H. Tyson, Hon. Sce, Union the General Managers together Buliding.
with a Statement of Accounts to JAVA RESTAURANT specialists of 31st December, 1937. Java Rijsttafel (ricctable), All The Transfer Books of the daintics served by expert chef from Java. Second to none for quality Company will be closed from and taste. Reservation phone 32404.23rd March to 6th April, 1938, Leckhurt Road, 44.
both days inclusive.
SITUATIONS
VACANT.
EUROPEAN FOREMAN capable of taking charge of, and checking: quantities on construction work in
DODWELL & CO., LTD.,
General Managers. Hongkong, 14th March, 1938.
N. Y. H. LINE
the Colony required for a period of CONSIGNEES' NOTICE. approximately nine months. Ex- perlence in concrete and earthwork preferred. Salary $450 per month. Apply stating age and enclosing one, copy of recent testimonials to Box No. 450, "Hongkong Telegraph.
(NIPPON YUSEN KAISHIA.)
From EUROPE and STRAITS.
AGENT WANTED. The Steamship
"KATORI MARU," DISTRICT Manager to handle circu-having arrived from the above ports, lation for leading American magazine] Consignees of Cargo are hereby in- publishers. Transportation, Office, formed that their Goods are being qualificant landed and placed at their risk in the Advertising furnished Write M. A. Steele, 5 Columbus; Honghong and Kowloon Whorf and
Godown Company's Godowns
nt Circle, New York City.
Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained.
Goods
the 2nd April, not cleared by 1930, will be subject to rent.
Damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignee's and the Co.'s
Co.'s representa- tives on any Tuesdays and Fridays at 2.30 p.m. within the free storage
For
exomination duttable
goods, signees must arrange for a Revenue Omeer to be present.
PREMISES WANTED.
MARRIED COUPLE, without child-
ren, require about the beginning of April, furnished two room apart ments, with board or furnished flat, Kowloon preferred. Write Box Ne. 449, "Hongkong Telegraph."
PREMISES TO LET.
STORAGE. Extensive fenced-in area To Let, including well built Godowns Deep water fromlage.__Two watch- man's huts. Apply Box No. 448, "Hongkong Telegraph."
PORTUGUESE WARSHIP
DRY-DOCKED HERE
the
the
ol
con-
All claims must be presented with in ten days of the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot. be recognized.
No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.
No fire insurance has been effected. NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. Hongkong, 28th March, 1838.
The Portuguese warship, Barlo-and Whumpon Dock for overhaul. lomeu Dias, which brought the H.M.S. Suffolk, which was in the Governer of Macao to Honkong on same dock last week, is now lying in Friday, has entered the Hongkong mid-stream,
THE MANUFACTURERS BANK OF CHINA,
LIMITED.
(Incorporated in China)
NOTICE is hereby given that the Hong Kong Branch of the above-named Bank, established at P. & Q. Building, Ground Floor, Des Voeux Road Central, is open for the transaction of busi- ness as from Tuesday, the 29th of March, 1938.
R. C. Rugh.
Manager
Telephones: Nos. 33283
Y. Y. Dunn,
Sub-Manager
33287
60
MINUTES of
THRILLS
at the
QUEEN'S
TO-MORROW at
11.30
a.m.
Special Morning Performanco
The Chinese Central Government
Motion Picture Studio
prosents
Latest War News from
Western China
showing
THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FAMOUS 8TH ROUTE ARMY
THRILLING SCENES OF THE SOLDIERS IN ACTION
also in the programmo
A Splendid Pictorial Record of China Contruction in
Highways Entitled
by
28, 19383
STOCK MARKET REPORT
The Hongkong Stock Exchange ofcial summary, issued at 12.30 p.m. Saturday, states:
Buyers
Hongkong $1,525 Bank of East Asia 400 Union Insurance $530 China Underwriters $103 IK, Steamboats $15 ILK. & K. Wharven $124 Providenta (Ol) $3.65 Providents (Now) $1.53 16. S. Hotels $0,56
I.K. Lands 45% Deb, $100 Chinese Estaten 107 HK. Tramways $135 Peak Trams (Qld) $1
In effect, "We don't want to build
The weakness in the Exchange A vast navy to equal the British or market found some reflection in this United States fleets, but we demand market. A fair amount of business the right to do so." Prestige counts was transacted with rates in some for much with the Japanese.
instances showing an improvement Eventually, however, Japan agreed
on the opening quotations. which means that Great Britain and to the
famous proportion of 5 5 3,
The Manila market was reported the United States could have five come
as "uncertain," and auch rates as did
through suggest that capital ships to every three owned market was idla.
that
"No person shall import for the
which have been malri sale, distribution or use in the tained by the three leading Powers Colony any vaccine lymph unless at sea ever since this treaty was such vaccine lymph is accom-signed, though now, of course, failure
to reach
in London Jinsi agreement panied by a certificate to the
meant
that new ships are under con- Batisfaction of the Director of struction in the United States and in Medical Services, that the same Great Britain. is of a proper strength, quality and purity." "Ponalties 12 (1) Every person who commits or attempts to commit any offence against this Ordinance against any Order in Council made thereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be llable upon conviction either summarily or on indictment to Imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars."
or
P. S. SELWYN CLARKE, Director of Medical Services, March 24, 1938.
HONGHONG & 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.
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December 1, 1936; that some similar The Washington Treaty held until agreement could not replace it was due to Japan's insistence that her hands must be free. British Interests
If Japan's present campaign in China is carried through to a com→ plete triumph, and if she builds ex- tensively in capital ships, and in the many types of smaller craft which are essential to the modern Acel, Great Britain will have to consider carefully her naval position in East- crn waters.
Suggestions have been made that with the great naval base at Sinza- pore now ready, a battle-flect should be stationed there. At the moment we have too few battleships to enoble us to station a fleet there without unduly weakening our posl-
at home and in the Mediterra- ncan, and when the battleships at present building are ready-by 1942 it is believed will quicitly follow --and when the further five which them are also ready, a fleet could be
ased on Singapore.
The fears of Australia and New Zenland would doubliess be banish- ed by such a
lot of move, but work is involved in the sending of a battle-feet to distant waters. is not
matter of sending simply ships each to Eastern waters; swarms one or two squadrons of five battle-
of destroyers, light cruisers,
brought
It
and
Star Ferries Fay $12
China Lighis
1. Electrics $50 Bandakan Lights #1814 Telephones (Old) #28%; Telephones (New) tíð Cements $17.00 Dairy Farmon 8244, Walions $0.00 Sinceres $2.20 Win. Powell, Ltd. $0.00 Constructions 31% TI.K. Govt. 35 Loan p.m. Wallace larpers $10 Marumans (1) 3/10 Beiters
II.K. Electrica $50! Macao Electeles 318
Baler
H.K. & K. Wharves $135/0 Providenta (Old) $3.ĖS H. & S. Hotels $0.10/7 H.K. Tramwaya $154 China Lights (Old) $12/13.10 HK. Electrics 850/60 Telephones (Old) Cementa $17.05 Antamos P. 51 Aloks 27
Bagvin Gold 21
27
Benguet Consol. 0.50 Coca Grove 40
Consolidated Mars 011 Demonstration
I. X. 170
34
Paragale Gumans .26 San Maurtelo .47 Suyor Canso. 10% United Paracales 31
MANILA SHARES
The following business done quoin-
The Share Register and Trans-other subsidiary craft must aut tions were received after the close of
The new conditions by the developinent incan that several
uf air power the morning session by Swan, Cul- lurge aircraft bertson & Fritz from their Manila carriers would have to accompany office:
Business Done Prices in Peros
for Book will be closed from 12th to 28th March, 1938, both days inclusive,
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS,
E. COCK, Chief Manager. flongkong, 3rd March, 1938.
THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
such a deet.
Baguio Gold
United Parmente
AIR
POST
MAIL LETTERS Air mull letters may be posted in
OFFICE.
VIA SIDERIA ROUTE Latters and Postcards for Europe
the ordinary posting boxes. They and South America are forwarded should be clearly marked "By Air "vla Siberia" it so superscribed. Mall" and bear sufficient postage. Insulelently prepaid letters may be taxed with double the deficiency or forwarded by Steamer Service, at the; discretion of the Post Office.
jur the
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Malls closed 15 minutes earlier than time given below, unless otherwise AU MAH. SERVICES
stated, and where malls are advertis- Air Mail Services to Shanghai, ed to close at or before D a,, re- Nanking, Tsingtau, Tientsin and Pel-gistered and parcel mails are closed ping are temporarily suspended. at 8 pm, on the previous days.
From
Strails and Hofhow Manila
Salgon
INWARD MAILS
Fer
Strails and Europe vin Sucz
Duc
Mulnam
March 28,
Emp. of Japan
.March 30.
Jean Laborde
.March 30.
(Letters and Papers) London date 3rd. Morehand London Farcels -London, date, 24th February. Rawalpindi Calcutta and Straits
Calcutta and Straits
Saigon
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways
Direct Service"-London
23rd March
and Swalow
Japan and Shanghai
.March 30.
Tilawa
.March 30.
Yuen Song Houtman
.March 30.
March 31.
date.
Imperial Airways Plane ..March 31. Kwelynng
.March 31.
Nankin
March 31.
Nalder#
...April 1.
Air Mall by "Pan American Airways
Direct
Service"-San
date. 25th March
Japan
Haiphong
Australia and Monila
Japan
and Shanghal
Francisco
Pan American Airways Plane April 1. Aftlen Maru
G.G. Paul Doumer
Nellore
Sphinx
Conte Rosso
Protesilaus Achens
.April 3.
.April 2,
April 2.
April 2,
.April
.April 3.
Shanghai
Straits
Japan and Shanghai
.April 4.
Strults
Calchas
.April 4.
Straits
Cremer
.April 5.
Java and Manila
Tjincgara
Aprli 5.
U.S.A., Canada, Japan and Manila
(Seattle date, 12th March)
Pres. McKinley
April G.
Stralta
Bolssevain
April 7..
Canada, U.S.A., Japan and Shang-
hal (Vancouver B.C., 19th March) Emp, of Asla
April 7.
Manila
Potsdamn
April 7.
Amoy
Shirala
April 7..
Japan
Talthybius
.April 7.
April 8.
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Manila
(San Francisco date, 11th March) Pres. Pierce
For
OUTWARD MAILS
Per
Dale and Time
.52
Unquoted
Monday
20
9.10
Saigon
.46 Unquoted Unquoted Unquoted 40 .10
... City of Dalhart Mon., Mar. 28, 5 p.m.. Air Mail for Wuchow, Kweilin, C.N.A.C. Plane......Mon., Mar. 28.
Kwelyang and Chungking by the "C.N.A.C." Airways Direct Ser- vico"
K.P.O.
Reg.,
.Mar. 28. 5 p.m.
Ord.,
.Mar. 28, 5 p.m.
G.P.O.
Rcg..
.Mar. 28, 5 p.m..
Unquote
Ord.,
.Mar. 29, 6 am.
Tuesday
Tai Hing
Tues., Mar. 20, 3.15 m.in. Peter Maersk Tues., Mar. 29, 0.30 a.m.
The tone at the market: Dult.
As it is, Great Britain's strength in Antanok Far Eastern waters consists of the Atok 4th Cruiser Squadron of four heavy Bengurt Consolidated and two light cruisers, the old air-Coch Grove crit
carrier
Eagle, carrying 20 Consolidated Minea a flotilla of nine des- Demonstration acroplanes, a
1.X.... troyers, and a number of sloops and Paracole Gumaus small
San Mauricio craft.
Supor In addition, there is an Important submarine concentration, some 10 submarines being maintained there. If, however, growing Japanese The Fifty-seventh Ordinary battle-fleet were to cause unxiety, General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Offices of the General Managers, Mesars. Jar- dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., Fedder 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,
Samshui and Wuchow
the only effective answer would be Phone Bridges 30-Year Shangha Singapore or based on the African a British battle-flect stationed ot station.
Gap
The South African Minister of
London. Defence has made number of A gap of 30 years and 17,000 miles public statements in favour of the was bridged by telephone when establishment of a powerful and William Marshall, of New Zealand, strongly-protected naval base atspoke to the 30-year-old brother he Durban, and it is possible that the has only two cruisers and a few sloops African station, where at present
Thames.
are kept, will become the centre af the strategic plan to defend the Bri- tish Empire, and keep open the vital
The Traster Books of the Company will be closed from the 24th March to 14th April inclu-sca arteries.
alve,
never
soun
at
Walton-on-
embark upon yet further schemes of can mean only, a determination to
expansion.'
Situated thousands of miles from any other great naval Power, Japon Grent Britain would have to take By order of the Board,
has already a fleet which is capable careful stock of her position if Jupan of defending her vital interests, and embarked upon any such schemes. JARDINE, MATHESON & any large-scale development of i
Walter Whitman. CO., LTD.
General Managers.
THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
Notice to Shareholders.
The Sixty-ninth Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the undersigned on Tuesday, the 29th March, 1938, at Neon, 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, 1988.
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Amoy, Foochow (via Amoy) and
*Shanghai
Taiyuan... Tues., Mar. 20, 8.30 p.m. Manila, Macasser and Sourabaya Tisadane Tues., Mar. 29, 8.30 a.m. Air Mail for "Imperiali Airways Imperial Airways Plane
Direct Service”......due London, 6th April.
Tues., Mar. 29.
G.P.O. and K.P.Ó.
RCK.,
Mar. 29, 8 am
Ord...
.Mar. 29, 9.
Tuck, Mar. 25.
G.P.O. and KP.O.
Rez
Ord..
Air Mall for "Australia by Imperial Imperial Airways Plane
Airways Direct Service"-due | "Darwin, 2nd April,-~*~*~
Air Mail for Slan, Lanchow and Eurasia
Chengtu, etc. (via Hankow) by the "Eurasia Airways Service" (To further points by surface transport as Services permit). Kongmoon
Swatow
Shanghai
Bangkok via Swatow
Swatow, Amoy and Foochow
Samshul and Wuchow Kongmoon
On Leo
.Mar. 29, 8 1.1. Mar. 23, 9 .m.
Plane :................Tues., Mar. 25.
Reg.
Ord..
G.P.0, and K.PO,
.Mar. 29, 9 a.. Mar. 29, 9.30 am.
Tues., Mar. 29, 10 p.m. Kwangtung Tues., Mar. 20, 10.30 am... Eumneus Tues., Mar. 29, 10.30 a.m. Yingchow.. Tues., Mar. 20, 1.30 p.m. Haitan
Tues., Mar. 20, 3 p.m.
Wednesday
Chung On Wed., Mar. 30, 8.16 am. Fook On..Wed., Mar. 30, 10.00 a.m. Shanghai, Japan and Europe vin Jean Laborde Wed., Mar, 30, 1.80 p.m.
Siberin Haiphong
Swatow and Shanghai Shanghai and Japan....
Canton.......Wed., Mar. 30, 2 pm.
Thursday
Kaying. Thurs., Mar. 31, 10.30 BL Rawalpindi Thurs., Mar. 31, 10,30 am,
G.P.O, and K.P.O.
Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, Canada, Emp. of Japan .....Thura, Mar. 31.
U.S.A., Central and South America and "Europe vla Vancouver B.C., (Parcels for Canada only)-due Vancouver BC., 10th April and *Europe vin Siberia.
Tientsin
Japon ..
Friday
Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Hono- lulu and U.S.A., by the "Pan- American Airways Direct Service” -due San Francisco, 9th April
Parcels, ......Mar. 31, 6 pm-
Reg., Ord..
Chang On Yuensan Fan American
...Apr. 1, 0.15 am.
..Apr. 1, 10 am.
Fri., Apr. 1, 10.30 am.
Fri., Apr. 1, 3.30 p.m.. Airways Plano
Fri, Apr. 1. K. F. O,
Apr, 1, 5 pm. Apr. 1. 6 p.m.
G.P.O.
Apr. 1. 5 p.m. Apr. 2, 6 a.m. ... Fri., Apr. 1.
G. F. O. & K. P. 0.
5 p.m. Apr. 1.
Apr. 2, 8.45 am. Apr. 2, 9.39 a.m. ..Fri., Apr. 1. 0. & K. F. 0.
..Apr. 1. 5 pm. Apr. 2, 9.43 a.m. .Apr. 2, 10.30 a.n..
Reg.,
Ord..
Rey..
Ord..
Manila, Rabaul, Australia and New Nankin
Zealand vi Brisbane-duc Brisbane 10th April.
Parcels
Reg.
Ord.,
Straits, Ceylon, India, *East and Nolderu
*South Afrlen, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles due Mar- sellies 29th. April.
Parcels Reg. Ord.,
.Is. 2
Saturday
10. 211
1044 .32
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Direct Service"-duo Amsterdam, 12th April
Reg.,
Ord..
.306
BUTK GOE
.84
Swalow, Foochow and Tientsin Holhow Kinngsi Hohow, Pakhoi and Haiphong Straits, Ceylon, Indla, East and Africa Maru ..Sat, Apr. 2, 230 p.m.
South Africa.
1014% 00%
.0.03
17th April,
Reg
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Manila, Straits, Ceylon, India, Egypt Conte Rosso
and. Europo via
Brindisi-due
Brindisi, 24th April.
.1/21 .1/2.31/32
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021
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South: Africa, “Egypt and Europe ---vis Marseilles due, Marrellies. 2nd May,
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Air Mall for "France Orient Air- Sphinx
ways Service"--due. Marsellies,
Sat., Apr. 2. G.P.O. and K.F.O.
Apr. 2, 9.30 2.31. .... Apr. 2, 10 am. Sat., Apr. 2, 10.30 am. .... Sat, Apr. 2, 1 p.m.
Bat, Apr, Z. G.P.O. and K.P.O.
TAAPT. 2, 4 pm. .Apr. 2, 4.30 p.m.-
Sat, Apr. 2.
G.P.O, and E.P.O.
Apr.
2. 4.15.9.m.. se. Apr. 2, 5 p.m. Sat, Apr. 2. G.P.O. and K.P,0.00
Apr. 2, 4.15 p.m.. Apr. 2, 5 9.