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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
HONGKONG SURPRISES: NO MAILS ARRIVE
Delivery From Bangkok Expected To-day
Contrary to expectations air mails from Australia and England failed to arrive either on Saturday or yesterday. It was at first intended to send, the mails from Bangkok on Saturday, and next that at least the Australian mails, should be sent yesterday. Now it is proposed to send both Australian and English mails 'to-day.
to the The delay has been due need to keep sumèlent planes Al whatever weight Bangkok to inke of mail alter the planes from Eng- tand brought. If two planes could have taken the English load it was the Australian to send proposed maila yesterday..
The Anal decision was to await the arrival of the English malls und a full delivery will be made to-day. As many planes will travel from Bangkok as are needed to transport the lond..
Hongkong Surprise
OBITUARY
Old Colony Resident Dies In Hospital
December 19, 1938.
BANK NOTICES
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION:
Authorised Capital ... $50,000,000 Iroved and Fully Paid-up... $20,000,000 Reserva Fundam
€ 0,500,000 Sterling Hongkong Currency Reserva $10,000.000 Reserve Liability of, froprietors $25,000,000 HEAD OFFICE)-JONGKONG.
NOARD OF DIRECTONS
T. E. Pearce. Esq.
Chairman,
Hon. Mr, J. J. Paterson,
Deputy Chairman,......
J. K. Bousfeld, Esq.
a. Miskin, Esq.
I. B. Morrison, Esq.
A. II. Compton, Esq. Ton. Mr. B. IF. Dodwelt Hon. Mr. A. L. Shields H. V. Wilkinson, Esq. W. II. Lock, Esq.
ALOY
Bir Vandeleur ML Grayburn, CHIEF MANAGER BRANCHES:-
BANGKOK
HATAVIA BOMBAY
CALCUTTA
CANTON CHEFOO COLOMBO
FOOCHOW
HAMBURG
LONDON
LYONA MALACCA MANILA
MUAN (JOIIORE)
MUKDEN
NEW YORK
PEIPING PENANG RANGOON. HAIGON
BAN FILANCISCO SHANGHAI SINGAPORE SOURABAYA L SUNGFI PATANI SWATOW
TIENTSIN
Mr. James Sinclair White, one of DAIKEN Hongkong'o oldest European residents,
of chief engineer thủ HAI THỐNG fornterly steamer Fook On, died at Kowloon HANKOW
of yesterday. One threeARUIN The next mail flight from Hong-rothers Born in Hongkong and well-ONGKE
ILOILO kong will be to-morrow morning.
known in the Far East, the late Mr. Polt
JONORE White was nearly 70 years of age.
KOBE He was a brother of Mr. Frank W.
KOWLOON
TSINGTAO YOKOHAMA KUALA LUMPUR While.
Current Accounts opened in Local Cur. rency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shurier periods In Local
ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT be quoted on application. BOXES in various sizes TO LET.
TOKYO
It was revented on December 2 that Britain's first air mail Christ-
Son of Lieut. J. R. Whilte, N., the mas postings from England to the
Bolate Mr. White was the father of Mr. Empire had alrendy 1ons-about 4 million lettern. W. J. White, of the Harbour Depart-d other currencies on terms which will
exceeded
ment. Mrs. M. Berreux. Mr. George White, Miss Gertrude White and Mr. V. H. White.
Since this is the first Christmas period in which the all-up air mail scheme has operated to Australia, New Zealand, the Far East and In- din, as well as to Africa, the task of the Post Omce and Imperial Air- ways in estimating the expected |CHINA loads was an extremely difficult one.
It was estimated that a further weight of between 100 and 170 tons would be despatched from England in the four weeks of December.
Imperial Airways carried out of England just over 23 tons of maila
The funeral takes place this after- noon, al 5.15 p.m.
COAST ENGINEER
Death on Saturday Of
Mr. J. D. Isbister
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK,
The P. & O. Banking Corporation, Ltd.
THE CHARTERED BANK” or INDIA, AUSTRALIA" & CHINA.
Incorporated by Hayal Charter 1833 "Isad offICE:-LONDON..
18 Blahopegato, “E,Cii,** Paid-up Capital £3,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors #1,000,00 Heserve Fund £3,000,000 _MANCHESTER BRANCH; 72 Mosley uk, Manchester. AGENCIES AND BILANCHES:
(Incorporated in England, 1020).
Authorised Capital ............. Kubscribed and Pald-up *****. £2,594,100 Reservo Fund 180,000
HEAD OFFICE:
£5,000,000
Ator Star Amritsar
Bangkok
Batavia
117-122, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C.J. WEST END BRANCH 14-10. Cockspur Street, London, S.W.1. BRANCHEB:-Bombay, Calcutta, Cali
Colombo, Hongkong. Bombay
cut, Coimbatore,
Madras, Shanghai, Bingepera,
the world,
Agencies:-In all the principal towns of Canton General Exchange and Banking busCebu
Haigon
Ipoh tfolio Karachi
Semarang
Heremban,
Xiang Kobo
Shanghai
Singapore
Calcutta
Kuala
Lumpur
BIBawan Bourabaya
Cawapors
Kuching
Talping
Colombo
granted on approved security.
Current Delft
Stadrag Manila Merlan
Tientsin
Tongkah
(Bhuket)
Haiphong
Pelping
Thingtoo
Peiping
Yokohama
(Peking)
Релани
Nangoon
ness transacted, Loans and overdrafts
and Fixed Deposit accounts opened,
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS IN LOCAL CUR- Hamburd RENCY:-Interest allowed at rates which Hankow
Harbin
may be oblained on application,
TRAVELLERS LETTERS OF CREDIT TRAVELLERS CHEQUES AND PAS- SENGER LETTERS OF CREDIT (for use on board P. & G. and B, L Steamers and ht forts of Call) are issued at current rate of exchange and free of commission, TRAVELLERS AMERICAN EXPRESS CHEQUES sold and cashed.
British Income Tax flecovered. Exccutorships and Trusteeships under-
W. J. WADDINGTON Hongkong, Wh Nov. 1998.
taken.
Manager
CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.
N. Y. K. LINE (NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA.) From EUROPE and STRAITS. The Steamship
"HARUNA MARU” having arrived from the above ports, The Businces of the above Tank Consignees of Cargo are hereby in- conducted by the Itongkong and Shang formed that their Goods are being ules may be landed and placed at their risk In the hal Banking Corporation, | Bustained on application,
FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI Hongkont and Kowloon Wharf and
Godown Company's Godowns BANKING CORPORATION.
Kowloon, whence delivery may be V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chiel Manager. obtained. Hongkong. 8 October, 1930.
Goods not cleared by the 23rd December, 1038, will be subject to rent.
Damaged packages must be left in The following is the Urban Coun- the Godowns for examination by the
day:
URBAN COUNCIL
t
Hongkong.
Foreign Exchange and General Bank- ing buäinem transgutest,
Current Accounts opened and Fixed Deponita received for one year or shorter Berinds al rates which will be quoted do application,
The Dank's Head Office in London undertaker Executor & Truster businema, and clatins recovery, of British Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of ite Agencies & Branches,
R. A CAMID GE,
Маляцел
Hongkong, 20th June, 1830.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED.
Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital ... ileserva ană Uncoded
Toals
$10,000,000.00
6,500,000.00 ........... § 3,776,720.70 HEAD OFFIC#:-BONGKONG 10. Des Voeux Road, Central. ', ..
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-- Sir Ehouson Chow, Chairman.
Li Koon Chun, Erg. " Fung Ping Wah, Esq. P. K. Kwek, Esq., Li Lan Yang, Esq. Wong Yun Jong, Deg Wong Chu Son, Eng. Chang Chung Shick, sq. Kan Ying Po, Esq. KAN TONG 30, 194, Chief Managar. LI THE FONG; Esq, Manager. BRANCHHS AND AGENCIES:
.
Amoy
Batavia
Calcutta
in the week to November 13, 20% Const, died at Queen Mary Hosteil agenda for its meeting on Tues-Consignec's and the Cola, representa- | Canton
tons in the week to November 20, and 31 tons in the week to Novem- ber 27.
The total is only about 2% tona more than the estimate for the three weeks.
Mr. John Dumenn Isbister, Chief Engineer of the ss. Kong So, who was held in high regard on the China The burlal on Saturday morning. took place at the Colonial Cemetery Saturday afternoon, the Rev. Cyril Brown, of the Seamen's Institute, condueling the servier
The Chief Mourner was the de-
brother, Captain C
Among those
Hongkong, newest of the terri-erased's tories in the all-up scheme, provid- Isbister. ed the biggest surprise with malls, !
Manila
Melbourne
New York
Shanghai
Біляроге Sourabaya
Swatow
Bydney
Nagasaki
Oxako
Paris
Pelping
Taihoku
Penanil
Tientan
Токус
Balgon
Vancouver
San Francisco Sentilo Bemarang
Stangoon
Yokohama
Bombay tives on any Tuesdays and Fridays Haiphong Consideration of letter from
at 2:30 pm, within the free storage Hankow
leno uts For
the examination of Kabe
Kowloon Government relative to the appoint-period. ment of Mr. C. J. Roe to act as damaged dulable goods, the consign- Secretary to the Urban Council as
Revenue London ees must arrange for from December 15, in place of Monteer to be present.
Every description at Banking and Ex S.J. Watson; application for an eating All claims must be presented with-
change business transacted. Loans grant- house licence for a wooden shed on
in ten days of the steamer's arrivaled on approved securities. who attended the Lot No. 540, SD. 1, near Grampian here, after which date they cannot be
Wong Тет-
recognized. at 234 kms, nearly twice as heavy funeral were Caplain W. E. Kirby. Rond, (in front of Hau
for a Captain C. W. Shearer, Captain H. ple) Kowloon City; application as expected.
Carilliths, Messrs. G. L. Kinlock, D. fed preserving licence for No. 28. G. WH, A. H. Brown, W.. C. Forsyth, Wellington Street, ground floor; and M. F. Ille, C. Stenberg, A. N. Mne-application for a food factory licence for No. 19, Lung Kong Hoad, ground Kenzie, and Peter Wilson.
I floor.
BY AIR FRANCE
The followint massengers left by
Floral tributes were sent from the Air Franer plane Ville de Bay-
**Jean." "George," reuth 171 Saturday
for Margaret," morning
the Marine Engineers' Hanol: Mr. C. E. Van Sickle, Mr. Charley," W. J. Crosswell, Mr. Van de Brunk Guild. Captain and Officers of ss. Sai On. Chaplain, Manager and Staf and six Chinese passeigers.
of the Sailors and Seamen's Institute. CONDOR CREW. LEAVES Hongkong and many others,
Manila, Dec. 17.
The
MRS. WONG PING-SHUN The crew of the German Focke-
death of Mrs, Wong Ping- Walt plane Condor which, after a record fight from Berlin to Tokyo, shim, wife of Mr. Wong Ping-shuin, had to make an emergency landing Jr., Compradore of Mackinnon Mac- on the sea near Manila, Bailed for kinzle and Company, occurred at her Sui Wa Terrace, home on board the s.s. Scharnhorst residence, No,
at Genoa yesterday, to-day, and will arrive
The funeral will take place to- Con January 6.
has yet been made jmorrow, leaving the residence regarding the shipping back of the 12.30 p.m., and arriving at Yat Plt plane-Trans-Occan.
Ting at 2.30 p.n.
No derision
NORTH POLE SERVICE Soviet Planes May Link New York and Moscow
Helsinki (Finland), Dec. 17.
at
SUPREME COURT HOLIDAY
1 is notified that the offices of the Supreme Court will be upon daily froin 10 am. to 1 p.m. during the A report that the Soviet has de Christmas Vacation, except on public cided to inaugurate a regular Mos-land general holidays, when the offices cow-New York air service,
asoss, will be entirely
closed. frid on
the North Pole, in 1939, is publish-Saturdays when they will be open
ed in the newspaper thufvudstads from 10 nm. to noon. The Christ- Bindet.
nina Vacation begins on December 24,
The reports says that three giant 1938, and terminates on January 2. plines at present are being built 1039. (both days inclusive). powered with three engines of 1000
horse-power each and capable
o!
carrying 12 passengers and six crew, and the crew are considered to h
The planes, says the paper, will in no dingen--Trans-Ocean.
be ready in May, 1939.
and will
muke reveral trial flights before the regular service is begün-Renter.
LONDON-LISBON SERVICE
London, Dec. 17.
A new regular air service between London and Lisbon is to be opened on January 2.
The distance of roughly 980 miles will be covered within five hours in a non-stop light by twin-engined Lockheed machines.
Letters will be carried at regular rates without air mail fee.
The ine, London to Lisbon, is the first stage of a planned regular air route from London to. South Ameri ca to be opened during 1930": Trans-Ocean.
PLANES DROI SUPPLIES
Darwin, Dec. 17. Fanid und water supplies have been dropped from the air for the of the four members of the crew stranded Vickers Wellesley bumber, down in North-west Australia.
AIR SERVICE
Arrivals and Departures Of Planes
Outward
For London. Austrália, Briti... Countries and Europe: Imperial Air-
ways 7 .m. December 20.
For Chungking. Sin, etc.: Eurasia Bad C.N.A.C. services indefinite,
Por U.S.A.. via Manila, ilonolulu, Guam: Pan American China 'Clipper
am. December 29.
Inward
From London, Australia and Bel- tish Countries: Imperial Airway.. Dardanus, 5 p.m. December 10; Im- perial Airways Delia, Delphinus 5 jm December 22.
From Chungking, Yunnontu, Kwel- |
C.N.A.C. Eurusin Services In- definite.
From U.S.A, via Honolulu. Gaam,
A rescue expedition, mounted on Monita: Pan American Chion Clip- camels, has set out across the desert per 12.30 pan. December 20.
THE HONGKONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
The Society asks for
J
$40,000
In 1939 to meet the increasing needs of sick and destitute chlidren in Hong Kong. Hon. Treasurers:
Mr. A. McKELLAR, C.A.
c/o Mackinnon Mackenzle & Cu..
P. & O. Bullding.
Mr. KWOK CHAN.
c/o The Banque de L'ludo-Chine,
Hongkong.
No claims will be admitted after the Roods have left the Godowns.
No fire insurance has been effected, NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA. Hongkong, 17th December, 1938.
Current Accounts opened in Local Cur- rency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies on terms, which wil be quoted on application.
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