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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
March 31, 1939.
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UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY | PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction OF CANTON, LTD.
to be held on Monday, the 3rd day of April, 1939, at 3 p.m., at NOTICE TO SIJANEUOLDENS
the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of lis Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Sham- ahuipo, in the Colony of long Kong for a term of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be axed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 24 years less the last three days thereof.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PREMISES TO LET. that the ORDINARY YEARLY HUMPHREYS BUILDINGS, Kow-MEETING of the Society will be loon, from 1st June for four months, held at the HEAD OFFICE, Union Fully furnished, four roomed fint, large verandah, very cool, servants Building, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, available. Very moderate rent. Box 21st APRIL, 1939 at 11 a.m. for No. 522, "Hongkong Telegraph."
the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the
LOST.
LOST small black cocker spaniel dog Statements of Account to 31st strayed from 309, The Peak, on 28th December, 1938, and of declaring March. It found will ander please Dividend, ote. communicate with Telephone No. 29050.
STOCK MARKET REPORT
The Hongkong Stock Exchange officiul summary issued at 4.00 p.m. yesterday, suys!
The turnover on to-day's trading! showed an increase on thint of yes-i changed hands at terday's. Banks
Unions at $480, Docks at $1,370, £10%, Lands at $34, Providents at $4.00. Prices generally were fairly! and the marketi well maintained, closed with buyers still in evidence.) Ituyets Bia
11.K. Tram 20
China Lights
ILK. Hopes 13.00 ex div.
Dairy Farma ex Ilia. 21
Wing On (K.) $42
Entertainments $3.30
H.K. Govt. 45 tonn 40 prem 11.K. Govt. 31 Loan par Dairy Farms Rights $1514
Helterm
1.K. A K. Wharves $15 H.K. Electrics 50% Dairy Forms Righis $154
Haier
Hongkong Bank $1,370
Union Insurance $40
11 K. Docks $10
Providente $4.00
1.K. Lands $34
1. Electrics $5074
Dairy Farms ex Nis. $214
Markmans (ILK.)
-
Dairy Farms 11hts $357% Antamoks P. 39 ex dlv. Atoks 3415
Benguet Consolidated 12.40
Coco Grove
30
Consaldsted Mines .003
Demonstrations 1332
Sar Mauricio 1.04
United Patacaies 67 ex
div.
U.S. COMMODITY
PRICES
LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS
New York, Mar. 30. New York Cotton
Closing 0.05/05 7.85/85 7,58/58
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo anl of the lot the Purchaser (If
of the Soclety will be CLOSED| from 3rd APRŘIL to 21st APRIL, not the applicant) will be required both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 20th March, 1939.
THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE
CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the SEVENTIETH ORDIN- ARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its HEAD. OFFICE, Union Building, long Kong, on FRIDAY, 21st APRIL, 3939, at 11.20 a.m., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1938, and of declaring Dividends, etc.
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS
of the Company will be CLOSED
from 3rd APRIL to 21st APRIL both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 20th March, 1939.
BRITISH TRADERS'
INSURANCE
CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 'SEVENTY-THIRD OR- DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, Hong Kong, on Friday, 21st APRIL 1939, at 11.25 a.m., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of 15.87/07Account-to-31st-December, 1938,
and of declaring Dividend, etc.
Opening
May
8.12/12
July
7.93/93
Oct.
7.60/85
Dec.
7.58/56
Jan.
7.50/50
Mar.
7.67/69
.Spot
New York Rubber
·May- Sept. Dec.
7.52/52 7.53 N 7.61 N 6.80 N
16.02b/0515.80/07
10.05/05 16.05b/12 15.876/89 To-day's Sales:-1,240 tons,
Chicago Wheat
May
879/07 6714/07 14
68/68 87%/GB 007/08
3,487,000 bushels,
July Sept.....
Wednesday's Sales:-
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 3rd APRIL to 21st APRIL both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board,
Chicago Corn
May July Sept.
474/474
49%/40%
504/50%
47/474 4014/4914 50/50%
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 20th March, 1939.
Winnipeg Wheat
May
00%/0014
July
Oct.
01/00%
NEW YORK, Mar. 30.--President Roosevelt has nominated ex-Senator of to the position 60/60F. H. Brown 61761% Comptroller-General, which has been 0214/62 vacant since 1936-Reuter.
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In addition to the pictures previously this enlarged edition. published, includes views of Jubilee Reservoir, Botanical Gardens, Supreme Court, Cenotaph, Peak Tramway, University, Central British School, Cathedrals and Churches, Queen Mary Hospital, Momorial Nursing Home, War Cheung Chau Island, etc.
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Obtainable at Kolly & Walsh, Hongkong Travel Bureau or from the Building. ubilihors, South China Morning Post; Ltd., Morning Post Build
to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Registry No.
Locality
nction of Castle Peak New Kowloon inland Lot No. 2650.
Road & Camp Street
Shamshuipe
No. of Sale.
Boundary Mensurementse
N.. E
Rape sain play.
Contents in
Upset Price!
sq. feat.
Aanza)
Rental
About
003'11'
$152
Anti-British Propaganda Japanese Work In North China
LAL 215
LAMBERT
Hongkong & Shanghat Dank Bldg. Ord Floor
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MARCH 31, 1030.
FRANCIS I. du PONT & COMPANY REPORT BY CABLE: STOCKS: February farm equipment exports were 41 per cent. under those for the corresponding month of last year.
EARNINGS:
An agreement between France and Rumania for doubling oil imports and reducing French agricultural tariffs has been initialed.
Swiss francs declined on nervousness, resulting in the re- moval of gold from the areas near the German border, Herr Hiller has empowered the Minister of Economics to prohibit exports and imports of any type of goods. The President of the Reichsbank has urged the resumption of German, British and French trade talks.
Barron's Index has advanced sightly. Sears, Roebuck's March sales touched a record high mark.
March building awards were 40 per cent. over the same month of last year.
Stock
Pertod
Sperry Corporation ....... Yr. 31/12 American Rolling Mill.... Yr. 31/12
1036 $2.46-
$1,300,000 LOSS The United Fruit Corporation's firát-quarter earnings are approximately the same us the corresponding quarter of 1038.
POST
MAIL FOR CANTON
Registered and Ordinary mail and Parcela, (not.' Insured) will be ac- cepted for Canton and despatched as circumstances permit
OFFICE.
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Maila · are closed 18 minutes earlier than the otherwise Ume given below unless VIA SIBERIA HOUTE stated, and where mails are advertis- Letters and Postcards for Europeed to close at or before 9 am, re- (except Great Britain and Eire) and South America are forwarded "vis gistered and parcel malls are closed
at 6 pm on the previous day. Siberla" if so superscribed.
From
Tlonisin
Japan and Shungiral
Japon and Shanghal
Calcutta and Straits Shanghai
Shanghai and Swatow
Shanghal
Japan and Stanghal
INWARD MAILS
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
Yochow
Tainan
Fer
Due.
Chengtua
March 31.
m/v Canton
Murch 91.
Potsdam
March 71.
Shanghal, Amoy, Chuanchow
Shantung
.March 31.
Sulsang Yangise
March 31.
March 31..
March, 31.
Ixion
..April 1.
Shanghai and Swatow
Szechuen
..April 1.
Shanghai and Amoy
April 1,
Shanghai
Anna Maersk
.April 2.
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways
Direct Service"-London
date,
25th March.
Shanghai and Amoy
Imperial Airways Plane ...April 2. Tisalak Chenonceaux
.April 2.
April 3.
.April 3.-
Antenor
April 4.
Nellore
April 4.
Terukuni Maru
April 4.
Van Fietsz.
..April 4.
MARCH 20
06.2 54.0
MARCH 30
90,2 55.2
date,
Japan
Imperial Airways Plane....Aprit K. London Maru
.April 5.
Air Mail by Pan American Air-
ways Direct Servico"-San Fran. Pan American Airways cisco date, 29th March. Japan Hulphong
Plano
April 5.
Shirala
Canton
April 6.
.April 7.
April 7.
Date and Time.
COTTON: The Senators from the cotton-growing States are ignoring President Roosevelt's request for export subsidy and favour the plan to subsidize the domestic market.
The whent market was firm on war threat. South Africa expects a record corn crop.
GRAINS:
LONDON AVERAGES:
industrial average
Haily average
These averages are based on 100 as of December 31, 1934.
MARTIAL LAW IN
MADRID
Continued from Page 1.)
ha (San Francisco date, 10th. Morch),
Japan and Shanghal
Australia and Manila
Straits
Strails
Alr Mall by "Imperial Airways
Direct Service"--London 29th March.
Japan and Shanghai-(Vancouver B.C date, 18th March).
Fighting Continues Canada, U.S.A., Honolulu,
In Slovakia
BUCHAREST, Mar. 30. one sector alune, 10,000 were counted.
Hungarian and Slovak forces to- uf War quantilles Enormous
day continued desultory fighting in materials had been taken over by feast Slovakia-United Press. General Franco's furces.--Reuter,
took on
The Slovaks put forward a counter- claim for a strip of Hungarian, terri- tory in return for the area in Slovakia cluimed by Hungary.
This demand was flatly rejected by
Hungarians, whereupon
"Reuter adds that fresh dimeul. Italians Succoured
ties arose at yesterday's meeting of London, Mar. 30.
the Slovak and Hungarian delegates the One hundred and sixty Italians, discussing the demarcation of farmer prisoners of the Republicums were taken by the British cruiser Slovak-Ruthenian frontier. 11.M.S. Sussex to Palma to-day, British cruisers Two other
50 political refugees aboard Wednesday and another 100 to-day. LONDON, Mar. 30. MR. ROBERT MORGAN They are being taken to Gandia,
These political refugees were Re-the asked the Government in the
publicans who fled for political rea-Slovaks announced they would ask their Government for further instruc- House
Commons of
to-day SOILS. whether it had received reports
Negotiations are now under waytions. regarding anti-British propa- regarding the return of 70 British
hands the Katlonalists-Trans-Ocean. ganda now being stimulated prisoners among the newly-formed re- gional governments in China by the Japanese..
in
Reprisals?
of the
Madrid, Mar. 30,
Steamer Loses Propeller Blade
the
A decree, has been issued ordering
The Messageries Maritimes her Mr. R. A. Butler replied that public employees in the Madrid pro- Viscount Halifax had seen reports of vince, soldiers who served with the Yangtse arrived in port from Shang- such propaganda, but he had not Republic, and persona having know-hal yesterday afternoon with one of yet received official conflemation.-ledge of crimes committeed during her propeller blades missing.
the Republican regime, to report to the nuthorities. Rester Special. Render.
Valencia Entered
SECRET MEETING OF THE CABINET --Continued from Page 1.)
that he was unable to announce the length of the Enster adjournment to- day as would normally have been announced-Reuter.
POLISH SITUATION REVIEWED
London, Mar. 30. Lobby correspondent
"Reuter's"
now
dis- Was The loss of the blade covered on Tuesday, when the ship was about 200 miles from Hongkong. The ship, which was fogbound at VALENCIA, Mar. 30. Spanish Nationalist troops entered Waglan yesterday morning,
unloading cargo at the Kowloon the city at 11 am. to-dny,
Their Commander, Colonel Aranda, wharves, and will enter Talkoo Docks held_o_full hour's parade from the 0s soon as this is completed. senoritas.
For
Pres. Coolidge
Emp. of Canada OUTWARD MAILS
Per
Friday
Parcels und Papers only for Calculla Yuensung
Parcels
fupers....
Fri., Mar. 31, .Mar. 31, 11 a.m.
.Mar. 31, Noon. Chungking Fri., Mar. 31, 12.30 p.m. Franconia..Fri, Mar. 31, 2.30 p.m. Fri, Mar 31, 2.30 p.m. ..Fri, Mar 31, 3 pm.
Foochow via Swatow Manila
Fort Bayard
Swalow
Haldis Sagres
Manila and Parcels only for Ger-
many via Hamburg ......
Polsilam....Fri., Mar. 31, 4.30 p.m.
Air Mail for Indo-China, Iras and Air France Plane.....Fri., Mar. 31.
Northern France
and (Parls
the "Air by Provinces only) France Airways Direct Service."
Straits, Ceylon, India, East and M/V
South Africa, Aden, Egypt, Malia and Europe via Marseilles-due Marseilles 28th April
G.P.O.
.Mar. 31, 5 p.. .Mar. 31, 7 p.0. .Fri, Mar. 31.
K.P.O. and G.P.V.
Parcels......Mar. 31, 5 p.m.
K.P.O.
Reg,
Ord,
.Mar. 31, 5 p.m. ..Mar, 31, 5.30 p.m.
Reg.
Ord..
Canton .....
Reg. Ord.
Parcels Reg. Ord.
Saturday
Manlia, Rabaul, Australla and New Nankin
Zealand via Brisbane due Brisbane, 18th April
Sandokan
-April 1, 945 a.m.
April 1, 10.30 am. Fri., Mar. 31.
K.F.O. and Gr.o.
.Mar. 31, 5 p.m. April 1, 8.45 a.m.
April:1, 9.30 am.
Mausang....Sat., April 1, 8.30 am.
Air Mail for "KL.M. Airways Direct M/v Canton.......Bal., Apr. 1.
Service"due Amsterdam, 11th
April.
balcony of the Town Hall --while
regional called on the former US. Ambassador-Haiphong.
clad in vivid
costumes and lace mantillas. tossed to Spain to give a secret report re- steps. gording the possibility of Spain be- the Town Hall flowers on
coming a satellite of Germany and United Press.
Italy. U.S. INVESTIGATIONS
Washington, Mar, 30.
In the near future it also expects The Foreign Affairs Committee of to hear Ambassador Johnson's report writes to-day that the Cabinet meet the House of Representatives has regarding China.-United Press. ing specially reviewed information
relating to Poland,
It gathered that the information
did not prove altogether conclusive, *******
and it is hoped that the visit
cf
Colonel Beck may serve to clarity the position.
At the same time, the Ministers were known to be unanimous and determined on an anti-aggression de- claration.
bo
Any delay in a issue, can taken as being due particularly to the close consultations with France which are necessary before the final draft can be issued.
An important statement is expect- ed to be made in the House of Com- mons to-morrow morning.
Meanwhile the absence of any Op- position query after questions to-day River
of the hardening Parliamentary opinion which was npparent to-night.
measure
All parties wish the Government to malte its declaration as soon as possible, and none desires to hamper in the preparatory task. "
The building of a motor road (hrough the Corridor would be dim- cult and expensive, and would give for smag- excellent opportunities gling, it is suggested."
With Herr Hitler in Bavaria, Dr. Goebbels at Rhodes, Field-Marshal Goering in Italy, ond Herr Funk busy with Ute Relchsban, no import- ant Cabinet meetings or secret coun- ells are likely to be held here.
The papers continue to give no clue to official opinion on the Gov- ernment's intentions with regard to Poland. Reuter.
HOCKEY MATCH
Caer Clarke Match Won
By "Y". Ladies
The "Ladies secured an over- whelining victory over St. Andrew's in a Caer Clarke hockey encounter, nt King's Park, yesterday, by aix goals to two: The Saints pressed from the start and opponents netted five goals in quick succession before, interval.
Wert thelt
About ten minutes before the anal whistle was blown, the Saints mus- tered up their strength and scored two goals. For the winners, Harker scored four times; and Caidley and Burnett each netted once. A.-Zim- mem scored for the Paints.
.
Swan Culbertson
Halphong
Amoy
G.P.O, and E.P.O. Ref...... Ord,
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Yochow..Mon., April 3, 10.30 a.m. Chenonceaux Mon., Apr. 3, 11.30 .m. Airways Imperial Airways Plane
Mon., April 3.
Ninghai Esang
Air Moll for Manila, Guam, Hono- Fan American Airways plane
lulu and U.S.A.. by the "Pan- American Airways Direct Service" --duc San Francisco 8th Aprli
Rer. Ord.
Bat, April 1. KP.0. .....Aprit 1, 5 p.m.
..April 1, 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
Reg.
.....April 1, 5 p.m.
Sunday
Fort Bayard, Faithol and Halphong Kingyuan Shanghai vla Swotow
Swalow, Amoy and Foochow
Yusang Seistan
Ja
Frite
Monday
Swatow and Foochow
Saigon
Air Mall for "Imperial
Direct
Service"-due
10th April
K.P.O.
Reg.
April, 3, 5 p.m.
Ord.
April 3, 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
Rek.
..April. 3, 5 p.m.
Ord.
April 3. 7 p.m.
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Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Imperial Airways Plano
Australia by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due Sydney 10th April
Investment Bankers and Brokers
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