Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
April 4, 1939.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
25 words $2.00 for 3 days prepaid
TUITION GIVEN.
SCHOOL of Motoring Ltd. offers you trial .or short or comprehensive courses in motor tuition with Euro- pean or Chinese Instructors. Phone 20482 or 50800,,
WANTED KNOWN.
EUROPEAN LADY, qualified in body massage, is willing to call on clients at their homes, manicure, pedicure. Phone 51040, address 20A Nathan Road, ist door, Kowloon.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
N. Y. K. LINE
(NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA.)
From EUROPE and STRAITS, The Motorship
"TERUKUNI MARU,”.
having arrived from the above ports,
Consignees of Cargo are hereby in- formed that their Goods are being landed and plneed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown
Company's Godowns Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained,
nt
Goods not cleared by the 11th April, 1930, will be subject to reht.
Damnged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignee's and the Co.'s representa- tives on any Tuesdays and Fridays at 2.30 p.m. within the free storage the examination of
For
Period. dutiable goods, the con-
signees must arrange for a Revenue Officer to be present,
All claims must be presented with- In ten days of the steamer's arrival here, after whịch date they cannot be recognized.
No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns,
No fre insurance has been offerted, NIITON YUSEN KAISYA. Hongkong, 4th April, 1939.
Reich Assails Britain
Continged From Pago 1
matters at the present. Whereas on the one hand the English papers pro- eluun the necessity of defending the freedom of the European nations and the cause of peace, on the other hand the same newspapers demand that Poland should increase her obliga- tions, und notably her Anancial obligations to England to such an extent that Polish foreign policy will, In future, be dictated from London,
Stronger Reich
"The paper "Angriff" observes that Germany's position is stronger than in 1914, since to-day the united Great Germany bloc exists which is "in- dissolubly allied to Facsist Italy."
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
UNION WATERBOAT CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
The Thirty-fourth Annual General Morting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd., Hong- kong and Shanghai Bank Buliding, on Thursday, the 13th April, 1939, at 11 a.m. for the purpose of receiving the report of the General Managers together with a State-) ment of Accounts for the year! ended 31st December, 1938.
The Transfer Books Books of the Company will be closed from
G.
R.
C.
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 11th day of April, 1939, at 3.p.m., at the Offices of the Publie Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Ma Tau Chung, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of re- newal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one fur- ther term of 70 years, Intending bidders are advised
R.
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PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 11th day of April, 1939, at 3∙ p.m., at the Offccs of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Tai Kok Tsui, In the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 76 years, with the opilon of re- nown at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one fur- ther term of 75 years. Intending bidders are advised that Immediately after the dispo- sal of the lot the Purchaser (if
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3rd Floor
CORRESPONDENTS .
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DUNBAR FRANCIS I, du PONT & CO. Telephone No.
NEW YORKC
20123
APRIL 4, 1939.
FRANCIS I. du PONT & COMPANY REPORT BY CABLE:
STOCKS:
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS Hongkong & Shanghai
of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 11th day of April, 1939, at 3. p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Ma Tau Kok, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of re nowal at a Crown Rent to be, fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the. KING, for one fur- ther term of 75 yegra. Intending bidders nro advised. that immediately after the diano-
29th March to 13th April, 1939, that Immediately after the dispa- not the applicant) will be require anl of the lot the Purchaser (f;
both days Inclusive.
DODWELL & COMPANY
-LIMITED.
General Managero, Hongkong, 23rd March, 1939.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOF
Boundary Mensuramonl
Contents in
sal of the lot the Purchaser (If not the applicant) will be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will bo present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY the Purchase price.
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, on FRIDAY, 21st APRIL, 1939 at 11 am., for the
of receiving the purpose Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1938, and of declaring Dividend, etc.
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from 3rd APRIL to 21st APRIL. both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 29th 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 Bullding, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, 21st APRIL, 1939, at 11.20 .m., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1938, and of declaring Dividenda, etc.
"Moreover," adds the paper. Klance at the map of Eastern Europe Shows that strategic conditions have greatly changed since the World War, mainly owing to the development--both-days-inclusive. millary aviation.
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 3rd APRIL to 21st APRIL,
Encirclement
The "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" heads its article "Is Encirclement An Illusion?" and repfles to the question In the negative. In the paper's view, encirclement Is the concrete aim pur- sued by London.
The paper goes on to say that since Herr Hitler's speech on Saturday, England ought to know what attitude and what actions on her part would Justify Germany in considering the naval pact of 1935 to have lost its practicni value. However, believes that the British publle is inadequate- ly informed on the subject by the press, and that it is consequently un- aware of the fact that England and Germany need not interfere with each other in their respective spheres of interest.
After recalling that Hitler. in his Inst speech, expressed the shicere de- sire of the German nation to live at pence with England, the paper re- marks that there is no evidence that this desire is reciprocated at the other side of the North Sea.-Trans-Ocean,
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 20th March, 1939.
BRITISH TRADERS'
INSURANCE
CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
OR-
New Rowived Inland Lot No. 4132. Between Kowloon Inland Lota No. 7935 & 4044, 3■
Tau Chung, Road,
Ma Tan Chung.
Registry No. | No. of Sale
Locality
G.
N. B. B.,
fost tratteetitesti
as per sale
plan.
not the applicant) will be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the
to deposit with an authorised sale, the sum of two hundred officer who will be present at the dollars, ($200) in cash. This sumale, the sum of two hundred will be refunded on payment of dollars, ($200) in cash. This sun:
the Purchase price. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
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of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 11th day of April, 1939, at 3 p.m.. nt the Olices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of Lot of Crown Land at Ma Tau Chung, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of re- newal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one fur- ther term of 75 years.
an authorised
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo- sat of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to deposit with 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.
No. of Sale
Kuwloon Inland “
Registry No.
Locality
Lut No. 4133.
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Kwangsi
St., Ma Tau Chung.
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BANK OF CANTON,
LIMITED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the SEVENTY-THIRD DINARY YEARLY MEETING of THE the Company will be held at its HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, Hong Kong, on Friday, 21st APRIL, 1939, at 11.25 .m., for the purpose NOTICE is hereby given that of receiving the Report of the the Third Annual Meeting of Directors and the Statements of Shareholders will be held at the Account to 31st December, 1938, Head Office, No. 6 Des Voeux Rond and of declaring Dividend, etc. Central, on Saturday, April 22nd, ¡ The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS | 1939, at 3.00 p.m. for the purpose
Board of Directors and the State- from 3rd APRIL to 21st APRIL ment of Accounts for the year both daya inclusive,
ending December 31st, 1938,
BRITISH ENVOY of the Company will be CLOSED of receiving the Report of the
ARRIVING
Chungking. April 4. Sir Archibald Kerr Clark Kerr, the British Ambassador to China, bas drcided to leave Shanghal for Hong- kung en route to Chungking on April 6. a Shanghal report received states. -Central News.
The Canadian Preiße liner Empress
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 20th March, 1939,
of Canada arrived at Kobe at 7.30 IMPORTANT TO
n.m. yesterday,
Coming to the KING'S Frank Capra's
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The Transfer Register will be closed from April 10th to 22nd, 1939 inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
M. Y. TANG, Chief Manager.
Hongkong, April 1, 1939.
JL.M. DOCKYARD,
HONG KONG
Doctors say that a woman's system Isso sensitive that the shock caused by strong purgative medicines may do serious harm. Those internal troubles which often afflict a woman In later life 'áre, în many cases due to taking harsh medicines. Treat the delicate mechanism of your body gehtly by taking 'California Syrup di Figs'. nover interferes with the bodily functions, but relieves the bowels naturally, giving a complete internal cleansing "In a few hours. Doctors and nurses everywhere re-those. selected
Examination for Local Clerk
Applicants are informed that to attend the
commend 'California Syrup of Figs examination, on 11th April will ho because it is a gentle liquid laxativo.
Obtainable from all chemists, drug- notified separately. gista "and" leading sores. Be sure you get 'California Syrup of Figa brand.
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COMMODITY PRICES
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will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Locality
4
Lot No.
Junction of Pak Tai Si.
& Ma Tau Kok Road,
Ja Tau Kok
No. of Sale
Registry No.
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May
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N.NEW.
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$6,325
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Annual
Rental
Upset Price
Contents
3,439
About
New York Rubber
16.00/09 16.00/00
955
18.006/040 153.99/10.00 16.09/10 10.00/00
To-day's Sales:--710 tons,
Chicago West 47/67 01/067
Sept.
Dre.
LATEST CABLED
March
QUOTATIONS
New York. Apr. 3.
New York Cotton
May July
Starday Selts-
May July
Opening Closing
8.04/04
8.12/12 7.82/02 7.00/80
Oct Dec. JUIL
7.54/34 1.50/49 7.315/520 7.5% N
7.62/62 7.57/58
July S p4.
Mar.
7.57
7.04 N
Spot
4.37 N
July Oct:
RUBBER:
Mr. Neville Chamberlain reaffirms the British determina- tion to defend Poland. It is reported that Signor Mussolini has been invited to mediate between Britain and Germany. Britain is considering fiting the, arrnaments needs of Rumania,
All parties agree that the London market In firm. Our own market acted better to-day, but evidence of an upturn is still inconclusive, Steel mill operations are down 12 per cent. The United States Steel Corp's first-quarter output averaged 52 per cent, of capacity. A Congressional Committee finds the Tennessee Valley Authority's rates an honest -yard-stick,
Distilling companies are concerned regarding the prospects of additional liquor taxes pending in fifteen States. The market here was only steady, in spite of the firmness in London and Singapore.
GRAINS: Farmers' compliance with the Government's agricultural
programme is indicated as much larger than in 1938. COTTON: The Senate has adopted the Bankhead Bill, permitting farmers to re-possess 3,000,000 bales of cotton on payment of 5 cents per pound and a pledge to curtail acreage. Quick action by the House of Representatives is Indiented.
LONDON AVERAGES:
Industrial Average Rails Average
MARCH 31
05.0
55.0
APRIL 3
07.0
50.1:
These averages are based on 100 as of December 31, 1934.
CHINA IN THE COMMONS
LIVE WIRE BARRICADES AROUND CONCESSIONS
LONDON, Apr. 3.
MR. J. C. HANNAH asked the Government in the House of Commons to-day what reply had been received from the Japanese Government to the British Government's representa- tions against surrounding the British and French Concessions at Tientsin with barricades of live wire, and what action the British Government had taken to secure protection and freedom of movement as well as means of subsistence for Britons and their. employees in Tientsin.
Mr. R. A. Butler said that the restrictions were lifted on February -67/67%
67/678 though the barriers remained. No 03/05
reports had reached him regarding interruption of food supplies. The 5,814,000 bushels. situatlun generally aroused some un- and the British representa- tive continued to request the restora Chicago Corn
47/47
47/47% tion of normal conditions. 4876/40% 402/48% 4014/49% 40/4912
Winnipeg Wheat
60/504
00%/60%
Emigres From Germany
In another answer, Mr. Butler Not Only Jews Who
stated that Lord Halifax was expect-
Ing a report on the reported unti- 59/504 British agitation which was being 60/00% carried on by the Nanking Provisional 614/01 Government.-Reuter.
RECORD
A COMPREHENSIVE SELECTION FOR ́LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
'at
SENNETFRERES
Pedder Street.
Tsingtao Harbour
London, Apr. 3.
Several questions about Tsingtao
Leave Country
BERLIN, Apr. 3. JEWISH emigration increased the total of emigration from
were addressed to Mr. R. A. Butler Germany in 1938 to 22,263 as in the House of Commons to-day, compared with 14,203 in 1987, who replied that Sir Robert Craigie according to statistics published had been informed by the Japanese officially to-day.
vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs on Seventy-five per cent. of the emi-
March 23 that, subject to
certain
restrictions, the commercial harbour grants were Jews. The number of jemigrants to the United States in- was to be re-opened on March 25.
Foreign vessels at present were to last year. The emigration to South greased from 8,845 in 1937 to 12,754 be confined to three berths, and the Amerlea showed an even bigger re- use of the warehouses on the wharves lative increase, since the 1930 figure was temporarily permitted.
whart were,
In fact one oil-tanker wharf and of 6.236 compares with only 3,252
in 1937. two berths on No.
The United States took in 62 per officially open and either being used or were expected to be available for cent of the German-Jewish vessels in the next few days.
emigrants, while South America- in particuder the Argentina, Chile and Uruguay took 20 per cent.- Trans-Ocean
Pearl River
Mr. Butler added that the British
Government welcomed this action by the Japanese Government as the first
step towards restoration of more RUMANIAN normal conditions in ports under Japanese control.
In a written reply to Mr. Walter!
POSITION
(Continued from Page 1.)
Smiles, Mr. F. A. Butler stated that be the participation of Rumanis in
the Fear River was not yet
opened to, the
FC-
British, but His
Majesty's Government was taking to secure its
as possible.--
steps
soon re-opening as
all possible
Reuter.
APPEALS FOR AID
Requests Considered By
British Fund
the anti-Germun bloc.
Turkey's Attitude
The Parls Midi" observes in this connection that the Inclusion of Rumanis in the bloc would depend on Turkey's attitude, since military assistance for Rumania could only be assured in the event of Turkish collaboration.
The paper believes that before M. Gateneu makes his journey he will
A communique issued by the Bri-visit Ankara In order to ascertain the tish Fund for the Relief of Distress views of the Turkish Government.
In China states:
Baltic States
The same poper, also esserts that
The Board of Administrators re- cently considered certain further ap- peals for financial assistance.
in the course of his conversations in "1. The Hongkong Emergency London, Colonel Beck will bring up Council recommended to the question of possible aclian In this Fund that I should make a favour of the Baltic States, as he is grant of N.C.$0,000
to the Canton particularly anxious to reach International Red Cross Service agreement which would permit
Refugee
an
Corps, towards two months' penses, und, after considering a de- Poland to speed up her reser talled report of this Corps, in re-ment, and also to negotiate a trade spect of their work for January, the relations between Britain and Poland. agreement for developing commercial Board accepted the recommendation Trans-Occan,
of the ER.C. and agreed to grant a
donation of N.C.$0,000.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
2. The ER.C. applied to this Fund for a grant of $2,000 to cover the cost of storage of and shipping charges on 8,000 bags (500 tons) of Dr.
cracked wheat, and after considering a detailed report from the ER.C, on this matter, the Board decided to comply with this requent and a cheque for $2,000 is being sent to the
C. T. Wang to Speaks On
Dr. Herman Liu Under the auspices of the Alumni hal, the American Association of University of Shang-
and C.R.C.
European 3. The ER.C. represented to this y.W.C.A., the Y.M.C.A., the W.C.T.U. Returned Students Association, the Fund that the Social Service Centre of China, South Branch, the Cheng of the Churches is doing excellent!
work in connection with refugees in Chi Club, the Pacife Publishing the Colony. The number of re-sc.. there will be a memorial ser fugees dealt with from July to Sep-vice for Dr. Herman C. E. Liu, tember, 1938, was 2,302, some of martyred President of University of whom had to be Interviewed several Shanghai. times, and of this total, 1,630 were aselated to leave the Colony, Seven-
Miss Jennie J. Hughes, Dr. Llu's and Dr. C. T. teen familles amounting to a total childhood teacher
Ambassador
of 52 persons, were referred to this Washington will speak.
Chinese Wang,
The Baptist Church, 50 Caine
body for investigation by the ERC, and this body has already spent over $2,000 on its refugee work. The Road, has been chosen for the Ser Board of Administrators accepted the vice, and the time will be 5.15 p.m., recommendation of the ER.C. and a Friday, April 7. cheque for $1,000 is being sent to this Friends and relatives of Dr. Le body through the ERC
will be welcome,
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