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NEW PEKING CARPETS, * x 12. $175 per guaranteed pure wool, carpet. Astounding low price made Apply 10 possible by no overhead. Bayview Maisons, top floor, Cause- way Bay. "HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY
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BANK HOLIDAY.
In accordance with Government | Ordinance, the Exchange Banka will be closed for the transaction of pubile business on Monday, the 1st January, 1940. (Tho frat week-day in January),
Hongkong, 28th December, 1839.
Secretary
NOTICE
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The ollice of the Commercial Majesty's Embassy In Chian and Majesty's Trade Commissioner, at Hong Kong, will be closed as from the 1st January, 1940,
NOTICE
Colony. Price $1.50. Obtainable at T. E. GRIFFITH (1932) LTD.
Kelly
Walsh, Ltd.. Hongkong
Travel Bureau or from the Puulaker), As from January lut, 1940 the South China Moining Post, Lidoffices of this Company will be Wyndham Stre!.
located at St. George's Building, 2nd floor, Chater Road.
Record Crowd
At Kwanti
(By "Capt. Foster")
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ing round the brid. Mr. Pay rode a good race on the winner.
CANBERRA H'CAP
An Easy Outing As predicted, Sea Urchin had
an ensy outing in the Can- berra Handleap for Australian ponies, a 'chuso over 14 miles, and the mare won as she filed. She has improved immensely, in fnet is a class fencer, and wei may look forward to see a good match between Major Oliver's candidate and Brutus owned by
Mr. G. Traverton.
There was only one spill when Iroquois und Mr. H. J. Cowie came to grief after clearing the fence neur
Sun Wal village, Bingo, after jump ing the first fence, ran out. nad the cob, did not complete the course.
M. A. ANNETT,
Director.
AMALGAMATED DAIRIES
LIMITED
Notice is hereby given that Mr. |G. E. Ahweo has resigned his appointment as Managing Director and is no longer connected with the above Company.
Dated 27th December, 1939.
HASTINGS & CO., Solicitors for the Company.
TRANS-PACIFIC FREIGHT
are
BUREAU
Notice to Shippers
It has been decided to institute CONTRACT and NON-CONTRACT ales of freight in connecting with the freight tariff insued by this Bureau. Any shipper who signs the Eureau's form of contract undertaking to forward all his arm's shipments by carriers whe Bureau Members of this new comer)(except as provided fur in the followed the field right up to the lart Bureau's contract) will be given obstacle, but instead of completing the benefit of the Bureau contract the last hundred yards from home the pany jumped over the rails to rates. Shippers who do not sign the track reserved for dut racing, tha contract will be charged non- and he made a beeline for the main contract rates. This arrangement entrance. The rider nearly had an
will become effective ak from ender.
February 1, 1910. A new tariff is now in prepuration.
National Unity
C#
a race at
Shippers are requested to apply to the Secretary for signature of contrants.
W. F. ARNET,
Secretary. Hongkong, December 27, 1980.
was chased by several con- tenders.
FANLING CUP Critics Astounded HAVING failed in many al-
tempts to win Happy Valley, Jack O'Lantern i with his new owner Mr. J. Bar- row astounded every critic by "romping" "home"first"in the "Fun- ling Cup (a flat race over seven furlongs) for "D" class China) There were, however, 11 run- raters, beating Golden Cow and hers and as the pack reached Estover by a length and two the distance post, many begun, lengths.
to show that they had enough. March Brown, who was run- There was no question of any fuke! for the jockey took the lead at the ning well, disappeared in the fall of the red flag, and the pony was rear, hut Palmer was still in the lead never headed again. The combing with Heddon and Gallant Marshal tion paid $36 for win, which was suing a spirited challenge, ord so the biggest dividend of the after-did Dow-Jones, for the premier noen
honour,
In less than a few seconds the race over, and Palmer won by n short head. The writer tipped Pal-
AS said in my notes, the start- was
ing post of five furlongs was mer to win, and the dark-grey guld- in the dip but Palmer was tho
ing paid $10.70, which closed a first pony to come out, and hei pertect day,
GRIN AND
BEAR IT
sichte
Friday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
C.
NOTICE
(English)
ARMS LICENCES
Holders of Arms Licences are reminded that Arms Licenses ard duo for ronowal on 1st. January,
Licensees should call at the
December 29, 1939....
"We'll Hang Our Washing" Succeeds "Tipperary"
ARMY TRAMPS TO A
REAL
All over Great Britain, 1910 (Fes $10.00 per cents). camps, drill halls, and bar- Accounts Office, Police Headqua-voices of soldiers singing
| racks resound with the lusty, tera between the hours of 9 am. and 1 p.m, dally (Sundays and the chorus of "We'll hang Public Holidays excepted), without our washing on the Sieg-. fried Line", the war song which has been popularised in Hongkong by Nick Korin and his Band, swingsters at the Hongkong Hotel "Gripps."
their licencer.
+
(Sd.) T. H. KING, Commissioner of Pollec. 29th December, 1939.
G.
R.
WAR SONG
Artillerymen Who Shone
In The Mud
By PHILIP JORDAN
News Chronicle Correspondent with the B.E.F. FRANCE.
POST OFFICE
NEW YEAR HOLIDAY
On Monday, the let January 1940, the General Post Office and Kowloga. Central Post Office wall bo open troi 6 am to 10 a.m. Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be open from 0 m.
to a.m., and other Branch Port Ofices will be entirely closed.
and
There will be one collection from the pillar-boxes as on Sundays ono delivery of
registered and ordinary correspondence at 10 am
The Branch Post Offices al Blanley, Tai Po and in Long will also have one delivery of ordinary corres pondence at 11 a.m.-
The Money Order Omce will be entirely closed.
Pucket Post to all countries suspended.
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Moils are nerd 15 minutes earlier than the ime given below unless otherwise iated, and where mails are advertis- d to close at or before 9 am, rugis- cred and parcel nails are closed at When on the previous day. alls are advertised to close after 5 Registered and Parcel mafis re closed at 5 p.m.
.m.
INWARD MAILS
The experience of the Enter- tainment National Service Asso- clation in providing amusement PARTICULANS & CONDITIONS for the troops suggests that this
of the Sale by Public Auction song is likely to be the "Tipper to be held on Tuesday, the 2ndary" of the present war.
ENSA veriti maners began at the day of January, 1940, at 3 p.m., end of September with the despatch at the Ollices of the Public to remote country districts
to lighten Works Department, by Order of selected concert porties
the monotonies of military life. His Excellency the Governor of
The tively a few yards, soaked the British Expeditionary Servlec" London date, 20th Deo. exact destination of these parties is one Lot of Crown Land at Sham-
a closely-guarded secret for milltary Force to the skin to-day-but it damped neither their anton shulpo, in the Colony of Hong reasons, but it is known that 10 of
Kong, for a term of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 21 years lens the Inst three days thereof.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo-, sal, of the lot the Purchaser (if at the applicant) will be required to deposit with FATL authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars,. (8208) In cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
| No. of Sale
Registry N
Locality
New Kowloon Inland
Betw.
ms 432 & 149. New Kowloon Inland Love
For Wing St. Sa mahipe.
G.
Boundary
Measurements
E
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as per salo
plan.
=
Contents
$6,750
Ann. Rent
Opsel Pric
1. 69. Iert
54:
R.
PARTICULARS__&_CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 2nd day of January, 1940, at 3 p.m., at the Oilices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at King's Road near Quarry Bay, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for ́a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 75 years. Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo-
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WINTER, after an absence of several days, has come again to this part of France.
Air Mall by "Pan American Air-ways
Direct
Bervice"Sag Francisco Date, 19th December.....Dec. 29.
of 12. Rain, so intense that visibility shrank to compara-Afr Mall by "Imperial Airways Direst
them went to places in England, and
ventured further north into
two Scotland.
enthusiasm nor their capacity for hard work
Of the latter there is no end, as a battery of 25-pounders
Shanghai
iondokan
S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Manila San Franelseo date. 3rd Decem- ber).... inppa and Shanghal
The activities of ENSA also help showed this morning in its dress rehearsal for the grimmer events towards the solution of the serious which it anticipates and for which it is fully prepared. problem of unemployment which
From the sulphurous clouds Strolls
Shanghai events have brought about In the
theatrical profession. According to an estimate made by
Actors' Equity Association,
lation only INDIAN
sional actors are at present working, about 800 of England's 8,000 profes- while there is a similar degree of un- employment in the ranks of the theatre's 100,000 ancillary workers. The Ars dozen concert partles sent out by ENSA had been playing at seaside resorts throughout the sum mer, and hnd kad to close down on the outbreak cf war. They were
their celebrity, but because they had chosen as pioneers, not because of all their sets, songs, and scenes ready for immediate production.
The whole of the entertainment given to the troops is professional. griausty has tiiz normal run of theatrical activities been interfered with by the new conditions that there
keen anxiety to preserve ex clusively for professional exploitation the opportunities provided by mill- tary audiences.
Amateurs have in fact been form- ally asked nct to volunteer their ser- vices for the entertainment the
troops.
ENSA was tentatively formed in February last, but it was not fully organised until the outbreak of war. represents many important thea- trical associations, Including the In- corporated Society of Mustelans, British Actors' Equity, the Variety Artists' Federation, the Concert Artists Federation, the Musicians Union, and the Association of Dance Band Leaders.
ENSA works in conjunction with the Navy, Army, and Air Force In- stitute for National Service Purposes.
A. 1. has
F.
been in more The N. A. "orless active "existence" ever since 1917, when i grew out of the Army
that covered a little village not Japan, Shanghai and Formos
Dec. 29.
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Dec. 29.
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Dec. 31.
Dec. 31.
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Jan. L
Jen.
1.
They rolled along the lanes In their Shanghai fast lorries laying cable at the rale of Straits 40 miles every hour,
Jan. 1.
Jan. 1..
......Jan. 2.
TROOPS
far behind our lines the battery
drove this morning to take up Japan positions in the mud that grows Shanghai and Amoy deeper almost every day.
London and Straits
Shanghal
3tra:ta and Salgon .......
AGAIN IN FRANCE
a
PARIS, Dec. 28 (Reuter). Indian troops, led by British and Indian officers, have arrived in France with a large number of mules.
The men are all Moslems from all parts of India and are accompanied by smaller "army" of non- combatants-religious ten- and water chers, cooks carriers.
They have brought their own food with them and in addition will be given cer- tain food supplies given to the B.E.F.ca, sugar and fresh vegetables.
WESTERN FRONT
Hand To Hand
Fighting
Nazis Intensify Their Raids
and Navy Conleen Beard. Its head- quarters are now in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, which has been chosen because its vast stage permits PARIS, Dec. 23 (Reuter), the rehearsal of about 20 shows; There has been considerable simultaneously.
patrol activity on the Western Ambitious plans are held for the Front by both sides. famous English netor. hopes to pre-near Vosges resulted in some shary future, when Mr. Godfrey Tearle,
One Nazi ragainst a small wood sent a series of full-length plays.
Flight Over Germany
hand to hand fighting, while another In the Saor region was easily re puised.
French patrols were active cost of the Moselle.
sal of the lot the Purchaser (If One British Plane Fails thems of the Free German Radic
not the applicant) will be required Authorised
By Lichty to deposit with
́can't find a bit of Grandmother's old' lace for your
-gown—bur-you can carry hoy cigaretta 'caso!"""
an
officer who will be present at the salc, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in ensh. This num will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.
PARTICULARS OF
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Reginty No.
Locality
'No 5741.
Between lola id Late
Nos. 3507 and
*6609
King's Road,
THE LOT.
Boundary
Measurements
N. b.
As par salo
plan.
Data in
Ann. Rent.
Upset
Price
25
To Return
LONDON, Dec. 28 (Reuter). The Air Ministry announces that the R.A.F. carried out successful reconnaissance flight over north-west Germany.
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maystack Post Signallers also preceded the battery Bangkok, Salton and Tourance of guns, laying telephone wires from
the observation post to headquarters. Halphong and Holhow
and from headquarters to the gun Halphong, Hollow and Fort Bayard troop command posts.
Almalt by Imperial Airways Dircel When the "lead-horses," 쇼 old Service"-London Date 23rd Des. cavalry officers scornfully call their tructors, first came out at the mist Air Mall by "Atr and splashed their leisurely way across the ford all was ready for them and for the guns which they Japan trailed behind them.
Eervice"-Parls
Java and Manlia
Jan. 2 Franco Direct date 27th
Dec. June 3.
„Jan. 3.
on. 3. Jan. 3.
OUTWARD MAILS Friday, Dec. 20
About 100 yards from its destina-Shanghai tion the first trarior with its ammuni- tion waggon and gun, turned off the rood into the muddy field. Less than three and a quarter minutes later it Parcela only for Haiphong..1.30 p.m.
gun was ready he red, and the tractor disappeared into a place of comparative safety,
* Cent, Competence As tractor after tractor-ench named as though it was one of the vanished horses which it has EC- placed-moved poress the field the ruts became deeper; but not one of the scores of vehicles that are neces- sary to bring a modern battery in its position of action falled to reach its destination.
In
Bangkok
1.30 p.m.
Madang, Sala-
.281 .p.r. 13.30 p.m.
Saigon, Sandakan,
maua and Tulagi Janan Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Konolulu maid U.S.A., by the "Pan American Airways Direct Service"-duo San Francisco Bih Jannary
K.P.O.
Eck. Ord
Eex,
Ord.
........ Dec. 19, 5-p.m. ...........Dec. 19, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.
.Deo, 20, B p.m. .Dec. 30, 7:30 BAL
modern war you always use the Mantis, Rabaul, Australia and New existing track if you Can possibly | Zealand via Brisbane duo Bris- manage to do so, for a multiplicity of) bane, 16th January. tracks tell spotting aeroplanes that there is activity-going-on-and-that-Par is something which must be conceal- ed at all costs.
Off The Rails
Only one of this morning's guns gave any trouble. It slid off its plat- form at a point where it was difficult. To get any purchase at all they had for the gun crew to hau! it back.
to stand in knee-deep mud-and not one of them had gum boots.
G.P.O. & E.P,0.
wowana. Dec. 29,-5 p.m. Reg.
.Dec. 29, 5 p.m. Ord.
.Dec. 30, 8.30 a.rn. Straits, Ceylon, India, East Africa Aden, Egypt and Europe vin Suca and London Parcels-due' London, 8th February
Parcels
Reg.
Ord.
G.P.Ò. and K.P.0.
.Dec. 20. 5 p.ro. .Dec. 30, 9.45 am Dec. 30. 10.30 a.r
Saturday, Dec. 30
.10.30 am.
Such efficiency as that displayed by the gun crew would have been im- Salgon pressive in even the best conditions, Shanghai, Honolulu, USA. Central but to-day It was the more so. There and South America and Canada was no shouting, no raising of voices; via San Franciaco (No Parcels for each man knew exactly what to do: Canada)-due San Francisco, 17th and any commands that either the January, 1940,
his gun troop leader or
sergeant
Parcela wished to glyo were spoken in almost a whisper.
Emaire Troops In Franco LONDON, Dec. 28 (Reuter).-The safe arrival of Indian, Canadian, ay Australian troops in Europe was the
broadcast -to-day.
The Dnnouncer described the arrivals as striking proof of Dr Goobbels" mendacity, and concludet that Germany was unable to prevent all these men from traversing the come.
"Now, Goebbels, who is it that rule: the Seven Seas?” he asked.
Anglo-Fronch Co-operation
(Reuter) LONDON, Dec. 28
One plane did not return. Other air activity included an attack on German ships when, despite Major-General Frustr, who is in fierce A.A. fire, one bomb at least was command of the New Zealand troops oycracas, said that he was greatly seen between the British and French struck by the co-operation he had
troops in Frince.
seen to hit the stern of one vessel.
In two cases elsewhere three Dornier dying boats were put to rout
There were on British casualties.
Gorman Claims SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHY BERLIN, Dec, 28 (UP)—~—The
mcial news agency reports that Deut. Col. Karl Schumacher, piloting | a pursuit plate, shot down un R.A.F., bomber over the German coast to-
Inv.
Schumacher commanded the equa- Aron which the Germans clalined) brought down 30 R.A.E., pinnes on. December 10.
The news peeney also reports that the German patrols Increased their ctivity, on the western front with "good results.”
Koowed Activity PARIS, Dec. 28 (Reuter)—A com- unique states that there was duced activity: of: contact units.
Reg.
G.г.0. & K.F.0.
.11.00 .
.12.45 p.m
.130 p.m.
,200 D.
139 Pitt
The only sound that you could hear Ord. was the whirring of the tractors in Haiphong the mud. and up, above, hidden in the Shanghai clouds, the intermillent humming of Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marsell- distant aeroplanes, all keeping an eye les due Marseilles, 25th January open for the enemy who does not
France-Japan Relations
Hope Expressed For
Improvement
PARIS, Dec. 28 (Reuter).—A re-desire to develop existing friend- ly Franco-Japanese relations was expressed by the Japanese
White Hall Ambassador, Mr. Renzo Sawada, Evacuation
15,000 Civil Servants Leave London
1940).
GF.0. and K.P.O.
Reg Ord.
.Dec. 30, 5 p.m. Dec. 30, 5.30 pm. Air Mall for "Imperial · Aliwage. Direct Service”......dme London 7th January.
Ike:..
Ord
G.P.Q. & K.P.O.
.....Dec. 10, 8 pm. „Des. 20, 5.30 p.m. Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South
Africa
15.30 p.m. Stralis, Ceylon, India, East And South Africp. Egypt nħek. Lumpa via Marseilles due Marseilles 20th January and London Paride-dur London, 8th February
Canton
G.P.O, and KPO, Parcels. Dec. 80, 8.0 p.m. Red
Jan. 1, 8.45 M. Ord........Jan. 1; 9.39 mm.
Sunday, Dec. 31
while presenting his credentials |
o M. Lebrun, the French Shanghai President.
Tackday, Jan. 2)
0.09 m.
A leader in "Lo Tempa" notes with Manila, Makassar and Sourabaya 030. satisfaction the "Improvement” în Japan's relations with the Western Al Mall for Wimperial' Airways Direct Service”-dae. London, 19th Power, and says thuf the talks with: Awother renort fald that, despite LONDON, Dec. 28 (Router). in Tokyo are certainly being develop
the United States, Britain and France bad weather, the Germans carried out-The evacuation of civil sered in an atmoschera of real cordiality མཀ-ཡདཀཏྠཾཊརྐ¢¢ Minist
over
Unanimous Support English const on Wednesday.
For French Budget PILGRIMAGE TO
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHY
Dec. 28
PARIS.
(UP)The
Senato, by a vote of 303, to 0, passed
MECCA STARTS
vants from London will continua, in contrast to the reception of Berlin's
It is announced that the Gavern- unsparing advice to Tokyo.
roconsidered the matter
and it now reafirma Ilè decision that
Ribbentra's Small Honor
"It does not seem thai, come what all Government departments which mes. Herr Ribbentrop has any chance can function away from London murt of achieving a diplomatie success Era leave.
Tokyo to somyrnesía for tho rebufis the civil budget bill providing for an CARIO. Dec. 38 (Bruter)-The i One estimate anys that 13.000 civit he ruffered elsewhere." ex-enditure of 70,247,000,000 francs.start of the annual plierimage to servants have already "gono, 5,000 Referring to Russo-Japanese rela« Severul Senate amendments re- Meces was marked to-diny by the more are exported to go shortly and Bone, and Uie sugestion that Bursla quire the budget, to be returned to ceremony of the Itolv Cernet, which 60,000 are still in London,
might cease supporting Chiang Kai- the Chamber of Deputies, which must wift Be'lald'over, the Kn-be,' the most Those who still remain aro ex- sh+k,, "Le Temps" adds that nothing make the final vote prior to midnight hole erile of Mo-temdom, in the pectail to protest at any extension of at present suggests that this idea hap on Sunday.
cdurt-yard of the Masque at Mecca. the evacuation scheme.
made much headway."
J
K.P.Q.
flor.
Ord.
Jan 1.5 D.x- Jan. 2. 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
kow.
Ord.
JAN. 2,18-p.m.. 4.Jan. 2. 7.p.m.
rat for Malaya, Jav and Australia by "Imperial Airways Direct Service”duse Bydney, 812 January.
K.P.O.
Reg.
Ord.
Jan. 2. 5 pm.. Jan. 3, $30:p.m..
G.P.O.
RAK.
Ordi
Canton
«Jan. 2. 7° 0.1.
7.00 pa