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“TIONGKONG AS REVEALED BY THE
Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
February 12, 1940.
Nelson's Signal As British Ships Went Into Battle
ENGLAND
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Over 80 excellent views of the Colony, Price $1.50, Obtainable at Kelly Walsh, Ltd., Hongkong Travel Bureau or from the Publishers, Bouth China Morning Post, Ltd.,. Wyndham Streek.
Exchange At A Glance
SELLING
T.T. London
Domand do. TT, Shanghai T.T. Singpore TT Japan
T.T. Ind'a
TT. USA. T.T. Manila T.T. Batavin
T.T.
Bangkok
T.T. Salgon
T.T. Franco
T.T. Switzerland
BUYING
1/2.27/32 /2.27/32 325 .524%
,104
.8214
242
46% .1497%
200
.10.00
.103
T.T. Australia
1/0
4 m/s L/C London.
4 m/s D/D Do.
.1/3.5/32 ...1/3.0/32
4 m/s L/C U.S.A.......
.25
4 m/s France
30 d/s Indla
11.40
.01
U.S. Cross rate in London 4.02%
U.9. Cross rate in N.Y...3.075%
H.K. Stock Market
The
EXPECTS
THEAT
EVERY
MAN
POST OFFICE
AND
THE
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.
THE "STAR" FERRY
CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parect Mails are closed 15 minutes earlier than the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN time given below unless otherwise THAT THE FORTY-SECOND stated, and where malls are advertis- ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING ed to close at or before 9 a.m. regis OF THIS COMPANY WILL bo tered and parcel nails are closed. at 6 p.m. on the previous day. When held at the Office of Messrs. | malls, are advertised to close after 8 Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. on p.m., Registered and Parcel malls Friday, the 16th February, 1940, ore closed ut 6 p.m.
at 11.30 a.m, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Direc- tors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1939.
The Register of Shares of the Company will be CLOSED from Friday, the 9th February, 1940, to Friday, the 16th February, 1940, both days inclusive.
By
order of the Board of
Directors,
C. M. MANNERS, Secretary and Manager Hongkong, 25th January, 1940.
ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE,
STANLEY
·
INWARD MAILS
Air Mall by "Pan American Airways Direct Service"San Francisco. date 5th Feb.............Feb. 12, Air Mail by “Imperial Airways Direct Service"-London date, 27th Jan.
Feb. 12. Feb. 12.
Feb. 13.
Feb. 12. Feb. 12.
Haiphong Haiphong and Fort Bayard Japan and Shanghai Shanghal and Amoy. Australia and Monila .....Feb, 13. Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service-London date, 3rd Feb.
Japan and Shanghal Java and Manila Manila
The Middle School and Prepara-Air Mall for Manila, Guam, Honolulu tory School will re-open
and U.S.A., by the "Pan Amerlean Airways Direct Service"—and Ban Francisco, 19th February.
K.P.O.
Feb. 13. <Feb, 13. Feb. 13.
Feb, 13.
Straits and Calcutta Saigon Canton Manila
OUTWARD MAILS Monday, Feb. 12
17.00 p.m.
.7.00 p.m.
..? pjn. .7.00 p.m.
on
Tuesday, February 13, at 845 a.m. New Students should attend the same day at 9 a.m.
Ref.
Ord.
For Prospectus, apply to Fung
| Man Sul, Esq., or Chân Pak Luk, 1,405 n. Esq., Messrs. Harry Wicking,
KCE.
Ord.
GP.O. & K.P.O.
ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE, STANLEY.
Swatow Haiphong
Fort Bayard
Parcels
Feb. 12, 5 p.m. RCE..
Feb. 13, 0.45 a.m.) Ord.,
Feb. 13, 0.30. a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11 Manila, Makassar and Sourabaya
8.30 am 8.30 a.m. ....1 p.m. .2.30 p.m.. .2.30 p.m.
following quotations were Issued on the Hongkong Stock Mar-
ket this morning.
BANKS
H.K. Banks $......
.Feb. 12, 5 p.m. .Feb. 12. 4.30 p.m. G.P.O.
Feb. 12, & p.m.
.Feb. 13, 7.30a.m.
H.K. Banks (Lon. Rex) 87 Prince's Building, (Tel. 00241) or Shanghal, Japan and Honolulu
H.K. Banks (H.K. Reg.)
Chartered £..
Mercantile, A. & B, £
Mercantile, C. 2.
East Asia $.
INSURANCES
China Underwriter $.
Canton $..
Unions $.
H.K. Fire. $.
SHIPPING
Douginses $..
Steamboats $
£ ..80 n.
..01 to
20,
.28% n.
11% 11.
.78 n.
2121⁄2 b.
460 b. 1/4 5.
180 b.
100 b.
Indo-Chinas PS
Indo-Chinas D.$.
Shell (Bearers) s/-
DOCKS ETC.
Waterboats $
Wharves $.
Docks $..
Providents $.
CIGARS TO SAILORS
Mr. Robert J. Freeman, chairman Amoy....
and managing director of J. R. Free-ientsin (Parcels only)
.10% n. an and Son, Ltd., makers of the Saigon
..3.30
p.m. 6.30 p.m.
100 n. Manikin and King Six cigars, is Shanghal, U.S.A., Central and South
.80 n. giving 100,000 Manikins to the Navy 74/4 n. Comforts Committee for distribution
among sailors of all ranks serving on mine-sweepers,
trawlers, drifters,
b. small destroyers and other craft.
.7%
.103 m.
22
.4% B.
28%
.315 n.
America and Canada via San Francisco, (No Parcels for Canada) -due San Francisco, 1st March. ILP.O.
..Feb. 13, 4 p.m... .Feb. 13, 5 p.m. Feb. 13, 5.30 p.m.
Parcels
Reg. Ord.
-G.P.O.
Parcels Regt. Ord.
Feb. 13, 4 p.m.
Feb. 13, 5 p.. Feb. 13, 7 p.m.
WILL.
XD
DO
HIS
THIS IS HOW AN · ARTIST
FAMOUS
FAMOUS
BATTLE BATTLE
FOR
T
D
HAS ILLUSTRATED “TELEGRAPH” READERS
“A very gallant action has been fought by three comparatively small British ships against a much heavily armed adversary." The Prime Ministor used those words in the House of Commons about the battle of the cruisers Exeter, Achilles, and Ajax against the Gorman battleship. Admiral Graf Spec."
In the artist's impression above, the Graf Spec is soon with three of her six 11-inch guns in action under a half of shells from the British eight-inch and six-inch batteries.
New. Eng. Sh..........
Sh. Docks Sh. $ (xd.)
Kailon 8/"
Roube $. Venz. Gold H.K. Mines
Hotels $.. Lands $.. Lands 4%
MINING
LANDS
Debentures
Shui Landy Sh, $. Humphreys $.... H.K. Realies $. Chinese Estates $..
UTILITIES
Trams $.....
Peak Trama (old)
Peak Trams (new)
.18/- n.
.10 .
..4 n.
314 cls. n.
KING'S
.5% b. NEXT CHANGE
36 n.
100 n.
18.30 n.
.8% n.
.4.55 n.
101 n.
.18.30 b.
ת .
4 л.
Star Ferries $.
07%
Y. Ferrics $..
.24%
China Lights (old) $.,
.7.00
China Lights (new) $.
.4%
H.K. Electrics $...
.67 b.
Macao Electrics S..
20%
Sandokan Lights $.
11
: 251⁄4
.0.20
.19/0
.10/8
Telephones (old) $.. Telephones (new)
Tractions)
Tractions (Pref.) 3/-
INDUSTRIALS
Cald: Marg, (Ord.), Sh. $....14.90 n. Cald Macg. (Pref.), Sh. $....12 n.
Canton fres $..
Cements $....
.0
H.K. Ropes $.
STORES, &e.
(new) $.
.6.70 b.
1.00 6. .21 b. ,0% 5.
.74 0.
1.80 n
.41 n.
..1 D.
Dairy Farms (old) $.
Dairy Watsona $ND Lane. Crawforda $ Bincores $AN Wing On (H.K.) $.
Powell, Lid. $.
COTTON MILLS Ewo Sh. $. S'hai Cotton Sh. $ Zoong Sing, Sh. $.. Wing On Textiles, Sh.
MISC.
11.K. Entertainments Constructions: (old) . Constructions (new) $. Vibro Piling #s Ch. Govt. 55% 1923
. Bonda
37 n.
..179. .44 1.
THRILL
TO THE STORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN THAT HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD BEFORE!
Twentieth Century-fox prosanis DARRYL. #. ZANUCK'S produellon)
..48% 1.
7b. 14 n. .1 n. 3 n.
H.K. Govt. 4% Lonn HIC. Govt. 34% Loan
100 11,
Marumans (Lon.) ·B/~ Marmans (HK) -
15/- n.
4/- 1.
HENRY
GEORGIA TORNADO ALBANY, Georgia, Feb. 12 (Reu- ter)-It is now known that there were 29 dead as well as hundreds of Injured in the tornado which struck this Georgia town.
"The damage done lòtals $8,000,000.
YOUNG Mr.LINCOLN
ALICH
FONDA BRADY
MARJORIE
ARLIIN
WEAVER WHELAN
Dizaded by JOHN FORD Jaučiate Proban KZHINITH MAZOOWAH ́Original Screen Pay by LAMAR TROTEI A COSMOPOUTAN PRODUCTION
Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct
Service"due London, 21st Feb.
K.P.O.
Rex., Ord..
RCE.. Ord.,
.Feb. 13, 6 p.m. ..Feb. 13, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.
.Feb. 13, 5 p.m. .Fab, 13, 7p.in.
Air Mall for Malaya, Java and An- tralia by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due Sydney, 19th Feb.
K.P.O.
Ileg.,
Ord..
.Feb. 13, 5 p.m. Feb. 13, 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O,
Reg., Ord
Feb, 13, p.m. Feb, 13, 7.pan.
Gnd
South
Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A
Canada, Central
America via San Francisco-due Sun Francisco, 7th March. ....
G. P. O. and K. P, 0. Reg......Feb, 13, 5.00 p.m. Ord........Feb. 14, 0.30 am.
Wednesday, Feb. 14 Ford Bayard and Hoihow ..130 p.m. | Hoihow
.1.30 p.m Shanghai
2.30 pan. Air Mall for Indo-Chlos, Iran, and Franno (Paris and Northern Pro- vince only) by the "Air France Alway Direct Servico"-due Paris, 22nd Feb.
Rez.
Ord.
Reg
Ord.
K.P.O.
.Feb. 14, 5 pm. ...Feb. 14, 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
Feb. 14, 5 p.m.
Feb. 16, 7 D.DL.
Turkey-Italy Trade Pact
Firing Practice
Thus ended the Graf Sped, instrument of Hitler's piracy:
Rumania Imposes
A New Tax
BUCHAREST, Feb. 11 (Router).- The Rumanian Government has Im-
exempt from export tax.
Role Of The "Two Romes”
Was
Allied Economic Co-operation
LONDON, Feb. 11 (Reuter).-The British and French trade delegations ROME, Feb. 11 (Reuter)The which have been negotiating on the A "Government Gazette Extra-posed a lax between 10 and 15 per ordinary"
this cent, on oil exports and other Ruman-role of the "two Romes", namely the methods of close economic co-opera- was issued early morning in order to give notice of lan products which were previously toman Empire and the Catholiction between the two countries have Church, In the future re-establish renclied an agreement on points of ISTANBUL, Feb. 11 (Domel)—It | Firing Practice in the Colony. is authoritatively learned that nego- Light gun firing practice will be All Rumanin's main exports to nient of international order tiations are in progress for the con- carried out to-day and to-morrow Germany will be subject new emphasized in comments to-day on principle, clusion of a
The agreements will now be sub- the annual celebrations of the annih trado accord between Turkey and Italy.
The treaty will be formally signed
The sums collected will be devoted versurf of the signing of the Lateran mitted to the two governments for
Treaty.
approval and the French delegation has already returned to Parla for shortly. Under the proposed accord,
In addition, light gun fring to national defence. practice is notified for to-morrow Kaly will replace. Gennany in sup
This trenty, which ended the dis- this purpose. between 2 p.m.`and 7-pan, 'affoet- plying various articles to Turkey.
pute between the Vatican and the Sky Ing areas "D" and "X","I Political circles attach significanco
Lalian State, in being celebrated North-West Frontier to the alleged rapprochement tween Italy and Turkey,!;
now
beiween 10 a.m. and 11-p.m., af-; tax, feeling Firing Ares “A”,
Masters of vessels and pilots of CREW OF DUTCH throughout the country as one of the
be-aircraft exempt from the operationa of the Defence (Firing Areas) Or- dinance nro warned to assist in the
VESSEL SAVED
most important events in the coun- {try's history..
Strengthened
While watching football at the carrying out of the dring practice by LONDON, Feb. 11 (UP)-It is Some editorials emphasise that the NEW DELHI, Feb. 11 (Reuter). South China Athletic ground, Caro hastening through the firing area reported that a Dutch steamer has exchange of visits between the King More regular, troops have been mont lino Hill yesterday. Mr. Fleetwood, affected, or by consenting to be tow picked up all hands, who were foard and the Pope during the past year to the North West Frontier to a visitor, to the Colony, had his ed out of the firing area, If nieces tho Dutch Steamor, wallet, containing $70 in money, sary, by any vessel acting under the which was sunk out the southwest and Fascism are determined to pre-hills have long been used as bases by Burgerdijkt, nu očknowledgment that Catholiciar strengthen the defences there. The atolen.
orders of the Military Authorities. coast,
vent the destruction of civilisation, raiding tribesmen.s