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FOR SALE.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE
THE TAIPO RURAL HOME AND ORPHANAGE
13% Milestone, Talpo.
The Orphanage will be formally
opened on
Saturday, 2nd March, 1940. His Excellency The Governor will perform the Opening Ceremony
at 3.30 p.m.
All are cordially welcome.
Buson will leave the Peninsula Hotel for Taipo at 2.00 and 2.15
Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
February 27, 1940.
GERMAN
BLITZKRIEG
NEAR
55-45 Chance of Breaking Exchange At
Through To North Sea
SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"
WASHINGTON, FEB. 26 (UP), — LUDWELL DENNY, STAFF CHAIN OF p.m. and will return at 4.30 and CORRESPONDENT FOR THE SCRIPPS-HOWARD 4.45 p.m.
NEWSPAPERS, REPORTS THAT THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION HAS RECEIVED CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS FROM AMERICAN OBSER-
Reservations must be booked beforehand at the Hongkong or Peninsula Hotel where tickets are
three large frigidaires, electric radia- obtainable at $1 per Return Trip. VERS IN EUROPE THAT HITLER INTENDS TO CONDUCT AN
tors, fire ranges, ceiling fans, radios,
etc. Excellent business proposition.
Any person interested, please apply THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC for further particulars from Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist, 2 Queen's Road Central,
"HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY
THE CAMERA" Second Edition.
Over 60 excellent views
of the Colony. Price $1.50. Obtainable at Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., Hongkong Travel Bureau or from the Publishers, South China Morning Post, Ltd., Wyndham Street.
POST OFFICE
Small Packet Post to all countries le suspended.
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Mails are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malts are adverts- ed to close at or before em. regis- tered and parcel mails are closed at When 5
p.m. on the previous day. mails are advertised to close after 5 pm. Registered and Parcel malls ure closed at 5 p.n.
CO., LTD.
OFFENSIVE THROUGH HOLLAND AND BELGIUM,
The Correspondent reports that the confidential information gathered in Europe indicates that Hitler has a 55-45 chance of getting
Nolice is hereby given that the Fifty-first Ordinary Yearly Meet-through.
Ing will be held at the Company's Registered Office, 4th Floor,
P. & 0, Building, on Thursday, 21st March, 1940, at 11 am, for the purpose of presenting the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to Blut December, 1939, electing Directors and Auditors and fixing
their foes.
The Register of Members of the Company will be closed' from 9th March to 21st March, 1940,
both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares can be regiatored.
By order of the
Board of Directors.
GIBB, LIVINGSTON, & CO., LTD.
Agents. Hongkong, 22nd February, 1910. Bangkok and Tourane.....Feb, 27. THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC Exypt
INWARD MAILS.
Feb. 27. Air Mail by "Imperlat Airways Direct Service"-London date, 17th February.
.Feb. 28.
CO., LTD.
NOTICE is hereby given that nu Extraordinary General Meeting Air Mall by "Air France Direct Ser-
vice"-Paris date, 21st February. of the Company will be held in Feb. 28. the P. & O. Building, Victoria, in Calcutta, Straits and Saigon..Feb. 28. the Colony of Hong Kong, at 11.15 Salgon
Feb. 2 o'clock in the forenoon on Thurs. Japan and Shanghal
Feb, 28. Feb. 28. day, the 21st day of March, 1940, Feb, 20. or 43 goon thereafter ад the Feb. 28. Ordinarly Yearly Meeting of the
Japan and Shanghai-
Monilo
Saigon
Shanghai
Feb. 28.
U.S.A., and Manila (San Francisco Company. shall have terminated,
date, 31st Jan.)
The reports, he states, partly explain Mr. Sumner Welles' mission
to Europe.
President Roosevelt's advisers have told him that German bombers are doing fairly well, but not as well as Goering| expected.
MUST HAVE BASES
"Germany needs bases closer to England. These bases will have to be in Dutch or Belgian territory," the report states.
World's Fair To Re-open
A Glance
YELLING,
T.T. London Demand do. T.T. Shanghani T.T. Singapore-
T.T. Japan
T.T. Indla
T.T. U.S.A
T.T. Manlla T.T. Batavia
T. Bangkok
Saigon
קיד
1/218 1/29巷 .340
624
.024
24
-48%
-15%
Oh-what a lovely ring!
.130%
.103
10.85
1074
1/0
1/37%
4 m/s D/P do.
1/34
4 m/s L/C U.S.A.
.25yk
4 m/s France
.11.40
.03%
T.T. France T.T. Switzerland TT. Australia
BUYING
4 m/s L/C London
30 da India
U.S. Cross rate in London 4.02 US. Cross rate in N.Y...3.05%
Nazi Censors Grab S'hai Letter
Thought To Have Been
Sent Via Siberia SHANGHAI, Feb. 27 (Reuter). Some consternation was caused in
Forty-Six Countries To local British business circles to-day when I was learned that a recent Participate
letter mailed from Shanghai by a British Arm. Millington Limited, to NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (Reuter).—its London offler had arrived there "Hence, it is the prediction of these American Thirty-two countries, Including bearing a stamp that it had been
Great Britain, Czecho-Slovakia and opened by German censors. ́observers in Europe that Hitler will try to blast his way Finland, have hitherle accepted Fre-
On being questioned, local postal sident's invitation to participate in officials expressed surprise that this through the Low countries.
the World's Fair this year, it is an- could have happened. nounced by Mr. Grover Whalen, Pro- sident of the Fair.
It is added that acceptances from
"Germany's strength is reported to have increased rather than diminished during the six months of warfare. "Admitting that the British blockade of Germany is slow in taking hold and is simply a long-range weapon at the best, these experts abroad think that many years will be required to starve Germany out of food and military supplies."
CONFLICTing rumourS
SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"
|
It is believed that the letter in question went vin Siberia and in the course, of the journey somehow fell
14 others are on the way. This will into a German censor's hands,
So for this is the only known make a total of 40 countries exhibit- log compared with 61 in 1830.
Instance of a letter from Shanghai, Whalen said Britain bad destined for Britain, having possed Mr. officially accepted despite the Fair through the German censora' handa. Corporation's refusal ia finance or help to finance her exhibit.
CONSIGNEES'. NOTICE.
H.K. Stock Market
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES
MARITTIMES
Bringing Cargo from Dunkirk via Haiphong
Consignees are hereby informed that their goods with the exception Issued on the Hongkong Stock Mor-are being landed and stored into the of Oplum, Treasure and Valuables
BANKS
BERLIN, Feb. 26 (Domei).-Despite persistent| The following quotations Air Mali by "Imperial Airways Direct if thought fit passing the following reports that warfare on land, sea and in the air will ket this mornings.
HK. Banks, $ C.D. a special resolut intensify with the advent of spring, well-informed Nazi indications that quarters point out that there are no Hitler will modify his "tactics of localisation,” either in diplomatic or military affairs.
tion:-
Feb, 28, for the purpose of considering and Service" London date, 21st. Feb.
Feb. 28. resolution as Canada, U.S.A., Japan and Shanghal ---(Vancouver B.C., date 10th February)
Feb. 20.
Feb. 20, Feb. 20. Feb, 20.
Canton
Manila
Halphong and Hoihow
OUTWARD MAILS Tuesday, Feb, 27 Manila, Straits, Ceylon, Indin, East and South Africa, Egypt and Europe via Noples-due Naples 24th March
G.P.O. and K.P.O.
"That tho Capital of the "Company be increased from its "prosent Capital of $6,000,000 "Hong Kong currency divided "into G00,000 shares-of $10 each "to $18,000,000 Hong Kong cur- "rency divided into 1,800,000 "Aliares of $10 each and that "such additional shares shall "rank in all respects pari passu "with the original Capital of the "Company."
It is believed that Hitler's strategy is designed to confine concentration of troops on the Western Front.
Germany's policy towards the Balkans and northern Europe
aims at preventing supply routes LETTERS
from being disturbed by the Allies.
Involvement of any of these
United Service
RCA.
Feb. 27. 4.45 p.m. Feb. 27, 5.30 p.m. Ord. Parcels only for Shanghai 5,00 p.m.
And for the purpose of const-countries in the war would deal ro the Editor, Saigon
.6.30 p.m. Air Mail for "Imperial Airways dering and if thought it passing a grave blow to Germany owing
Direct Service"-dae London, 6th the following resolutions, name
ly:-
March.
Reg.
Ord.
K.P.O.
...Feb. 27. & D.3. .Feb, 27, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O. Reg.
.Feb. 27. 5 p.m. Ord...
Feb, 27, 7 p.m. Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Aus- fralla by "Imperiai Airways Direct Service"-due Sydney, 4th March.
KP.0. ....Feb. 27, 5 p.m. Feb. 27, 5.30 pa G.P.O.
.Feb, 27, 5 p.m. Ord.
.Feb. 27, 7 P.. Shanghai, Japan, Canada, USA
Central and South America via Vancouver B.C., (Parcels for Conndo only) - due Vancouver B.C. 18th March
Reg.
Ord,
Reg.
GP.O. and K.P.O. Parcels......Feb. 27, 5 p.m. Reg.
..Feb, 28, 9.15 a.m. Ord.
Feb. 20, 10 am. Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, USA., Central and South América vid San Francisco-due Sah Francisco 31st March
G.P.O. and KP.O. Reg.
Feb. 27, 5 p.m. .Feb. 28, 8.30 a.m. Ord.
Wednesday, Feb. 28 Fort Bayard
.1.30 p.m. Amoy and Shanghai ..2.30 p.m. Air Mail for Indo-China, Iran, and Franco (Paris and Northern · Pro-` vinces only) by the "Air. Franco Airways Direct Service”-dae Paris 7th March,
K, F. O, Reg.Feb. 28, 5.00 p.m. Ord... Feb. 28, 5.30 p.m.
G. F. O,
Reg., ....Feb. 28; 5.00 p.m. Ord.....Feb. 28. 7.00 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 29 Manila, Australia and New Zealand vin Thursday Island-duo Thurs- day Island 13th March
K.P.O.
Ord
.8 p.m. .5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
Reg.
Ord,
Japan
Fort Bayard
Haiphong
Shanghal
Amoy
Stralis
.5 p.m. p.m.
to its effect on her trade.
The "Hongkong Telegraph." Sir-Most of your readers will be The Allies, on the other hand, are aware that for some years past the concentrating all the diplomatic Christian Churches in Kowloon have uctivity on swinging the
neutrols united in a Service of Christian away from the Nazis.
Witness on Good Friday, of 11.30 a.m. Tangible signs of Allied activity We are planning to hold such
and so far the are already shown in the concentra- Servico this ton of large armed forces in Syrin Anglican Churches, both English and the Near East, under the com- peaking and Chinese, the Salvation mund of General Weygand.
Army, the Union Church and the Mediterranean
Roan Bottled Y.M.C.A. have been approached and
Bre sharing in the Service.
"1. That the Directors be "and they are hereby authorised to capitalise the sum of $3,000,- "000 Hong Kong currency part of "the undivided profits of the "Company standing to the credit "of the Company's Reserve Fund "and to allot to the Mombora Aliled naval forces are reported to "holding shares of the Company be in complete control of the situation "ns on the lat day of July, 1940, at both ends of the Mediterranean.
The delicate relations existing be-a "in respect of the not amount tween the Soviet Union and Italy is "capitalised fully paid shares of also cause for perturbation in Ger- "the Company of equivalent many. "nominal value in the propor- "tion of one share for ověry two
shares of the Company then Gifts For New
Dalai Lama
"held by such persons respec- "tively and that such shares 80 "allotted shall rank for divi-
"dends as from the 1st day of Presentations By British
**July, 1940,
*2. That If, on such distri "bution as aforesaid, any person
Mission
LHASA, Feb. 20 (Reuter)—Gifts,
British
The Dalal Lama received the Mis-
If there are other Christian bodies in Kowloon who would like to have shore in this Service, and whom I have not so for written to, I should be grateful if they would write to me, or telephone me, so that I can make sure that their co-operation is not wasted.
REV. H. D. ROSENTHALL,
Christ Church, Kowloon Tong.
The Economic War Front
How Germany Is Affected
LONDON, Feb. 20 (British Wire- less)Qualined economie observers in London assess the value per month of German exports affected by Allied reprisal measures at between forty and fifty million reichsmarks..
"would be entitled to a frac- Including a silk scarf, a bar of gold "tional share the Directors shall, and bags of silver, were presented "in lieu of insuing Fractional to the Dala! Lama on behalf of the Government here to-day by "Certificates, cause the whole Mr. Gould. "share to be allotted to a person "or persons to be named by the ston sealed on the throne of the "Directora and auch share shall, Potala Palace with the Regent and
other notables attending. "at such time as the Directors
Members
of the Mission ascended "think flt, bo sold and the pro- the steps of the throne in single "ceeds distributed amongst the and saluted.
This is the value of German exports After the presentation of the gifts "persons entitled to the frac with the Deltish Government's formal which cannot be diverted from sea "tions making up such share." relicliations, the Dalai Lama blessed routes. Coal for Italy and engineer- By order of the
the Mission members, who later East, Latin America and the Iberian Ing and chemical products for the Far elty streets crowded with merry-makers.
which Peninsula are among the items affect Iwere lighted with blazing faggots unded in this connection.
Board of Directors, GIBB, LIVINGSTON, & CO. LTD.,
Agents.. Hong Kong, 22nd February, 1940.
LONDON, Feb. 20 (Reuter),~~Gen- 10.30 a. eral McNaughton, General Oficer
1.30 p.m. Commanding the Canadian · Troops,
toured
the
BOMBAY STRIKE
AVERTED
Export Losses Likely
Reduction of Gorman exports is
also considered likely to curfall im-
orts of lead, nkkel, tin and copper valued at over fivo' million reichs- marks per month as well as Imports of petroleum and rubber, angry
AHMEDABAD. Feb. 20 (Router). The view is laken that this situation
2 p.m. has taken 'ever Die administration of-The strike has been averted by an will force some Important branches of p.m. the entire Aldershot Command for appeal, by the Governor of Bombay the armaments industry to reduce p.m. the next six days while General Brond to employers and workers who agreed both the quality and quantity of their
dard to submit, the dispute to arbitration output. p.m. ls on Icave, a
were
Gedowns of the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow- loon, whence delivery may be obtain- ed immediately after landing.
........1,480 1. HK. Hanks (Lon. Reg.) £
X.D. 89 n.
All claims must be sent in to me H.K. Dunks; (H.K. Reg.) £
on or before 6th March, 1940, or they XD. 91 n. will not be
recognized. Chartered £...
.. n. Mercantile, A. & B, £, Mercantile, C. 2. East Asia
INSURANCES
Canton $. Union. S. China Underwriter $. H.K. Fire $.......
SHIPPING
Douglases Steamboats $
Indo-Chinas PS
Indo-Chinas D.$. Shell (Bearers).s/- Waterboats
DOCKS ETC. Wharves $. Docks $..
Providents $.. Sh. Docks Sh. $....
MINING Kailan /- Raubs $..... Venz. Gold H.K. Mines,
Hotels $.. Lands
LANDS
Lands 4% Debentures S'hat Lands Sh, S. Humphreys $... H.K. Realties $. Chinese Estates $.
UTILITIES
Trams $. Peak Trams, (old)
Damaged Packages will be examin- ..314 .ed by
the Company's Surveyor 12 n. Messrs:-Goddard and Douglas in the
.225 b.
..78 n. presence of the Consignees at 10.00 a.m. on Saturday, 2nd March, 1940. Consignees must have a Revenue .485.sa.Omeer in attendance w
when-any duti ...able goods are examined by the
180 b. Company's Surveyors,
No Fire Insurance will be effected 101 b. by us in any case whatever.
10% n.
'100 n.
.80 n.
.78/14 .
71⁄2 n.
R. OHL Agent.
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES
MESSAGEKIES MARITIMES
Bringing Cargo from Marseilles via ..24 sa. Salgos.
103 b.
5 b & st. .43% n.
x. d. 17/0 n.
Peak Trams (new) 3. Star Ferries $.. Y. Ferries $. China Lights (old) $... China Lights (new) $ H.K. Electrics $.. Macao Electrica $.. Sandakan Lights $.. Telephones (old) $,. Telephones (new) $. Tractions 8/
Consignees are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored into the .10 n. Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon 4.Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow- .3% ets. n. toon, whence delivery may be. ob-
tained immediately after landing.
6 sa.
All claims must be sent in to me
10 sa. on or before 1st M 1940, or they
100 n.
18% n.
..74 b.
ed
not
be Ferre
Damaged Packages will be examin- by the Company's Surveyor b. & sit-McSSIS:-Goddard and Douglas in ..101 n.
181 sa.
the
presence of the Consignees at 10 a.m. on Monday 20th February, 1940. Consignees must have a Revenue 0 nomeer in nitendance when any duti 4able goods are examined by the Com- .69 50. pany's Surveyors,
28 ca.
No Fire Insurance will be effected
9 by us in any case whatever. .5.20 n.
.70 a.
GIEW
2134 97.
b.
.32:10 .s
..11
B. OIL Agent.
12.16 b. Queen's & Alhambra
10/0 n ....10/0 n
Tractions (Pref.) 8/-
INDUSTRIALS Cold: Macg. (Ord.), Sh. $..14.90 n.1 Cald: Mac. (Pref.), Sh. $.12. Canton Jces &..
Cements
H.K. Ropes $.
KSTORES, &c.
.20.20 an.)
1.
.0 b.:
Dairy Farms (old) S. .23.60 ́b. Dairy Farms" (new)
.22, Watsons $.9.60 b&#. Lane, Crawfords $
7 n. Sinceres 3
1.80 n. Wing On (H.K.)
·41∙ zi. Powell, Ltd. A
COTTON MILLS Ewe Sh. $........ S'hat Cotton Sh. $. Zoong Sing. Sh. $. Wing On Textiles, Sh.
MISC. HK, Entertainments Constructions (old) $ -Ponstructionk (new)
Vibro Piling: WINNE
Govt 5% 1925
Ch
G. Bonda TR
41% n.
1% n.
5
H. K. Govt. 4 Loán (100% an
H.K: Gov 34% Loan Marsmans (Lon.) s/-
$/0:n.
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