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The Annual Dinner and Dance will be held in the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel on Satur- day, 30th MARCH, 1940, at 7,30
p.m.
E. L. STRANGE,
Hon. Secretary,
|
Friday,
HONGKONG ́ TELEGRAPH
March 29-1940
WESTERN FRONT
INFANTRY, AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH**
BERLIN, March 28, (UP).- The. D.N.B. (Offeint German News Agency) to-day reports from
Western the
Front: "There has been slight enemy infantry and artillery activity re- of Pert.
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PERTURBED BY SLUMP
BRITISH PRESS IN STERLING
FROM PAGE ONE and cheaply from British shores to
foreign shores.
The best brains in Britain's trade und manufactures have tackled this problem and, while they are doubt- lens conscious of the export advant- ugen furnished by the recession of the pound in New York, it they would much prefer to see the New York rale pegged at a more dignified level, furnishing perhaps a five per cent advantage instead of. the present 13 per cent.
is believed
The whole question of the present exchange control as a factor in ex- purl trade is among the suggestions which will be discussed by a special meeting of British manufacturers In London on Aprit 4.
Brand-Now Systom
This system of quasi-control is something brand new. It is nat particularly logical and Dr. Schuchi the Nazi financial wizard would loathe it, but it is 100 per cent British and it has worked so for successfully.
LIMITED
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
The enemy artillery fre has been somewhat liveller, but consists mainly of intermit- tent fire from the Zweibruecken sector.
д
enemy ait platoon which attempted to attack a German post was repulsed. There were no losses on the German side but the enemy lost several.
"Northeast of Saurgemuend Tho Seventy-first Ordinary French pillbox was blown up by a General Meeting of Shareholders | German patrol. In the neighbour- will be held at the Offices of the hood southwest of Pirmasens undersigned on Thursday, the 4th April, 1940, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers, together; Air Activity Limited with a statement of Accounts for Front hus been of little importance "Air force activity on the Western the year ended the 31st December, and limited sharp opposition 1939.
encountered from French pursuit The Share Register and Trans-planes and anti-aircraft guns. Sue- ter Books will be closed from the also carried out over the North Sea.
reconnaissance fights were cessful 21st March to the 4th April, 1940, both days inclusive,
Was
"British bombers shlps ot
In the
Lock German outpost
Heligoland Bight. They dropped a JARDINE, MATHESON & number of bombs which all missed their targets and fell into the water. .CO., LTD.
They were forced to fight by German
planes and
British pursuit Bristol-Blenheim was brought down after which all the others took flight. All the German planes, as on the previous day, returned without losses.
General Managers, The Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
Hongkong, 14th March, 1940,
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT
CO., LTD.
ono
Raids Over Germany "During the evening and night of March 27-28 a number of enemy planes flow over northern and western Germany. In the Eiffel dis-
GERMAN claims that the aircraft-carrier Ark Iloyal had been sunk were completely dis- counted this week by the official announcement that she had returned to a Home port. Here too is pictorial evidence of the continued existence of the vessel Picture shows the Ark Royal during her recent call at Cape Town, with the cloud-capped Table Mountain providing a picturesquo back- ground for the big warship.
Nazi Planes Active Over North Sea And Channel
BRITISH CONVOY ATTACKED OFF SHETLAND ISLANDS
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
BERLIN, Mar. 28 (UP).—According to the official German news agency, Nazi planes to-night successfully attacked a British convoy off the Shetland Islands.
A French torpedo-boat, it is! claimed, was also attacked in the English Channel.
The Germans claim that all of NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN triet one British plane was brought the attacking planes returned to down in flames by German A.A. guns, their base, but that two recon- that the Fifty first Ordinary Annual Meeting of Shareholders crew partly succeeded in esenp-naissance machines are missing.
The
ing by parachutes and have been made prisoners.
"Hostile planes in several instances
gan violated the neutrality of Den- mark, Holland and Belgium, bath on their outward and homeward flights," Naxi Artillery In Action
will be held at the offices of the Theoretically sterling's deprecation Company. Exchange Building, Dos in New York should promote British exports except those commodities Voeux Road Central, Victoria, Un, jute and whiskey--for which it Hong Kong, on Wednesday, the 3rd was recently announced frce sterling | day of April, 1940, nt 11.30 o'clock, will not be accepted.
a.m. for the purpose of receiving PARIS, Mar. 28 (Reuter). Con- a Statement of Accounts and thevity than is customary occurred yes- siderably more German ortlilery acti- Report of the Directors for the terday in the regions of the East of year ended 31st December, 1939. the Saar and the Vosges.
Long-range
fire was concentrated woods and
In the points French lines.
The French, however, retailated to
Brazilian Precaution
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar. 20 (UP): It has been offletally announced that as a temporary measure the Bank of Brazil will stop dealing in sterling as from to-morrow.
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, the 21st MARCH,
on the
a similar extent and the exchange
The British convoy, says the and report, was scattered, several ships were hit by, bombs.
EXTENSION OF WAR TO FAR EAST
POSSIBLE?
FROM PAGE ONE
REAL WAR TO START
IN SPRING
POST OFFICE
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.
OUTWARD MAIL, TIMES Registered and Parcel Moli are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertis- ed to close at or before 9 a.m. re- gistered and parcel malls are closed at 5 p.m. on, the previous day. When mails are advertised to close after 3 p.m. Registered and Parcel maila are closed at 6 pm.
INWARD MAILS
Air Mali by
"Imperial - Airways Direct Service" London date, 20th
Shunghat
Calcutta, Straits and Salgon Mar. 30.
Alarchi
Amoy
Fort
Bayard
Japan.
Manila Sandakan
Straits
.Mar. 29.
.Mar, 20. .Mar. 20.
.Mar. 30.
..Mar. 30.....
.Mar. 30,
.Mar. 30, .Mar. 30. U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang- hai (San Francisco date, 20th February)....:
Mar. 30. Air Mali by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-London date, 23rd Mar.
Mar. 31. .Mar. 31. Japan. ***
Japan and Shanghai
Mar. 31. .
Shanghal
.Mar. 31.
Haiphong
Haiphong, Fort Bayard and Holhow
Apr 1.
Apr. 1
Shanghal
April
1.
Japan and Shanghai
Apr. 1.
Straits
.Apr. 1.
Francisco
Apr. 2.
Air Mail by "Pan American Airways
Direct Service"-San
date, 22nd March.
Australia and Manlla
Bangkok und Selgon Saigon
Shangbal
.April 2, .....April.2.
April 2, .Apr.: 2.
OUTWARD · MAILS Friday, Mar. 39 Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe vin
Marseilles due
28th April
EUROPE'S FIGHTING-MEN
(Continued from Page 6.)
Ref.
Ord.
from
such-and-such a thing i done and that's that.
Reg.
Ord.
K.r.o.
G.P.O.
Marseilles,
.... p.m. .8.30 p.m.
..5 p.m. p.m.
..7. p.m. .7.00 pm. .7.00 p.m.
Manila and London via Long-Sed-
Route due London, 0th May
G.P.O, & K.P.O.
Pac.
Reg. Ord.
.Mar. 29, 5 p.m. .Mar. 30, 9.40 B.m. .Mar. 30, 10.30 am.
Baturday, Mar. 30
FROM PAGE ONE
French Ambassador to Paris
The one virtue of this specics of Reme right after he had assumed the premiership of Fr
France.
strategic chess-playing is that it Amoy They believe M. Reynaud wants to knows when it is beaten, as it did at Shanghai and Japan
War. Bangkok conclusion of the Great pick up the threads of the broken the
ool negotiations last October which went Whether this particular textbook a long way towards meeting the code of generalship still obtains in be Italian demands regarding Dibout, the German Army remains the Suez Canal, Addis Ababa and seen but the German Army of the Tunisia but failed to antisty Italy's Great War might well have been ambitions.
described as an army of panthers led by owls as Lewis Carroll might have Two Meetings LONDON, Mar. 20 (Reuter).-It is put it ocially announced that the sixth. From the first, the German fighting at least 8 or 10 years of war if neces-meeting of the Supreme War Council man has had a reputation for cruelly, and his recent conduct in Poland does was held in London to-day. mary,
Thirdly, the Allig confidence in The Council assembled in the morn-not seem to have detracted in any the statement of Herr Hitler that he strong as it was two months ago, but in the afternoon.
unknown deler- France was represented by M. Paus is "nghting chivalrously" notwith- Russia is still on
Reynaud (Prime Minister), M. Cesar standing.
If the Pole is down and out for the minant,
Fourthly, Inside Germany there is Campinchi (Minister for the Navy) nothing to indicate a crack-up of and M. Laurent Eynue (Minister for moment, he may get up again before Air), who were accompanied by M. le takes the full count. He is a morale.
Fifthly, there is little chance that Curbin M. Alexis Leger, General brave and resourceful fighter, knight- Generally and enterprising, who through nearly all his history has been an acceptable formula for peace in Vuillemin and General Koeltz,
Great Britain was represented by reputation as a cavalryman was the matched against superior odds. His the immediatè future.
Mr. Neville.
Lord Chamberlain,
Shanghai
8.30 am.
Tourane, Saigon and Bunkok
2 p.m. 1.30 pm. Halphong Parcels only for Tientsin ....5 p.m.
and South America (No parcela for Canada only) via San Francisco- duo San Francisco, 17th April
G.P.O. and EP.O.
1910, to. WEDNESDAY. the 3rd | reached, considerable proportions for the efficacy of the bluekade is not aging and there, was a further meeting way from his 1-fame in this respect, Shanghal, U.S.A., Canada, Central
APRIL 1910, both days Inclusive. some time,
By Order of the Board
American Reaction WASHINGTON, Mar. 28 (UP), Banking circles here interpret the Bank of Brazil's decision lo cease Directors, dealing In silver as a direct outcome of the persuasive efforts of the British Government, which is reputed to be seeking
influence in Brazil to set up only blocked
with which to sterling pay for purchases of British products. Secretary of State Corde!! Hull is
of
R. TAYLOR. Acting Secretary. Hongkong, 4th March, 1940,
#criously concerned, fearing that THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON
similar mover will be made in other Latin American countries.
It is undersloo that Britain made"a" simitar attempt
in the Argentine, but
WHARF & GODOWN --COMPANY--LTD ---
they replied that they were willing to
Nolice to Shareholders accumulate not more than £1,000,000, after which payments must be made in gold Britain thereupon exerted THE FIFTY-THIRD ORDINARY pressure on Brazil under promises of | ANNUAL MEETING OF SHARE- Increased buying of cotton etc. hoping HOLDERS will be held at the to persuade the Argentine to change
lis mind.
Sterling Rallies
NEW YORK, Mar. 28 (Router)
Sterling rallied in a spectacular man-
the Directors and the Statement
ner on the New York Foreign Ex-of, Accounts for the year ended change market to-day.
31st December, 1939.
r
Both sides sent out patrols and there were some encounters in No- man's-lanul.
Diplomatic Parley Mr. Welles or anyone else can find Gamelin, Admiral Darian.
In London
at
Frontier Partly Re-Opened
for
Par.
Mar. 30, 4 p.m. Beg
.Mar. 30, 6 p.m. Ord,
Mar. 30, 5.30 pm. Manila, Rabaul, Australia, and New Zealand vin Brisbane duc Bris- bane 16th April.
G.F.O. & K.P.O.
Par.
Reg.
Straits and Calcutta. Parcels
Ord..
.4 p.m.
.5 p.m.
.5.30 p.m.
p.m.
.5.30 p.m.
Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-do London 7th
glad to see you and glad to be home." The Council passed in review all good observers agree, Discipline | Saigon
G. P. O. and K. P. 0.
Monday, April 1
Mar. 30, 5,00 p.m. .Mar. 30, 5.30 p.m. - Bunday, Mar. 31-
.$.00 .. ..8 am.
..8.30 a.m. 10.30 u.m. ....1 pm. 2.30 p.m. 7 p.m.
Not To Pay Second Visit Halifax (Foreign Secretary), Mr. most brilliant in Europe, but in LONDON, Mor. 28 (Reuter).-It is NEW YORK, Mar. 28 (Reuter)-Winston Churchill (First Lord of the these days, when most soldiers fight
by
Ord. a handle, ulmost ón and- learned in authoritative quarters that Mr. Sumner Welles arrived to-day
turning Admiralty) Sir Kingsley Wood Lord Halifax has Invited the British after a trip to Europe na Freatdent (Air Minister); who-were-necom-piece-work as one might say, his Ambassador
and Angora the Roosevelt's special envoy, and in-panied by Sir Alexander Cadogan, horsemanship has availed him little, Ministers at Athens, Belgrade, mediately entrained for Washington. (Permanent
for Under-Secretary Bucharest, Budapest and Sofia to Mr. Welles declared that he did not Foreign Affairs), Air Chief Marshal The Russian Enigma return to Britain to confer with in plan another visit to Europe, but Sir Cyril Newall, Admiral Sir Dudley
April. The Russlan, who reminds one of at the Foreign Office.
declined to discuss steadfastly
or Pound and General Sir Edmond They will arrive in England early cum
the man who usker:-"Is this a pri- personall-Ironside. on any comment
European
ILCE. in April.
ties with whom he had conferred.
Prime The
Minister expressed vate fight, or may anyone join in?"
Ord British ofce of Messrs, Jardine, Mathe-Ambassador at Rome, is also expect-Welles on the liner and he merely Reynaud
Sir Percy Lorraine, the
Some 25 reporters greeted Mr. gratification at being able to greet M. Is a splendid defensive fighter, and the first time as has now as his leaders à type of
officer who, for excellent training and Saigon son & Co., Ltd. on TUESDAY, 2nded to be in London on short leave jokingly said to them: "I can give Président du Conseil.
mighty
scientific accomplishment, is in the Shanghai APRIL, 1940, at NOON for the absence at that time,
you sonic real news-I am
Joint Declaration
very forefront of his profession, as purpose of receiving the Report of
But "No comment" was his only developments in the strategic situation is good, the one drawback being the Japan answer to virtually every question.
since their last meeting and decided rather youthful age of the officers Halphong Little Optimism For Peaco on future line of action.
and non-coms.
Shanghai WASHINGTON, Mar. 28 (Reuter).
In the light of the results achieved
Apart from that, we know almost Canton
Tuesday, Aprff 9 Shortly after Mr. Summer Welles y tu byrerend of lime esse nothing regarding the war-psycho-
Washington, President signed Sir John Simon and M. AMSTERDAM. Mar. 28 (Router).
The likelihood re-Roosevelt received his report on his Reynaud, and, desiring to extend the logy of the new Russian conscript. Straits and Calcutta
Parcels that the State Department was watch- SATURDAY, the 23rd MARCH, opened the frontier with
Apr. 3, 11 am, The Government hos partly
Ord., scope of this agreement to all spheres
.Apr. 2, Noon. Holland fact-finding tour. ing the drop and was preparing to
TUESDAY, give full effect to the safeguarding 1940, to
Amoy and Shanghai ......2.30 pm. the 2nd which they sealed up ten days ago. High officials here have expressed affecting the interests and security of periods, he would, though a dogged
Own
""Imperial" Airways provisions of the Reciprocal Trade APRIL, 1940, both days inclusive. Unill to-day n
against wire barrier pre- the opinion that there is little optim-the two nations, the two governments fighter, scarcely be able to hold his
professionally-trained Air Mail for the possibilities of have agreed to the following solld
French
British OF
Direct Service”—-due London 18th - if called Agreement with Britain whenever
troops, By Order of the Board of vented all traffic between the two ism regarding
declaration:
-April, 80, though he would there was evidence that depreciation
peace following Mr. Welles' tour. countries.
the "The Government of
French upon to do Directors,
is Nevertheless. Mr. Welles day of the sterling would prejudice In-
certainly not disgrace liimself. ap- results Republic and Its Majesty's Govern
About our own men we need say
Reg, dustry and commusce in the United
people who possess the necessary visas parently satisfied with the
The personal address and States.
pre allowed Lo through the gaps in the barriers.
pass unhindered of his journey. He stated that he had nent in the United Kingdom mutually little
get the information for which he war they will neither negotiate nor is as remarkable as his quick and had every opportunity given hun to undertake will neither nor hordhood of the English Infantryman conclude an armistice or treaty of vigorous reaction to circumstances, peace except by mutual agreement.
"They undertake not to discuss. As for the Scot, it is proverbial that Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Aus-
he goes into battle in a rather cau- peace terms before reaching a com-lous mood-and that his officers find
the conditions plete agreement on an effective and lasting guarantee of it wellnigh impossible to muse him
stop fighting! Bheir security.
In the present struggle the British Finally they undertake to maintain Tommy will, as before, be the spear- after the conclusion of peace a com-hend on the shaft of Freedom. And
To-day's rise in the pound was at- tributed to two factors. The first was The Transfer Books of the Com- will be CLOSED from
to reports from Washington indicating pany
Secundly, there were rumours that Britain might lift the restrictions ro- specting the use of free sterling for rubber purchases for which free sterling may not now be used.
Sterling bloc currencies also moved up sympathetically.
MAKING HIS POSITION FELT
BERLIN, Mar. 28 (Router).—ÀI administrative offices in the Protec- torate of Doliemia and Muraviu must In future have a portrait of Hitler
C. M. MANNERS, Secrotary and Manager. Hongkong, 11th March, 1940.
Journal
of the
Hongkong
hanging alongside that of the Pre-Fisheries
sident of the states. -
A
despatch from Pranic states that
the Government have decreed this Research
because "la desirous of showing
symbolically the position of the Pro-
tectorate in relation to that of the Station
great German Reich."
The portrait of the presklent must hang on the left of 'Hitler's picture,
Edited by
Now for 10 hours
every
BERLIN RAILWAY DISASTER.
in
was sent.
Beyond this, he refused to com- ment.
Mr. Welles conferred briefly with Mr. Cordell Hull. Then both went to the White House to deliver the SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BERLIN, Mər.
26 (UP)--One report. railroad worker was killed and three others and 25 passengers were in- Jured near Locrrach when a loco- motive crashed into a train-load of West Wail workers who were going
Bome on leave.
Concentrating On
War Effort
LONDON, Mar. 28 (Reuter).--The { way in which the Britlah motor industry is concentrating on work for the Army and Air Force and how Britain is going all out for petrol rationing is shown by the figures for last month's registrations.
Less than 10,000 cara were register- ed for the first time, as compared
Dr. G. A. C. Harklots with 34,000 for February, 1030.
Now on Sale
Canadian Red Cross) Presents Ambulance
LONDON, Mar. 28 (Reuter). The at Canadian Red Cross has presented, an ambulance for the Use of Polish
troops in France.
The presentation was made to the
Post-War Aid For
Envoy To Return BPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
that, as at other
LONDON, Mar. 20 (UP)-Sunity of action in all spheres for 01, for one, am old-fashioned enough
turn
other nations, of an international order which will ensure the liberty of peoples, respect for the low and the maintenance of peace in Europe."
guard their security and to effect the! William Seeds, British Ambassadors may be necessary to safe- to Russia, is expected shortly to re-reconstruction, with the assistance of
to Moscow. Authoritative sources point out that the British Government always Intended that he should return was his two month's leave was finished.
His return is taken as signifying| that Britain, at present, has no in- tention of breaking relations with the Soviet.
fiat
to believe that:-
"Of all the world's great heroes There's none that can comparo (With a low-row-row-row-row-
row-row). To the British Grenadier!"
New Air Service
Ord.
Reg.
Ord.
K.P.O..
.............Apr. 3, 5 p.m. Apr. 2, 5.39 pan.
G.P.O.
....Apr. 2, 5 p.04.
Apr. 2, 7.p.m.
tralla by "Imperiai Airways Direct
Service"lue Sydney, 8th April.
Itex.
Ori.
Reg. Ord,
K.P.O.
.Apr. 2, 5 p.m. .Apr. 2, E10 p.m. G.P.Q.
.
.Apr. 2, 5 p.m. Apr. 2, 7 p.m.
Entered Minefield
For entering the prohibited West Lomng Channel controlled minefield In his tampan, a Chinese fisherman' was fined $10 or in default 10 days Imprisonment with hard labour by G. F. Hole in the Commander AMSTERDAM, _Mar. 28 (Reuter). Į Marine Court to-day. -The Royal Dutch All Lines Inspector Whitcroft prosecuted.
service between
Political Circles Impressed
(Reuter)The ROME, Mar. 20 communique issued after the meeting of the Supreme War Council is re garded in political circles as the most will shortly start far-reaching and solemn declaration Amsterdam and Lisbon and Oporto. unflinching solidarity made by the This service will connect with the Pan-American trans-Atlantic service Allies since the outbreak of war,
between Portugal and America.
of
Jany
talks.
No Investigation Into Plane Sales
On the face of it, it is sald, the communique plainly conveys that the Allies will not take the initiative in Political circles feel that such a calegorical announcement would not have been made if Mr. Welles' tour
WASHINGTON, Mar, 28 (Router), had offered the Almsical promise of
Following the War Department's Receptable peace proposals, and lie categorical denials that the sales of (celing becomes stronger
Refuse To Meet Germans PARIS, Mar. 20 (Router) refusal to meet German representa-| tiver on neutral territory in war-time wan given by French Industrialists in response to the invitation to particl- pato in the conference of the Inter- national Chamber of Commerce.
The French National Committee of
spring must inevitably wiiness the war planes to the Allies interfered the International Chamber issued a clash of arms that the whole of with the United States armament pro- Morning Post Building, brentearned that the British Govern- the presence of authorised French
LONDON, Mar. 20, (UP)-It has denial to the Press of reports alleging Europe has been dreading
gramme, the Senate Military Minire Committee have deelded by five votes The Anglo-Fronch undertaling to ment has promised to assist British delegates, and pointed out that its re-net as one nation not only in war but to four against conducting an investi- liners to recover their lost frado fusal to send delegates to The Itagus in all falds of political settlementation into such sales. routes after the cessation of hoe-was notified some time ago in agree-after the war is described as disposeBritain and France regarding war
ment with the French Government, Ing of all controversles between aims.
Polish Ambassador In London by Mr. Price $3.00. R. V. Bennett, the former Conserva-
tive Premier of Canada, on behalf of
the Canadian Red Cross.
Shipping
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
les.
Italy To Salvage U-Boats
POLA (UP)—The Italian govern- ment has started work on raising 11- |U-boats from the bed of the Adriatle. The subs were, scullled by German crews after the armistice. They are being raised for scrop from.
Russia And Japan
TOKYO, Mr. 20 (Reuter)-Vlo}n❤ on of Japanese territory by Soviet planes is reported in Japanese mos sages from the north-cast: frontier, where Japanese · claim that: Itusslan: fights were deliberately carried out for reconnaissance purposes.