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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
HONGKONG CRICKET
CLUB
Tennis Tournament
Matches have been rearranged as follows:-
OPEN SINGLES FINAL Wednesday, 1st May.. OPEN DOUBLES FINAL Friday, 3rd May,
Play commences 4.10 p.m. sharp cách duy.
Booking for Stand Senta now open at Moutries.
THE INDO-CHINA STEAM
NAVIGATION CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE OF GENERAL
MEETING
کام
Tuesday,
NOTICE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
WATER SUPPLY
R.
It is hereby notified that a constant supply of water will be given in all districts from 1st May Funtil further notice.
A. B. PURVES,, ·
Water Authority. Public Works Department, Hongkong, 29th April, 1940.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS' DES ·
MESSAGERNES MARITIMES.
Steamship.
Bringing Cargo from Marseilles vin Salzon,
Consignees are hereby, Informed that their goods with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables jare being landed and stored into ine Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow-
The Fifty-ninth Ordinary toon, where delivery may be obtain- General Meeting of the Company ed immediately after landing. will be held at the Offices of the All claims must be sent in to me 1940, or they May, General Managers, Messrs. Jar- on or before 5th-
will not be recognized.. dine, Matheson
Co., Ltd.,
Damaged Packages will be examin- Pedder Struct. Hong Kong, oned by the Company's Surveyor Thursday, 30th May, 1948, at noon, Messrs:-Goddard and Douglas in the for the purpose of receiving the presence of the Consignees at 10 am,
Wednesday, 1st May, 1940. Report of the Directors, passing
Consignees must have a Revenue the Accounts, and electing Diree-Oleer in attendance when any dull- tors and Auditors.
able goods are examined by the Com- The Transfer Books of the Company's Surveyors. May to 13th June inclusive,
DIL
No Fire Insurance will be effected
time given below unless otherwise panty will be closed from the 23rd by us in any case whatever.
am. re-
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Malls are closed 15 minutes earlier than the stated, and where mails are advertis-
or before 9 ed to close at gistered and parcel mails are closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day. When mails are advertised to close after 6 p... Registered and Parcel nails are closed at 5 p.m.
INWARD MAILS
Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Service,"ban Francisco dale, 23rd April
.Apr. 30.
Japan
Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghot
Straits
Apr. 30.
Apr. 30.
.Apr. 30.
Apr. 30. Apr. 30.
Air Mall by "Imperial Airways Direct Service" London dale, 24th April. May 1. Air Mail by "Air France Blreel Ser-
vice"-Paris date, 24th April.
May 1. May 1. May 1.
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date, 10th March)
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Sandakan,
May
ly order of the Board.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.
General Managers. Hongkong, 16th April, 1949,
NOTICE
Barclay Perkins & Co., Ltd. RED CAN LAGER BEER
The undersigned greatly regret that, owing to a technical failure Consequent upon war conditions. recent shipments of eertain
not BARCLAY'S LAGER bave been up to the usual excellent standard.
IL OIL, Agent.
SHOT IN HOUSE OF SECRET PANELS
THOMAS
RO.
CAPTAIN GERS, of Shaldon, near Teign- mouth, who was shot by his wife beenuse she could not bear to part from him, was a man with a passion for secret doors.
All the affected beer has now heen withdrawn and replaced, and It was disclosed at the inquest that May the Public are assured that they friend who found the couple dead May 2. (Londen can rely upon the usual high had entered the house through a
quality which has always been secret panel in the front door, Cap May #.
tain Rogers had introduced secret .ATBY *.
associated with Barclay's Pro-panels into his 200-year-old house May 2, ducts.
while having it modernised at a cost May 2.
of hundreds of pounds."
n
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
·
Barclay's Lager is obtainable at hal (Son Francisco dato, 11th Apr.) all wise dealers both in bottles
May 2.and cans. Shanghai.
May 3. Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service" London date, 27th April.
OUTWARD MAILS Tuesday, Apr. 30
Haiphong
Straits
Straita (Parcels only)
May 4.
.2 p.m. 2.30 p.m. .5.00 pan.
GILMAN & CO., LTD. Wine Department, Gloucester Arcade.
HONGKONG ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
NOTIČE is hereby given that EIGHTEENTH ORDINARY
Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu
and U.S.A.. by the "Pan American the Airways Direct Service"—due San | YEARLY MEETING of Share- Francisco, 7th May
holders of the Hongkong Engineer- Construction Company, ing & Limited, will be held at the Offices
..Apr. 30, 5.00 p.m. Apr. 30, 5.30 pm.
K. P. O.
Reg., Ord..
ReE
Ord,,
But they were secret only to atrangers, for their object was that
be no friend should ever locked out of his home,
Heavy Oak
The front door, which was sald to have cost £400, was of heavy oak and has an adjustable panel let into it which, when pushed, unlatches the
door.
A neighbour sald: "The secret often doors at the house were talked of around here. There were ——ull-Horts-of-stories-fold about them.
particularly since the revelation at the inquest."
But Captain Roger's nearest, neigh-
of Messrs. Sir Elly Kadoorfe &bour, Mrs. Barham, of Brookvale Sony, St. George's Building, Chater House, denied that there was any
April 30, 1940.
Single Girls, What About It?
A
MAN SAYS ALL THIS!
SINGLE girl, you will have lo đoj something to refute this.
"This" being a statement that mar- ried women are more adaptable, have a better brain for learning e difficult new job quickly than spinsters.
Man who has made this discovery (yes, of course, it would be a Man) Is Mr. E. D. Perodean, Totall- sator Staff Manager to the Grey- hound
Association. He Racing made it in preparing for the open- ing of the 1940 season at the White City, Harringay, Stamfors! Bridge und New Cross tracks.
Mr. Perodeau Speaking- "The demands on our staff fer mill- try service have been so wreat that it was necesary to employ many more women,
"They need intensive training for the
job at handling thousatids of stukesi In a short space of time without moking a mistake, and I gue found that married women adapt themselves to the routing quickly than single women.
more
"The only way in which I can ex- plain this is that married women benent from the experience of ex- pert and detailed management in the home."
Many of the women engaged in the
mathematical task of working out ] dividends have university training,) and have proved they can reach accurate resulls well inside the usual time allowance of 20 seconds.
First B.E.F. Bridegroom
THE Arst. B.EF. marringe has 1 been celebrated in the office of a French
the village Mayor, with officers of the famous Welsh Guards standing outside to cheer their man as he emerged with his bride.
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The girl was a Polish refugee, with no hope of a real home until Corporal Marcel Amerlinelt, of the Welsh Guards, came along. They fell in love, decide to wed."
SHE
GOES IN FOR CACTI
MARY THORBECK, college co-ed of Tucson, Ariz.. made herself a play sult of desert cactus and then discovered no one one would come near her. Skirt especially is of prickly pear cacti, designed to wear whlle sun-tan- ning. So how does sho expect to be popular?
But there were snags, religious ""Hate"
and legal.
In the end the legal authorities relented.
A few minutes after the wedding the lovers had to part-he for duty, sle to return to her work on a
farm. But they were reunited
that night in the bridegroom's farmhouse bilet.
"Hate" Speech
By Dr. Ley
Pours Out Insults Against England
SPP.CIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
There, each night, they sit and talk in French. She calls him ser-
BERLIN, Apr. 29 (UP).-Dr. geant now, for the Army gave him a Robert Ley, the Nazi Labour present of promotion.
Britain.
a
The one-time refugee is now 'look-Front loader, indulged in a ing forward to days of happiness in "hate" broadcast against Eng-
"My people at hente in Cardiff are German-youth at Cologne.
land to-day, when he addressed waiting for her to go to them" the
sergeant said.
New Air Liners
Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct Road, Hong Kong, on Wednesday, real niystery. She said: "Most pro- For Empire Routes
G. P. O.
.Apr. 30, 5.00 p.m. Apr. 30, 7.00 pm
Bervice"-dus London, 8th May. K.P.O.
Reg.
Ord.
Rek.
...Apr. 30, 5 p.m. .Apr. 30, 5.30 p.nl. G.P.0.
Apr. 30, 5 p.m. Ord.
.Apr. 30, 7 pm.. Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Aus
tralla by "Imperial Aleways Direct Service due Sydney, 6th May. K.P.O.
...Apr. 30, 5 p.m. .Apr. 30, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.
Reg. Ord.
Iteg,
Ord.
.Apr. 30, 5 p.m. ..Apr. 30. 7 p.m.
Manila, Australia and New Zealand
via Thursday Island-due Thurs- day Island, 13th May.
Rez
Ord.
Ref.
Ord. Japan
Saigon
K.L.O.
..Apr. 38, 5 p.m.
Apr. 30, 5.30 pan. G.1.0.
Apr. 30, 5 pan.
.Apr. 30, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 1
"There is another inside the house which does not lead anywhere but conceals a bookcase.”-
the 1st May, 1940, at 12 o'clock ple living near knew of his pussion
for sliding doors. (Noon), for the purpose of receiv ing the Report of the Board of Directors and 4 Statemeat of Accounts for the year ended on the 31st December, 1939, and electing Directors and Auditors.
At the inquest a verdiet was re- turned that Captain Rogers died from a slot inflicted by his wife, who then shot herself while
the
The Transfer Books of the Com-balance of her mind was disturbed, pany will be closed from the 22nd April to the 1st May, 1910, both days inclusive,
"We will destroy England! Every German worker is racially more worthy than any English Lord," he screamed.
Know Only Money He went on: "The English ore a race of capitalists, plutocrats and Air liners of the Hannibal class despised aristocrats, whose only thought is their money, and who employed on Empire air services are to be replaced by more up-to-date know nothing but profits. aircraft as soon as they are available, their freedom and national existence, "They begrudge the German people Sir Kingsley Wood, the Air Minister, and they, begrudge, German Youth, Rnnounced.
He added that thirteen
aircraft your future. now used on those services (which "They blockade and want to starve had been described as semi-obsolete) us! They will not succeed." were airworthy and had given ex- service. They would continuç cellent to do so until it was possible to re- place them.
EXHIBITION OF
The ten-year-old air liner Hanni- WATER COLOURS
FIFTII COLUMN IN FRANCE
Paris, Apr. 20.
bal was lost on March I'on her way counter esplonage service Jus arrested about 4,000 to Alexandria with four passengers Secretary. Communist wreekers" and many and crew of four.]
By Order of the Board,
IL ALVES,
Hongkong, 15th April, 1940.
M.S. "PANAMA”
- Consignees of cargo by the
7 pan. above vessel are notified that all cargo is being discharged into the
10 am.
Straits and Lotion via Long-Sea-Godowns of the Hongkong and
Route due London, 11th June
G.P.O. and K.P.Q.
Parcels Reg...
Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd. whence delivery
be CAL) ..........May 1, 5 pm. affected
presentation on
of
The
French
German agents since September, in an effort to destroy the "Fifth Column" suspected of collusion with sabotage in war production.-United Press.
The Hongkong Working Artists' Guild is holding an exhibition to-day at St. John's Cathedral Hall of water colours and pen and ink sketches by
AMERICA SENDS Mr. Johnson Les
WARPLANES WASHINGTON, Apr. 29 (Iteuter). EBSCOS-Aircraft exports for the first quar
Journal.
May 29.45 original Bills of Lading counter of the May 2, 10.30 a.m. Ceylon, India, Mombasa, signed by the Marshal in Prize,}
Ord, ............ Straits,
Beira, Lourenco-Marques, East and Courts of Justice. All charges Hongkong
South Africa
Amoy
Shanghai Shanghai
.10.30 m Incurred in landing and ware- 12.30 pm housing this cargo are for the Fisheries 12.30 12.17. ..2.30 pm. account of consignees; pending
Alr Staft for Indo-Chlas, Iran, and completion of Steamer's recount,
Fratico (Paris and Northern Pro-
vinces only) toy the "Air France Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and
a deposit of the amount of the Research
Airways Direci Service"-dua
Paris, Oh May.
Rek., Ord,
Rex.. Ord..
K. P. O.
May 1, 5.00 p.m.
May 1, 0.30 p.m.
Edited by
Dr. G. A. C. Herklots
Godown Company's Tariff Landing Station Charge plus 100% la payable, this amount being subject to final G. P. O,
adjustment. Hong Kong Cargo May 1, 5.00 p.m. remaining undelivered after 4 p.m. ..May 1, 7.00 pm on Tuesday, the 30th Aprli is Thursday, May 2
to additional .7.15 am. Subject
storage Now on Sale 4.30 am. charges. All damaged packager Shanghai and Parcels only for Tien- will be survoyed by Mesara. at
tsin
12.30 pm. Anderson & Ashe at 10 am, on Swatow
1 p.m. Manila, Salgon, Bangkok, Mauritius, Monday, 29th April.
Reunion, Madagascar, Lourenco-, No fire insurance has been Marques, and South Africa
effected. 3.30 p.m.
Canton Monila
Amoy Manllä
.7 pan. 1
.7 p.m.
ter of this year were valued appro-
statements
Mr. Lee is one of the many artists who have been brought by the war to Hongkong. His work is somewhat different from the work which the Guild has recently exhib
exhibited. water colours and sketches are! ximately at $68,750,000, representing of lovely scenes western style and an increase of 225 per cent. over the simple straightforward
period last year, ne-specially emphasise the atmospheric corresponding cording to a statement by the De- beauty of Eastern scenes.
Mr. Lee has been aselsting in de- partment of Commerce,
Ten of 70 purchasers took 9 per signing posters for the Anti-Tuber- cent. of the total,
culosis campaign-particularly in the France headed the list with pur-lay out of effective Chinese charac
ters. chases totalling approximately $33,-
This has led him to suggest that| 000,000. Others
were
Australla, he will donate 40 per cent. of the $7.750,000; United Kingdom $pronts of to-day's exhibition to the 000; Conada, $4,500,000; Finland
Anti-Tuberculosis campaign.
$1.50000; Sweden $2,250,000; Turkey
Norway $1,500,000; China
$1,250,000; and Dutch East Indies FOOD SITUATION
$750,000.
March exports totalled $2,750,000, which is the third largest monthly total ever recorded und exceeded only by those of Fast December and January,
HOSPITAL SHIP BOMBED
LONDON, Apr. 29 (Reuter's Cor-
Tho
IN OSLO
OSLO, Apr. 20 (Reuter).—The Nazi adininistrator of occupied Nor- way admits that the food situation in Oslo to very serious.
One quarter of the country's cattle will have to be slaughtered to nave fodder, he says.
.
Gorman Wounded GOTHENBURG, Apr. 20 (Reuter).
Morning Post Building, respondent somewhere in Norway).4 fugitive from Oslo has told a Price $3.00.
T. J. GOULD,
Marshal in Prize. Ar #5 SEAS
Norwegian hospital ship, Gothenburg newspaper that the civi Brand IV, was heavily bombed by lion patients have been moved out of German planes to-day of Aalesund, Oslo hospitals
says the Norwegian telegraph agency, Nazi soldiers.
Five persons were killed, including Convoys
n doctor, and many were injured. nightly.
to make room
for
mmbulances
arrive
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Relayed from London
Radio Programme Broadcast by Z. B. W. on a' Frequency of 840'k.c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.10 p.m. and B-11 p.m. on 0.62 m.o's, per Kecond,
9,20 London Relay-News Sum- mary.
0.30 London Relay-"Cards on the Tablo."
D.45 Compositions of Moussorgsky, 10.20 B., C. Recording Money for Nothing."A Sketch.
10.35 Dance Muslo-Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day, Hot Toddy, and His Orchestra; 12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter-Cab Calloway
Marlo La O, Tendre Bolero, Lecuona cession.
Elyana Cuban Boys with 12.30 Carroll Gibbons (Flano) and (Vocal): A New Moon and an Old
Gets In Serenade, Wa've como a long way.'. His Boy Friends-Sinoke Your Eyes, You've Got To Admit, Life Together, Harry Roy and His Orches
Gelin
Is Just A Dowl of Cherrries, Sleepy tra; The Veletu, St. Bernard Waltz,
Silvester and Hin Ballroom
time Down South, Can't We Talk It Victor Over, Now That You're Gone, Mon- Orchestra.
hattan Music Box-Film Selection, 11.00 Close Down. Love and Hisses-Film Selection, If
You Love Me.
1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report,
1.03 Reginald Foart at the Organ.
1.13
Maurice Winnick and is Orchestra ir Dance Music.
Her Strip
1.30 Re. Ar and Rugby Press, F Weather Forecast and Amounce- menis
1.45 Musical Comedy Selections, "Anything Goes" Selection, Jack Hylton and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain; "The Desert Song Vocal Gems, Light Opern Company with Orchestra; "Glamorous Night" Selec- flon, Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra; "It the Deck"-Vocal Genn, Light Opera. Company with Orchestra.
2.15 Close Down.
G.00 An Hour of Dance Music.
Tease
Act Was
Banned
PHYLLIS DIXIE'S strip tease 7.00 Closing Locni Stock Quota- act, "Confessions of a Fan Dan- tions,
7.02 Aldershot Cominand Search-eer," was taken out of the bill Welt Talloo, 1936. Massed Bands of at Cardiff New Theatre recently The Aldershot
Eastem Com- at a few minutes' notice. munds.
and
7.20 Songs by Peter Dawson (Bass- Baritone),
7.30 London Relay-The News, 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcement,
8.03 Latest
Variety Numbers.—
Just before the curtain rose she was handed a telegram from her London agent.
Il read: Strip teure Confessions of Fan DanectOut."
"What seems to have happened is
Sing with the Guards, Regimental that the Lord Chamberlain, having Band of H. M. Grenadier Guards natleed the publicity about the show cond, by Major George Milier; Lonely at Sunderland last week, has decided Sweetheart, Lucky You, Lucky Me, to prohibit it for the time being." Miss
Dixie
sald Turner Layton; Heaven Will Be
At Sunderland she withdrew the Heavenly. The Only One Who's DII- Acult is You, Pat Kirkwood with act voluntarily after objections.
"It is not a strip tease act," siz Orchestra; Somebody's Asked Me, I Didn't Orier 'A Ett It, Jack Warner; said, "but a satire on strip tease in The Day I Rode To Brighton On My general,
Act Was Passed Bike, We'ye Nowt Like Thee In Lon- Tessie O'Shea with her Banju- lele and Orchestra; I'll Remember, Somewhere In France With You, Leslie Hutchinson.
don.
8.41 Max Miller in the Theatro (Recorded in the Finsbury Park Em-
"There is nothing in it to which anyone can take exception."
Miss Dixie said she gave the identi-. cat scene at the same theatre in Cardiff Just before Christmas.
The act was passed by the Lord Chamberlain a month ago, and has 9.00 London Relay-Speech by Mr. not been altered, she asserted. Ronald Cross, Minister of Economic
She anticipates that the scene will Warfare, at lunchcon given by Ameri- [have to be repassed before it can be can Chamber of Commerce in Lon-performed again. This may be done
In a day or so.
pira),
don.
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