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WE OFFER highest pricen to any amount of gold äriletes, Juden, Jewels, diamonds, ete. Apply Eurasin Gold Refining Co., 7th floor, China Dulld- ing. Tel. 30727,
WE PAY HIGH PRICES for all gold and allver articles, diamonds, jades, Jewels and gold dust. Apply China Gold Refining Co., Pedder Building, 2nd floor.
FOR SALE.
FRESH SUPPLY · of flower and vegetable needs of best varieties from
Suiton & Sons, Lid, just received Graco & Co., 10, Wyndham Street, llongkang. Established 1095.
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THE INDO-CHINA STEAM PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS 66
NAVIGATION CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
The Fifty-ninth Ordinary General Meoling of the Company will be held at the Offices of the General Managers, Messrs. Jär dine, Matheson & Co.. Ltd.. Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on Thursday, 30th May, 1918, at noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directorɛ, pussing. the Accounts, and electing Direc tors and Auditors.
May 3, 1940.
Spies Allowed To Broadcast - From Britain
"NEWS" TO MISLEAD
PUT
IN
ENEMY
THEIR WAY
RÁDIO STATIONS operated by enemy agents are
The Real Sheikhs still working in England-by permission of the British
THERE are sheikhs and district, was so shocked at Pheikhs.
of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the Gth! day of May, 1940, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency fam-Governor of one Lot of Crown Land al Mong Kok, 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 Sur- veyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 75 years, Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the diapo- The Transfer Books of the Com-xal of the jot the Purchaser (if any will be closed from the 23rd not the applicant) will be required
nathorised RUDOLF to deposit with
VAL- May to 13th June inclusive.
most officer who will be present at the ENTINO,
famuns
of the JARDINE, MATHESON & male, the sum of two hundred
Hollywood Shelkh Abu Sitta, lender, Co., LTD.
dollars, ($200) in cash.. This sum
Sheikhs,
of the tribal heufs of the General Managora. will be refunded on payment of
the Purchase price,
By order of the Board,
Colony, Price $1.50. Obtainable at|,Hongkong, 16th April, 1940. Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., Hongkong Travel Bureau or from the Publishers, South China Morning Post, Ltd.; Wyndham Street.
POST OFFICE
INWARD MAILS Australia and Manila U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan
hal (San Francisco Aprit)
Japan and Shanghai
Manila
Salgo
Shanghol
...May 3. and Shang- date, 11th May 3. Miny 3.
•May 3.
May 3.
THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED.
Notice to Shareholders
The Fifty-Ninth Ordinary Meet- Ing of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the undersigned on
Wednesday, the 22nd May, 1940, at Noon, for the purpose of receiv- ing the Report of the General Agents, together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1939,
May 3. The Share Register and Trans-
Europe via Suez and Straits (Lortoner Books will be closed from the
date, 10th March)
Shanghai
Air Mall by "Imperial
May 4.
..May 4.
48th May to the 22nd May, 1910, Airways both days inclusive.
„Direct Service" London date, 27011
April.
Bangkok and Tourane
Shanghal and Amoy
"Halpheng........
May 5
May 5.
May 3
5.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., General Agenta. .May 6, Hongkong, 1st May, 1940. Francisco
Air Mail by "Pan American Airways
Direct Service"-San
date, 30th April,
OUTWARD MAILS
Friday, May 3
May 7.
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Manila, Rabnul, Australia, and New)
Zealand vla
R.
Brisbane-due Bis- PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
G.P.O. & K.P.O.
bone, 20th May,
Par.
Ref.
O
Amoy
...Nonn. 11.45 p.m. .2.30 p.m.
4.30 p.m. Parcels only for Tientsin...1.30 pan. Manila
.7.00 p.m. Saturday, May 4 Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa, Estypt and Europe via Sucz and London Parcels due, London, 14th June.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Kowloon laland Lot
No. 4275.
Between Fa Yuen Street,
& Sai Yee Street.
No. of Sale
BeListry No
Locality
Boundary
Measurements
NH..
asier entr plan.
W.
żad try
22,500
3 414
$ 56,250**
i aq. feet.
¡ Contents
1 Upset.
Price
G. Bom R.
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 6th day of May, 1940, at 3 paı, al the Oflees of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excelleney the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Cheung Sha Wan, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, commencing trom 1st July, 1828, 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 24 years less the last three days thereof,
of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the th day of May, 1910, at 3 p.m., at the Oflices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Shamshui- po, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, com- mencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the that immediately after the dispu Intending bidders are advised Surveyor of Ilis Majesty thesal of the lot the Purchaser (if KING, for one further term of not the applicant) will be required 24 years less the last three days
to deposit with An authorised thereof.
officer who will be present at the Jutending bidders are advised sale, the sum of two hundred that immediately after the disponilars, ($200) in cash. This sum sal of the lot the Purchaser (if will be refunded on payment of May 4, 5 pm not the applicant) will be required the Purchase price.
5.30 p.m. to deposit with
G.P.O. & K.P.0. Parcels....May 4, 10.00 a1; Reg.
May 4, 11.45 m. Ord.
.May 4, 12.30 p.m. Shanghai and Parcels only for Tien-1
....I pan. .3.30 p.m. Air Mail for "Imperial Airways . Direct Service"-due London 12th
May
G.P.O. & K.P.0.
tsin Manila
KCE.. Ord..
Bangkok
Haiphong
Day 4. 5.30 p.m.
an authorised
.5.30 p.m. oficer who will be present at the PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Sunday, May-5- Fort Boyard and Hoihow..... a.. Shanghai
Haiphong
Monday, May 6
.9.00 a.m.
sale, the sum of two-hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum. will be refunded on payment of „Noun, the Purchase price.
Saigon, Madang. Salamaun, Rabaul] PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
and Tulagi
Canton
.2.30 p.m.
7 p.m.
SCIENCE BATTLES LOVE
FOR A MAN'S LIFE!
DISPUTED PASSAGE
A Paramount Picture with
Dorothy Lamour Akim Tamiroff
· John Howard •
Produced and Directed by FRANK BORZAGE Based on the Novel by Lloyd C. Douglas
TO-MORROW AT THE
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
No of Sale
New Kowloon Inland Lot
Registry No.
Junction of Castle Peak
Road and Yen Chou
Locality
Street.
Boundary Measurement
N..
FW.
fast fest feet]trati
se per sale
plan.
Contents in
Ann, Rant.
Upset Price
| No. of Zate
mq. fool
917
Locality
a
Tweet
$ 12,600
2
New Kowloon Infand Lot Registry?
Sha No. 2769. Junction of Castle Peak Road and Hing Waha
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DEY
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
Steamship.
Bringing Cargo from Marseilles via Saigon.
Consignees are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored into ine the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow- loon, where delivery may be obtain- ed immediately after landing.
Godowns of the
All claims must be sent in to me on or before 5th
will not be recognized: 1940, or they
Packages
Damaged ages will be examin- cd by the Company's Surveyor Messrs:Goddard and Dougins in the presence of the Consignees at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, 1st May, 1940,
Consignees must have a Revenue Omeer in attendance when any dult- able goods are examined by the Com- pany's Surveyors,
No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.
R OIL. Agent,
METROPOLE
CHOTEL CENTRAL - CLEAN. "COMFORTABLE - FIREPROOF
Cheung
Sioun lary
Memaurements
N.
W
Au per salo
plan.
Contents in
sq. feet
Annual
Rental.
5,400
$ 74
pset Price}
4,050
the Hollywood portrayal of Arah life that he called a inceting.
One sort of shells-the reat Bedouin of Southern Palestine--bas now become
All the shelkho, includ- very annoyed with the
ing those who havę never oller sori-those made in seen a lim, expressed in- Hollywood,
And no wonder. Some of them have just seen a Hollywood sheikh Aún in a data etnema.
Alignation.
Finally. Sheikh Abu Kitta himself agreed to write a story of Bedouin ble for Blm production to show Hollywood how it
uld be done.
Secret Service.
Britain's secret radio squad has tracked down dozens of short-wave broadcasting stations worked by spies, but not all of them have been silenced.
It pays to let them go on sending out their messages, In this way British wireless engineers and technielans, enrolled some thne before the war began, have helped to save hundreds of lives and dozens of British ships.
Their efforts have revealed many ing in all parts of the country, listen German secrets. Sples and disaffect throughout the 24 hours. ed prisons tuve been allowed to con-| Time their activities until they have implicated their friends.
J
In Secret Code Members of the radio squnul, work- unregistered short-wave
NAZI BOMBERS ATTACK A CONVOY
LUPESCU MAY BE
ØBBBBBBBSO GOING TO
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ENGLAND
MADAME LUPESCU, King Carol's red-haired, friend, is expected to
| proceed to England on a short visil. She left Bucharest two days before King Carol lifted the ban on Faset Iron Guard.
the
Iron Guard leaders have campaign- ed raini Madune Lupescu for many years,
Bombing Attempts
Bomb attempts have been made frequently ntains her vilin in Bucharesi, which is near the Royal Palace.
Once before, l 1930. when a pro-
Guard Government Iron
ruled Rumania for n short time, Madame Lupescu left the country.
With all Iron Guard members re- leased from prisons and concentration camps she fears again for her safety. Assumed Namo
Madame Lupescu la travelling by car and under an assumed name, Later she intends to go io United States.
the
MADAME LUPESCU
HERE IS ONE of the most dramatle photographs of the war, showing a Nazi bamber in the net of attacking * British convoy. An attendant destroyer gets her guns into action, anti- aircraft shrapnel is seen burst- Ing around
at the attacking bombers. In this attack one neutral ship was lost two ather neutral vessels suffered damage. With their usual ex-
an
travagance. the Nazis claimed Ural nine ships, including
Belfish warship, were sunk in the attack Copyright..
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They tune tu, not the German pro- paganda broadcasts, such as those of Lord Haw Haw-that is the work of the BB.C.'s monitor service-but to
stations, which transmit Morso in secret code. These coded messages are carefully recorded, and sent for decoding to u special department of the British Secret Service.
Une station not in the secret category, but which is being allowed to continue working because of its effectiveness, is that calling itself the New British Broadcasting Station.
This first came on the air on a 50.63 metres wavelength, opening its pro- gramme with a record of a Scottish medley played by a famous British rudio pianist.
Attacked Pramicr
It is strongly, anti-Jewish and anti- British in the matter it broadcasts, and recently the announcer attacked Lord Halifax and Mr. Chamberlain, Capi A. H. M. Ramsey, Conserva- tive M.P. for Peebles and Southern. will ask the Minister of Information in Parliament if he proposes to reply ju the propagande put out by this station. Other propaganda attempts are being made inside England by would- be Lord Haw-Haws with portable transmitters,
They give "details" of local defence 'measures, but the "information" they give is only old news rehashed in n attempt to frighten unthinking people.
Letter to Wife: Secret Weapon
A LETTER written by a man:
to a married woman was referred as her husband's "secret"
lo
weapon," by Mr. Justice Hallett in divorce proceedings at Man- chester Assizes.
He granted a decree nisl to Mrs. Belty Combes, of Ayres Road, Old Trafford, Manchester, who petitioned for.divorce on the grounds of alleged misconduct by her husband, Sydney Combes, a salesman in October, 1938, with a girl now aged 17.
Respondent and the girl named
allegation.
dented the
Granting the decree and giving Mrs. Combes custody of the child of the marriage, Mr. Justice Hallett said:
It was quite clear that when Mrs. Combes presented her petition there was another man who was violently In love with her, and whom she ad- milledly desired to marry If she obtained a decree."
The impression on his mind, con- tinued the judge, was that respondent did not intend to defend the case at all until he got hold of this letter.
"He suddenly discovered the secret weapon to put an end to these pro- ceedings. As a matter of law he was wrong.
Speaking of the evidence given by Mr. Combes and the girl named, the judge said to his mind it did not ring. true,
THE BOOK
Our. very first need in present times is a radical renewal in the ille of every fadividual renewal that can come only it we return to the New Testament, the very source of Christianity, said Queen Wilhel~ mina of Holland in a speech recently..
£3-a-week life for
J
celibate
clergy
CHURCH OF ENGLAND clergymen have been in- vited to join a new association, the Company of Mission Priests, whose members will forego marriage, lead a life of poverty, and become the missionaries of England.
The scheme is receiving enthu- can keep a wile and family on £3 static support from rectors; vicars a week a priest should by able to
live on the same. mandi enatus.
The aim of the founders is to staff Many have written asking for - formation to Father I. S. Wigram, a parishes by a vlear and curates liv- priest of the Society of St. John the ling a communal life with a common Evangelist, at St. Edward's House, purse.
Where this is not possible, assis {tant staffs can be composed of the mission priests.
Officer Told: Hands Grent College-street, S.W
Out Of Pockets
A noted Rumanian at present in Noticing that a Royal Engineers" London is Edgar Ausnit, industrialist, offteer in the witness-box at Roches- whose brother Max, one of the richtster county court had his hands in his men of South-East Europe, has just
Clergymen who already hold Ilvings can join the association by making over a proportion of their salary.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has already approved the new association, saying he hones it will appeal to younger priests, in view of the critical position of the Church and of national life. The idea has been put forward by Anglican
This will be woed to Лnance the superiors of three orders, the Society of St. John, the misafon priests in other parishes. been sentenced to six years impri-pockets; Judge Clements told him.
The primary object .of the sonment by a Bucharest court.
"You are an officer in His Majes-Community of the Resurrection and
association is to increase the number Ausnit's sentence in altributed
one ty's Army. This is
of Is the Society of the Sacred Mission.
maintain that the average of priests to work in distressed areas Naz!
has
They pressure. He
and you will notį
housing estates, which salary of a viene and curate should and industrial interests in Britain and Is Majesty's courts a strong advocate of close Anglo-stand here with your hands in your keep at least three priests living threaten to become the new centres
an artisan of heathendom," SSSSSCENED. Rumanian retations.
pockets, please."
communally, and that it
On Sale at Morning Post Building,
to mony