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NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
The Fifty-ninth Ordinary General Meeting of the Company will be bold at the Offices of the General Managers, Messra. Jar- dino, Matheson & Co.,Ltd.. Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on Thursday, 30th May, 1940, at noon, for the purpose of recolving the Report of the Director, passing the Accounts, and electing Diroc- tors and Auditore.
Tho Transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed from the 23rd May to 13th Juno luclusivo.,
By order of the Board.
JARDINE, BIATHESON & Co., LTD.
General Managers.
Hongkong, 16th April, 1940.
G.
BER.
are, executing PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS they ing where
G.H.Q. of the Sale by Pubile Auction all orders from Supreme
to be held on Monday, the 27th with perfect mobility and freedom and taking up the dispositions by
day of May, 1940, at 3 p.m., at which they will participate in the
the Offees of the Public Works #rent counter-attack now beginning
Department, by Order of His in the Cambral sector.
Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Sham- shulpo, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal`at a- Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for ono further term of 24 years less the last three days thereof.
The two Allied armies-those in the north and those in the soull:- are actually only about 35 miles. The head of the northern apart. army is roughly at La Quesnoy (be- tween Valenciennes and Cambrai) while the hend of the southern-army- is at Le Cateau, just south of Cam- brot.
heads are alowly These two drawing together, squeezing the ever-thinning Naz! lines between them.
Gondralissimo's Tactics General Weygand's 'tuelles are ob- vious. If the two Allied armies meet anywhere near Cambrol, the entire German forces west of this area wil be cut off and completely isolated by the entire strength of the Allied Forces over two, perhaps over three, million men-and the vast strength of nur mechanised
Army,
In framing the plans for his coun- ter-attack, General -Weygand acted from a personal survey of the situa- tion.
Flies Over German Lines Flying over the-German lines, the Generalissmo held a detalled con- ference-yesterday-with-General
Giraud--incidentally, General Giraud,
has been
according to German report any for
"prisoner of war" in
three days and the drat
was the Allied
consequence
counter-attack on
Arras, which liberated that important
ht
centre communications
and drove
the Germans back from their lines
in the coal basin. General Giraud
is in command of the coalition
of
British, French, Belgian and Dutch armies in the north.
General Weygand's plans are be- ing kept secret, but most military analysis anticipate some big effort
within the next 48 hours
The four Allied armies massed on the Escaut River fought intensely and continually to cover the strategie retreat from Belgium, but there is no continuous front and no actual con- tact with the enemy,
Bulk Of Nazis Held
The bulk of the German army has been held east of Cambral and west of the pivotal city. The Germans have only swift moving light elements which dash around the countryside apreading destruction mainly among the civilians.
These German mechanised forces are insufficient in number to stand up to a frontal fight, and there were barely 50 tanks and light cars trying to hold ArTns when the Allies captured the elty.
rem
It is estimated that Amiens is hold by less than 6,000 German troops, and there should be no difficulty in re- gaining this city.
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Intending bidders are advised that Immediately after the dispo sal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be requir ed to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No. of Bale,
New Kowloon Inland
Los ;
Rexistry 2
Locality
No. 2793. Junction of Castle Peak Road and Pratas Street, Shamshaipo.
Boundary
Measurement
feen feet]fest feat
plan.
1.9
Contents
sq. feet
Ann.
Rent.
Upset Frica
be
Abast
23,100
$ 318
23,100
G. R.
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
of the Sale by Publle Auction. to be held on Monday, the 27th day of May, 1940, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Stanley, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a 'Crown Ront to be fixed by the Sur- veyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further torm of 75 years. Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo an of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be requir ed to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, (200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No. of Sale.
Bisuley inland Los
No. 10.
Registry No.
Stanley.
Locality.
Boundary
Comencement
·N.
th
Me per sale
plan
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CHINA EMPORIUM
Stabilising Prices
Szachuon Govt. Sets
Up Department
CHUNGKING, May 23-(Reuter)- A Department for Price Stabilisations has been organised by the Szechuen Provincial Government with a capital of $20,000,000 subscribed partly by Ministry of Economic Affairs ant partly by the Provincial Treasury.
The work of the Department will be centred at Chengtu where the aggravated price situation, particular ly that of rice, causes
diacon- much tent.
Underselling Markets k Recently the Government sent 48,- | 000 piculs of rice on 150 hand carts to Chengtu to undersell the local market quotation.
will also The new department will deni in other daily necessities such as cloth and salt. Its work will be parallel to that of the National Price Stabilisation Commission of Chung- king, which at present is Importing large quantities of goods from coastal centres in an effort to bring down be local prices....
BIG BATTLE FOR CAMBRAI
FROM PAGE ONE
and forth between the fighting aane and the coast.
This did not mean effective occupa tion.
The British and French troops, he said,
were heavily engaging the enemy in the Cambral sector.
The French were entrenched on the south bank of the Aisne River. The Germans had not renewed their attacks in the Rethel sector.
Ding-Dong Struggle South-east of Arres, in the Cam- bral sector the fighting was going Arst one way and then another.
In
northern Belgium the Allied and German troops were fighting hard in the Scheldt. seetor.
Important Fighting PARIS, May 22' (Reuter)—It is announced that. Important fighting occurred
between this afternoon Cambrai and Valenciennes.
May 23, 1940.
Exchange At A Glance
JELLING
T.T. Landon Demand London T.T. Shanghal T.T. Singapore
THI. India TT. U.S.A. Manila TT T.T. Batavia T.T. Bangkok T.T. Snigen TT. France TT. Switzerland TT. Australia
BUYING
4 m/s L/C London
4 m/s D/P London
4 m/s L/C USA.
4 m/s France
30 d/s India
14834
10037
10.90
.074
.1/0
1/31 1/3
..21 .11.50
.84%
U.S..Cross rale in London 4.0214 U.S. Cross rate in N.Y...3.2334
POST OFFICE
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
On Friday, the 24th May, the
·General Post Office and Kowloon Central Post Ofco will be open from 8 a.m. to: neon, Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be open from 8 am. to 10 a.m. and the other Branch Post Offices will be entirely closed.
There will be one collection from the pillar boxes as on Sundays, one delivery of ordinary correspondence at 11.30 am, and one delivery of registered correspondence at 11 am.
There
be one delivery of will also ordinary correspondence at 11 am.
The from
Branch Post Offices at Stanley, Talpo and Un Long.
The Money Order Office will be entirely closed.
INWARD MAILS
Air Mail by 'Tan American Airways Direct Service”—San Francisco dato, 14th May,
„May 23. Canton
...... May 23, Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-Lendon date, 18th May,
Canton It is not known here how large the Japan German forcas engaged were, but Bangkok
operations are described as the Japan and Manila the most important of the day's opera- Shanghai tions,
May 24. May 24,
May 24.
my 25.
May. 25.
May 25
Saigon
May 25
Straits
Air Mall by Imperial Airways Ülest Bervice" London date, 18th May
May 26
May 26.
May 26
.May 26.
Movement of Allled troops is re ported. In the region of Arras, bat does not appear to have provoked any German reaction.
Between Arras-and-the-Somme the Australia-and-Manila- situation remains confused.
Manila Gorman motorised light cavalry: Shanghai and Amoy
„May 20. continues its raus, the point of the USA, Honolulu and Japan (San push reaching to, the south of the
Francisco date, 18th April) May 20. Somme,
Haiphong On the Somme and the Aisne, con- Halphong -siderabio--French forces continue to Japan-and-Shanghal-
take a firm footing.
Enormous German Los501 LONDON, May 22
Shanghai Japan
(Reuter) Java and Manila German troops have suffered enorm-Saigon. ous losses in the offensive in northern Shanghai. France, according to a Paris radio message.
The number of casualties is es Limated at half a million.
Front Hold Everywhere LONDON, May 23 (Reuter)-It was learned in London to-night that the B.E.F. front has been held every- where and that the casualties are not heavy.
iwo
Canton
May 27.
May 27
27.
May 27.
May 27.
May 29.
26.
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DIAMONDS, JEWELLERY,
WATCHES, FANCY GOODS.
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IS THE STORE
WHAT'S WRONG
Many 28. WITH OLD SCHOOL
.Moy
May 28.
(Continued from Page 'G.)
Air Mall by "Air Franos Direct Ser
viceParis dale, 22nd, May.
May 20. May 29, were precious memories evoked by a public school of which a day-boy OUTWARD MAILS
could have 110 experience. The Thursday, May 23
public-school boy, he said, leads a Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu communal life, lives in a world with-
RADIO
ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) ano 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Fely Morales (Soprano)
From the Studio Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency and U.S.A, by the "Pan American In a world, whereas the day-boy
al 845 ke's, and on Short Wave from Airways Direct Servics."
leads a kind amphibian existence K.P.O.
between school and home, so that 1-2.15 pm, and 8-11.15 p.m. on 9.52 May 23, 5.00 p.m. school can never win more than ball m.c's. per second. May 23, 5.30.p.m. his heart. I doubt this. I fancy I
Reg.
Ord.
12.15
Hi KT .0.
should have been considerably less May 28, 8,00 p.m. devoted to school if I had been kept eession. .May 23, 1.00 p.m. a prisoner in the place,.
7.00 px. 7.00 p.
Short Service of Inter-
The British counter-attacked be tween Arras and Douai. The results of this encounter are not yet known.
The Belgain troops launched coun- Reg. ter-attacks against the Cerman Ord. troops who had crossed the Scheldt in Amoy
counter-attacks Dairen places. Both
Shangbai
Friday, May 24 Canton
12.40 Tangos and Waltzes or boarding schools of any kind. call this a prejudice, for many of my 1.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Swatow, Amoy and Formosa
friends were at public schools and Report.
see, they suffered
1.03 Bir Harry Lauder In a Book-- Parcels only for Tientsin...Noon.ittle harm by it. They are not more tish Programme. Shanghai
p.15. 12.30 The Comedy Harmonisis. Humercake (Dvorak), Liebesleid It may be mainly because I was (Kreisler), Solitude (De Long, Mills 7.p.m. a day-boy that I have always had and Ellington), with Plano accom-
were successful.
NO OFFICIAL OPPOSITION
LONDON, May 22 (Reuter)-The Labour Parliamentary Party has re- affirmed its confidence in Mr. Clement Attlee as its leader and has appointed Mr. H. B. Lees-Smith to act as
Chairman.
The Party has decided to accept the Speaker's ruling that there is no ofcial Opposition in the House since there is no party capable of forming an alternative Government..
STOCK EXCHANGE
RECOVERS
......
a prejudice against public schools paniment
I
7.15 10.30 sam. ****
noon
.Noon. Noon.
far as I can
1.30 Reuter
2.15 Close down.
5.45 Stadio-Children's Hour, 6.45 Closing loool Stock Quota tione
and Rugby Press, Straits, Ceylon, India, Mombasa, given than other men to wearing airs
and Announce- I superiority. What does distinguish Beira, Lourenco Marques, East and of South Africa,
them, I think, is that self-confidence Weather Forecast ...Noon. Saturday, MAY 25
is commoner among them than among ments.
1.45 Flim Selection from "Para". 10.00 am, other men. And self-confidence, f
dise for Two," "Limelight," "Titart's. Shanghal
Neon. seems to me, is as useful an acquis Desire," "Thill Make You Whitle Bangkok
tion 03 a knowledge of logarithms Shanghai and Japan
nover could make out what log- Shanghai. (Parcels only)
3 pm, arithms were or of Greek accents, Halphong ...
Complaints are sometimes made Eermoon and Shanghai
that too many leading positions are Air Mall for "Imperial
Direct Service."
given to men from the public schools universities, and the
wonder, however, whether this is the result of favouritism and Old-School-Tie patriotism. It may be due partly at least, I fancy, to the self-confidence that is the product of a particular system of education.
Reg., Ord.,
Airways
G.PO. & K.P.O.
May 25, 5 p.m. May 25, 5.30 pan Tourane, Salgon, Bangkok..5.30 pm
Sunday, May 26
Monday, May 27
LONDON, May 22 (Reuter)-On Japan the Stock Exchongo to-day, the market was initially quiet with prices Manila lower, but on receipt of more cheer Haiphong ful war news, recovery was ensured with trading more active:
Although the final prices showed small losses on the day, they were generally well above the days of the lowest levels.
Wall Street was easy...
To Work Seven Days A Week LONDON, May 22 (Reuter) The Ministry of Supply has instructed all Royal Ordnance and contractor's works engaged on urgent Ministry of Supply contracts to warle full time for seven day's a week until further. notice;
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More Wages For
Women
LONDON, May 22 (Reuter)-An agreement has been reached between cemployers and the trade unions in connection with the rates of pay for women in engineering works,
If after 22 weeks a woman does not recurgerea putken und din Carty on the same work as d'oman, she will get a man's wager and „zzian's böntää,
.030 4.
Noon
Maltese Will Stay
Loyal
Hence, though I should half-like
that
6.47 Ses Bongs and Shanties by The Royal Naval Singers.
6.55 Dance Music.
1.30 London Relay-The News, 8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report und Announcementa.
chestra.
03 Marek Weber and His "957
by 8.35 Studio-Recital
Fely
Soprano) with to abolish the public schools, I feel Morales (Coloratura
1. Malda of Cadiz (Delibes); 2. for heere la something to be sold Piano accompaniment by Nura Kanis.
and their Old-School-Tie tradition, I shall not weep If they Sakall Man (Dr. F. Santiago); 8. Una disappear, but I shall sympathise Voce Pow Fa (from "Il Barbiere Di with those who do so long as the Siviglia"--Rossini), vanilo Jeux
Bizet Ballet do not get me into a corner and drool:
D'Enfants, Op. 22 their school reminiscences, pleas
Philharmonic Orchestra
9.15 London Helay-News Bumi
8.85
MALTA, May 22 (Reuter)-l Malta were attacked the Maltese But perhaps the public school will conducted by Antal Dorall. would throw the aggressor out as a now form better sulled to a new
they had done throughout their age. We are hastening, it is said, mary
-0.30 ··London · history, declared the Governor of towards a classless world in which Malta
Sir Donham Carter, that even public schools will become public France."
„§.45: Songa by Ninon Vallin speech to the Council of Government property. Even after privilege has to-day.
been abolished, however, the Old Drano), The Maltese are British-more School Tie, will, I am sure, still be British that some people think," he preserved. After all, it is to he (Hugo and Hahn), with Orchestral hoped, the world will go on, being civilised.
added
FRENCH WOMEN
MOBILISE
Si Mes Vers: Avalent Des Afles
accomp. Serenade (Toselli-D'Amor); Elegie (Massenet-Gallet), with Pinno and Violoncello,
by Fritz Kreis-
-0.40 Violla RAZREDA MR. CHURCHILL 0.13 Tchaikowsky Symphony
IN ERANCE
No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64,/
New Symphony. · Orchestra ducted by Sir Lindon Ronald.
11.0 London Relay Backgroguć to the New E
11:10 Close dowi
SPECIAL TO THE ""TELEGNAPHICA
W tym PARIS, May 22 (UP)/The LONDON, May 22 (Reuter)—Mr. French Minister for War to-day de Winston Churchill, the Prime Minis creed that French women between ter, accompanied by military naval the ages of 21 and 55 may errege as and air advisers, paid a short visit to auxiliaries in certain territorios, and France to-day to consult, with M. to join military formations and the Roynaud, the French Premier, and motive-my, fun- General Weymand the Commanders Govern
They may blo - an auxilliaries. In-Chier of the Allled armies, wages that pors to General Staff, In artillery services He returned to London in the way affected and Englücer corps.
Power Aët,
evening me
LONDON, May 22 (Rauter),"
the Emerzéne