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BANK HOLIDAYS
In accordance with Government Ordinance, The Exchange Banks will be closed for the transaction of Public Business on Monday, the 5th August, 1940. (The First Monday in August),
Hongkong, 31st July, 1940.
NOTICE
Notice is given that from the August 10 to the Hongkong Philatelic 1st of August, 1940, Mr. W. Society, G.P.O. Box No. 227, or cfo Vosmeer Box
004, "Hongkong
All Telegraph.'
bas been
appointed
stamps received will be sold by auc-Manager of our Hongkong Branch tion in old of the 5. C. M. Post and office.
Hongkong
Telegraph War Fund. announced
Further details will bo
Inter. Thank You!
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FOR SALE. "HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY THE CAMERA** Second Edition,
the
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RADIO
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p.m. Short Service of Inter-
12.30 Film Selections.
1.0 Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report,
1.03 A Scottish Programme.
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
1.45 Billy Cotton and Ills Band playing Dance Music.
2.15 Close down.
6.0 Compositions of Brahms.
6.34 Operatie Duets.
6.58 Closing local Stock Quota- 7.0 Marek Weber and His Orches.
Bons.
tra.
7.30 London Relay-The News. 0.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements;
8.03 Sours by John McCormack
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1 Met An Angel (Sievier-Morgan); Shannon River (Egnn-Morgan); A Prayer to Our Lady (Ford); Charm Me Asleep (Sanderson).
8.15 London Relay "If the In- vader Comes"
Experiences of the Home Guard. 8.43. Studio-Local Newsletter. 8.65 Orchestral Interlude. The Way to the Heart-Gavolle (Lincke); Stephanie Gavotte (Czi- bulka), Willy Steiner and His Salon Orchestra.
0.0 London Helay-The News, and Topical Talks.
0.45 Plano Solos by Egon Petri. Concert Study in D Flat Major Gretchen Am Splanrode
(Lisztarr. Liszt); Fantasia (in
Memory of My Father-Busoni, After J. S. Bach).
10.02 Violin Recital by Yehudi Menulla.
Caprice in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 6 (Poganini-Enesco); Turkish March (Beethoven-Auer); La Chasse (Car- tler-Kreisler); Songs My Mother Taught Me (Dvorak-Persinger); La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin (Debussy- Hartmann); Spanish Dance (Grana- dos-Kreisler).
10.22 Bizet's "Carmen" Act II. 11.0 Close down.
STOCK
MARKET REPORT
, Hongkong Stock Exchange official
summary lasued yesterday says:
Deals in H.K. Banks at $1,230 and H.K. Government 4% Loan at $101 were recorded, otherwise the morn- Ing was fairly quiet,
Buyers Youumal Ferries $21.
Bollers
Sales
Providents $3.00
H.K. Banks $1,230
Providenis $4
China Lights (old) $6.75
Telephones (old) $22.50
Sinceres $2.15
H.K, Govt: 4% Loan $101
RECEPTION FOR HITLER
London, July 31.
P. J. KLINK LTD.
(China- Handel My. Erven
P. J. Klink N.V.) General Manager.
Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
R.
BANKS
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter 125),
up Capital ..........................................* £1,000,000 Herve Lability of Proprietors £3,000,000 Reserve Fund............................................... $3,000,000
HEAD OFFICE:—LONDON. 30 Bishopsgate, E.0.1. Sub-Agencies in London: 117/122, Kadenhall Street, K.C3. West End Branch! 14/16, Cockapur Btrest, 8.W.1. -
Manchester Branch:
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 6th day of August, 1840, at 3 pm at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Exxcellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown. Land at Repulse Bay, In the Colony of Hong Kong, for a torm of. 76
the
of years, with
option renewal at a Crown Rent to ba fixed by the Surveyor of His Batavia Majesty the KING, for one further term of 75-years, Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo-
AX, Mosley Hugot, Manchester, 1.
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:
Alor Star
Amritsar Kanskak
Bombay
Hongkong
Harbin
Ipoh
,
Hallo
Karachi
Caizulta
Klang
Agencing:
Koba
Cive Street
Kuala
Canton
Cebu
Kuching
Madras
Manila
Medan
Fairlie Place Lumptar
Cawapre
Hamburg
Rangoon Saigon
Semarang
Seremban
Shanghai
Ringapore
Sitiawan
Bourabaya
Taiping
'Tientsin Tongkah
(huket) Tinglao Yokohama
...
General
New York Peiping
(Peking) Bankow Penang
TOREIGN EXCHANGE and Banking Business transacted.
CUIUENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for Uns Year or shorter periods in Lockl or Other Cur- rencies at rates which will be quoted on application.
sal of the lot the Purchaser (if Colombo not the applicant) will be required phong 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 As per 31st July, 1910, Mr. J. the Purchase price. Havelaar is no longer in charge of our business in Hongkong and PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. undertaker Executor & Trustee business, his Power of Attorney has been withdrawn.
The Premier, Mr. Churchill, ad- dressing war, workers to-day, said he' did not know, whether Hitler had missed the bus, but whatever hap paned he would” nót” hava'da com- fortable a scat. or as comfortable a Journey, as 'ho might have had a low: months agoUnited Press/R
NOTICE
P. J. KLINK LTD. (China Handel My, Erven P. J. Klink N.V.) General Manager.
NOTICE
As from this day we are no longer acting as Agents for:- JAVA CHINA TRADING COMPANY LTD.
P. J. KLINK LTD. (China Handel My. Erven
P. J. Klink N.V.)
1st August, 1940.
NOTICE
We have to-day, handed over to Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., the Agency for the Economic Insurance Company, Ltd., for the transaction of Marine Insurance business in Hong Kong, Canton and Macao.
FURNESS (FAR EAST) LTD. Hongkong, 1st. August, 1940.
THE "STAR" FERRY CO., LTD.
Rural Building
South Bay Road,
No. of Sale
Registry No.
Locality
G.
Boundary ¡Mossurements
N. . . W.
Icet teel fest fest
as per kale plan.
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 6th day of August, 1940, at 3 pm,
one
at the Offices of tho Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of Lot of Crown Land at Mong Kok, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75
the
of yenre, with
option renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 76 years. Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo- sal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required NOTICE is hereby given that an to deposit with an authorised Interim Dividend of $2.00 per Shure has been declared, for the officer who will be present at the half year ended 30th June, 1940, sale, the sum of two hundred 16th dollare, ($200) In cash. This sum payable 011 -AUGUST,—1910, on which_date will be refunded on payment of
Dividend Warrants may be obtain the Purchase price. ed on application at the Office of the Company, Kowloon.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
FRIDAY,
The Register of Shares of the from Company will be closed WEDNESDAY, 7th AUGUST to FRIDAY, 16th AUGUST, 1940, both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board of Directors.
C. M. MANNERS, Secretary and Manager. Hongkong, 29th July, 1940.
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Registry No.
Junction of Tong
Al Road and
Mong Kok Road,
Locality
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Vol. X No. 2
THE
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HONG KONG NATURALIST
A quarterly illustrated journal principally for Hong Kong and S. China.
Birds and Butterflies of. Hong Kong.
Noter on Vegetable Insect Pests in Hongkong
The Typhoon of Nov. 23, 1939,
Haif and Halos
A Synopsis of the Fishon of China,
atc., ate.
PRICE $2.00 Prepaid subscription $7.00 (Back Numbers from Vol. IV.
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BAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application. The Bank Head Offies in London and claims recovery of British Income Tax overpaid, on terms which rasy be ascertained at any of its Agencies and Branches.
B. A. CAMIDGE,
Manager,
The
Hongkong Telegraph Tenth Annual
Amateur Photographic
Competition
June September, 1940. Two Silver Trophies Awarded by ILFORD LTD,
For the best and second-best entries. Four Silver Trophies Awarded by EASTMAN KODAK CO. First Prizes in cach of the four Sections. $250 CASH PRIZES $250
SECTION ONE General Pictorial: Land and Seacapes:
Architecture: Street Scenes, etc. 1st. Silver Cup. 2nd. $30. 3rd. $20. 4th. $12.50. SECTION TWO Portraite: Informal Close-ups: Human Studies.
1st. Silver Cup.. 2nd. $30. 3rd. $20. 4th. $12.50.
SECTION THREE
Still Life and Table Top Studies. 1st. Silver Cup. 2nd. $30. 3rd. $20, 4th, $12.50.
SECTION FOUR- (Craftsmen's Section)
The whole of the work entailed in the production of every entry must have been done by the competitors who will be required to make a declaration to this effect. Each entry must have pasted on the back a special entry form abtainable on application from The Hongkong Telegraph from the Hon. Secretary, Hongkong Photographic Society. Subjects at the discretion of competitors.
or
1st. Silver Cup. 2nd. $30. 3rd. $20. 4th. $12.50.
RULES
The following Rules will govern the Competition:
1-The Competition la confined ́ex- clusively to amateur photo- graphers.
1. No employee or member of any frm in the photographic trade fa permitted to compete,
3. The prizes will be awarded to the competitors sending in what are adjudged to be the best photo- Rraphs in each Section. Each entry must be accompanied by a form which will be published during the period of the com- petition, and which must pasted on back of entry.
The right to publish any or mil of the entries is reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph,
-All photograph entered must have been" taken in the Colony of Hongkong. Photographs which have been already entered in other Competitions are ineligibla 6. No responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery of loss of or damage to entries,
1.-All entries to be either black, sepia, or toned pictures, and must be mounted. Coloured photo. graphs are ineligible. a-Pictures submitted in sapia tones should be accompanied by Knaller print in black and white. R-No picture to entered in more
than one Section.
3-Mounts to be only white or cream, must be of one of the following. sizes:-10x12 10x20.
11.-No correrpondence will be entered
into in connection with the Com petition. 12-Members of the Blaths of the Hongkong Telegraph and the Routh China Morning Post are not permitted to compete. 13-The decision of the Judges' shall
be final. i-At the conclusion of the Com- petition, entries will be returned to competitors on application st the Telegraph offices within seven days.
NAME
SECTION
ENTRY FORM
ADDRESS
Please use block letters and paste this on back of each Entry in sectione 1, 2, and 3.
August 1, 1940,
SPECIAL DISPLAY-
RECORD
THE WATCH
}
THAT IS CREATING RECORDS
for:
ACCURACY
SERVICEABILITY
BEAUTY OF DESIGN
A COMPLETE SELECTION--
including Waterproof Shockproof Watches Stainless Steel Cases.
$70.-with leather-bracelet $75.-with Stainless steel-bracelet
POST OFFICE
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Mail are- eloc 15. minutes enrlier than the time given below unless otherwise. stated, and where mails are advertis- ed to close at or before 0 a.m, regla- tered and parcel malls are closed at 5 pm, on the previous day. When malls are advertised to close after 5 p.m., Registered and Parcel mails are closed at 5 pm.
INWARD MAILS
"Imperial Air Mail by
Scrrice"
Airways - ....Aug. 1.
Canada, USA., Japan and Shang-
hai-(Vancouver B.C.
date 13th
July)
.Aug.
1.
Canton
.Aug. 1.
Halphong
.Aug. 1.
and Swatow
.Aug. 1.
Holpliong
.Aug. 2.
Japan.....
AUR. 2.
Japan and Shanghal,
Aug, 2.
Sindakan
Aug
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Manila
(San Francisco date, 10th July).
Strails
Aug. 2.
Aug. 3.
.Aug.
.Aug. 3.
Aug. 9.
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
POCKET WATCHES
WRIST WATCHES
from $25.-
Japan and Shanghal.
Palembang
Salgon
.Aug.
Shanghai
Aug. 3.
FANCY WATCHES
LAPEL WATCHES
Australia and Manila
Aug. 4.
Canton ...
.Aug. 4.
London and Straits
.Aug. 4.
Manila
.Aug. 4.
Air Mall by "Imperial Airways
GOLD
STAINLESS STEEL —
CHROMIUM
Service"
...Aug. 5.
Formosa, Amoy and Swatow
Aug. 5.
Halphong
Aug. .
Japan.
.Aug. 5.
Rabaul and Manila
.Aug. 5.
Shanghai.
.Aug. 5.
Air Mail by "Pan American Airways
Direct
Service"---San
Franciaco
date, 30th July,
„Aug. 6.
Shangh
.Aug. 7.
Java and Manila
.Aug. 7.
Manila
.Aug. 7.
hal, (San Francisco,
date 24th
June).
Calcutta and Straits
**
.Aug. 7.
.Aug. 8.
.Aug. 8.
London and Straits
.Aug. 8.
Salgori
.Aug. 8.
PRICES
Shanghai...
.Aug. 5.
Japan, Shanghai and Formosa
Aug. 10.
Japan and Shanghai
.Aug. 10.
Shanghai ....
.Aug. 10.
OUTWARD MAILS Thursday, August I
Shanghaf
...1 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
.3.30 p.m.
Friday, August 2
.0.30 am.
.0.30 am..
Shanghol
180 p.m.
Amoy
p.m.
Salgan and Bangkok
p.m.-
Zealand via Brisbane
G.P.O, and K.P.Q.
Por.
Reg.
.Aug. 3, 8.45 a.m.
Ord,
.Aug. 3, 8.30 a.m.
Saturday, August 3
Sandakan
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Pedder Street.
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Members of New York Cotton Exchange
Chicago-Board of Trade
Manila. Stock Exchange Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Commodity Exchange, Inc., New York
Canadian Commodity Exchange, Inc., Montreal
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Cable Address:
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BOMBERS
ARE MORE THAN EVER
NEEDED TO-DAY.
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THE FUND TO ASSIST BRITAIN'S WAR EFFORT.
The whole of the money subscribed is being handed to The Government of Hongkong for transmission to
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
For the Purchase of Aeroplanes or such other Armaments as the British Government may decide." Donations will be received by The South China. Morning Post. Cheques should be made payable to "War Fund South China Morning Post Limited.", All donations will be acknowledged in the column of The 5, C. M., Post & The Hongkong Telograph.
Japan and Shanghat
Fort Bayard
Manila
Amoy
Japan,
Manila, Rabaul, Australia and New
...Aug. 2, 5 p.m.
.8.30 a.m. Shanghai and Parcels only for Tien-
Isin
.....0 2.J. .10.30 am.
Fort Bayard Bangkok
2.30 p.m.
Straits, Ceylon, India East and South .....3.30 p.m. Africa, Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu, USA., Central and South America, Cano- da, and United-Kingdom via San Francisco (No Parcels for Canada).
G.P.O. and K.r.0. Parcels, ********* Reg.
Ord.
.Aug. 3, 4 p.m.
3. 5 p.m. .Aug. 3, 6.30 p.m.
Air Mail for "Imperial Airways-Ser-
vico" to Durban and thence by Sea Service to United-Kingdom. G. P. O. and K, P. 0.
..Aur. 3, 5.00 pm..."
ROK.,
Ord.,
ADE, 3, 6.30 p.m..
Sunday, August
4
Manila
.9 a.m..
Shanghai
.0 p.m..
Conton
Haiphong
Salgon
Monday, August G
.10.30 am.. .2 p.m.
4.30 p.m..
.7 p.m..
G
10 am. 10.30 a...
Noon.
Canton
Tuesday, August
Fort Bayard and Hollow Shanghai
Haiphong
Air Mail for Malaya, Java and AuE- traila by the "Imperial Airways Service,"
K.P.O
Rek.
Ord,
.Aug. 6, 5 p.m. .Ag. 6, 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
Reg.
Ord.
Aug. 0. 5 p.m.. ....Aug. 0, 7.p.m..
Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Hono- lulu, U.S.A., and Europe via "Pan American Airways, and Trans-- Atlantic Service”
K. P. O.
.......Aur. 0. 5.00 vm..
.Aug. 6, 5.30 p.m.
Reg.,
Ord.,
G. P. G.
Reg..
Aug. 8, 5.00 pm.. Ord, Aug. 6, 7.00 pm.
Wednesday, August, 7
.12.30 pm.. Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu, Central ond South America via Sani: Francisco
Ame7
G.P.O: and K.P.O. ·· RCE.
Aug. 7, 5 pm.. Ord....Aug. 8, 8.30 am.
Thursday, August 8
Straits and Calcutta
Parcels Letters
.Aug, 8, ↑ Rame ...Aug. 8, 10 a.m.. 'Shanghai (Parcels only).12.30 p.m.. Swatow
1. p.m... Canton
7 pm.. Shanghai, Japan, Canada, U.S.A.
Central and South Amerlen and United-Kingdom vin Vancouver BC-(Parcels for Canada only) Note: All Mall for United-King-
'dom' will be forwarded with, or:
without superscription.
G.P.O and
and KP.O. Parcels
•Rek...
.Aug. 0,5 p.m.. .Aug. B. al pm. Aug, 0,10 m Madang, Salamaua, and Rabaul
3.30 p.m. *Superscribed Correspondence Onlyat