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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.
Firal Prizea in each of the four Sections. $250 CASH PRIZES $250
SECTION ONE General Pletorial: Land and Seacapes: Architecture: Street Scenes, etc. 1st, Silver Cup. 2nd. $30. 3rd. $20. 4th. $12.50.
SECTION TWO Portraits: Informal Close-ups: Human- Studies.
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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 efect. Each entry must have pasted on the back a special entry form obtainable on application from The Hongkong Telegraph or from the Hon. Secretary, Hongkong Photographic Society. Subjects at the discretion of competitors.
1st. Silver Cup. 2nd. $30. 3rd. $20. 4th. $12.50.
RULES
The following Rules will govern the Competition:
1The Competillon is confined ex- clusively to amaicur photo- graphiers.
1-No employee or member of any firm in the photographic trade is permitted to competo,
3-The prizes will be awarded to the compelltors sending in what are adjudged to be the best photo- graplay 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 be posted on back of entry. 4-The right to publish any or all of the entries in reserved to: the Hongkong Telegraph,
All photographs entered must have been taken to the Colony of Hongkong. Photographs which have been already entered in other Competitions are ineligible -No responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery of loss of, or damage to entries. 7--All entries to be either black, sepla, or toned pictures, and musi bo mounted. Coloured photo- Eraphs are ineligible.
-Pleturer submitted to sepia tones should be accompanied by a smaller print in black and white. -No picture to entered in more
than one Section.
10-Mounts to be only white or cream, must be of one of the following Bizes: 10x12, 10×20.
11-No correspondence will be entered into in connection with the Cam- petition.
sho
flambers of the Staffs of the
Hongkong. Telegraph and South China Morning Port are not permitted to compete. 13-The decision of the Judges shall
be Anal. quie 14-As the conclusion of the Com
petition, entries will be returned. to-competitors.cn appilcasion at the Telegraph offices within ever dayz.
NAME
ENTRY FORM
SECTION
ADDRESS
issued.
Hongkong, August 12, 1940.
Please use block letters and paste, this
on back of each Entry in sections
1, 2 and 3
Exchange At A Glance
SELLING
T.T. London Demand London T.T. Shanghai
T.T. Singapore
T.T. Japan TT Indl T.T. India
TT. Switzerland
1/27 1/25%
385 524
TT. U.S.A. TT. Manila
PT. Batavia
T.T. Bangkok
149%
T.T. Salgon
T.T. Franco
.944 Nom.
.03%
T.T. Australia
.1/0
4 m/s L/C Londen
1/34%
4 m/s D/P London
4 m/s L/C U.S.A,
1/35 22314 .Nuri. :844
BUYING
4 m/s France
30 d/s India. U.S. Cross rate in London 4.023 1.5. Cross rate in N.Y...3.07
Gifts For Comfort
Of Our Troops
LONDON, Aug. 11 (Reuter) —A broadleast from Cairo asking for com- forts for British troops in the ad- vtce posts in the Libyan desert has already brought £5.000 so far.
In New Zealand, an Auckland firm has sent £5,000 to the British Hene- volent Fund in admiration of the armed forces of the merchant service.
STOCK MARKET REPORT
Hongkong Stock Exchange Offelal Summary Issued on Saturday says:
Market continues very quiet.
Buyers.
Hotel $3.05 Lands $30.50
Sales,
Lands $30.50
League Football
Results
August 12, 1940..
RADIO THE WAR
ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) “Band Waggon" and Other Variety Programmes
FUND
Another Cheque Sont
50 NAZI PLANES DOWN IN RAID
FROM PAGE ONE
to fight after riddling many with bullots,
Those shot down fell into the ses several miles from the shore.
To Home Govt. HONGKONG's eighth instal- Radio Programme Broadcast by ment towards the purchase of ZBW on a Frequency of 843 kc's warplanes for the Royal Air
Sing Hymns During Raid and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. Force has been forwarded by the and 8-11
LONDON, Aug. 11 (Reuter).--- p.m. on 9.52 m.c's, prSouth China Morning Post Ltd.
have Heavy damage is reported second.
12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter-to the Colonial Secretary for been done to houses during a raid **KCIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
telegraphic, transfer to the Im-on a south-west const town to-day, MELBOURNE, Aug. 11. (UP)sion.
many dwellings in a half mile square Position of highest scored this week in 12.30 Dance Muste by Roy Fox and perial Government,
In a thickly populated area being The cheque, for $20,000, was for. the Australian Rules Football Leagues Orchestra.
1.0 Local Time Signal and Wea-warded to the Colonial Secretory this reduced to ruins. is occupied by South Fremantle, who,
morning. In defeating the Swan Districis In the ther Report, West Australia League, scored 154
to their polnie to
opponents' 88. Carleton, in the Victoria League, take second place with 132 points
nat Melbourne's 08. ngainst
Lowest acorers were Subiaco with 41 points, losing to West Perth in the West Australin League, 44-113.
Complete scores were:
VICTORIA
Carlton 20-12 (132), Melbourne
14-12 (08).
Footscray 15-22 (112). S1. Kilda
13-0 (87).
Latest Contributions The War Fund, which already stands at over $1,300,000, received a Inap this morning when a cheque for
1.03 Compositions of Tchaikowsky, 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wen- ther Forecast and Announcements, 1.45 Connie Boswell (Vocal) Variety Programmė.
A brewery was destroyed by direct his and the windows of a chapel were blown in during a service, while children were sheltering behind a wall singing hymns.
WAR -TAXATION
POST OFFICE
The air mall rates to New Zealand have been increased to Letlers $1,50 per oz, Postcards. $0.75 each and now cover air, transit to Auckland. "The blue air mall New Zealand. label must be affixed to all corres. pondence Intended for this service.
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Malls are; closed 15 minutes earlier than tha lime given below unless otherwisu stated, and where mails are advertis- ed to close at or before 9 am, regia- tered and parcel mails are closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day. When malls are advertised to close after 5 p.m., Registered and Parcel malis are closed at 5 p.m.
INWARD MAILS Mall by "Imperial Airways Service"
.Aug. 12. Aug. 12.
Air
$2,000 was received from the Kow- Joon Motor Bus Co. Ltd. In addition, a cheque was forwarded on behalf of employees of the firm, who indi- vidually donated sums ranging from TO BE LUMP SUM phong, Hohow and Fort Bayard
2.15 p.m. Close Down. 6.0 An hour of Dance Music. 7.0 Closing local Stock Quotatione. 7.02 A Light French Frogramme. 7.30 London Relay-The News.
$1 to $500 to make up the total, as 8.0 Local Time- Signal, Weather follows: Report and Announcements.
Motor The Kowloon 8,03 Verdi's "Aida" Act IV.' Characters and Soloists in order of Staff of the Kowloon Motor
Co- Amneris, Pharoah's appearance;
MF. W, S. T. Louey Mr. Louie Leung Maria Capuana (Mezzo-
.Collingwood 12-21 (93), N. Mel-}daugule, Rhadames, a young warri-Mr. Ng Seo Cheong
bourne G-17 (53).
Hawthorn 10-10 (79), S. Melbourne
10-13 (73).
Fitzroy 10-16 (75), Essendon 10-12
(72).
Richmond 10-11 (107).
Geelong
12-15 (87).
W. AUSTRALIA
E. Fremantle 18-11 (119),
ment E-8 (62).
Clare
W. Perth 16-10 (115), Subiaco 6-8
(44).
S. Fremantle 24-10 (154), Swan
Districts 13-10) (08), ".. The Perth-E. Perth match was notj played.
FINAL OF
HAPPY VALLEY
Soprano); or, Arnoldo Lindi (Tenor); Rambla, Mr Louey Young
Bà L có chống High Priest, Trancredi Pasero (Bass); Mr. L. W. Tipple Alda, Arangi-Lombardi (Soprano); Mr. Wong Pak Yan with Full Cliorus of La Scala, Milan, and Orchestra.
8.40 Studlo-Talk on The Chluene Industrial Co-operatives by itewi Alley.
8.50 The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
The Damnation of Faust-Rakoczy March (Berlioz, Op. 24); Simson and Delilah-Bacchiuale (Saint-Sarus),
9.0 London Kelay-The News and Topical Talks
9.45 "Band Waggon."
Arthur
Askey, Richard Murdoch and Company (recorded at an actual broadenst of the B.B.C.)
10.07 Mary Bard Music,
The King's Lieutenant-Overture The BickersNEW
Moore),
SUMMER FOURSOMES Colliery Band; 11.M. Queen Elizabeth's
Mr. Louin Fook Hong Mr. Yu Shl Chun
Mr. Yu Fu Keung Mr. Yeung Wing Mr. Tan Shul Cho Mr. Lee Cho Pak Mr. Yu Wan Kum
Mr. Leung Yu Kwong Mr. Chu Yeuas Chung Mr. Lam Chung Tat Mr. Cheong Könn Ming Mr. Wong Pak Chlu
Mr. Yu Pul Tak Mr. Sze Wan Yee
Mr. poule Kam Wall
Mr. Loulo tam Cheo
Mr. Loute Mon Taul
|
Mr. Chu KJE I
Mr. Chun Yu Kit
Mr. Yui Keung
Mr. Lui Shing Yat
Mr. Lam Wo Hung
23 us Co.
$7,000
500
H. K. Stock H.K.
Market
FROM PAGE ONE
Government hoped. 100 under nppeal.
therefore, to gather in this tax by the end of the year.
200
100
were
March (Verne); Marching-March I. F. Phillips (8) and I. M. S. (Batten and Ryc), Regimental Band Lloyd (12) won the final of the of H.M. Grenadier Guards: Sing With Guards-Medley, Regimental Happy Valley Summer Foursomes The
The following quotations inal recently, beating A. J. Deans Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards.
Issued on the Hongkong Stock Mar- 10.30 A Dance Programme by Billyket this morning. (8) and W. S. Huller (8) 1 mp.
Colton and His Band.
110 Close down.
2nd Summer Singles
Second round matches In the 2nd Summer Singles competition result-
ed as follow:
W. S. Hillier beat N. D. Booker by 2-1.
A. J. Dennis beat R. K. Collings by 2 1.
C. F. J. Simpson beat G. P. Stone by 3-1.
D. Humphreys beat L. Jackson by 7x6.
T. B. Low bent N. J. Booker 4-2. 3. W. Macdonald beat J. lowman by 1 up.
DEBATE BEFORE ADJOURNMENT
LONDON, Aug. 11 (Reuter).—— Parliament is due to adjourn for a short recess on August 22, but before that there will be a debate on the conduct of the war, ・・・
In this debate, the Prime Minister will make a statement.
Let us Brace
Ourselves
to our Duty
and so bear ourselves that, if the British Commonwealth and Empire lasts for a thousand years, men will still say "This was their finest hour."
WINSTON CHURCHILL.
The South China Morning Post, Ltd., is receiving subscriptions to
ASSIST BRITAIN'S WAR EFFORT. The whole of the money subscribed is baing handed to The Government of Hongkong for transmission to
A FUND TO A
TEK DRITIJE GOVERNMENT.
di 'or kuch" other 'Armamanis as the British Government may decide.
for the Purchase of Aeroplanes
Donations will be received by The South China Morning Post. Cheques should be made payable to
"War Wond South China Morning, Fuse Limits"
All donations will be acknowledged in the columns of the 9. C. M. Post The Hongkong Telegraph.
Subscription to 10.8.40
$1,302,210.55
Nemiited to London 289,145-3-6.
Ponalty For Non-Payment
Halphong
Shanghai and Amoy.....
There was provision under the Or- dinance to impose a five per cent, Japan and Shanghai penalty on persons who did not pay London and Straits their taxes on time. The applica-| Air Mail by "Imperial tion of this penalty to salary taxation Servico" had not been discussed yel.
would
Aug. 12.
Salgun
Aug. 12.
Shanghol
.Aug. 12.
Shanghal and Amoy
Aug. 12.
Air Mail by "Pan American Airways
Direct Service"--San
Francisco
dale, 6th August. Haiphong
ADE. 13.
Shanghal
Aug. 13.. .Aug. 19.
U.S.A. and Manila (San Francisco
date 20th July)
Aug. 1
AUR
13.
AUB. 14.
.Aug. 14.
Airways
Aur, 15.
Japan and Shanghai
.Aug. 15.
apply to
Shanghat Shanghint
.Aug. 15.
..Aug. 17.
011
hal (San Francisco date, 2011 July).
Aug. 17.
..Aug. 18.
.Aug. 18.
Aug. 18.
Shanghai and Amoy Japan
.Aug. 10.
.Aug. 20,
.Aug, 20,
Aug, 20.
Aug. 21.
.Aug. 21.
Aug, 21.
Aug. 22
The penalty property taxution, however, continued.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
the Commissioner. Owing to the fact that
there
information WAN property and machinery with which
to operate, the assessment of the war Calcutta and Straits property tax was completed early and Japan and Formosa the last payments were due at the Shanghai ... end of August.
BOMB
Java and Manila
Shanghalan
FOR BOMB Australia and Manita
FROM PAGE ONE
which wave of British machines,
of the BANKS
completed the destruction $.
Wharves and plers H.K. Banks
German port. xd. 1,150 b. HK. Banks (Lon.) £...x.d. 61 which had previously been wrecked HK. Banks (HK) C .x.d, 07 n. were set alte by incendiary bombs Chartered £
.0%.
and warehouses were brought crash- Mercantile, A. & D. £....29 n. ing by 2000 lb. explosive bombs Mercantile, C. £
.11 n.which rained down from the attack- East Asia $
73 n. ng inachines.
Canton S. Union S
INSURANCES
China Underwriters H.K. Fire R
SHIPPING
Douglases $ Steamboats $. Indo-Chinas P. $. Indo-Chinos D.$.. Shall (Bearerh) s/- Waterboats $ x.d..
DOCKS ETC.
Wharves S Docks (old) $. Docks (new) Providents s. Sh. Docks Sh. $..
MINING
Kallon s/- Raubs $.. H.K. Mines
Hotoly S
Lands $.
LANDS
Lands 4% Debentures
S'hal Lunds Sh. $. Humphreys $...
H.K. Realties $.
Chinese Estates
UTILITIES
Trums $..
210 5.
London and Stralis
Sandakan
Japan and Manila
Calcutta, Strafts and Salgon .Aug. 24. U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Manila -(San Francisco date, 10th Aug.). Aur. 24. U.S.A., and Manila (San Francisco date, 2nd August)....Aug, 25. U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang- hai (San Francisco date, 15th July).
..Aug. 29..
OUTWARD MAILS Monday, August 12
12.30 p.m.
....Noon.
12.30 p.m. 2.30 p.m.
.7 p.m.
Direct hits were scored on the blg Haiphong 345 b. central power station at Homburg, Fort Bayard .10 cts. n.
which supplies hundreds of square Shanghai. .150 s. miles of the surrounding distelet with Bangkok. Shanghai electricity.
Tuesday, August 13 120 n.
Batavia and Sourabaya....0.30 a.m. ....4.30 p.m.. ..Il n
Saigon Air Mall for Manila, Guan, Honolulu, U.S.A., and Europe via "Pan Ame- rican Airways and Trans-Allanila bervices."
K.P.O.
.100 n.
80
Britain's "Night Hawk" fleet struck one of its most powerful blows of the entire war on German industrial and military bases in to-day's series of nids while the home defenders 0.90 n.battled
.32/6
.00 n.
.15 s.
14.
3.60 n. .27% n.
10/-. n. ..0.55 n. .5 cts. n.
wave after
wave of Nnzi planes intent on battering strategle centres in the British Isles.
NAZIS SAY RAID
IS A "BLITZ”
3.20Continued From Page 15
.30% st.
100 n.
10 narmeda struck with a fury that Alfed 7 n. the skies along 500 miles of Britain's
Reg. Ord.
Iter.
Ord.
....Aug. 13, 5 p.m. .Aug. 13, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O..
....Aug. 15, 5 p.m.
.Aug. 13, 7 D.M.
Air Mail for Indo-China, Malaya, Java and Australia by the "Im- perial Airways Service"
....Aug. 13, 5 p.m.
.3% coast with hundreds of bombing and Fort Boyard and Holhow..10.30 a.m. 101.machine-gunning planes.
Straits
Slukka torpedo-bombers concen- Amoy and Shanghai trated their attention on Portland, Straits
R.P.0.
Reg. Ord.
Aur. 13, 5.80 p.m.
G.P.O.
Reg.
...Aug, 13, 5 p.m.
Ord.
„Aug. 13, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 14
10.30 a.m.
.12.30 p.m.
15%. .7.40 n.
n
$..
Fantastic Claims
China
Lights (new)
Масло
3.70 where the air battle continued Into Formosa, Shanghal and Japan 5714b the night above the glure of a burning
oil installation. ..21 n. .011⁄2 n. 3.00 n. Electrics (old) $. ,17 m.
1.30 p.m.
3.30 p.m.
'Thursday, Augusi 15°
Shanghai Haiphoni
.12.30 p.m.
....2 p. Friday, August 16
.9 a.m. ,10,30 a.m. .12.30 p.m.
12.30 р.м.
www.7 pm.
Peak Trams (old) $..
Peak Trams (new). $. Star Ferries $.
Y. Ferries s
China Lights (old) $.
Sandakan
"The waters of the English Channel Shanghat
By 8 pm, the Nazis claimed, at Shanghai II.K. Electries (now) $35% least 87 British planes luidt been shot Bangkok H.K. Electrics (old) $. .384 b. down over Portland,
..11 n. Sandakan Lights $ Marsmans Inv. (H.K.) s/.4/- n. Macao Electrics (new) $....18 are filled with struggling alimen," a Saigen and Bangkok
German report claimed, without Straits, Rangoon and Calcutta Telephones (old) $.
specifying whether they were British Telephones
or German.
The bag mounting every minute," suld DNB.
(new) $. INDUSTRIALS
22. .82 n.
Cald: Macg. (Ord.), Sh. $..14.90 n. Cald: Macg. (Pret.), Sh. $...12 n. Canton Tees Cements $.. H.K. Ropes S.
STORES, &t. Dairy Farms $. Watsons $............... Lane Crawfords Sinceres $.................... Wing On (HIC.) Powell Ltd. $
COTTON MILLS
Ewo Sh. $...... S'hal Cotton Sh.
MISC.
H.K. Govt. 4% Loan
The German High Command elaimed that, in addition to the great .14% 3.
air battle over Portland, British and .4% n.
in combat German machines met 18terbury.
over Dover, Southampton and Can- .8.15 b.
.7.45 n.
2.15 n. regarding German
encounters, but
.80 1.
.1 n.
Parcels...Aug. 16. 5 p.m. Leliers...Aug. 17, 0.30 am.
Saturday, August 17
Shanghai and Parcels only for Tien- 0.80 .. tain Alr Mall for "Imperial Airways- Service" to Indo-China, Durban and thence. by Bes Service 10- United-Kingdom.
Ker..
G.P.O. &.K.P.O.
The Naz! communique was silent
Ord. Aug. 17, 5 p.m. Aus. 17, 5.30 pm. losses in these
Ave Parcels only for Tientsin....5 p.m.. almed that
.6.30 p.m... British and soven barrage balloons Manila..
Monday, August 19 had been brought down at Dover, two
.34% n. planes at Southampton and two at Haiphong
Canterbury.
.200 n.
.9011⁄2 b.
.1 n.
Tuesday, Aug. 20
Noon.
Other German planes attacked a Shanghal and Parcels only for Tien-
ព
.9.30 a.m. convoy of 70 merchantmen 13 miles
Wednesday, August 21 Shanghai (Parcels only)... pm. Formosa and Shanghai...3.30 pm.. 3.30 p.m. Strafts, Ceylon, India, Eart and South
Africa and United Kingdom.
G.P.0, and K.PO Parcels.Aug. 21, 5 p.m.
H.K. Govt. 34% (1834)....05 n. north-west of Margate with unan- H.K. Govt. 3% (1040)....95 n.nounced results. Ch. Govt. 5% 1925 G$Bds.35% n, H. K. Entertainments ....0.60.n. Constructions(new) $. Constructions (old) $......1.00 n. Marsmans Inv. (Lon.) s/-..7/8 n. .§ n. Vibro Piling $.. SCHOLARSHIPS WON
King Edward VII Students For the University
The Hongkong University authorl tles announce that the King Edward VII Scholarships for the year 1940, based on the results of the Matricu
been have. lation Examination, awarded to Yung Hin-leung (Wah Yan College) and Hukam Singh (Queen's College).
EVACUEES
Japan
Reg! REACH SYDNEY
FROM PAGE ONE
.Aug. 22, 9.45 am. ..Aug. 22, 10,30 am. Friday, August 23
Ord.
Straits and Calcutta
Parcels....Aug. 23, 11 a.m.
Letters ....... Aug. 23, Noon,
Saturday, August 24
monwealth government officials and the trganisation which permittedShanghai Parcels only for Tientsin the allocation and transport, both in Brisbane and Sydney, to be carried out with every consideration and courtesy,
A
the avacuees who dis embarked in Sydney are already in ikeir new homes,
Saturday, August 31.
Shanghai
8.20 p.m Superscribed Correspondence Only. BANDAGE PRACTICES There will be demonstrations of They have experienced - Aus- tralian
"kweather and Australian bandage practice on each Wednesday, Τότ Its morning during the next three weeks at elr best.
for the Ladies Working Party at the They are living in beautiful homes European YMCA, from 9 am, to Hukam Singh is the son of Mr. Basant Singh, money-lender. It is in beautiful surroundings and, above: 10, am understood he is joining the Arts all, the children are as happy as
they have ever been in their lives. Faculty.
Yung Hin-leung is the son of Mr. Yung Lung-tin, merchant, residing at Tung
ung Choi Street, Kowloon.
E. proverbial
Anyone wishing to take advantage of this tuition is very welcome,
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