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Chinese jurist and former Secretary British parachutists have been
to Dr Sun Yat-sen, founder of the "de- dropped in southern Italy to
Chinese Republic, was held at Con- fucious Huli, Caroline Hill, yesterday molish certain objectives connected
ca." The pur-afternoon and was well attended. Meanwhile, the Government has with ports in that arça," issued a communique assuring the pose behind this daring enterprise. The late Mr Hsu dled in ffongkong
is not people that the tenseness of the Far confirmed in London to-day,
20, September 1040. East situation does not threaten to
clear, nor at present can it be stated The service was sponsored by Alor Star and urging the lint were the results achieved. Chinese national lenders, including.fangkok involve Thailand
Some of the men engaged have not Mr Lin Sen, Chairman of the Nation- Batavia nation to remain calm.-United Press.
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Dr ploit coincides with the steady march President of the Executive Yuan, Bangkok, Feb. 16.
Chung-hui, Minister of Foreign A communique regarding the Far of General Wavell's army towards of the
Sun Yat-sen, Eastern tension and
that Tripoli, the slow crumbling rumours
Empire, open-
1891 | Cawnpore Thalland may be drawn
Pai Chung-hs, Kwangsi Canton rest of Italy's African Empir
General Di Hon-wan, Cebu ing of a new Greek offensive in states:
Chairman of the
Kwauglung Pro-Colombo
Delhi The Thal Government believes that Albania, and heavy air blows against
Fent phong no development hus occurred tending Rhodes and Sicily, two of Italy's most vincial Government, General
Island bases in the eastern Yu-hsiang, Vice-Chairman of the Hamburg
Mediterranean,
National Military Counell, Dr Wang Bankow
General FOREIGN EXCHANGE and AND NOTICE is also given that conflict. The general public is urged and
Whatever may be the sequel,
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Banking Business transacted. Ind Chairman of of the most the Share Transfer Registers will to remain calm and confident and
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CURRENT ACCOUNTS pursue normal advocations in 12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter-be closed from 1st March, 1941, to curdance with the programme of thrilling in the long list of nudacious the National Relief Commission, and 15th March, 1941, both days inclu-national reconstruction. The Gov strokes carried out against Mussolini. Dr W. W. Yen, former Chinese Am- ernment assures the people of the who himself has given convincing bassador to Soviet Russia, Dr C. T.
Wang, Generals safety and glory of the nation and proot of the concern it occasioned.
• Chang In Up Li
Chal-sum that it will devote its best efforts to
and others. keep the country but of any inter-
Mr. Yeh Kung-cho, former Minister of Communications, presided at the national tangle.
The Thailand broadcasting station
service, and the history of the de- declares there is no truth whatever
former Ambassador to Jupan. ying in the foreign radio statement that
ceased was related by Mr Hsu Shih-Tax overpaid, on terras, which may be 5 p.m., Registered and Parcel mafis
from various notional and} Entogles fro Thailand is now negotiating with
"All military strategy dictated that other organisations were chanted by Japan with a view to granting her
these organisa- SCOOP representatives of the use of naval bases in the event he should have kept such n
attack of an
Singapore. The secret. Informed circles in London tions, prominent among which were station adds that Japan has alluded to this subject in any talks are asking why he did not do so. Was the People's Political Council, of concerned to allay growing public which the late Mr Hsu was a mem- with Thalland.-Reuter,
anxiety over Italy's vulnerability to ber, and the University of Peking. was held at the
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13.30 Bruch-Concerta No. 1 le G Minor, Op. 26.
12.54 Two Songs by Beulamine Gigli (Tenor).
Addio Bel Sogna: Salaperte, Lueta
1 Canzonedell' Amore'). (Alm
1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather Report.
1.03 Some Welsh Songs.
1.15 Band of His Majesty's Cold- stream Guards.
1.30 Renter ani Rugby Press, Weather
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Forecast
145 Variety.
2.15
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6.32 Selections from Gilbert and increased by approximately 10%. SHANGHAI
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7.0 London Relay The News. 7.15 London RelayQuestions of the Hour
7.30 Studio-Talk on Ballet lus- trated hy gramophone records.
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Weather
8.03 This week's programmes, 8,07-Negro-Spletuals.
Lay Down Late (avr. Gellett);
with Piano.
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British Lady Killed
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The Duce personally draws Italian high command communiques. Yesterday he took the unprecedented step of telling the British high com mand that British parachutists landed in southern Italy and been rounded
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A most enjoyable musical evening
residence of Mrs. The walls of the hall were covered Eisle Soon, on Saturday to announce Straits attack from air, sen and now from land
That seems the likely, ex-, with hundreds of laudatory scrolls. the forthcoming recital of the basso, Saigon
Among those
those who
sent scrolla, in Y. K. Sze, at the Peninsula Hotel
Canton The Italian radio went a step fur-
on March 6. ther last night, gratullously informing Generalissiino Chiang Kai-shek, Mr During the evening Mr Sze sung Manin, Rabaul, Australia, and New
wide selection of classical and Britain that it knew what these men Yu Yu-jen, General Li Lien-chun, a
them General Chen Cheng, General Cheng popular numbers, in he skies, have kept. to from.
Mr Shan
an Chen, Mr Huang taking part in some Chien,
inc operatic | selves.
The objective, it stated, was "the Shu-But, Mr Chang Chia-ngau, Cen- ducts with Gaston d'Aquino, tenor.
Li Han- world's longest aqueduct" of Apulia, eral Chiang Kwang-nal, Mr
The assisting artist at the plano which supplies 302 Italian towns with wen, General Yu, Han-mou, Mr was Mr E. O'Neil Shaw.
in- water. Behind this seemingly
Eugene Chen, General Wu Teh-che assertion, may lie a desire to
"General
UNIVERSITY COURT Mr Hsu Shih-ying. Chak,
Mr Chow
Wing object of the parachutists; su Chin-tong, rorised 800 of Shanghai's American, the
Mr Walter Heuthcote Lock has Incidents of sabotage) Paul Robeson (Bass)
kwong, Mr Tu Yuen-sen, Mr Wang Goin' To Ride Up in De Chariot (arr.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN British and other foreign societies because of I Feel De Spirit THAT THE FORTY-THIRD OR- who were dancing and gambling at which they have found it difficult to Hsing-lal, General Li Fun-jin, Mr been nominated a member of the Brown): Ev'ry Time
the popular Farrens night club last pite down."
Leighton Stusri, Mr Chu Chen, Mr Court and Council of the University
of Hongkong. Robeson and (DINARY YEARLY MEETING OF night. (are, Brown): Paul
Cases of internal sabotage of a Lazen Yun, Mr O. K. Yul and others. Lawrence Brown with Plano, Work
At 12.05 ls morning, they shot serious nature are known to have de All De Summer: Didn't My Lord THIS COMPANY will be held at
28, curred. It is believed that some of Deliver Daniel: Paul Robeson (Bass) the Office of Messrs. Jardine, and killed Miss Daisy Simmons,
British subject and a German Jew the parachutists dropped on Italian' with Piano,
Matheson & Co., Ltd., on Friday, | employee, Albert Lunzer, 34.
soll made their escape.-Reuter, the 28th February, 1941, at 11.00 There were from seven to 12 men
Later Italian Report who
the
police classed
Rome, Feb. 18. a.m., for the purpose of receiving in the gang
the Directors as shots on the first floor ball- "Orientals," and they escaped after as Report of
British parachutists captured the
irented as will be iring Sutte
together with Statement of room and the second floor gambling south Italy Offl Promenade Gnomes - The
Accounts for the year ended 31st casino and throwing two canister prisoners of war, says a semi-ofleini uf Castle Tuleries-Bydlo Hallet
bombs, which
quickly statement issued in Rome to-day, employees The Unhatched Chickeas-Santiel Derember, 1940.
and Schmuyle -- The Goldenberg
The Register of Shares of the picked up and threw out. They ex-They will be lodged in concentration
Cross wil International Red Hishment. on Fowls' Legs-The
Although thousands of dollars were allowed to visit them-Reuter.
8.15 Loudon Relay-'111. Gang! 9.0 London Relay The News and
Commentary,
9.30 Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
£13
Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
be
3-Objects 6-Part of moult.
-Vaccinica
Place in Limoges-Catacombs Company will be CLOSED from ploded in the street outside the estab-camps, where representatives of the
ifut
Great Gale at Klev; Boston Sm- Wednesday, the 19th February on the gambling tables; no
phony Orchestra conducted by Kius-1941, to Friday, the 28th February, lying seviisky.
10.0 Songs by Thendore Chaliapine (Bass).
Black Eyes: The Prisoner (Rubin- stein).
10.10 Elleen Joyce at the Plano, Caprice Espagnol (Moszkowski); 2. in D Major Nuvoletie No, (Schumann). Devotioni (Liebeslied) (Schuman-urr.
Liszt:
Viemene
Dance No. 2 (Gartner),
10.25 A Programme of English Musle.
S. Saxo-Rhapsody
(Erie
this
money was stolen, causing the police- morning to adopt the theory the Board of that the motive of the rald was "in-
timidation" rather than robbery,
1941, both days inclusive,
By order Directors.
of
C. M. MANNERS,
NOTICE
DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940
FIRING PRACTICES
Warning Of Shoots By Artillery
Some of the gang were dressed in and and mingled with the Secretary and Manager. dancers gamblers during Satur- Hongkong, 12th February, 1911. day evening. At five minutes past midnight, four men, wielding Mauser pistols and shouting in unrecognised dialects-which might have been Korean-charged down the entrance
Light gun Bring practice will be stairs onto the ground floor dancing: room, firing shots into the celling carried nut between 0 p.m. and mid- Coales);
The dancers deserted the floor, some night to-day. Firing Areas C, D, and Rascher (Saxophone) with
ducking under the tables and others E will be affected. Symphony Orchestra cond. by Eric The following rates will bo falling to their knees stretching their
Light gun firing practice will be Crates. Sons of the Sea (Coleridge charged for mailing single copies hands towards the celling while carried out between 8 pm, and in Taylor); Peter.
Dawson (Bass-
others managed to back cut of the night on February 18. Firing areas Baritone) with Orchestra. 1 Pitch of the following newspapers brit
ballroom. Women were screaming D and E will be affected. My Lonely Caravan; Bir
Bird Songs at Eventide I heard you
Singing (from Two Symphonic Ithapsodies-Erie Coates) New Light Symphony Orch. Come Away, Death (Quilter); Derek Oldham (Tenor) with Violin, Ceits And Pinno. Where The Rainbow Ends--Selection (Quilter); Sidney Torch (Organ).
11.0 Close down..
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS DONATIONS TO THE FUND FOR BOMBER
A total of $1,502.012.30 was reached on Saturday by the War Fund inaugurated by the A. C. M. Pout, Ltd., with the following donation:
Hongkong Football Club "Counter
Collection" (fourth donation)
Taikoo Dockyard
(weekly donation)
"Spare
Jack Wilson's Farewell
Goat
$30
abroad:---
South China Morning Post China and Macao
16 cents per copy British Empird and Foreign 25 cents per copy
The Hongkong Talegraph Chins and Macao 14 cents per copy 16 cents Saturdays
British and Foreign
20 cents por copy
25 cents Baturdays.
18.10
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The
B. C. M. Post has received tha
following donation
Refugee Council:
to the Emergency
Sympathiser (86th donation) 10,
DONATIONS WAITING Donations for the following Organima- ilans await collection at the office of the 9. C. M. Post: Ilangkong Benevolent Bo elety; B.W.O.. At Andrews Society: Blind Home; Pokfulam; Emergency Ne fugee Council; Great Bleopera Shalter Society: Lepers' Fund; Bt Vincent de Peut failed Fund for British Prisoners -of-War:
One gunman forced a Russian woman Firing practice us under is notified to kneel
down in the foyer, then, for February 19-Heavy gun practice while everyone in the ballroom cow-between 0.30 p.m. and 10.30 rd, he whistled shrilly whereupon Firing orca D. three more gunmen charged down
killing
p.m.
Light gun practice between 0 p.m.
the staira firing more shals, some to- and midnight. Firing areas D and E.
table
Firing practice as under ts notified ward the roulette wheel
for February 20.-Heavy gun anti- Miss Simmons and Mr Lunzer.
The gunmen then fired more shots aircraft practice between to a.m. and Jover the heads of the customers ap- p.m. In the south-eastern area of parently to discourage any attempts the island. Firing area, B. Heavy tun seaward practice will be carried nt pursuit and fled.
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The ballroom band struck up a gay out between 6.30 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. tune as the two victims were removed Firing area C. Light gun practice
between 8 p.m. to hospital where they and faken
areas D and End midnight. Firing were pronouneed dend on arrival.
Firing practice as under is nolifted The
arrived on the scene ten minutes after the shooting but for February 21-Heavy gun anti- nircraft practice between 10 a.m. and said this morning that they had no p.m. in the south-eastern area trace of the gang.
Miss Daisy Simmons was in busi, the Island. Firing area B. Light gun
Firing area C. Alternative ness with her brother, Mr M. Sim pracilee between 0 p.m. and 10 p.m. mons, In a brokerage firm of Sim- February 24. Light gun practice be mons and Company dealing in tween 0 p.m. and midnight. Firing American as well as other securi-areas D and E. ties-United, Press.
Reuter adds that Lunzer, who was
the Club's watchman, who killed
date.
NO CADRE PARADES.
when he gallantly attempted to
The Military Authorities announce
grapple with the Invaders in the that there will be no parade of the roulette room. It is believed.. the H.K.V.D.C. Training Cadro and Com- shooting was inaligated by a rival pany to-day, Monday, and to-morrow,
Tuesday. gambling resort,
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Air Mall by Sea to Singapore to conneel with the “British Overseas Airways"
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