Monday,
HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH
February 24, 1941.
DONALD DUCK
HELLO, DONALD... THIS IS DAISY! WHY DON'T YOU JCOME OVER TO
MY PLACE THIS AFTERNOON?
HUH? WHAT?
OH, YEAH...
OKAY!
SHE'S BEEN MAD AT Y
FOR A WEEK! *HOW COME
PIPE DOWN! I'M DOPINA THIS OUT!
SHE'S ASKIN' Y' OVER?
RING! RING!
OH. THERE
HE IS, NOW!
HELLO, DONALD! YOU'RE JUST
IN TIME TO
HELP ME. HUM?
gr 1941, Wil Dhey Pro
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The Exchange Banks' will open
ADVERTISEMENTS THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC) at 9.30 am, and will close at 12-
25 words $2.50
for 3 days prepaid
FOR SALE.
CO., LTD.
NOTICE
In
It is hereby notified that the following increases in the Com- pany's standard. charges will be "HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY made for current consumed THE CAMERA" Second Edition. respect of accounts issued for Over 80 excellent views of the Colony. Price $1.50,, Obtainable at meters read on and after 21st Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., or from the March, 1941- Publishers South China Morning Post, Ltd., Wyndham Street,
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as
AID TO ALLIES-Former Senátor Ernest W. Gibson of Vermont, who replaced Wit- liam Allen White, editor of the Emporia, Kas., Gazette, chairman of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. Mr White resignad after his statements werd criticised by the Committee.
LOOKA THEM!
THEYRE
SOJERS
THE
DEAD END KIDS
'ON
DRESS PARADE
with JOHN LITEL - FRANKIE THOMAS «CISSIE LOFTUS Directed by WILLIAM CLEMENS JA SAROYITE PRO ve 2iest Nafinil Mature Aneral depositar a few hug
TO-MORROW at the
KING'S
1. For Lighting from 15 cents
to 16 cents per unit.
for noon
the transaction
of
jexchange business on Tuesday, the 25th February, 1941. (Race Meet- ing).
Hongkong, 22nd February, 1911.
THE "STAR" FERRY CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE FORTY-THIRD OR- DINARY YEARLY MEETING OF
2. For Power and Heating from
5 cents to 5 cents per unit,THIS COMPANY will be held at
on
3. The discount of 10%
Power accounts in excess of 1.000 units per month will be discontinued.
the Office of Megura, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., on Friday,| the 28th February, 1941, at 11.00 a.m., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Direstora
By order of the Roard of together with 1 Statement of irectors,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.
Agents.
Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1940. "
The Register of Shares of the Company will be CLOSED from Wednesday, the 19th February,
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, į 1941, to Friday, the 28th February,
1911, both days inclusive.
LIMITED
NOTICE is hereby given that the TWENTY SECOND ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of this Company will be held at the Registered Once of the Company No. 10, Des Voeux Road Central, on Saturday, the th March. 1911, at 2.00 p.m. for the pur- pose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1940.
The Register of Shares of the Com- pany will be closed from Saturday, 1st March, 1941 to Saturday, 8th March, 1911, (both days inclusive) during which perfod no transfer of shares can be registered.
By order of the Board of Directors.
C. M. MANNERS, Secretary and Manager. Hongkong, 12th February, 1911.
BANK S
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA & CUINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1833. Pald-up Capital
... £3,000,DON Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000
... $3,000,000
By Order of the Board of Direc-Reserve Fund
tors
KAN TONG ro,
Chief Manager, Hongkong, 20th February, 1911.
THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD..
HEAD OFFICE:-LONDON. 35 Bishngsgate, M.C.1.
Sub-Agencies in London: 117/123, Leadenhall Street, S.C3.
West End Branch:
10/15, Cockspur Street, 9.W.1.
Manchester Tiranch:
Hongkong
Ipoh
ilolto
Karach!
, Moxley Street Manchetser,.t. Nolice is hereby given that the
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: Yearly Alor Star Fifty-second Ordinary
Rangoon Saigon Meeting will be held at the Com-Amritsar Bangkok
Semarang pany's Registered Office, 4th Floor, Batavia
Seremban Bombay
Elang
Shanghai P. & O. Ballding, on Thursday, Calcutta Kote.
Singapore Agencies: Kuala
S{unwan 20th March, 1941, at 11 am, for
Clive Street Lumpur Sourabaya the purpose of presenting the Fatrite Pince Kuching Taiping
Canton
Tientsin Report of the Directors together Cawnpore
Tongkah with a Statement of Accounts to Cebu
Colombo 31st December, 1910 and electing | Demi
Haiphong Directors and Auditors,
flamburg ilankew
The Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 8th March to 20th March, 1941, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.
By Walt Disney
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Į
FRESHLY GROUND
MOCHA COFFEE $130 per lb.
ENJOYMENT IN EVERY CUP
PLANE, CRAWFORD, LTD,
Exchange At RADIO
A Glance
SELLING
T.T. London
Demand London TT Shanghni
I.T. India
ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.45)
matres (9,520 kilo-cycles)
"Hi, Gang!" and Other London Relays
Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 945 k.c's. und on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m.).
1/23 1/2%
420
T.T. Singapore
62%
T.T. Japan
.1021/ 12น
and B-11 p.m. 011 09.52 m.c's. per
TT. U.S.A.
.24
second.
TT
Ꭲ
TUT Batavia
T. Manila
.48
H.K.T.
.45
T.T. Bangkok
140
12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- cession.
T.T. Saigon
..101
T.T. France
Non-
T.T. Switzerland T.T. Australia
.102
1/634
BUYING
4 m/s L/C London
1/3
4 m/s D/P London
1/3
4 m/s L/C U.S.A.
.21
m/s France
.Nom.
30 d/s India
.844
U.S. Cross rate in London 4.021⁄2 U.S. Cross rate in N.Y...4.03%
H.K. Stock Market
12.30 Selections troni Yerdi's Opera.
1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather Report.
1.03 Dance Music by Ambrose and Its Orchestra,
1.30 Reuter- Weather Forecast ments,
Rugby Press, Announce- and
1.45 Rale Da Costa at the Plano, 1.55 Hawallad Vecal Selections. 2.15 Close down.
1.45
Indian Programme, 6.30 Closing loent Stock Quota- Lions.
6.32
Musical Comedy Selections. Swing Along Selection....Derby Vocal Chorus, Somers Band with Comedyland..............Columbia Light Opera Company with Orchestru: Con- versalion Piece-Selection; My Weak- ness-Selection....Patricia Hossbor- ough (Plano); It's Love Again-- The following quotations were Sefeetion: Queen of Hearts-Scice- issued on the Hongkong Stock Mar- tion. Sydney Kyle and His Pic-. ket this morning.
BANKS
H.K. Banks $ c.d.
H.K. Banks £ x, d. ILK, Banks (H.K.) - £ x, d. Chartered £.
Mercantile, A. & B. £. Mercantile, C. £..
East Asin $.
INSURANCES
Cantons S.
Union $.
China Underwriters $. H.K. Fire $....
SHIPPING
Dougins $.. Steamboats $. Indo-Chinas P. $. Indo-Chinas D. S. Shell (Bearers) $/- Waterboats $.
DOCKS ETC. Wharves S. Docks (old) $. Docks (new) Providents $.. S'hai Dockyards $.
MINING
Kailan s/-. Raubs $.. ILK. Mines
Hotel S.
Lands $.
LANDS
Lands 4% Debentures
n.
cadilly Hotel Band with Vocali Chorus
10 drops
will pull
you round when you're feeling down
There's nothing to equal a dose of Phosferine for bracing, strengthening and invigorating you when you feel you have drawn too heavily on your reserves. Phosferine puts back what you have taken out of yourself- energy and vitality. A regular doss will build up your health. Get some Phosferine now!
LIQUID or TABLETS Two Table'equal ten drops of Liquid.
PHOSFERINE
THE GREATEST OF ALL TONICS FOR
Depression
Ifeadache indigeilen
Brain Fag
Kleeplessness
Infere PROPRIETORS
Rheumatom Debility Herathania
Phosferin (Ashton & Parsons) Ltd., Watford, England.
9.30 Variety.
ZAPB4
POST OFFICE
The Money Order Office Publle Counter will be open from 10.00 a.m. to noon on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th, February 1941.
The General Post Office will be closed at 6 pm, on Wednesday 28th, Thursday 27th and Friday 28th, February 1041.
The Printed Matter Service to the following pinces in China is tein- porarily suspended:-Yunnan, Sze- chuen, Kweichow, Hunan, Fukien (except Amoy and Kulangsu), Kwangsi (except Wuchow und
and Yunghslen), North
East of Kwangtung.
The public are reminded that it is a breach of postal regulations to enclose in a postal cover communi- cations intended for persons other than the addressee.
Mall Service to Madagascar and Reunion is temporarily suspended,
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.
Canton
7th
INWARD MADLS
....Feb. 24. U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan, and Shang-
hai-(San Francisco date, February)
.Feb. 25. Canton
.Feb. 28. United-Kingdom and Stralis Feb, 20, Air Mall by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"San Francisco date, 22nd February Calcutta and Straits
.Mar. 1. ........Mar. 1.
Two Pianos Tin Pan Alley Med-United-Kingdom and Straits Mar. 2. Jey; Intro: And the angels sing;
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES What goes up must Come down;
Registered and Parcel Mall aro What shall I say: Don't worry 'bout closed 15 minutes earlier than the me; Our love! You grow sweeter as me given below unless otherwise the years go by..ivor Moreton and stated, and where mails are advertis-
and
1,400 m. 7.0 London Relay-The_News, :73 n. 7.15 London Relay--A Talk. .70 n.
7.30 Geleg-Peer Gynt Sulte, No. 7% n. 2, Op. 55.
Ingrid's Lament Arabian Dance 123
The Return of Peer Gynt-Solveig's | Dave Kaye with string bass .114 m.
Song New Light Symphony Or- drums, Comedian-Juliette: The Loved to close at or before 0 a.m. regia 70
Bug Will Bile You Waltz Memories
tered and parcel mails are closed at chestra cond. by Eugene Goossens.
.Mix Miller
5 p.m. on the previous day. Wher 7.45 Studio An appeal for Valun- with Orch: Ballroom terry for the Police Reserve by the Part 1 Intro: Invitation to the malls are advertised to close after
5 p.m. Registered and Parcel mail. Hon. Mr C. G. Perduce, Acting Com Waltz; Destiny: Merry Widow; Three are clo, existered a missioner of Police.
o'clock in the Morning..... .Debroy
215 b. 411
170 b.
7.50 Grieg Elezias Melodies, Op. Somers Band: Comedians-Keeping 31,
Up the Old Tradition....The West- 135 n.
London Philharmonic Orchestra crn Brothers; Dn. conducted by Eugene Goossens,
.100 m.i
Waltz
Ballroom Memories Part 2; Intro: The Skaters:
8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather The Choristers; The Cuckoo; After 60. Report and Announcements, 40/7 n.
11.
.
8.03 This week's programmes, 8.07 Tangoes.
Do You Like Dancing? (Rosen); 08 n.Night of Love Divine (Dosial).... .17.00 n. Dajos Bela. Dance Orchestra..
8.15
London Relay-III Gang!'
:17 17. .54% 5.
9,0 London Relay The News,
28 TI. 9.16 London Relay "Questions of
-the-Hour.*----------
the
..Debroy Somers Band; Vocal-Cryin' My Heart Out For and Hopkins).... You (Johnson Kitty Masters with Orchestra.
9.45 News in French (on 9.53 m.ex. only).
10.0 London
Relay 'News from Home' by Howard Marshall.
10.15 Dance Muslo.
11:0 Close down."
Crossword Puzzle
.18 n.
. n.
.14 cts. n.
3.00 9.
.33% n.
07 b.
發
S'hai Lands Sh. $.
11.00 n.
Madras
Manlia
Humphreys $..
7.05
Medan
(13huket)
H.K. Realties $.
ACROSB
.3.40
New York
Tsingtao
Pelping Yokohama
(Peking)
Chinese Estates $ x.d.
30 п.
1-road necktie
UTILITIES
Trams ..
17% 9.
Peaks Trams (old) $.
.71% 11.
Peal: Trams (new)
31⁄2 n
Star Ferries
Penang
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and
FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year or shorter periods in Local or Other Cur ireneles at rates which will be quoted an
application.
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with Interest
By order of the Board of allowed at rates obtainable on application Directors
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.
Agents. Hong Kong, 21st February, 1941.
NOTICE
DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940
+
The following rates will be charged for malling single copies of the following newspapers abroad:-
South China Morning Post China and Macro
16 conte por copy
British Empire and Foreign 25 cents per copy
The Hongkong Telegraph
China and Macao
14 cents per copy 16 cents Saturdays
British and Foreign
20 cents per copy
23 canta Saturdays.
METROPOLE
HOT
•CENTRAL
«MOSTAN
•TIVE PROOr
CALL BOON) MOTM PRIVATE MATH]
The Bank's Head Office In London undertakes Executor & Trustee business and claim recovery of British Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of ita Agencies" and Branches,
R. A CAMIDOE,
Manager.
Hoare Still In Turkey
On Way To Egypt
ISTANBUL, Feb, 23 (Reuter). -Sir Reginald Hoare, former British Ambassador in Bucharest, is leaving here to- night for Ankara. Sir Reginald, who is on his way to Egypt, is expected to remain one day in the Turkish capital as the guest of the British Ambassador, Sir | Hugh Knatchbull-Hugessen.
Japanese Youth Attempts Record
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
KOBE, Feb. 23 (Dome:) --Socking
to establish a new Japanese record for a sustained gilder 'fight, Selieht | Yoshikawa, 24, took off at 2.07 p.m.
on Saturday for Akenogahara airfield, from atop Mount
in
Rob Bro
The airline distance between
Y. Ferries 5.
China Lights (old) China Lights (new)
67 n. ..242 . 15.
.6% 80. 1.0752 n.
.17.
H.K. Electrics (old) $..424/42 sa: II.K. Electrics (new) $.....42 sa. Macao Electrics (old) Macao Electrics (new) Sandakan Lights Telephones
(old) Telephones (new) $.
INDUSTRIALS
..10 n. ..12 n. .24%. .10.20 .
Cold: Macg. (O:d.), Sh. $...30 n Cald: Mace (Pref.), Sh. $..25 n. Canton lees Conents $..
HK. Ropes $.
STORES, &c. Dairy Farms $... Watsons $
Lane Crawfords $.
Sinceres S
Wing On
Powell Lid. $.
COTTON MILLS Ewo Sh. $. S'hai Collon Sh. $.
MISC. H.K. Govt 45% I.K. Govt 3% (1984) H.K. Govt 3125% (1940)
In .1784 1. .8% n.
AF.
.19.20 n. .10.05 n.
.7% n 2.15 n.
:30 *.
1.00 1.
8-Reader corrupt 11-Extra
12-Bottom (Presch)
Jitury
18-That man
17-Large spider 23-Been (French) 21-Terminato
20-arten agala 24-Humans
25-Chief actor
27-Waze Azedis
28-writing table
20-legal code
31-0 Ume (poetici 32-cas' haine 31-Valles
13-English farmer 30-wall stream 30-Cosmetic <-Young viti 42-Erlahen
equivalence
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44-Fsclamation 40-East Indian weight <7-25ythical birds 1-Ball quantities of
Higuld
51-Chree covering 26-Wall 23-fmall dog
7-Bearing T2D
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Amphitheater
By LARS MORRIS
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE
61-Myself
Bi-Famous botanial
05-31314t
3-Call (Beuttish)
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-isked ela 1-Literary collection
That thing --Fields of snow 10-ephnny's hole
17-Badgered
Record
14-Birong
18-Thing in law ID-Extinct wild ex
24-240
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DOWN
1-Remains of dire 2-Censured
UNA
200
44
15
#2 13 14
15
.43% n.
18
.200 n.
24
2x
.07 n.
.95 &.
.04 n.
25
Ch Govt. 5% 1925 G$Bds. 42/47 n. II.K. Entertainments $........7 n.
$29
Constructions (old) $
.1.60 n.
Constructions (now) s..
.1 n.
133
Vibre Piling $.......
.7.70 n.
8/3 n.
38
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Marmanans Inv. (Lon.] a/-- Morsmens Inv. (ILK.) n/− ..2/0 n.
Soviet Denies
Influence
MOSCOW, Feb, 23 (Router),
the two points is about 90 miles. -The "Tass" agency is au- Yoshikawa and his assistants have thorised to deny that Russia had been waiting at the top of Mount Rokko since February 1 awaiting anything to do with the signing favourable wind and weather condi- of the Turco-Bulgarlan Pact as ton.
reported by a Swiss newspaper.
41
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20-free maidenly
30 English aralizels
31-Entrances
33 - Квароп
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34-Compan poist
30-Eppelz
31-Edward
41-Not wide
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47-Bals Breads 40-Vegetable 49-Delaware (abbr) 20-OBETITO 62-Nominated
65--Large weighta
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69 Headgear. Go-Wiping depic $3~~Georgin RC-Note of scale
28
156
37
10
37
Monday, Feb 24 Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A.,
Canada, Central and South Ame rica via San Francisco,
G.P.O. and K.P.O.
Reg.
..Feb. 24, 5 p.m.
Ord. ...Feb, 25, 8.30 a.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 25
Sandakan
Air Mail by sea to Singapore to con-.
****.....9.30 a.m.
neck with the "British Overseas Airways."
Straits Canton
Kr.O. & G.r.o. Reg. .........Feb. 25. 11 a.m. Ord GunFeb. 25, 11:30 alm. .12.30 p.m.
....7 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 20
Siraits and Rangoon ... ..8.30 .m. Halphong...
.10.30a.m.
Manila, Australia and New Zealand
via Thursday Island.
G.P.O. and K.P.O. Reg.,
Ord.
Sandakan.
.Feb. 26, 1.45 p.m. Feb. 26, 2.30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 28
8.30 a.m..
Air Mail by Air to Rangoon to con--
neet with the "British Overseas Airways."
...........Feb, 28, 4 p.m. ...Feb. 28, 4.30 p.m.
K.P.O.
Rez.
Ord.
G.P.O.
Reg.
Ord.
.Feb, 28, 4 pm
Feb. 28, 4.30 p.m.
Straits and Parcels only for United-
Kingdom
G.P.O, and K.P.O.
Parcels Reg.
Feb. 26, 5 p.m.
Feb. 28, 5 p.m..
Ord.
Mar. 1, 8:39 an.
Saturday, Mar. 1
Air Mail by sea to Singapore to con-
nect with the "British Overseas. Airways."
Reg.,
Kr.o.
.Mar. 1.2. p.in. Ord.........Mar, 1, 2,30 p.m.
G.r.O.
RCE..
.Mar. 1, 2 p.m. Ordy Mar. 1. 2.30 p.m. Straits, Ceylon, India, and East Afrien
3.39
p.m. Manila, Batavin, Mauritius, Lourenco- Marques, and South Africa vin Durban...
3.30 p.m.. Air Mall for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A., and Europe vla "Pan Ame- rican Airways and Trans-Atlanile- Bervices."
Reg.
Ord.
Rer.
Ord.
K.P.O.
..........Mar, 1, 5 p.m... ...........Mar. 1, 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O,
Mar. 1, 5 p.m. Mar. 1, 5.30 p.m..
Sunday, Mar. 2
Manjle, Macasser and Sourabaya
Monday, Mar. 3
Straits and Calcutta.
Parcels
Letters
8,30 a.m..
.Mar. 3, 11 am,
Mar. 3, Noon
Tuesday, Mar. 4
Air Mall by sea to Singapore to con-
nect with the British. Overseas · Airways,"
K.P.O.
Reg.,
.Mar. 4, 10.30 a.mi..
Ord.,
G.P.O.
Rex..
Ord.
.Mar 4, 11 am
.Mar. 4, 10.30 a.m..
„Mar 4, 11 am..
Superscribed Correspondence Only..