CLASSIFIED NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ADVERTISEMENTS 25 words $2.50 for 3 days propaid
WANTED TO BUY.
WE PAY HIGH PRICES for all diamonds, jowals, watches, gold and zülver articles, Apply Fel Jin Jewellery, Loke Yew Building, 7th floor, Queen's Road, Central,
FOR SALE.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTY-SIXTH ORDIN- ARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company (since registration) will be held at the Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, on THURSDAY, the 3RD APRIL, 1941, at 11.30 a.m. for the purpose of receiving the Roport of the General Managers CROSS SPRINGER SPANIEL Pup-together with a Statement of pies (seven), for sale in aid of the Bomber Fund. Please apply Mrs. Hogg, Jockey Club Slables, "HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY THE CAMERA" Second Edition. Over EO excellent
the Colony, Price $1.50. Obtainable at Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., or from the Publishers South China Post, Lid., Wyndham Street,
view of
Morning
TURKS STAND
TO ARMS
Martial Law Vote
LONDON, Mar. 19 (Reuter).
Accounts for the year ended 318T OCTOBER, 1940,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the 24th MARCII, 1911, to THURSDAY, the 3RD APRIL, 1941, both days Inclusive,
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers. Hong Kong, 18th March, 1941.
NOTICE
As from to-day the prices of
The decree concerning martialU.B. Beer, Pints and Quarts have law in Turkey was unanimously been increased by $3.00 per case. prolonged for a further three Albion Pale Ale by $1.00 per case. months at a meeting of tho Turkish Grand National Assem- bly to-day, states the Ankara radio.
Meeting In Cyprus
CAIRO, Mar. 10 (Reuter)."High- ly satisfactory to both sides" is the description applied in authoritative British quarters here to-night to the meeting between the British Foreign Mr Anthony Eden, and the Foreign Minister, M. Shokru Turkish Mr. Sarajoglu, In Cy
Cyprus yesterday.
the fortnight since their previous mecting in Ankara, much has happen- ed; it is therefore natural that the, Ministers should meet to discuss the progress made.
W. R. LOXLEY & CO. (CHINA) LIMITED.
Sole Agents;
Union Brewery. Ltd. Shanghai.
THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN COMPANY LTD.
Notice to Shareholders
Thursday,
:
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
G. BR R.
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
of the Sale by Public Auction
CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS
Notice la hereby given that the to be held on Monday, the 24th Company's standard charges will day of March, 1941, nt 3 p.m., be increased as from 17th March, at the Officer of the Public [1941, by' adding a 10% surcharge Works Department, by Order of to the amounts charged for elec His Excellency the Governor of tricity consumed for lighting and one Lot of Crown Land at Tai power as per meters read on and Kok Tsui, in the Colony of Hong after 24th April, 1941, Kong, for a term of 75 years, The existing scale of discounts with the option of renewal at a will remain in force. Grown Rent to be fixed by the By order of the Board of Surveyor of His Majesty the Directora, KING, for one further term of
75 years.
D. W. MUNTON,
Manager,
Hongkong, 8th March, 1941.
RADIO
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the disposal of the lot the Purchaser (If not the applicant) will be required-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 ZBW, 355 metros (845 kc.) and 31.45 refunded
on payment of the
motras (9,520 kilo-cycles) Purchase price.
The Vincent-Wallace Opera "Maritana”
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.!
No. of Sale.
Kowloon
4203. Inland Lot
Adjoining Kowloon
Inland Lot No. 2242. Larch Street,
Tai Kok Tsui,
Registry No.
Locality
Boundary |Measurements
1. S. E
teal feet fet enti
ne per sale plan.
feet.
Contents in
Ann.
Upset
Price
Radio Programmo Broadcast by EZIW on a Frequency 945 ke's, and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and (0-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's. per second.
5.45 Indian Programme, 0.30 Closing local Stock Quotn-
EXTETS
tions.
6.32
Variety.
London Relay-Tho News,
7.35 London Relay 'Meet Uncle
Sam
Edwin Murrow interviews Alistair Cook.
7.30 Hawallan Selections.
0 Local Time Signal and Announce- ments.
8.02 Derickson (Tenor) and Brown (Piano).
8.15 Studio-Local Newsletter. 8.30 Millary Band Concert with
Dennis Noble (Baritone),
9 London Relay The News, 9.15 London Relay "Questlong of
The purchaser of the lot will be required to pay to the auctioneer in cash the sum of $1,823 (being 10% of the upset price) im- the Hour.
0.30 Compositions of Eric Coates. mediately after the fall of the
9.45 News In French (on Short hammer, the balance of the Wave only).
HONG KONG ROTARY CLUB
FLAG DAY
March 29th, 1911.
THE FIFTY-FOURTH ORDIN-premium being paid in accordance.
OF with the Conditions of Sale. Cyprus pays a warm welcome to ARY ANNUAL MEETING the distinguished visitors in which SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Greek, British and Turkish com- the Oflee of Messrs. Jardine, munities have enthusi ically joined. Matheson & Co., Ltd. on WED.
Balkan Situation LONDON, Mar. 19 (Reuter)-At NESDAY, the 26th MARCH, 1911, Tuesday's meeting in Cyprus beat NOON, for the purpose of tween Mr Eden and M. Sarnjegu receiving the Report of the Direc- every aspect of the international tors and tho Statement of allation was examined with special
Accounts for the year ended 31st attention to the Balkan situation.
A communique stated that there DECEMBER, 1940. wan "complete agreement between the two governments in their policy in regard, to all these problems."
Encouragement ATHENS, Mar. 19 (Reuter). "We shall have common victory. Meanwhile we are rejoleing at your victorien as if they were our own," declared the Turkish Foreign Minis- ter, M. Shokru Sarajogiu, to a special correspondent of the Athens news- paner, "Ethnos," in Ankara,
n
M. Sarajoglu added: "The Greek deeds are magnificent and provide a glorious page in the history, of humanity. am optimistic as regards the future and am convinged that the results will be good.
Ho
We shall probably have to through new trials but this matters little to our prople."
Commons Gets Rare Laugh
were
From Railway Coaches LOWDON, Mar. 19 (Reuter).- Members of Parliament who recently irritated by a notice in the
carriages railway
of otherwise crowded truing reading "Not for public use" ventilated their sense of grievance in the House of Commons this afternoon but their resentment; dlusolved into rours of Saughter
following the explanation of the
Transport Minister, Colonel J, Muore- Brabazon.
The
Being pressed to state what special reasons for these reservations were, the Minister said: "The ilst is
rather curious
one. It includes
Broken windows, infectious diseases
and corpses."
The House filtered.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 15th MARCH, 1941, to WEDNESDAY, the 26th MARCH, 1941, both days inclusive,
By Order Directors.
of the Board of
C. M. MANNERS, Secretary and Manager. Hongkong. 7th March, 1941.
NOTICE
DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940
The following rates will be charged-for-mailing single copies of tho following newspapers abroad:-
South China Morning Post China and Macao
16 cents per 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 25 cents Saturdays.
The Minister continued: "It also Petain's Broadcast
includes lunatics and high
offlcinia."
includes convicts and Ministers."
and
Service
the
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
Marshal
The House Toughed Minister concluded: "And finally, I GRENOBLE, Mar. 10, (UP).—In a
broadcast here to-night, Cabinet
Petain stated: "France to-day Is subjected to great difficulties and is menaced by even more severe mea❤ sures. She can only cmerge from them through the most rigorous dis- clpline.
The House roared and continued in open hilarity when Labour mein- bera asked how the railway offctals managed to distinguish between all these categories ›
M
Object
To obtain funds to purchase Motor Ambulances and Mobile Canteens for China and Britain.
HONGKONG TELEPHONE CO., LTD.
10 London Relay To Talk of Many Tilngs."
10.15 Plano Interinde. Liszt-Hungarinn Rhapsody No. 11 ....Marcel Ciampl.
10,20 Vincent Wallace's "Maritana."
11 Close down,
Opers
ALBANIA
Italians Again Heavily Repulsed LONDON, Mar. 19 (Reuter).
March 20, 1941.
BANK S
THE QUARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA,
Pald-up Capital
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1133,
**** £,000,000 Aleserve. Liability of Propriators £3,000,000 Reserve Fund.... ********. £3,000,000
READ OFFICE:LONDON, 38 Dlhopsgate, E.C..
Rab-Agencies in London: 117/12, Leadenhall Street, C.3.
West End Branch: 14/16, Cockspur Street, 8.3.1. Manchester Branchi
52, Mosiay Street, Alancheater, #. AGENCIES AND BRANCHESI itankow Penang
Alor Star Amritsar Bangkok Batavia
Hongkong
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Ipoh
Ratcon
Ilolio
Borlarang
Borabay
Karachi
Seremban
Calcutta
King
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Agtencios:
Kebe
Singapore
Cave Street
Kuala
Sitiawan
Fairlie Placu
Lumpur
Bourabaya
Canton
Kuching
Taiping
Cawnpore
Madras
Tientaln
Cebu
Manila
Tongkah
Colombo
Medan
(huket)
Haiphong
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FOREIGN
New York Tangise
Poiping
(Peking)
EXCHANGE and General Dankingsiness transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Your or shorter periods in Local or Other Cur- rencies at rates which will be quoted on application,
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application. 'The Bank's Head Office in London undertakes Executor & Trustee business and claim recovery of British Income Tax overpaid on terins which may be ascertained as any of its Agencies and Branches,
W. II. EVANS THOMAS,
Manager.
Exchange At A Glance
SELLING
T.T. London Demand London T.T. Shanghat ...
Singapore
T.T. Japan T.T. India
T.T. U.S.A. T.T. Manila T.T. Batavia
Bangkok TT.
1/2% 1/2% .440
.5234
1021⁄2
.82%
.24%
.48%
·.454
149%
104
102
T.T. Austraila
.1/01/
BUYING
1/31/ 1/3/2
.25
.84
T.T. Saigon T.T. France
T.T. Switzerland
4 m/s L/C London
4 m/s D/P London
4 m/s L/C U.S.A.
4 m/s France
30 / Indla
U.S. Cross rate in London 4.02 U.S. Cross rate in N.Y...4.03
Control Of
J. ULLMANN & CO.
Established 1860
L
4 2 2
Food From WATCHES
Gt Britain
LONDON, Mar. 19 (Reuter). From April 3 practically all foodstuffs will be subject to ex- port, licensing control to all des-
The Greek reply to local at- tacks by Italian troops on the Albanian front yesterday was quick and drastic. The attacking [detachments were all driven back NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN and sustained heavy losses. that an Extraordinary General This claim was mude in a Greek Meeting of the Hongkong Tele-Priss Ministry statement broadcast phone Co., Ltd., will be held in the from the Athens radio to-night. Board Room of the Company, 2nd preceded in each case by
It was stated that the attacks were a fairly Flour, Exchange Building. Des heavy artillery barrage, Voeux Road
Out Central, Victoria, Hongkong, on Friday, the 28th day tallan offensive action in the central
Company Wiped
tinations. ATHENS, Mar. 19 (Reuter),--The of March, 1941, at 12.15 o'clock in sector of the Albanian front, support the afternoon or ao soon thereafter ed by tanks, and another minor action as the Annual General Meeting in the northern sector have been re
Prisoners were taken and convened for noon on that day pulsed. shall have terminated, when there nks destroyed. subjoined resolution will be pro-communique states that a company To-night's Greek High Command posed as a special resolution:- of attacking Itailan forces was cut That the Articles of Association off and, trapped in the converging fire of of the Company be altered in the manner following:--
(a) By the deletion of the oxisting
Articlo 95 and the substitu- tion in Bleu thereof of the following Article:-
95. The Directors of the
"Company shall not be "less than six and not "more than ten in num-] "ber."
weapons and
Greek hutoletely wiped out.
fortillery, was
As a result of successful operations, the Greeks captured a number of prisoners in the Acos Valley.
All is quiet in the interior of the country.
MAD WITH STOMACH PAIN
It doesn't matter how long-stand- ing your stomach trouble may be it doesn't matter how bad your pain
(b) In Article 101 the word "six"
shall be substituted for the Maclean Brand Stomach Powder word "four" where such word and its exuse as well.
will almost certainly ease it,away- occurs in the third and Afth
Take the ease of Mr. J. R. Ever line
respectively of such since he left the Army, after the last War, he suffered from Gastric Trou- ble. He had all his teeth out, but got no rellet. He tried one cheap remedy after another, but the trouble remained
Article. By order of the Board,
J. P. SHERRY, Managing Director. Hongkong, 5th March, 1941.
Read his own words:
"I was mad with pain, no one knows how awful I felt. I decided
The-chicf-exceptions-will-be wines,
spirits, pickles, dauces and chutneys.
New additions to the control list ore made in a Board of Trade order to-day.
Concessions under which, with some exceptions, foodstuffs subject to export control may be exported with. out licence to the Crown Colonies and protectorates provided that an import licence has been obtained in the territory concerned, remain In force.
Ammunition Recovered
Detectives of the Shamshulpo Police Station under the leadership. of Del-Sergeant McPh recovered
2 large quantity of ammunition, of which over 14,000 had recently been stolen a pill box In the Tsun Wan aren through audacious methods,
Three men have been arrested. The boxes containing the ammuni- tion were removed from the interior of the pill box through the aperture of which the bars were through to allow the passage of a person. Altogether 12 h containing 1,248 rounds of ammuni-
were stolen. tion, was
Once the theft was discover een! tectives from Shementing Immediate
www
anali
IIONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK Powder. Well, I took a teaspoon
to get Maclenn Brand Stomachly set on the trail of the culprits and ful and a-hall and was absolutely CO., LTD,
surprised how the pain faded away. It's wonderful."
after strenuous inquiries and obser vations they recovered eight of the stolen boxes and arrested three men in the Tsimshatsui district.
"It is my duty to prepare for the day when France will be free again Admiral Esteva under 1 new constitution. I am LONDON, Mar. 19 (Router)-Ad- building that pillar day by day." miral Estevn, Resident-General at
Impoverished Larder Tunis, former C.-in-C. French Naval VICHY, Mar. 19 (Reuter). Foreca in the Far East, has arrived at France's hopes of American old to Notice is hereby given that the Vichy to confer with members of the relleve her food shortage were voiced Ordinary Yearly Meeting of Share-for the tablets) for your stomach Why not try this famous powder French Government, according to the by Marshal Petain in a broadcast
Mr Arzoon of No. trouble? You won't have to enduren, Bernd
420, Nathan Swiss radio.
holders will be held in the Office stomach pain much longer if you do! speech at Grenoble
to-day
Прир renorts that The Government bad a heavy task of the Company, No. 2 Queen's But make sure you see the signature entered his house and stole cutlery, delne Tuesday night some person Calling Soldiers'
and was specially concerned with the Building, Hong Kong, on Monday, and bottle, Maclean Drand Stomach "ALEX. C. MACLEAN" on carton Sweethearts
shortage of supplies and stocks.
"We are counting greatly on Ameri- 31st March, 1941, at noon for con- Powder la never sold loose, but only PARENTS, wives and sweethearts can ald to relieve the shortage," he adoration of the Directors' Report in bottles or flat tins.
valued together at $127, in betties. The tablets are available of men serving in the British Forces declared. In Gibraltar, Malta, India and tho Franes was undergoing great dif- and Statement of Accounts for the Far East are invited by the B.B.C. to ficulties and her life was threatened year ending 31st December, 1940. taiming it from your local chemist or If you have any difficulty in ob-) send messages to Broadcasting House with still more severe measures but to be included in the new "regular"we are working more and produc-:
The Share Register and Trans-Boy 765, Hong Kong,
store wrile to:-Banker & Co., P.O. I weekly programme for these men.
fer Books will be closed from the 18th to 31st March, 1911, both days Inclusive.
The loss of two pointer dogs was reported to the Polles yesterday by Mr J. E. Noronha of No, & Victory Avenue, Homaniin.
Ng Sun-wan of 170, Nathan Road, reports that at 4.30 a.m. some person entered the above premises and stole wrist watch and a fountain pen and pencil valued at $100.
ing more."
Garrisoning Norway
LONDON, Mar. 19 (Reuter) Germans are planning to place gar- risons on the hundred of lets along the Norwegian const, according to in- formallon from Norway. If this plan Is put into asertion, a very large number of German troops will be immobilised.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
E. COCK, Chief Manager. Hongkong, 10th March, 1041.
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ROPE CO.
MAKES BIG PROFIT Good Orders For
1941 Booked
A Statement of Accounts repre- senting a greatly improved position on recent years was presented by tho Hon. Mr A. L. Sticks, at the 67th
yearly meeting of the lieugkong Rope Manufacturing Co. at the Ulices of Mesara Showan, Tomes to-day:
The Hon. ir Snivida, Chileman, was supported by Mr J. P. Braga, Mr S. T. Williamson, Mr L. Kaudorie (alternate Director for Su Elly Kudoorio), directors; Mr Ε.
Tavares
res (Secretary); and Messrs F. Stafford Smith, 1. W. Shewan, Dreyer, J. Dick and A. A. Botelho, (shareholders)
Mr Shields said:
I am happy to address you to-day with a Statement of Accounts which is a great Improvement on recent years.
Variations In Costs Tho year's trading has not been without come anxiety owing to re- percussions of the war such as varia- tions cost of supplies, increased freight rates and the transfer of ships to other trades. Shipping is our mainstay and while we are indebted to most of our old buyers for their support during the
the past
year duction in tonnuge in Far Eastern waters must obviously decrease their purchases of cordage, I have no wish to be gloomy about this but it must be borne in mind when const dering the prospects for the 'current year.
would add that this year the volume of orders booked has been very satisfactory and I hope it may continue.
Referring to the accounts you will note that for the first time a Profit and Loss Appropriation Account has been included in the interests of clarity,
Donation To Bomber Fund Turning to the Profit and Loss Account I am sure you will approve the subscription of $5,000 to the South China Morning Post War Fund (and in view of the results for 1040, will agree to a further contribution). War Taxation based on the 1039 figures of $11,021.50 is the amount
1940 and I paid in
wo have made Reserve of $30,000 to cover the anti- cipated amount of tax payable on the
you. There is litle to refer to in the Balonce Sheet.
You
will note that $102,063.10 has been expended on
account now before
a
additions to machinery. We will have some further additions this year which are part of our programme to balance our output and modernize some of our equipament.
Depreciation has been provided on
the usual cole and your Board re- commend that $50,000 to written off the land at Ma-inu-koic,
A bonus to staff and workers also appears in the proposed appropria. tion. This has been well earned and I am sure will meet with your approval.
Allocations
As you will see from the accounts the profit for the year ended Decem- ber 31, 1040 is $205,023.32 and with the balance brought forward from fast account $81.883.30, the amount available for appropriation is $350,-" 800.02 which your Directors recom→ mend be dealt with as follows:
To write-off Land at Ma-tau-kok, .Kow-
To
Joon
place to Chinese Superannuation Fund
To pay a dividend of
$1 per share To pay a bonus to staff and workers ....... And carry forward to 1941 account ..8....
$ 50,000.00
10,000.00
200,000.00
7,800,00
83,000.62
$350,800.62
I now move that the Renort and Accounts as presented be adopted and passed and that the balance at credit of Profit and Loss Account, viz: $350,000.02 be appropriated in the way which
bave just read out. When that has been seconded I shall be pleased to answer any questions, [having reference to the accounts,
which
you may wish to ask. The motion was seconded by Mr Williamson and was carried unani- mously.
Mr J. P. Brage and Mr S. T. Wil- Hainson wero re-elected to the Board nt Directors on the proposal of Mr. F. Stafford Smith, seconded by Mr J. Dick,
Messrs Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming and Messrs Linstead and Davis were re-appointed Auditora on the proposal of Mr H.. Dreyer, seconded by Mr A. A. Botelho.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS LATEST DONATIONS TO THE BOMBER FUND
A total of $1.001291.02
was reached yesterday by the War Fund Inaugurated by the A. C. M. Post, Ltd., with the fol lowing nonations: Police Recreatioti Club (twolfin
dunation) Members of the Equine Sporis
༄། dp
71.88
250
1.20
Mr M. G. Carruthers (monthly donation).................dang Indian and Chinese Police Quardi (nfth donation) "Viant-et-un" P.K.P. xixth donation) Treasury "Shrapnel Box" (week ended 18.3.41)** The sum of $15 has been received from. the liongkong Amateur Dramatle Club. being a donation In lieu of bouquets to following who are taking part in ample, Mrs Wackintay. Mies Day Bago and Mia Joan Critchell.
Roosevelt Honoured
ATHENS, Mär. 19 (UP)-Tho Municlanlity to-day conferred an honorary citizenship on President Roatovelt and re-christened thoroughfare, "Roosevelt Avenue."