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HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH.
March 24, 1941,
CLASSIFIED NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. CHINA LIGHT & POWER
ADVERTISEMENTS 25 words $2.50
for 3 days prepaid POSITIONS VACANT. IMMEDIATELY a thoroughly cap- able temporary No. 1 Boy. Must speak good English and have good
5 Apply after references, Mrs. H. Hancock, 288 Peak.
FOR SALE.
$1.17.
CROSS SPRINGER SPANIEL Pup- ples (seven) for gale in aid of the Bomber Fund. Please apply Mrs. Hoga, Jockey Club Stables. "HONGKONG AS REVEALED DY
Second
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of the
Edition CANTERA" U excellent views Colony. Price $1.50. Obtainable at Kelly & Walsh, Lu.. or from the Publishers South
Morning China Post, Ltd., Wyndham Street,
National Day
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Of Prayer
Hongkong in comion with the rest of the Empire, observed yester- national day of prayer for day strength and guidance in days to for conic and of thanksgiving blessings already received. The day wna set aside in accordance with the wishes of His Hajesty the King.
Special services were held, in the Churches of all denominations in the Colony, and they were well attend-
ed.
The Dean of Hongkong, the Rev. J. L. Wilson, preached
where John's Cathedral, prayers were offered.
un
Very
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special
The Rev. Fr T. F. Ityan, S., spoke the subject of Prayer at St Joseph's Church, where a large con- gregation attended.
CHARTERED BANK
A.. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED
CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS-
HEY, YOU!
BANK S
Reserve Fund
........................ £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE: LONDON. 38 Dishopsgate, E.C.1.
Rub-Agencies in London: 117/12, Leadenhall Street, E,CJ.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHIÑA. Notice is hereby given that the
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1817.
£3,000,000 Company's standard charges will│Paid-up Capitat NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN be increased as from 17th March, Reserve Liability of Proprietors £1,000,000 that the FIFTY-SIXTH ORDIN-1941, by adding a 10% surcharge ARY YEARLY MEETING of the to the amounts charged for elec Company (since registration) will tricity consumed for lighting and
after 24th. April, 1941, be held at the Hong Kong Hotel, Power as per meters read on and Hong Kong, on THURSDAY, the
The existing neale of discounts 3RD APRIL, 1911, at 11.30 n.m.will remain in force.
By order of the Board of for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers Directors,
Statement of together with Accounts for the year ended 31ST OCTOBER, 1946.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, "the 24th, MARCH, 1941, to THURSDAY, the 3RD APRIL, 1911, both days inclusive, JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers, Hong Kong, 18th March, 1941.
HONG KONG TELEPHONE
COMPANY, LIMITED.
D. W. MUNTON,
Managor. Hongkong, 8th March, 1941.
HONG KONG ROTARY CLUB
Object
FLAG DAY
March 29th., 1941.
To obtain funds to purchaso Molor Ambulances and Mobile Canteens for China and Britain.
CO., LTD.
shares of $10 cach
West End Branch: 14/16, Cockspur Htreet, S.W.L. Manchester Branch:
52, Mosley Street, Manchester, Z.
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: Alor Star
Penang Rangoon Saigon Semarang
Amritsar
Bongkok
Batavia
Bombby
Calcutta
Agenclex:
Clive Street Fairlie Place
Canton
Cawnpore Cebu
Colombo Delli
Haiphong
Hamburg
Hankow Hongkong
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Karachi
Seremban
Klang
Kobo
Kunla
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Kuching
Shanghai Singapore Sitiawan Souralinya Taiping
&tadras
Tientsin
Montia
Tangkah
Medan
(huket).
New York Tsingtao
Peiping Yokohama
(Peking)
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Banking Business transacted.
General
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year or shorter periods in Local or Quier 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 Ofce in London undertakes Executor de Trusted business and claims recovery of. British Income Tax overpaid on terms which may ba ascertained at any of His Agencies" and Branches.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the SIXTEENTH ORDINARY THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC YEARLY MEETING of. HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED, will be hell DB Issue of 600,000 new ordinary FRIDAY, the 28th day of March, 1941, at noon, in the BOARD ROOM of the Company, SECOND
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN FLOOR, EXCHANGE BUILDING, HONG KONG, for the purpose of that the Register of Members of receiving a Statement of Accounts the Company will be closed from and the Report of the Board of 1st to 5th April, 1911, both days Directors, for the financial year inclusive, during which period no ended 31st December, 1910, and Transfer of Shares enn be regis- ZBW on a Frequency of 845 lc's.
and Directors re-electing
tered, Auditors.
two
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be closed from the 14th March to the 28th March, -The-Charlered-Bank-has-received 1-1941--both-daya_inclusive The following telegram from its Head; Office in London:
TE-
On April 2 at the annual meeting of shareholders, Directors will commend a nai dividend at the rate
of 30 per cent, per annum subject to
Dated this 1st day of March, 1941.
By Order of the Board,
J. P. SHERRY, Managing Director.
Income Tux; £50,000 to Premises A-14. Des Voeux Road Central, count, and carry forward £182,00- 2.9.11.
Hong Kong,
Monster Raffle
in aid of the
Bomber Fund
over
$46,000
value of prizes
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Radio Programme Broadcast by
and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. on 9.52 in.c's. per BY ORDER OF THE BOARD | second. OF DIRECTORS,
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12.15 p.m. Short Service of In- tercession.
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,
Agents
21st March, 1941.
THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN COMPANY LTD,
Notice to Shareholders
THE FIFTY-FOURTH ORDIN- ARY ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. on WED- NESDAY, the 26th MARCH; 1941, at NOON,, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Direc- tors and the Statement of Accounts. for the year ended 31st DECEMBER, 1940.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be CLOSED from İSATURDAY, the 15th MARCH, 1941, to WEDNESDAY, the 26th | MARCH, 1941, both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board of Directors,
C. M. MANNERS, Secretary and Manager, Hongkong, 7th March, 1941.
NOTICE
DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1910
The following rates will be charged for mailing single copies of the following nowspapers
abrond:
- South China Morning Post
China and Macno
16 cents per copy
Belilah 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.
-12.30-Variety.
1.0 Local Time Signal,
1.01 Orchestra Museotie with Tlne Rossi (Tenor).
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, and Announcements,
1.45
Beethoven Trio in G Major,
Op. 9, No. 1.
The Pasquier Trio,
2.15 Close down.
5.45 Indian Programme.
6.30 Closing locul Stock Quota- tions.
6.32 French
with
Programme Yvonne Printemps (Soprano),
7.0 London Relay-The News. 7.15
London Relay--Working To- gether.'
7.30 Excerpts from Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado."
B.B Local Time Signal and An- B.17 nouncements.
8.02 This week's programmes. 8.03 Plano-Accordeon Sulos by George Scott-Wood.
Mc
Song of Songs (Moya), Speak to of Love (Lenoir), Stars Over Devon (Flynn and Egan).
8.15 London Relay-II, Gang!" 0.6 London Relay-The News. 0.15 London Relay-'Questions of the four.
0.30 A Programme of Old English Muste,
9.45 News in French, (on Short Wave only).
10.0 London Relay-Nowa Home by Howard_Marshall,
from
10.15 Excerpts from Ivor Novello's Shows.
10.30
Dance Music.
11.0 Close down.
KOWLOON DANCE
The Kowloon Cricket Club are holding their next dance on Satur- day, March 29, at 9.15 p.m.
Music will be provided by the Dance Orchestra of the 1st Bn. The Middlesex Regiment (by kind per- mission of Lt-Col. H. W. H. Stewart, M.BE., M.C, and officers).
A raffle for valuable prizes will be
run for the bonefit of the Homber Fund.
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DONATION TO DATE:
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REMITTED TO LONDON
£104,889.19.6d:
EWO BEER ·
As of to-day, March 24, 1941, the prices of EWO Beer, Pints and Quarts, have been increased by $3.00 per case.
JARDINE, MATHESON
& CO., LTD.,
Pedder Street,, Hongkong.
POST OFFICE
The Printed Matter Service to the following places in China is tem- porarily suspended: Yunnan, Sze- chuen, Kwelchow, Hunan, Fuklen Amoy and Kulanggu). (except
North and East of Kwangsi, Kwangtung.
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The public are reminded that it is breach of postal regulations to enclose in a postal cover communi- cations intended for persons other than the addressco.
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.
INWARD MAILS United-Kingdom and Straits. Mar, 24. Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-San Francisco dale, 18th March
Australia and Manila
Canton.
U.S.A. and Japan
date, 7th March)
.Mar. 25.
Mur, 25.
Mar.
25.
(San Francisco
...Mar. 25.
Australia, Rabaul and Manila Mar. 27,
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Malls are losed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertis- ed to close at or before 9 a.m. regis- tered and parcel molls are closed ot 5 p.m. on the previous day. When mails are advertised to close after 5 p.m.. Registered and Parcel mails are closed at 5 p.m.
Monday, March 24
Manila, Australia and New Zealand
via Brisbane.
G.P.O. and K.P.O. Parcels
Reg.
.Mar. 24, 5 p.m.
Mar, 24, 5 p.m.
Ord. ......Mar. 25, 0.30 0.m.
Tuesday, March 25
Air Mail for Masila, Guam, Ilone-
lula, U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan- American Airways and Trans- Atlantic Services."
K.r.o.
.Mar. 25, 5.00 p.m. .Mar. 26, 5.30 p.m.
Canton
Rég.
Ord.
G.P.O.
Reg. Ord.
.Mar. 25, 5.00 p.m. Mar. 25, 7.00 p.m. .7 p.m. Wednesday, March 26
Air Mail by sea to Singapore to con
neet with the "Brilia Overseas Airways"
G.P.O, and K.P.O.
Reg.
Ord,
Calcutta.
Parcels
Letters
...Mar. 26, 11 a.m. .Mar. 28, 11.30 a.m.
.11 a.m. Noon.
Straits, South Africa, and Parcels
only for United Kingdom.
K.r.o. Parcels. Mar, 20, 10 a.m.
Rcg.
Ord.
.Mar. 28, 11.45 am. .Mar. 20, 12.30 p.m. G.F.O.
Parcels...
..Mar, 21, 10 a.m.
Rex.....
Mar. 20, 11.45 a.m. Ord.....Mar. 20, 12.30 p.m.
Friday, March 28
Air Mall by Sea to Singapore to connect with the "British Over-
K.P.O.
.Mar. 28. 2 p.m. ..Mar, 28, 2.30 p.m.
seas, Airways,"
Iteg.
Ord.
G.P.O.
Iter.
Ord.
.Mar. 28. 2 p.m. ..........Mar, 28, 2:30 p.m.
Ceylon, India, East and South Airlea
3.30 p.m. Strelts, Rangoon and Calcuita
3.30 p.m.
Air Mail by Air to Rangoon to con
nect with the "Delish Overseas Airways."
'Reg.
K. P. O. ................., Mar. 28, 4.00 p.m. Ordd.......Mar. 28, 4,30 p.m.
G. P. O.
Reg...Mar. 28, 4.00 p.m. .......Mar, 28, 4.30 p.m. #Superscribed Correspondence Only
Ord.