Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
March 31, 1941.
DONALD DUCK
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HAVE THIS, OR AS. MANY SODAS AS
Y CAN DRINK ?
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CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD.
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Board of Trade Rules.
Particulars of service, etc. may Notice is hereby given that the be obtained from the Naval Store Company's standard charges wilt|Officer, II. M. Dockyard, Ilong be increased as from 17th March. Į Kong, and application, in writing. inexpensively here
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FOR SALE.
NEW PEKING CARPETS acquired
bc unn
by
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after 24th April, 1941.
The existing scale of discounts will remain in force.
By order of the Bourd of Directors,
D. W. MUNTON,
Manager. Hongkong, 8th March, 1941.
Applicants must bo British subjects and of British race.
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THE HONGKONG ELECTRICA
CO., LTD.
HEAD_OFFICE;-LONDON, Ja Bishopsgate, R.C.I.
Sub-Agencies la London: 117/112, Leadenhall Street, EC3.
West End Branch: 14/16, Cockspur Street, B.W.A.
Manchester Branch:
52, Mosley street, Manchester, 2.
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(Dhuket).
New York Tsingtao Pelping Yokohama
*(Peking)
ZBW, 355 metres (845 k..) and 31.45 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Brahms Sonata No. 2 For 'Cello and Piano
Broadensi by ZBW on a Frequency of 845 k.c's., and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. un 9.53 in.c's. par second.
5.45 Indian Programmé.
0.30 Closing Jocal Stock Quotations, 6.32 Old Tones In Swingtime. 7.0 London Relay-The News, 7.15 London Relay--Talk: "Work-
Together.
Ing
Programme
7.30 An Orchestral with Paul Robeson (Bass),
(Heykens), Tom Jones
Fairy Talestra, Deen River (Bur
and His
Paul Robeson (Bass) with [eigh), Piano, Istamey Oriental Fantasy (Balakireff), New Symphony Orches- tra cond.
by Eugene Goossens, !]
Love Song (om Sanders of the River') Paul Robeson
LEIL
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Gent & Chorus, Mediterranean
Churus, Snant (Bass) with Orch.
Cuban Dance (Gensler), Odeon Theatre Orchestra, Song (Alm Sanders of the Paul Robeson, (Bass) with
Banking Business transacted."
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and
Issue of 600,000 new ordinary shares of $10 cach
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN GREEN ISLAND CEMENT that the Register of Members of Haiphong views of the
COMPANY, LIMITED
the Company will be closed from NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 1st to 5th April, 1941, both days that the 52nd Ordinary Annual inclusive, during which period no FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year Meeling of Shareholders will be Transfer of Shares can be regis-rencies at Fates which will be quoted on held at the offices of the Company,tered. Exchange Building, Des Voeux Road, Victoria, Hong Kong, on OF DIRECTORS, Tuesday, the 22nd day of April 1941, at 11.30 o'clock, n.m. for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ended 31st December, 1940.
NOTICE
DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940
The following rates will bo charged for mailing single coples following newspapers
of the abroad:
South China Morning Post China and Macao
10 cents per copy British Empire and Foreign 25 cents per copy
The Hongkong Telegraph
China and Macao 14 cents per copy 10 cents Saturdays
British and Foreign 20 cents per copy
20 cents Saturdays.
City Fire Alarm
or aliorter perioda in Local or Other Cur- application.
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in BY ORDER OF THE BOARD allowed at rates obtainable on application. Local Currency and Sterling with interest
The Bank's Hend Office in London undertakes Execulor & Trustee business and, claima recovery of Dritial Income
ascertained at any of ita Agenties" and Branchics,
W. II. EVANS THOMAS.
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., I'TD., Tax overpaid on terms which may be
Agents.
21st March, 1941.
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of motion. the Company will be CLOSED from WEDNESDAY, the 9th April, 1941, to TUESDAY, the 22nd | April, 1941, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
I. TAYLOR, Manager and Secretary. Hong Kong, 25th March, 1941,
DISCHARGED ON ASSAULT COUNT
Owing to the absence of the Com- Two appliances-from-Central-Fire plainant,-To-Chi-him-31-howker: Brigade station were rushed to the Ranjit Singh, 35, private watchman, Bank of East Asia Building shortly after 10 aan. to-day in answer to a telephone summons Brigade officers found on arrived that a small pile of wastepaper had enught fire on the sixth floor. No damage was done,
Make a
was discharged by Mr H. C. Macnamara at Kowloon Magistracy. to-day on a charge of assault. It was originally alleged that Singh osmiuli- et Lo nt Sheum's Circus, Cheung Shin Won Roud, Shamshuipo, recently.
Monthly Donation
The SIMPLEST and SPEEDIEST way YOU can help WIN THE WAR is to give regular CASH DONATIONS to the Government.
Can You Afford
Can You Afford Can You Afford
NO SUM TOO LARGE.
$100 per month? $10 per month? $1
per month?
NO SUM TOO SMALL.
Fill in the form below and HELP WIN THE WAR. *
Donations to 29.3.41: $1,748,079.78 Remitted to London: £108,889.19.6d.
Hongkong."
1941.
The Manager,
Sir,
Bank,
Hongkong.
Commencing 1st April, 1941, and until further notice, please transfer the sum of $... Monthly to "War Fund, South China Morning Post Ltd." and debit my current account.
Yours faithfully,
NOTICE
The China Emporium, Ltd is closed-to-day (March 31st) for AN- NUAL STOCK TAKING, but will resume business to-morrow (April 1st).
The Cafe
de Luxe Restaurant remains open
as usual.
In aid of Bomber Fund and B.W.O.F.
Manager.
BOY MEETS GIRL
Sat. April 12th
At the
K.C.C.
Mon. April 14
Sat. April 19th
SEAT:-$3.00, $2.00, $1.00
Bookable at Messrs Moutrio's or, the Club
A Glance
SELLING
T.T. Singapore
TT. India
T. U.S.A.
T.T. London Demand London TT. Shanghai ...
1/27 1/27
448
.6231
TT. Japan
.1021⁄2
.82%
.241/4
TT. Manila TT. Batavia
.184
TT, Sagan
T.T. Bangkok.
.140
.105
T.T. France
103
T.T. Switzerland
TT. Australia'
4 m/s L/C London
.1/6
BUYING
.1/3%
4 m/s D/P London
1/3
4 m/s L/C U.S.A.
4 m/s France 39 d/s Indio
.25%
.84%
US. Cross rate in London 4.02% U.S. Cross rate In N.Y...4.03%
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
(Bax), New Symphony Orchestra Saturday by the War Fund Inaugurated cond. by Eugene Goossens,
0.0 Local Time Signal and nouncements.
Rolling Up Italians Flanks
FROM PAGE ONE
East Mediterranean. Italian torpedo planes forpedoed n light cruiser. German
hit na planes
aircraft. carrier with three heavy calibre ¡bombs.
I
Blasting Towards. Asmara
CAIRO, Mar. 30 (Reuter)The siege toetics around Keren have now given way to warfare in which the work of our Indian sappers is of first Importance. Blasting away. road blocks which the retreating enemy has placed in the way of the British forces, they are opening the way for a British advance on Amara,
the The Eritrean capital les in bowl of the mountains at the end of a winding mountain road that zig-zags through dedles and up the mountain sides to a height of 7,000 feet. The tactles of the withdrawing Itellans consist of dynamiting the cliffside, bringing an avalanche on to the high- way and creating temporarily effective block which the enemy covers with machine-guna from the surrounding heights.
Machine-Gun Posts,
A total of $1,745,079,78 was rejched on
by the S. C. M. Post,
While our Infantry mop up these Lid, with the machine-gun posts, gangs of suppers
Anillowing donations
8.02 This week's programmes. 8,05 Reginald Foort at the Organ. 8.15 London Relay-I, Gang!" 9.0 London Relay The News, 9.15 London Relay Questions of the Hour,
9.30 Compositions of Elszt. Hungarian
No. Rhapsody
12, Mischa Levitzki (Piano), Consolation No. 3, Natan Milstein (Violin) with Piano,
Treasury "Shrapnel Dox" · (week
ended 22/3/41)" Mr A. H. Lo Lhombre Evening (ninth donation) Don Twidnie's Swearing Box.... Mercantile Marine Office (Bomb)
(second donation) Mrs G. M. Sinclair (monthly dona
iton) Mr. E. AR. N
R. Newton (monthly donation)
Duckworth
$ 1.31
100 20
3.54
100
set to work to blast a way through the mass of rack. On the rapidity of their work depends the speed of Our advance.
Latest reports Indicate that the first big block, 40 miles from Asmart, has to been successfully overcome.
3 F.
(monthly
Les Preludes Symphonic P. 5. S. Chicken Feed (weekly Poem, London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Albert Coates..
tullesex Regiment (old tins per
donation). European YM.CA.{
23
10
22.01
donation)
20.00
10.0 London Relay News from
Home by Howard Marshall.
19.15 Songs by Lina Paglulghi (So-
prano).
Matsuoka Leaves
For Rome
'Rigoletto" Gilda's Arla: Caro LONDON, Mar. 30 (Reuter).-Mr | nome (Verdi), 'I Puritani' (Bellini), Yosuke Matsuoka, the Japanese Son vergin vezzosa, Qui la voce tua Foreign Minister, has left Berlin for soave, with Orchestru,
Rome.
10.28 Brahms-Sonata in F major,
Op. 20,
CHUNGKING, Mar. 30 (Central 1st Mov: Allegro vivace, 2nd Mov: News) Yen Lung-kwel, pro-Nan. Adagio affettuoso, 3rd Mov: Allero king President of the Shanghai Dis- passionato, 4th Mov: Allegro molto, trict Court in Nantao, narrowly Pau Casals (Cello) and Mieczysław, missed Horszowski (Piano). 11.0 Close down.
deall yesterday afternoon when four shots were red at him: All the shots missed their target.
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A military spokesman revealed to- day that one-third of the prisoners taken at Keren are Italians and the rest native troops. He placed the number of italian dead and seriously wounded at 5,000 or 0.000.
H.K. Stock Market
The
following quotations were issued on the Mongkong Stock Mar- ket this morning.
DANKS H.K. Banks $.. H.K. Lanks
.1,340 b.
.74 n.
H.K. Banks (ILK.) £. Chartered E
77 n.
.8% n.
Mercantile, A. & D. £
.21 n.
Mercantile C. £
East Asia S
Cantons
Union $..
INSURANCES
China Underwriters HK. Fire $......
SHIFTING
Dougins S... Steamboats S... Indo-Chinas P. S. Indo-Chinas D. $... Shell (Bearers) - Waterboats $.....
.222
b. & sa.
430 b.
185 sa.
135 n.
.00 b.
60 n.
DOCKS ETC. Wharves $x.d, Docks (old) $x.d. Providents $........ S'hal Dockyards $. MINING
Kalian /- Raubs $... H.K. Mines
Hotels $. Lands $.
LANDS
10 n.
2.7 n.
...80 b. .......15.65 b. .5.30 b. & sa.
...28 ..
Lands 4% Debentures Shai Lands Sh. $: Humphreys $...
H.K. Realties $. Chinese Estates. $x.d.
Trains Peaks Tran
UTILITIES
(old) $.
Peak Trams (new) Star Ferries $
Y. Ferries' $.
China Lights (old)
China Lights (new)
H.K. Electrics $
.15/- 1.
.. n.
14 cts. n.
.3.15 b. .32% b.
.97 n.
.12.10 n.
.0.70 b.
.3 b.
.10,40 b.
.7 n.
.314 n. .54% n.
23.
0.20 b..
..1% b.
.3934 53,
Macao Electries (old) $.....104 b. Macao Electrics (new) $. 17 b. Sandakan Lights $.
........ 12 n.
Telephones (old) $x.d....23% b. Telephones (new) $ x.d.
INDUSTRIALS
Cali: Macg. (Ord.), Sh; $...30 n. Cald: Marg. (Pref.), Sh. $,20 m. Canton lees $.
Cement, $.
IK. Ropes $.
STORES, &0. $ x.d.
17 b.
.7.30 B.
Dairy Farm
Watsons $ x.d. Lane Crawfords $. Sinceres. $..
19 n. 0.70 b.
714 n.
2,15 n.
Wing On (1K) $.
39 n.
Powell Ltd.
1.00 n.
Ewo Sh.$.
COTTON MILLS
. S'hal Cotton
H.K: Govt 4%
MISC.
H.K. Govt 3% (1034)
4.K. Covt 3% % (1940)
.200 n.
.01.11.
Ch Govt 526 1925 GSÍda. H.K. Entertainments $x.d. 0.30 Constructions (old) $....
Constrictions (new) *... Vibro, Piling ými
7,20 n.
Morrmans Inv. (Lon.)' /-.0/3 n.. Maramans Inv: (HK) /2/6 n.