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HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorised Capital

Issued and Fully Paid-up

Reserve Funds;-

Sterling ...

Hong Kong Currency Re-

scrve

the muddled and unsympathetic Reserve Liability of Pro- handling of anti-Hitler refugees

continue to be made..

One woman writes: "A refu- gee friend of mine, an active and courageous opponent of the Nazis, who came to this country after

WIVES, CALLED ON to save waste, threatened with dire penalties if food is allowed to waste, pro- mised that their old aluminium saucepans should be turned into bombers, old meat bones into glue, and so on, are turning on the instigators of the sal-the Gestapo threatened her with Vage scheme for their waste of effort.

They are wondering if local authorities through- out the country have heard the call of the Minister of Supply to "Go to it." Some have, others (as Bebe Daniels would say) definitely have not.

immediate arrest, was recently interned in this country. Why?

Because her husband is serving a 15 years' sentence in a German prison, on account of anti-Hitler activities.

The police court who had her case under review decided that,

vice.

Risked Life

$50,000,000, ..$20,000,000,

.2 0,500,000

.$10,000,000

prietors

.$20,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG..

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: H. V..Wilkinson, Esq.,.

Choirmas.

Hon. Mr. J. J. Patetson, Deputy Chairman.

JK. Beufeld, Esq. K. S. Morrison, Esq. A. H. Compton, Esq.. Hon. Mr. T, E, Pearos, Hon. Mr. S. 1.

C. O. Roberts, Esq. Dodwell, Hon. Mr. A. £,

Shielday Sir Vandeleur M. Graybura, Chief Manager.

G. Mislin, Esq.,

Batavia

Kuala Lumpur Singapore

BRANCHES:-

Ipoh Jobore

Rangoon Salgon

Xobe

San Franciace

Kowloon

Shanghai

London

Sourabaya

Lycu

Sungsi Patan

Mateos

Awalow

Mauila

Tientsin

Foochow

Muar (Johore) Tokyo

Balphons

Mukden

Hankow

New York

Tsingtao Tokohama

Harbin

Poping

ilolo

Penang

Chefoo

notwithstanding the fact that Amo Among the posters are draw.

For my inquiries over

distrust Bangkok a wide placed at strategic points-one bin they had no reason to on A ings of Hitler-Harged

area show that outside many a to 12 houses, said a Richmond her, she had to be arrested, be- Bombay clothes line; crushed between nutcrackers; depicted as a Co-kitchen door good pig food, in the official, a statement challenged by cause, in view of the fact that her Calcutta

housewife, husband was in the hands of the Canton

Nazis, Hitler's agents might be Catonbo lorado beetle pest; lowered into shape of dry crusts and left-over a worried Richmond his coffin; lying finally at rest. vegetables, has been allowed to who had been tramping around, The "Hitler Corner is only one moulder and become a trysting- she said, in search of a spot to able to press her into their ser- Daire

Over 500 place for flies and other undesir- deposit her cabbage stalks and feature of the show. War Savings posters, all by school ables of the insect world, simply meat bones. From these bins the

been food is taken to a main depot. because collection has not children of five years old up-

organised, writes a c respondent. wards, will be on view.

Crusts Moulder Many women hav told how re- they have been irritated to see Then I reached Finchley. Clean fugee from Prague, who is help-the paper they have carefully paper and cardboard was, I was ing the War Savings cause at sorted flung into the dust-cart informed, collected once a week. Morpeth Grammar School,

without a thought.

On further investigation, I found Depart-that three sacks hooked on the doing back of the dustmen's truck, dis- is tak- gorging their overful load before it.

their round was finished, was the only preparation.

One of the contributors is 15- year-old David Placzech,

FOR THE 1 MAN IN 7 WHO SHAVES EVERY DAY

1

A Special Shave Cream-It's Not a Soap, Needs No Brush! Dailyshaving leavesmanymen's faces raw and sensitive. Yet, because of his business and social status, one out of every 7 men must shave every day. To meet this condition, Williams has now developed GLIDER-aspe cial cream for daily shavers. With no soap base, it's a complete departure from ordinary shave creams. No brush. Nolather. Notsticky or greasy 1 A superabundance of moisture is contained in this rich cream. It

won't dry on your face. Applied with

the fingers, it quickly softens each whisker. A protective layer is formed over which your razor glides. Off; comes each hair at the base without -scraping. Like a cold cream, Glider .helps keep your skin smooth all day. Glider is the result of nearly 100 years' experience in making fine shaving preparations.

Sale Agents:-- W. R. Loxley & Co., (China) Ltd

is

But one Government ment, the Post Office, well with its salvage and Ing steps to do better.

Shining Example

So Finchley's crusts and parings

Metal is collected "when re- quested." There is no collection of I made a tour of inspection in kitchen waste. "We only have and around London. At West-one lot of pigs in Finchley," I was minster I found the answer to the told, "and they are amply fed from housewife's prayer, an organisa- a canteen." tion slick and thorough, pig food collected daily in trucks and by street cleaners from restaurants The trucks are left outside blocks of flats and in streets. wives are able to empty in their pea shells, cabbage stalks parings, the truck is taken to the head depot where its contents are main truck deposited into the which takes a ton of foodstuff a

depot supplying day to a farms.

She points out that if this argu-

ment is valid, wives and relatives Currency and Fixed Deposits received Current Accounts opened in Local of British prisoners of war intor one year or shorter periods in Loomi Germany ought to be interned, as and other currencies an terms which, they are not less liable to yield will be quoted on application. to Nazi pressure than a woman

ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT who has lived under. Nazi rule, BOXES in various sizes TO LET. and risked life in the fight against

Hong Kong, 28th February, 1940.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

She also alleges that at Hoito- way Prison, Nazi internees are kept with anti-Nazis, whom they frequently insult. Why, she

The Business of the above Bank is asks, are anti-Nazi militants conducted by the HONG KONG AND compelled to continue to live in SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, close touch with their most hat-Rules may be obtained on application. ed enemies?

FOR THE HONG KONG AND Nazis it's alleged, enjoy privi- SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager, Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

and cabbage leaves still moulder leges whic. are denied to Britain's in the dust, although I did dis-friends. cover one Finchley housewife who House was so keen that she took her waste periodically to Hampstead's and bins-by car!

pigi

An official was proudly gloating over Westminster's latest salvage collection figures for the month, They were 272 tons of paper," tons non-ferrous metal, 24

bottles, 1 ton bones, 57 to 1

tons

rous metals, 5 tons textiles, 121 tons pig food. The figures are climbing month by month.

SHOULD BUSES STOP

IN RAIDS?

Incidents in a London suburb

after the sirens had sounded may

become the basis of a test case to clarity the question of operating

THE TURNING POINT IN CONVALESCENCE

When the crisis is past in illness recovery may still be a long way off.

The real turning point for the better comes when the patient begins to fill out and pick up noticeably from day to day.

Authorised Capital Pald-up Capital Reserve And Undivided

Proits

-$10,600.000.0

5,598,600.00

2.083.201.00

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG 10, Des Voeux Road, Central.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:- Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Chairman; La Koon Chun, Esq., P. K. Kwok, Esque shek. Esq, Li Lan Sang. Esq., Wong Wong Yun Tong, Esq., Chan Ching

Chu Son, Esq., Kan Ying. Fo, Esq. and Fung Ping Wab. Esq....

Fan Tong For Esq., Chief Manager, li Tsu Fong, Esq. Manager.

BRANCHES AND

The decisive factor in that quick recovery is good food. When patients cannot take solid meals and have a disinclination for most kifids of food, doctors give them Horlicks, Horlicks is so light, that the most delicate stomach can as- similate it, so delicious that the Amoy In the next few days it is hoped most finicky appetite responds to stavis to arrange a meeting between re-it. It is a complete food in itself, Calcuti presentatives of the Ministry of balanced, highly nutritious, full of Haiphong Transport, London Transport, and the elements that the wasted body Hookow the Transport and General Work needs to restore shattered nerves Robe In Richmond (Surrey) and in

ers' Union. at which the matter and build healthy tissues. Hampstead (Middlesex) bins are will be discussed fully.

In Beckenham, Kent, I found bus services during air raids.

In this suburb, a number of the ethods rather different. [ buses stopped and, despite the Householders are asked to *put their kitchen waste in the front protests of passengers, the drivers

refused to go on. garden at the beginning week from where the street clean er retrieves it, and to hand the second half of the week's lucky dip to the visiting dustmen

ACT NOW

of the

In response to numerous requests The South China Morning Post, Limited, invites sub- scription to

ASSIST A FUND TO BRITAIN'S WAR EFFORT

The whole of the money subscribed will be

Men's Position

"We are ready to investigate- any complaints made by passen- gers at any time," say London Transport.,

"We agree it is desirable that services should be kept working as near normal as possible," the Transport and General Workers' Union states, "but we also feel that the point of view of the men out on the road in a raid must be considered."

The Central Bus Committee of the Transport Union has given a pledge to support any member against whom disciplinary action is taken as a result of the de- cision to cease running.

EGGS ARE

handed to The Government of Hong Kong for TO COST

transmission to

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT

for the Purchase of Aeroplanes or such other Armaments as the British Government may decide.

Donations will be received by The South China Morning Post. Cheques should be made payable to “War Fund-South China

Morning Post, Limited.”

MORE

The maximum retall "prics of all categories of eros except pre- served ones, has been raised by 3d. per dozen by a Ministry of Food Order,

The egg price muddle is thus to be cleared up, as usual, at 'thè. consumers' expense.

Keep Horlicks in the house al- наув. You can get it to-day at

your store.

(5)

THE CHARTERED BANK

OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA:

AND CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853..

Pald-up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3.000.000. £3,000,000,

£3,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON: 36, Bishopsgate, E.C.2. Sub-Agencies, in London: 117/122, Leadenhall Street, E,C.2. West End Branch: 14/16, Cockspur Street, S.W.1. Manchester Branch:

62, Mosley Street, Manchester, 2.

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: Alor Star

Amritsar Bangkok Butarla Bombay

2. Clive Strand "Kober

Hankow

Harbin

Penang RaDon

Hong Kong

Balgor

Ilollo

Beremban

Ipol!

Shanghai

Ouleutta

Karachi

Singapore

Agencies: Klang

Fitlap

Bourabaya

Tientsin

Tongkah

Manila Median

New York 'Priping

(Peking)

(Bhuket)

Talogtan Yokobame

Fairlie Place Kuala Lumpur Talping Canton = . Ruching Cawnpore Madres Cebru Colorabo Delhi Haiphong Hattarg

~FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General

..

Banking Business transacted. - FIXED DEPOSITS received for One CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and Year or shorter perioda in Local or Other Currencies at rates which will

‚The immediate object is to pro- vide. a. margin for the retailer.

Urder a, previous system, by which the retail price alone was fixed, producers have been de manding, and getting, ds. much be quoted, în application. / as, or even more than, the retailer SAVINGS, ACCOUNTS alko opened its was allowed to charge his cus-Local Currency and Sterling with in- terest allowed at rates obtainable 'on tomers.

The Bank's Head Once in London

In order to prevent the retailer application. from losing money the Order, undertakes Executor and Trustee busi

All donations will be acknowledged in the therofore, fixes maximum whoic-ness, and claims recovery of British

columns of The S. C. M. Post.

sale prices, ranging from 20s, for Income Tax overpaid, on terms which 120 ungraded eggs to 27s. 6d. for may be ascertained at any of the 120 category A. The retailer will Agencies and Branchen, thus have a margin of 211⁄2d. per

B. A. CAMIDGE,

- Manager.

Honolulu

Kowloon London,

AGENCIES:— Benttia

Manila Melbourne

Nagaraki

Samarang Shanghai

New York

Pori

Singapore Bourabaya

Peiping

Bwalow

Hangoon

Tientsin

Saigon

Vancouver

San Francis00

Fenang

Sydney

Exchange business transacted.

Every description of Banking and

Letana⋅ granted on approved securities.

Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and 'Fixed Deposita received for 'one year of shorter periods in

· Local and Foreign Currencies on terms which will be quoted on application.

Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager.

THE WING ON BANK, LIMITED,

Head Office: Hong Kong. 26, Des Voeux Road, Central. Authorised Capital $10,000.000 LONDON BANKERS- Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every description of banking business transacted.

Current Accounts and Savings Accounts cpened. Fixed Deposita received at rates which will be quoted on application,

Safe Deposit Boxes for hire,

PHILIP. GOCKCHIN,

Chief Manager.

YOU

ARE INVITED TO INSPECT OUR STOCK OF

ASIATIC, FOREIGN AND COLONIAL

POSTAGE STAMPS

IN SETS, SINGLE, PACKETS. *BAGS AND IN- APPROVAL.

SHEETS.

GRACA & CO.

Dealers in Postage Stamps, Philatelic. Goods, Pictures, Postcards, Religious Goods, Garden 3ecds, & etc. No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET, P. O. Box No, 620..... HONG KONG