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CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD.

Notice To Consumers

"Notice is hereby given that the <mpany's standard charges will| A increased as from 17th March, 141, by adding a

10 per

cent. *. charge to the amounts charged fr electricity consumed for light- ong and power as per meters read

on and after 24th April, 1941.

The existing reale of discounts will remain in force.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

D. W. MUNTON,

Manager.

ong Kong, 8th March, 1941.

THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Forty Fourth Annual General Weeling of the Shareholders will

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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 15, 1941.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS BRIDGE AMID HAVOC

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

THE HONG KONG NOTES BOY SAVED

JOCKEY CLUB

THE FIRST EXTRA RACE Nolice is hereby given that the Fifty-second Ordinary Yearly MEETING will be held, weather Meeting will be held at the Com-permitting, on SATURDAY, 22nd pany's Registered Office, 4th Floor,

1941, (postponed from

P. & (). Building on THURSDAY, March,

20th March, 1941 at 11 a.m. for Saturday, 15th March, 1941) com- the purpose of presenting the mencing at 2.00 p.m. Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to 31st December, 1940 and electing Directors and Auditors.

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 Order of the Board of

Directors,

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO, LTD,

Agents Hong Kong, 21st February, 1941,

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY,

LIMITED

The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE No One without a badge will admitted to the Members' be Enclosure, Such must be worn throughout the duration of each Meeting in such a manner as to be readily identified.

Badges admitting Non-Members to the Members Enclosure Club Rooys at $5.00 for Gentle- men and $3.00 for Ladies (both

are

By The Four Aces

BRIDGE SWINDLES

NO. 30

been defeated easily enough, if his opponents could have been

BABY

A 'plane loaded with bombs crashed into hou- ses twenty yards terrific explosions

away, shook

South's contract could have the earth,ˆ machine-gun bullets were flying, and a sure of the correct defence to woman was killed at adopt. A simple Bridge swindle

side. by South was what threw them off the track:

Rust, Dealer Neither side Vulnerable

AKPS76

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all

K 109

6532

+ 3

$ 1 2 Q in 4

W E

including

obtainable tax through the SECRETARY upon the personal or written application of a Member, such Member to be responsible for all visitors intro- duced by hing, and for Payment of all Chits, etc.

2 K QJ 8

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4A1094

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The bidding

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South

West

North

10

189

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20

34

49

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Радя

are the

5

Pass

Dbl.

f'ass

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The Secretary's Office, 1st Floor, Exchange Building, (Tel. 27794) will close at 11.45 am.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held in the P. & O Busiding. I Victoria, in the Colony of Hong No. 1 Boy (Tel. 21920). Kong at 11 15 o'clock in the fore- noon on THURSDAY, the 20th day of March, 1941, or as soon thereafter as the Ordinary General Meefing of the Company shall have terminated for the purpose of con sidering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolutions:

Tiffins are obtainable at the Club House provided they ordered in Advance from

No children or amahs will be admitted to either Enclosure.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE The price of Admission to the Public Enclosure is $1.00 includ- ing Tax, for all Persons, including Ladies, and is payable at the Gate, Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform are admitted Half Price.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary. Hong Kong, 10th March, 1941.

West opened the Queen of diamonds, and South won with the Ace. It was Inmediately ob-

KION CARB VALUES

OF THE

FOUR-ACES EYETEN ACE... 3 KING..? QUEEN 1 JACK.....%

TOTAL SPADE METODE DA

vious to South that

his

But amid all the shuddering noise and terror, ten-year-old Royston Newman, is Wolf Cub thought only of saving his baby brother Michael.

face

He picked up the baby, aged

huny twenty months, threw downwards into his pram and lay over the top of him to guard hun.

Then, realising that more bombs might explode. he J'a with Michael in his arms to the end of the road and flung himself down near a wall.

There he was found by his nother. hus arms round his brother, still protecting him from falling wreckage.

Cut By Glass

Later it was announced that Roy, who lives in Baltio Road. Tonbridge, Kent, had been awarded the Boy Scouts' Silver Cross.

A reporter who called at his he couldn't afford home brought the first news of to ruff out his three the award. losing diamonds,;

for then

he would Roy, a slightly-built boy with have to get back to large grey eyes, blushed with his hand each time pleasure. He was awarded the by ruffing clubs. Cross for "presence of mind in his younger Eventually that saving the life of line of play would brother."

The neighbour who was killed leave him too trump weak.

at his side had just given the baby a half-penny.

chance was to spade suit, but

1. That the Directors be and they are hereby authorised to capitalise the sum of $3,000,000 Hong Kong currency, part of the undivided profits of the Com- pany standing to the credit of the Company's Reserve Fund, and to allot to the members holding shares of the Company as on the first day of April One thousand nine hundred and forty-one in respect of the net amount capi- talised fully paid shares of the Company of equivalent nominal value in the proportion of one shure for every three shares of the Company held by them res- pectively and that such shares) so allotted shall rank for divid-originally scheduled for Sunday, bound to be ruinous, ends as from the 1st day of July,¦ 1941.

THE MACAO JOCKEY | get up duinmy's difficulties.

CLUB.

NOTICE

The next Race

Meeting.

the 23rd of March, has

The only other

even this presented To draw trumps first would allow the opponents to cash diamond tricks; and to leave the trumps at large might allow an opponent to ruff the third round of spades.

2. That if on such distribu- postponed to SUNDAY, April the second trick he

tion as aforesaid any person would be entitled to a fractional share the Directors shall, in lieu of issuing fractional certificates, cause the whole share to be al- lotted to a person or persons to be numed by the Directors and such share shall, at such time as the Directors think it, be sold and

6th, 1941.

Since drawing the trumps was South had been to risk the spade ruff. At the led the ten of spades, and let it ride for a finesse, East won with the Queen of spades and returned to the club Ace, South ruffed and continued his scheme by leading the five of spades. East won with the spade Ace and assumed that his partner held the Jack of spades. Aban- doning all thought of a spade re-,

By Order of the Stewards,

T. A. MARTIN & CO.,

Secretaries.

Hong Kong, 12th March, 1941.

the proceeds distributed PUBLIC AUCTIONS

held in the Jacobean Room of an Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, SATURDAY, the 15th March. 1241, at NOON for the following } rposes, namely, to consider the! nual statement of accounts and | the balance sheet and the reports GL the Directors and Auditors thereon, to elect directors and au- dors in the place of those retir- org. to declare a dividend, to propriate the balance of Proft ard Loss Account as recommended by the Directors, and to transact any other ordinary business of the GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD., Company.

Agents.

amongst the persons entitled to the fractions making up such share.

By Order of the Board

of Directors,

AND NOTICE 1 also given that Hong Kong, 21st February, 1941. the Share Transfer Registers will;

By order of the Board,

R, A. WICKERSON,

Secretary & Manager. Hong Kong. 14th Feb., 1941.

to

conferred be closed from 1st March, 1941, to NOTE:-Under the powers 15th March, 1941, both days in-upon them by Article 14 of the Articles of Association of the Company. the clusive.

Directors have

offer decided to Shareholders on the Register on the 1st day of April 1941, one share at par for every complete three shares held by them (excluding the Bonus Shares to be offered to thein under the preced- ing resolution) upon the terms that payment for such shares shall be made to the Company's Bankers, The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hong Kong on or before the 30th Sep- tember 1941 and that Shareholders be

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THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN CO., LTD.

Notice To Shareholders

given power to renounce their rights under such offer and that no rights at tach to any fractions. The shares tak-

en up under the above offer shall rank for dividends as from 1st day of July 1941. Formal letters of offer, accep- tance and renunciation will be sent to Shareholders as soon as possible after

THE FIFTY-FOURTH ORDIN-| Aprli ist next. ARY ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., on WED- NESDAY, the 20th MARCH, 1941, at NOON, for the purpose of re-

TO LET

turn, East tried a second round of

diamonds.

South

Thereupon breathed a sigh of relief for he was able to ruff in dummy, draw trumps, and discard his remaining; diamonds on dummy's spades.

♫

**

Roy himself was cut by flying glass and the baby had a bullet wound in the left wrist and on the back of the head.

Roy's action saved him.

Member of the 2nd Tunbridge Junior Boys' School. His father Wolf Cub Pack, Roy attends Slade

is in the Merchant Service,

"I'M DYING" - SHE HAD HOUSEMAID'S

KNEE

So that her soldier husband could get compassionate leave a wife sent him a telegram saying, "Come home, wife dying."

She was found to be suffering from nothing worse than house. maid's knee.

At Liverpool

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on MONDAY, the 17th, March, 1941

Mrs. Margaret commencing at 10.30 a.m.

Ellen Wilson, aged twenty-six, of at their Sales Room, No.

Stanley Road, Reading Street, Hankow Road, Kowloon,

Yesterday you

Kirkdale was fined 20s. for trying A Quantity

Miscellaneous Bruce Burnstone's partner and, to take a soldier away from his Goods, Household Furniture and with both sides

vulnerable, you! duties. Shop Fittings.

of

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

33.

LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 12th March, 1941.

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on

TUESDAY, the 18th, March, 1941

commencing at 5.15 p.th. at their Sales Room, No. 2, Con- naught Road, Central, (2nd, Floor) A COLLECTION OF VALUABLE POSTAGE STAMPS Terms: Cash on Delivery.

1.AMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 12th March, 1941.

JE NEW FRENOH REMEDY.

THERAPION NⱭ1

held:

were David

◊ 3

AKJ 9 6 KJA 2

AJ 4

The bidding: Maler You Jacoby

30 (?)

Burnsione

ANSWER: Double. This is a Takeout Double which allows your partner the option of passing if he has a fairly well balanced hand with a little strength in the dou- bid one of the major suits, there bled suit. If your partner can

should be some play for a game..

Score 100% for double, for three spades.

30%

Question No. 665

are Oswald

To-day you

She also sent a second telegram, "Come home, child ill."

Mrs. Wilson, who was expecting a baby, said she had a child ill, was not feeling well, and had four children to keep on £2 95.

weekly.

Her fine will be paid by 2s. 6d. weekly instalments.

GIRL WIFE ON "TOOK

AWAY BABY" CHARGE

There was a sequel st Totten ham Police Court to the disap- pearance of a five-week-old baby from a pram in a London street.

A twenty-one-year-old Sun- derland. (Co. Durham) woman,' Mrs. Alma Armstrong, was re- munded in custody for fourteen

ceiving the Report of the Directors MARBLE HALL 34-36, Gran- THERAPION NO. 2 Jacoby's partner and, with both days charged with taking the baby

and the Statement of Accountsville Road, Kowloon,

Beautiful THERAPION NG

for the year ended 31st DECEM-rooms, suites with verandah, pri- | 26,1 dream imkonice, BER, 1940.

vate bathrooms, garden, tennis

The Transfer Books of the court. Special rate for Military DRILE GERROLLO EMOTSIOONKAME Company will be CLOSED from and: Navy, Apply proprietress. SATURDAY, the 15th MARCH, Phone 59433. 1941, to WEDNESDAY, the 20th MARCH, 1941, both days, in- clusive.

By Order of the Board of

Directors.

C., M. MANNERS,

Secretary & Manager. Hong Kong, 7th March, 1941.

TUITION GIVEN

OLENO'SPEAK Tor Sha Li

FOR SALE.

sides vulnérable, you hold:

AAKJ96

AK-4.2

AJ 94.

The bidding:

You Sclienken (?). What do you biàr

Dintor 30

HỒNG KONG DOLLAR DIREC EXPERT Instructresses for ladies | TORY, 1941 EDITION, —On sale:at and young girls in music, short- all Bookstalls, and at the Offices of Monday.), English and French. hand, typing, bookkeeping and the Publishers, Windsor House,

ply 24 Des Voeux Road, Central, Telo phonies:-20022 8 20011,

Austin Road, Kowloon,

Jacoby

(Anawer

away with intent to deprive the parent of its lawful care,

The child. Barbara Frost, daughter of Mrs. Frost, of Bath- road, Edmonton, N., was missed from hér pram.

Detective-Inspector Coates-sald he saw Mr. Armstrong at Sunder- land Police Station and told her, he was inquiring about a child stolen from outside a stores in Ed- mpatan and would bring her to London,

On the train she said, “I will tell (Released by The Bell Syndi you all about it.” He took a writ-

ten statement from her.

cate, Inc.).