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THET

CHINA MAIL

Established÷ 18457

Registered Officer-—

Windsor

House 12 De Vaux Road, Central, Hong. Kúng. Telephones:

̄| 20022---Advertising. Dept.“

20011-Business Dept: 20022-Editorial Dopt. 33963--The-Editor.

33993-Stib-Editor-

Cables Add: "Mail: Hongkong" Chdes: Bentley and AB:C. SUBSCRIPTION -RATES:

LOCAL

3 months

6 months

12 months

H.K.$9.00

OVERSEAS (including postage)

3 months

6 months

12 months

All subscriptions

and

money

H.K$18.00

H.K.$36.00

H.K.$17.00

H.K:$34.00

H.K.$68.00

aro strictly

prepaid, and ail -cheques, postal orders should be The Newa- made payable to paper Enterprise Limited. CONTRIBUTIONS:

All contributions must bear the writer's

signature, or artist's pot for publication purposes unless desired, but as a sign of good faith. The publishers do not accept responsibility the return of manuscript, draw- ings or pictures unless a stamp- ed addressed envelope is Kent together with the contribution.

For

DOLLAR ACADEMY

Dollar, Scotland.

Preparation for Universities. Army, Public Services, C'ommerre, On list of Schools nominating fur Sandhurst. Contingent of Junior Division Q.T.C.

Aid climate and healthful sur- roundings. Specially suitable for colonial boys and boys from Ur-

School ban preas. Preparatory adjacent.

Prospectus and full particulars may be obtained on application to the School Secretary. Headmaster, HARRY BELL, B.A,

(Cantab.)

PUBLIC AUCTIONS

The Undersigned have received instructions from the liquidators and others to

Public sell by Auction on THURSDAY, the 3rd April, 1941 commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room, No. 2. Con- naught Road, Central, Second Floor, Room No. 205.

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

comprising:

Hatstands, Glass Cabinets, Ches- terfeld Couches and Armchairs, Gramophones, Pictures, Table and Hall Lamps, Wall Clocks, Pictures, Electric Heaters, Steel Desks and Chairs, Bookcases, Carpets, Rugs, etc., etc.

Dining Tables, Dining Chairs, Sideboards, Dinner Crockery, Glass Ware, Tea Sets, Cutlery, Cooking Utensils, etc., etc.

Teak Wardrobes, Steel and Teak Dressing Tables, Steel and Teak Beds, Side Tables, Chests of Drawers, Linen, etc., etc.

also

A Fine Sélection of Blackwood:

Futhiture sand-Curiog:

and-

Two Radio Sets

One Tientsin Carpet

One ¿Tientsin Rug:

Two Rolls Leather Cloth

One Frigidaire.

1 Rolliflex Camera in Casé

1 Agin. Carrera. "Karat" 35.

14 Rolls Films--New

On View from Wednesday, the

-2nd April, 1941.

Catalogues will be issued).

Terms: CashTMon: Deliveryi

LAMMERTĮ BROS..

Auctioneers.

Hong Kong, 29th March 1941~~-

The Undersigned have received

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

AV S. WATSON & CO., LIITTED..

NOTICE IS HEREBY: GIVEN-

"THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 3, 1941.

MENTS BRIDGE

NOTES

that the FIFTY-SIXTH ORDIN PUBLIC AUCTION -

ARY: YEARLY MEETING of the Company. (since registration) will

PARTICULARS AND CONDI

Crime Doesn't Páy!

No. 37.

By The Four Aces be held at the Hong Kong Hotel,TIONS of the Sale by Public Auc- Hong Kong, on THURSDAY; the

To-day's crime hand isn't much tion to be held on MONDAY, the 1 3rd APRIL, 1941, at 11.30am.

most for the purpose of receiving, the 7th day of April. 1941, at 3 of a problem, but it's the

hand we've seen in p.in, at the Offices of the Publicamusing Report of the General Manager Works Department, by Order of months: together with a Statement of Act His Excellency the Governor of counts for the year ended 31stone Lot of Crown Land at Cheung South, Dealer OCTOBER, 1940J:

Shá Wan, in the Colony of Neither side vulnerable

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, Company will be CLOSED. from commencing from 1st July, 1898, MONDAY, the 24th MARCH, 1941, with the option of renewal 10 THURSDAY, the 3rd: APRIL, at a Crown Rent to be fixed by 1941, both days inclusive,

the Surveyor of His Majesty the

A 766 3 JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, King, for one further term of 24

last three days 65 General Managers, · Hong Kong, 18th March, 1941.

&

CHINA LIGHT POWER CO., LTD.

•

Notice To Consumers

Notice is hereby given that the Company's standard charges will be increased as from 17th March,

1941, by adding a 10 per

cent. surcharge to the amounts charged tor electricity consumed for light- ing and power as per meters read on and after 24th April, 1941.

The existing scale of discounts will remain in force.

❤

By Order of the Board of Directors,

D. W.

MUNTON, Manager. Hong Kong, 8th March, 1941.

PUBLIC AUCTION

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on

FRIDAY, the 4th. April, 1941. commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at their Sales Roorn, No. 35. Hankow Road, Kowloon,

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE'

comprising:-

less the

years thereof.

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the disposal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to de- posit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Pur- chase price.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Un Chau Street between New Kowloon Inland Lots Nos. 1146 and 2126, Cheung New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2346.

Sha Wan.

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About 4,800.

$60.

$3,600.

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Gold digging Gentle says the bigger the stone the harder she falls.

FATSHAN MAY SAIL NEXT WEEK

The s.s. Fatshan may shortly.

sail for Canton, the "China. Mail" West opened the six of hearts, was authoritatively informed this and South wished he hadn't over-morning.

OF THE

bid so much.

But, It is hoped that the vessel may HIGH CARÉ VALUES – as though he hadn't undertake the trip on Tuesday FOOR-ACES-SVİTEN-a care in the world, morning, but the date has not yet

he finessed dum-been confirmed by the Japanese. my's heart Jack | authorities in Canton.

ACF

KING..Z QUEEN 1

JACKI

ANERING HANN SIE

East took the King Arrivals at Canton from Hong of hearts and went Kong will, however, be subject to into a long, huddle, 48 hours in quarantine. Certainly, he rea-

soned, South must

be void of spades to bid the slam and lose the first trick

South so. blithely.

must therefore have a lot of diamonds; so East returned a trump.to_pre- vent South' from ruffing too many diamonds in the dummy.

All of this reasoning was a bit silly for the simple reason that South undoubtedly knew the location of the spade Ace. So if South. had no spades, he would and set up ruff out the Ace

The purchaser of the lot will be required to pay to the auctioneer in cash the sum of $360 (being dummy's long suit. East's only real 10% of the upset price) immedi- chance was to lay down the spade ately after the fall of the hammer, Ace and hope for the best; and the balance of the premium be- that play would, of course, have ing paid in accordance with the defeated the Slam. Conditions of Sale.

was

What actually happened much more interesting. When East returned a trump, South' heaved

Teakwood Drawing Room, Bed THE HONG KONG a sigh of relief and ran all six

Room, Dining Room and Office Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Carpet Runners, Table Cloths, Napkins, Curtains, Wardrobe & Cabin Trunks, Brass Coal Scuttle & Shovel, Fire Brasses, Gramo- phones & Records, Table Fans, Heaters. E.P., Brass, Glass and Porcelain Ware, Ornaments, Filt- ers, Cooking Stoves, Kitchen Utensils, etc., etc.

also

A Quantity of Valuable Blackwood Furnituro..

and 2."G.E.C." Radio Sets

1 "Century" Typewriter, 1 "Corona" writer.

Portable Type-

1 "Univex". Cine-projector 1 Cine-carnera--8、mmm.

1 Pair Binoculars in Case,

1 Violin in Case,

1 "Singer" Sewing Machine.

1. Hand Sewing Machine,

1 Set Table Glass,

JOCKEY CLUB

NOTICE

THIRD: EXTRA RACE

MEETING, 1941

Races: Nos. 7 and 11

Second: Day--- Coolgardie Stakes

Attention is drawn to the con- ditions of the above races; which

AIR MAIL FOR ARMY OF THE NILE

It was announced in London yesterday that a special: air, mail post card service is being intro- duced for the personnel of British forces serving in the Middle East.

Post cards will be carried all.

by air to bases in the the way Middle East, where they will be delivered by the Army postal

Reuter. service. —

INDIAN CONSTABLE MOBBED

Mobbed by hawkers in Shang- trumps. Dummy discarded a hai Street last night, an Indian diamond and three spades, coristable suffered injuries which but East found · himself in required that he be sent to Kow-. trouble. He came down to loon Hospital for treatment. the lone Ace of spades and three The arrival of another Indian diamonds, but dared not make any constable saved the, man

further injury::

from:

further discards in those suits, so had to discard a second heart. Several of the hawkers were! Thereupon South led his heart to detained for questioning. casb three heart tricks in the dummy; and the last heart trick squeezed East once more!

O!

Yesterday you were Howard partner and, with Schenken's neither side. vulnerable, you held:

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5A 10592-

should read as follows:- COOLGARDIE STAKES. -- Win- her' $1,000: Second $500. Third $300. For Australian SUBSCRIP TION Ponies of 1941. Weight 142 and ib. 1-1b: penalty for every $200 or

part thereof won in stakes. Win The« bidding; *- ners barred: Jockey Allowance, Entrance $5. From the Two Mile Post Once Round & Im.(Aboutṛ1) Mile 171 Yards),

1 "Westinghouse” Refrigerator.

1 "Kelvinator!! Refrigerator (in

good condition).

On View from Thursday, the 3rd April, 1931

Terms: Cashort - Delivery.

LAMMERTI BROS., Auctioneers.

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instructions to sell by Public Hong Kong", 2nd-2 Auction on

THURSDAY the ardi:April 1941 commcing: ata5115. pant

at their SextRoomy No;:2,- Com- naught Road; Central-(2nd Floor). VALUABLE COLLECTION OF

^POSTAGE STAMPS: Terms: Cash:on: Dellery

LAMMERT BROS.

Austioneers, Hong Kong, 31st March, 1812.

TUITION GIVEN.

EXPERT Inistas

and younge hand.

stresses fon. Jadies In music short- "okkuépinig- and ch. Apply 24

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NEW YORKERS: BUY

A. SPITFIRE. Among recent gifts for the pur- chase of aircraft acknowledged by the Minister of Aircraft - Pro- duction is £5,000 from the Linen Trade Association of New York. says British Wireless.

X-rayed-11 times for- STOMACH TROUBLE.

Do you suffer with your stomach? Do..you know the agony of wind, indle gestion, and stomach sickness? If so,

Note,One Entry only will be ANSWER: Double. Your read the letter. below, and follow the.

made for the Coolgardie balanced hand leads you to be good advice it contains: Stakes (Races Nos. 7 and lieve that you will not have a

**I have been a very bad sufferer my stomach for nearly six 11). Entries will be divid-'

particularly good play for five with ed into First and Second hearts but should beat four spades cars! writes Mr. J. H. "I have tried Sections by a Drow... with top cards in the side suits, hundreds of remedies but have never Ponies that are entered for Failure to double makes your had anything to do me as much good this race are barred from partner guess what action to take, as your powder, I attended hospital a☎ entering for the Rosehill and he doesn't know what type on me they put me under X-ray-11- times-und-gave me lota, at medialner:/ Stakes, Races, Nos. 5 or 8 of hand you hold.

on the 1st Day,, In the event of there be ing less than-al Entries for this race, only one section will be-rup.

Have You Sent The Wife The Overland China Mail This Week?

Price: HJ

THE NEWSPAPER ENTE

Windsor

Score 100% for double, 40% pass, 20% for five hearts.

...

for

Question No. 681. To-day you are Oswald Jacbby's partner, vulnerable against non- vulnerable opponents, and you. hold

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but ever told me what ming trouble was. I have not begi ablətdi entya?

decent meal for nearly six years but I am glad to tell you that after;enjalnik only three bottles of Maclean. Brand.. Stomach Powder I can now eat a good, |ment without getting any, patir. E shall? Always recommend anybody suffering. from stomach troubla---to take yours powder."

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