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The following ronds will be closed to all träffle for a perlodi lanting from 15 mhutes before the Gaurd of Honour arrives to the time His Excellency barks
em-
"THE
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE CO., LTD. NOTICE is hereby given that the Forty-Sixth Annual General the Shareholders Meeting of
in the Jacobean 13 Connaught Rond Central will be held
Thomas Cook's Room of the Hongkong Hotel, from Building to the junction Pedder Street, Hongkong o of Jacksun Rood (North Saturday, the 31st May 1947; at
enther
Club).
(b) Wardley Street
Victoria Statue Queen to Connaught Road Cen-
tru,
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1947.
COMPANY, LIMITED.
PEAK TRAMWAYS GERMAN FOOD STRIKES NOW
SPREADING TO U.S. ZONE
NOTICE
latin-
NOTICE is hereby given that the Register of Shureholders of the, Company having been lost during the Japanoge occupation and new forms of certificates! having now been received from England all shareholdern are required us soon as possible to of Hong Kong, Noon for the following purposes, send to the Company for can- the certificates for numely, to consider the nonuniĮ cellation
of statement
accounts and shares now in their pussession and the in exchange for which sheet,
the from the balance
isaue will
new reports of the Directors and Company
with new Auditors thereon, to elect Di-certificates rectors & Auditors in the place guishing numbers of the shares. of those retiring, to declare As from the 1st day of June dividend and bonus, to appro- 1947 the Company's Register of priate the balance of Praft and Shareholders will be opened for Loss Accounts as recommanded transfer and transfers accom-
and to the Directorn,
requisite by the punted any other ordinary
certificates together with the transnet business of the Company.
Approval in writing Registrar f Companies will AND NOTICE Is also given that the Share Transfer Re-only be registered. gisters will be closed from 20th May, 1917 to 31st May, 1947, both date inclusive.
VICTORIA Dry-Cleaning & Dye- Over 20 Years Expert Ing Co. Service. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 2. Cars of persons attending Office:--40 Jordan Rund, Tel. Queen's Per will be parked 50192. Agent: The Ancient Coast of the junction of Con- 30 Nathan Road, Kowloon,
EDUCATIONAL COMPLETE COURSE of culting and sewing in three, six ne man months. Lessons given in French, English and Russia, Shang i Fashion Seboot (12 years of even tence in Shanghai), 3, Came Road, Kowlanti.
Beten's Beauty Salons
You can trust your personal Beauty Problems your Per- manent Waves, Shampoo, Seis, Facials, Manicure, Tinting.
and by Central Rond naught Jackson Road after the passen- gers have disembarked..
COMMISSIONER OF POLICE. Hong Kong. 14th May, 1947.
By ORDER
of the Director of Disposals Far Eastern Aren
M. 0. S.)
THE BRITISHI DISPOSAL
Pedicure to Beten's expert STORES
operatora
above BOARD (HONG KONG)
(1st floor) Lane Crawford's. Tel. 33161.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG
PROBATE JURISDICTION
IN THE GOODS of
authorised to receive TENDERS for the pur- chase from H.M. Dock- yard. Hong Kong, and other Naval Establish- ments in Hong Kong
nd Kaitloon of:-
(4) STRAP TRON & STEEL Ch FIREWOOD,
By Order of the Board, A. D. LEARMONTH, Secretary.
Hong Kong. 12th May. 1947.
THE
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
of the
Hamburg, May 13.
On the eve of the momentous discussions in Lon-
don between the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Bevin,] and his four senlor Control Commission offi- cials in the British zone in Germany, reports here tonight said that strikes in protest against the food shortage are spreading from the Bri- tish to the United States zones of Germany, The entire staff of about 700 of the United Ball- bearing Works at Cannstadt, near Stuttgart, started a sit-down strike last night as a protest against the failure of food deliveries to main- tain the official ration scale.
In
a
Flensburg, near the Don- Mr. Hoover was sent without the knowledge of the British- border, all firma cloned to- day. Shipyard workers stop- American food headquarters in ped work and marched into Stuttgart, thus by-passing the Control Commission town to join the demonstra- normal
and indicating the tions agalust the food short channels ages in the British zone.
restiveness of German offeinis Twenty thousand workers in the fourth week of the worst crisia Germany has are involved in the Flensburg food strike, including Danes. This known: Shareholders whose Certif Danish-German border city has Meanwhile, in London, Rei entes have been lost or dea- en regarded as the best-fed ter's diplomatic correspondent troyed, and who have nut city in the British zone, The writes that "Mr. Bevin'ù strug- already done so, are requested city's industries were paralysed gle to evolve a policy for the to notify the Company forth- and all communications cut as British occupation zone of Ger- with giving full particulare,teleplume operators took part many which, despite the failure in the demonstration in the city of the Moscow conference. will DATED the 15th day of May
After the demonstra-] prevent economic catastrophe square. One thousand nine hundred and tion, trade union Jendors urged) and foster politicat develop- forty-seven,
the strikers to return to work. ment will reach a landmark in
Addressing the demonstra- the next 48 hours. KOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON tors, Max Beyrels, local trade
General Managers.
UNION WATERBOAT CO., LTD Notice I hereby given that the Niet ma of the Company will Thirty-eighth Ordinary General
be held at the Offices of Mesars Dodwell & Co., Ltd., 3rd fiður, Hongkong Bank Building.On
union lender, said that the an- nouncement that rations would be cut to 768 calories per day this week had hit the people like a thunderbolt.
clared.
Commission
the United
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NO HOME-GROWN
' TOBACCO
London, May 13.
Mr. Dalton, the Chancellor of the Etchequer, who re- cently raised the tobaren im port duty 50% and raised the retail price of 20 ciguretten
today
turned down
proposal in the House of Commons to encour- nge the commercial growing of tobacco in Britain.
to
36.
ย
Ad.
He said that it would be a miruse of British land and labour to try to grow tobacco hern, A Liberal Member, Mr. N. A. Berchman, slained that Virginia tobacco had been successfully grown irr 10rat Cornwall in the past.---Ren- tene
H.K.-Bound
Ship Held Up By Strike
Seattle, May 14.
Axis Spies
Aid Arabs, Say Jews
Lake Success, May 11.
A pro-Zionist organi- zation today charged that former Axis colla- borators, saboteurs and spies are now the spark- plug of the Arab delega- tion to the United Na- tions Assembly meeting on Palestine.
The charges come from "The Nation" Associates, which is headed by Frieda Kirchway, editor of the "Natlan" magazine, and Frank Graham president of the University of North Carolina.
The Associates, in a 75-page memorandum to the Assembly and Political Committee, protent particularly against, the war records of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Wasef Kamil and Emil Ghour! twą of the Muftl's followers now attending the sessions at Lake Success.
submitted The memorandum A Hong Kong-bound ship has been held up by
photostatic shipping strike.
photographa and cuples of letters allegedly link- British matorship Harting-uther prominent Axis leaders. The merchant scamen on the ing the Mufti to Hitler and ton"
strike today, It accuses the Mufti of accept of two of the crew. The ship British revolt in the protesting at the disciplining ing money to support an anti-
went on
to the United Nations includes.
NOTICE is hereby given that Wednesday, the 21st May 1947,ter of North Rhine-West- a new plan to meet the present was unable to sail on schedule East during the war.
and
conl.
Middlo
Tenders will be for the pure at the Jarabean Room, Hong-/Statement of Accounts for the man's Food Adviser, calling for purpose of the sudden visit of ed when the two were called up the memorandum states that
With of either (a) and by in Abearne Street, Townsville in beenme avaliable weekly
OVIT 21
the State <if Queenstand, rid of three maths com- Commonwealth of Australia, mencing 1st June, 1937. Storekeeper, deconsed,
3. Tender
m0-1
be
1917
Bevin's Talks "Tomorrow morning's dis- cussion between The British Foreign Secretary and his four senior Control officials-Sir Sholto Douglas, "Democracy without bread in General Sir like walking on thin Ice, which Sir Cecil Weir and Sir William Brian Robertson may break at any time," he de- Strang--are to produce new British directives for bi-zonat Urgent Telegram
hegotiations with Dr. Rudolf Amelunxen, Pre- Staten authorities in Berlin and phalia, today ment an urgent fond crinio.” telegram to Mr. Herbert In the opinion of a reliable for Hong Kong with a cargo of
Regarding Ghouri-Secretary Itoover, President Harry Tru-source in London. the main
The crew Bald violence result of the Arab Higher Committee delegation to the United Nations help in overcoming the Ruhr the British officials from Ber-
Sunday "food catastrophe."
lin is to report to Mr. Ravin for disciplining on
a British Intelligence report At the same time, Dr. Ame- on the course of the Anglo-
The strikers said they de-listed Ghouri as participating in Hana American talks on reorganisa-manded that either the Cap-anti-Allied Janxen telegraphed Dr.
movements ingide Erhard, German Minister-Pre- tion of the joint occupation tain, I. J. Bell, Ahould be re- and outside Iraq. The memoran
Bavaria, who hra
early next month of all Ger- Jaun Ministera-President.
The food position in North Ame: Rhine-Westphalia, Dr. ksen aid, was now so bad it might be impossible to form
representative
provincial government by the time of the conference, Int whoever Was Minister-President would
night,
au Extraordinary General feet-at I am. for the purpose of
the Report ing of Sharphoklera will be hokt receiving
Lo Street, period 1st December 1946 Hoti, Pedder kizizz Bum Howe late of No. #7 (4) above of quantities as they Hong Kong, on Saturday, 31st 31st December 1946.
also given that the a Noon thereafter as the Transfer Books of the Company May, 1947, at 12.15 pm. (or Notice g dinary Annual Meeting to f deposited | held at Nom on that date shup will be closed from the 7th May rident of
to the 21st May 1947.) called a conference in Munich zone and to seek further in- piuced or a new crew obtained, dum says Kamal served as a with the Honed is sealed packet ve bern concluded) for the both days Inclusive.
The protest against the alleged Nazi agent in Turkey for a your The talks with the Americans disciplining has been sent to and inter served in Italy and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN and marked "Wonder for Scrap
in Berlin have now reached a the New York office of the Na- the Hub. DODWELL & CO., LTD. -
Mutt, who was then in point. at which, on the main tional Union of Seamen.-Asso- Germany as a collaborator with that the Court has by virtue of Iron and Step) and/or Finswood purpose of cumaidering and, if
thought fit, passing the. Section 68 of the Probatey Or-j nnd address Fr. Che Chairman,
joined Resolution as an Ordin-
iganes of how to put life into
Berlin. United Press. dinance 1897, made an Order
the economy of Western Ger- vinted Press. Closing date for Tender:-12 ary Resolution:--
many and how to develop po- itical responsibility in repre rentative German bodice, seri-! qus hitches have occurred.
limiting the time for creditors Noon Thursday, 22nd May, 1947.
thetr to me in and others
Further arnik and conditions to the 2nd day of June 1947/ of Contract may he had on appl
ention to the British Stores Diss All ereditors and hers are posal Board (Hong Kong). Vie-
Barracks Entrance accordingly hereby required to torta end their claims to the under yards west at Queen's Hand Bn-
trance to Barracks). signed on or before that date.
claims against the above estate | 5
-Dated the 7th day of May, 1947.
JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,
Solicitors for the Execulor off
the Will of the abovenamed deceased.
Hongkong & Shanghal Banki Building, Dea Voeux Reel, Central, Hongkong.
50
6 The Chairman of the British Stares Disposal Board
(Hong Kong) does not bind himself to accept the highest or any Tender. WALTER M. WEINBERGER, Chairman,
BRITISH STORES DISPOSAL BOARD, Hong Kong.
MOTOR FISHING VESSELS
SALE
BY ORDER OF THE ADMIRALTY
of the
following Tenders are invited for the purchase Motor Fishing Vessels now lying in the Boat Camber, H.M. Naval Yard, Kowloon.
46 Ft. M.F.Va. 751, 709, 785, 792.
61% Ft. M.F.Vs. 166, 167, 181, 203, 204, 242, 244, 245, 280.
75 Ft. M.F.Ve. 1008, 1017, 1071, 1101, 1127, 1158.
Tender forms may be had an application to Suptd: Naval Store Officer, H.M, Naval Yard, Hong Kong, and completed returned in scaled envelopes clearly marked forms must be "Tonder for M.F.Vs" to Suptdg: Naval Store Officer, Hong Kong by noon on Tuesday 27th May, 1947. Tenders may for all the boats or for part of them but the number of each craft bid for should be stated.
be
Admission to view the craft will be granted on production of the tender form on Mondays to Fridays between the hours
of 10 p.m. to 12 noon and 2 pm. to 4 p.m.
Tho
following conditions apply-
1. Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit. of IIK$2,000.00
which will be returned to unsuccessful tenderers.
+
2. The craft are offered us they lie and no guarantee can
be given as to their condition, equipment etc.
3. Bouts must be removed by the buyer within 14 days of acceptance of the tender, falling which u charge for reut will be made.
4. A written guarantee is required that the craft will not be resold for at least two years from date of acceptance of tender.
6. The Admiralty do not blod themselves to accept the high- est offer and they reservo the right to dispose of the craft singly and or otherwise.
E. S. FISIER. Buptigt Naval Store Officer,
That the Capital of the incrensed tn Company he $10,000,000.-by the creation of One Man Two Hundred Thousand additional new
xhares of Five Dollars each to be issued at such terms and auditions in every res pert as the Company's Board of Directors may think fit."
By Order of the Board.
A. D. LEARMONTH, Secretary,
Nongkang. 12th May, 1947.
HONGKONG ·
& WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED,
General Managers."
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Draft Programmes and Entry Forms for the Whitsun Race Meeting to be held on Saturday and Monday, 21th and 26th May 1947 Weather permitting) may be obtained at the Secretary's Office, Exchange Building; the Valicy; Club House, Happy and the Stables, Shan Kwong Rond.
Entries close at 12 noon on Thursday, 16th May 1947.
By Order. C. B. BROWN
. Secretary.
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT NOTICE
Notice is hereby given. that; an Extraordinary General Meet- be ing of the Company wit held at 18 Pedder Street (1st floor) Hong Kong on MONDAY of JUNE, the NINTH day
Application are invited for 1917, ut NOON, for the pur
ir the post of Laboratory As pase cf proposing and
Ristent at the Pathological, thought fit passing the Aub- joined resolutions as a special Institute.
resolution, viz:-
:
(b) In the third line of fitness,
Article 71 the word "two" shall be substituted for the word three"
A
tend.
at-
structions.
At the same time, the three weeks since the end of the Mos- Dr. Amelunxen's telegram to cow conference have seen an
LAMMERT BROS. Auctioneers, Surveyors
and Appraisers.
Pedder Building, Telophone No.. 20224.
PUBLIC AUCTION
The Underaigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on
Thursday, the 15th. May 1947 commencing at 2.80 P.M.
at their Sales Rooms No. 36 Hankow Road Kowloon.
A FINE COLLECTION OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD & OFFICE FURNITURE
comprising:-
Tables
to
unexpected deterioration starvation levels in food ra tions actually distributed in a number of the main cities of the Ruhr.
Kept Diary As He Gassed Himself
Cambridge, May 13. Drunk for the first time, a 21-year-old Cambridge undergraduate kept an accurate account of his lingering death and ended his ten-page diary with the grim signature "Death.”
A coroner's jury decided late today that David Bond's death was due to coal gas poisoning. The jury observed that the suicide was no sud- den impulse.
"I am going to get drunk and He expressed fear that
my- would not die "after
ho
This threatens to create vicious circle for the occupation authorities, accentuating the economic stagnation and enus- ing widespread German threats of resignation from dffca.
In these conditions, Mr.j Bevin and his advisors, aro forced to consider whether
all," there is any prospect of making then I am going to kill the Anglo-American zone mer self," Bond's journal began. He Boldly inscribed on the tenth. ger n going concern unlens wished his friends good luck, pago was the signature and the fusion is complete politically remarked he was "sorry it had single word "Death." and economically as well as ad- to end ke this" and express- · Mr. W.R. Wallis, member of ministratively.
ed the hope that he would not the coroner's jury, 'guid: "Bond be interrupted.
could not go
on writing ten Then he laughed cynically-pages without appreciating "Ha, ha. Cheerlo."
what he was doing.”
"Funny Being Drunk"
Other excerpts rend to tho quest were: "This la the first Lime I have been drunk and I hope I shall die at the samo,
being drunk,"
Manpower Economy
London, May 13.
A. Government-appointed com-
The British officials from Berlin reached London by air today and at once called at the Foreign Offee for a prelimin-
One The next notation was: "PS,
of Bond's instructore ary talk with Lord Pakenham, I hope I am not sick. If I am, sald Band was scheduled to Teakwood Single & Double responsible under. Mr. Bevin shall spell it all."
take his final examination next Bedsteads With Boxspring for the administration of the)
Bond chronkeled: "The gas week but had no undue worry Mattressco. Single Divans, British occupation zones of has been on five minutes now. on that score.-United Press. Single & Double Wardrobes Germany and Austria, Candidates should be not less Complete with Mirrors, Dress- Lord Pakenham himself had I hope nobody can smell it" than 20 years of age, and ing
With Mirror a long talk with the Foreign That the Articles of Associa should have passed the Hong and Stool, Bed. Side Cabinets, Secretary yesterday on his re- then be altered in the manner Kong Matriculation Examina Chest of Drawers, Hanging turn from a brief tour of the following-
tion or its equivalent. They will cupboard With Drawers Com- British occupation zone,
No Increase Yet (n) Article 17 shall be can-be required to furnish antisfac bleed, Blackwood Tea PoYB,
tory reference and pass
Josa Table, Sideboard With Meanwhile, a spokesman for time. I keep on writing. I hope eelled
medical examination for physical Glass Silding. Door, Exten the combined. Anglo-American it will make sense. It is funny
sion Dining Table With Ex- food headquarters at Herford, After noting that the gna mittee will investigate the met. tra Leaves, Chairs, Silver Ca- Westphalia, stated today that had been on 20 minutes and hods of economizing in manpower Applications, In candidates' binets,
Pram, Push Car, Germans in the British zonoj
drunk one in Britain's peacetime army, Mr. handwriting, should be Chesterfield Suite, Kitchen Cup have no prospect of their ras that he had been "Some Bellenger, War Secretary; on- addressed to the Government boards, Kitchen Tables, Chinese tions being increased in the hour, Bond wrote:
times I feel, sane, but
nounced in the House of Commons (e) The following Article shall Pathologist, Pathological In- Rugs, Child's Deat, Office Writ near future.
today. he Bubstituted for Articlé stitute, Caine Road, from whom Ing Tables, Sofa Side Tables, Responsibility for the food times I think I am mad. I ex-
The committee's toring of re. -7676. Subject to any further detalls of the appoint- Sectional Book Case, Black crisis, he said, belonged 70 per pect I am."
ference call for the recommenda special terms as, to voting ment and conditions of service wood Majong Table, Cutlery, cent to the British and Ameri-
tion of measures to assure the upon which any shares of may be obtained,
Glass Ware and Table, Oran cans-namely, imports failing
greatest possibia economy in the Company may have
ments Etc., Etc.
to arrivo and 80 per cent to
manpower without detriment.;to been issued or may for
the Germans for falling to de-
the Army's 'efficiency for liver home-grown stocks, ho the time being ba held,
Methods of fixing and revising said. upon a show of hands every member present In person shall have опо vete, and upon. 4
poil every member present in person or by proxy shall have ond vote for every share held by him."
By Order of the Board,
R. G. CRAIG, Chlef Manager. :) Hong Kong,
Dated, this Ninth day of May, 1947.
Service Auction Rooms
A astioneers, Burveyork, ets.
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own
1
I. NEWTON, Director of Medical Services.
Hong Kong, 18th May, 1947.:
HONGKONG
BANKERS' CLEARING
HOUSE
Also
1 Pair Peking
New 42' x 8'
Carpeto
1. Steel Filing Cabinet with
Koy
"Hanko" Upright Plano
1 "Mullard" Radio Set-All
Wave
Bome.
“SLANDEROUS"
Tho
Belgrado, May. 13,
war,
"As for imports," he added,
Yugoslav Communist personnel establishments will be the position is that grain is newspaper "Borba" today describ-considered.
ed as slanderous" the reasons The chairman of the commit Just not arriving. We asked given for the United States State tee is Sir Ronald Weekes, Deputy certain amount and we Department's decision not to ni Chief of the Imperial General are not getting it. The whole low American tourists to visit Staff from · 1942-1945. Ho la at
Yugoslay Dalmatian: coast.
present. the deputy chairman of
for
1 Remington Typewrlier 18' question of why we are down this was a "typleat example of Vickers, Ltd.-Reuter.
Commending Monday 19th 1 Teak Dining Room Suite, May 1947, Clearing thicques On View From Wednesday, the will be accopted on week-days, 14th. May 1947. except Saturday, up to 3 pm. Clearing Chequca, on Saturdays Terms: As Customary, will only be accepted up to 11.30 a.m.
NOTICE
LAMMENT ROB....
Auctioneers.
SERVICE FOR H.M. FORCES Chinese Optical Co.
---- ASCENSION DAY Holy Mass at 0.00 1p.m. int. Vätholia: Centro Chapel Hung's
OPTICIAN
67 QUERNS, ROAD
In Imports this month must be
answered In Washington. how thuch of the preaching of
Later reports stated that the American
democracy conducted strike at the United Ballbearing in practice," the newspaper wald. The reasons given were that works at Cannheim (Cann-
and stadt) was called off today conditions were unsettled"
were not guaranteed,
ZHUKOV ILL
London, May 18.
after the United States Mill-food, transportation and security Reports reaching Viennasto tary Government In Wuerttem- "Only, in, this landerous way day said that Marshal Georgi berg-Baden and the bi-sonal are Americans informed about Zhukov, Bøvlet militar) com- Food and Agricultural Council Yugoslavia, the paper asserted. mander of the dean district, hind, given assurances that the The real reason for the denial was seriously, Ut from a llver prosent extra rations would be of permission to obtain viss is complaint, the Basharigo. Telp maintained even if a 40-hour that the United States door not graph reported tonight. working week replaced the prose for themselves the eh that Zhukov, the Arst military with her citizens to be able to dispatch painted out sent 40-hour working wock, thusiasts of the Yugoslav 100
The assurance was given in ple; the new hotels and bridges Hovernor of Russian octupled agreement with the United and the railroad to be built this Germany, was absent from the Staten Military Government for summer by 1300.000 volunteer Boviet Army May Day parade:
5 young people, taktester, Amrin Moscow United
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