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In Tructors Bookkeeping

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THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD

NOTICE

REDUCTION OF CHARGES FOR CURRENT

Charges for current will be reduced for ull meters read on und after JULY 1ST..1942-2--

LIGHTING

with discounts as follows:

Monthly Account

1

160

FROM

45 cents

TO 40 centa

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1947, I

HONGKONG

& WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.

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GOVERNMENT NOTICE

RESTITUTION OF LOOTED PROPERTY REMOVED FROM THE COLONY DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION

Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meet- be Ing of the Company will held at 18 Peddor Street (Int flor) Hong Kong on MONDAY

* Resilents or companies in the NINTH day of JUNE,

Hong Kong whose properly. was 1947, at NOON, for the pur; removed from the Colony during

}{ of proposing and

the Japanese occupation are re- thought At passing the sub-i minded that claims for the re joled resolutions as a specialtitution of such property may resolution, viz:-

fe registered with this Govern- ment for submission Commander Supreme Allied Forces in Japan.

150 025

voite

40

*

Рове

42.75

36

"

028

. 1,505

40.5

30

1,568

4.125

30.25

34

3,120

6,250

31

6,251

9.375

3.75

8,370

12,500

31.5

12,501

15,623

20.25

26

Q

10,020

$4,750

27

That the Articles of Associa tlon be altered in the manner following:-

over 18,750

24,75

POWER

15.5

THERMAL STORAGE WATER HEATERS BULK

CONSUMERS SUPPLY

12.5

"

-

15

12

Special Raten For THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Crabb, Livingston & Co., Ltd.,

Agenta.

and

....

June 1917.

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

He.

Bantark, Kuwkạn, pation ag to $18 per hour »ndung: to qozlibentions. Apply

letion, to the Princip Who it ce la further pautirulars.

PREMISES WANTED

ENGLAHIMAN -ek-

work weit's

It with wide * poneka Fontes detract. Tel

FOR SALE

TOP PAL.

7.

Hat So Telwin Rading as a drum ba kathon Pan be seen of ang tipi

4. Man fin.62 Catha HoRA

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Beten's Beauty Salons.

SPECIAL NOTICE THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

OF HONG KONG

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

that

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IS HEREBY INTERIM

NOTICE Beginners and members in: perișted nee requested to meet | GIVEN

at 5.30 p. Monday 9th JHVIDEND, in respect of the of $1.70 per sbare set, at the Cafe Wiseman, to your 1947,

10 FLUL:ས5 For

thecriageet to dedution of

hae forthcoming season.

Corporation Profits Tax) been declared payable on and

celled

to of

th! the

Claims should be restricted to (a) Article 17 shall be cup the reatifition, of property of which claimants were deprived line of

by act of the Japancae Govern, Article 71 the word "two"ht, the Japanese armed forces

for nationals of Japan,

(b). In the

third

Star Theatre To Be De Requisitioned

At last, after a run of seventeen months, the Star Theatre is to be de-requisitioned and returned to its original owner. The Star, which was the first regular running theatre the Colony has ever had, opened wider ENSA on January 1st, 1946 and presented a company of Britain's top flight actors, headed by John Gilgud playing in Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit."

INDO-CHINA PEACE TALKS

The theatre got off with a| flying start and made itself the with extremely popular Ludience and artistes alike. Mannged .nt frat by ENSA. and

Salgon, June subacquently liy CSF, in all 30

Paul Mus, the French re- Connieg appeared at the Star,

1 rreen! presentative in an average of one show per 14

talks with Dr. Ho Chi Minh days, ad including Buch popular

Anglo-Polish and other leaders of the Indo- favourites as the Ballet, Alexandra Repertory Chinese Nationalist move.

till ment.

leave Saigon Claims should include parti- Coy, ten Blanche Littler Coys.,

and bwn record breaking revnes shortly for Hong Kong for

anl "Lotion by - Night" (c) The followinty Article shall

conferences with Bao, „Duit former emperor of Aiman, be subsituted for Article

DETAILED DESCRIP-1 "live in Jest". (a)

The Star

French sources reported Theatre closes its 7676. Subject to any [TION OF PROPERTY. Stake

day. special terros as to voting the

tor, having entertained the im- upon which any shares of insure positive Identifiention of pressive total of 91,904 service- The Company may have the property, Including serial men and etviliane. bern banged or may

[uent Jor | umbers, industrial nume plate, į me the

shall be substituted

the word "three"

fr

colars as to:

Information

necessary

plur elviluna

It has be punt of live the time being be held, date, photographs, and any other entertainment in the Colony and

of hands destinguishing features. upon u show

Jo every member present

(a) PROOF OF OWNER- shall have enol

SHIP. State fucks and circuih- till

sta nees Bud auch certified

perHon vote,

17 and up every member present person or by proxy shall:pes of documents which show how claimant required his le have ond vote for every

to the property, and give the share held by him."

full name and address of the

and owner of title-holder

hizt By Order of the Board,

nationality.

fur

R. A. BATES, | after JULY, 8TH 1947. Hun, Secretary,

Sur Applications

Dividend Warrusia shoutt be made either personally or by letter to the Registered Office of the pany, 1 & 0. Building, Clover.

Com- 4th

Daied

FAR EAST · AVIATION CO., LTD.

The Register of Transfers of closed Company will be

ALK WILLIAM FORREST; the PUDMAN haw Joined the frem 23rd June to 7th July Head of this Compang fund will 1947, both days inclusivą,

A Director as from this!

state.

You can trust one personal Beauty Problence Soars Pai mament Waves. Shurapon, Sade¦10cm Tonling, Fietas, Montrare. . Preticque Ta Rodents impert

operators (INC) Disor

abote

Lane Crawford's. Tel. #316),

FAR EASTERN

FREIGHT

CONFERENCE

NOTICE

BIDES & WOOL, 10 AND

VIA EGYPTIAN PORTS--

EFFECTIV 5 PORTHWITH_

11 G

FAR EAST AVIATION]

CO. LTD.

J. ROBINSON. Managing Director Kong, 181 June, 1947."

FAR EAST FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL

DUDMAN

LTD.

11+t

Ry Order of the Board, GIBE, LIVINGSTON & CO.,

LTD. Agents,

Hong Kong, 5th June 1947.

F

CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO CONSUMERS 7 Consumers are hereby nollfled that from 12th May 1947 In- terest will be payable at 1% per;

have been in

R. G. CRAIG,

Chief Manager.

י

tel CIRCUMSTANCES OF [LOSS, State briefly the con- Hong Kong,

ditions, circumstances and termis this Ninth day of May, | cncluding consideration, if any)

1917.

whereby there was 11 tons of nie, poxsexion or Control accompanied by the removal of the property, and include details as to the place from which, and to which the property was re- moved, the date on which auch incidents took place, and any other pertinent information,

made itself extremely with servicemem and nlike

10

1

fo.

M. Mue, who is the director of tho National Overseas School in Saigon, has cently been acting as inter. mediary between the French authorities

and namesc.--Rruter.

1/20

Red Gunners Not Yellow

Viet-

Nanking, June 6.

Prewar Bond Redemption Difficulty

Nanking, June 5.

A respon le celal of the Finnner

Ministry

to-day nu- nounced that it was impossible for the government to repay public prewar bonds according to the | prevalling-gist of lving index an has been clamoured far by various Anuncial etrees and sted the following foor reasons why pubile honda choud be reimbursed at fave values

1. The government footed mblie loans according to the existing pubile lonn regulations and therefore should repay them to these regulations. recording They pointed out that the govern mest never defaulted on repay- ment

of Tuane,

2.

lubile bands were floated in negotiable form. Persous hold- ing bonds

are not the original buyers, so it is unfair to refund the bonis necording to the cost of living-index.

1.

Legal relationship between the government and the halter easnot be considered contracts between private It- dividuals.

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CSE To Continue Although the Star Theatre is)

will elee, CSE.

continue Ar- entertalasing!

troops. fi.bvermeuls are in hand to re-}

of the equle the stupe

China Fleet Club and CSE. shows in

4. It is impossibức to draw up the future will play there before touring the outlying units.

Chinese reports claimed that any rational scheine for the re-

payment of bands according to.. But although CHE. is to con- very heavy fighting is progressing the cast of Eving index, because time, one of the most important At Pulantien, 40 miles north the bonds were issued in different features of the Star will dis- Dairen. The Chinese mission i

plates and at different times appear: nainely the presentation now touring the Duiren and Portailed Press,

The Arthur area. 1 local amateur groups. Star Theatre offered to amateur A clubs, faites which had never claimed that, the Communists

pro-Government

report

Shanghai, June 0. All five newspapers In Wusil· HONGKONG &

before existed in the Colony and the Pulantien front were armed one time known as the Chicago of the Hong Kong Stage Club look with an unusually large number Chinn due to la indu trini de........... WHAMPOA DOCK.

full advantage of this by pre-of artillery pieces manned by "na velopment and located 90 miles COMPANY, LIMITED.

sunting one play a month. Lionals of a certain country not west of Shanghai, have cloacit In addition, everal classical of the yellow race." It said the down due to the rise in east of NOTICE is HEREBY

ecngerts and Chinese companies bodies of some of these ginners operation which was not followed

in re GIVEN that the ORDINARY

in the battlefeld. by a progorthante riso were found performed at the Star."

venue-United Press. YEARLY

United Press. MEETING

With the de-requisitioning of SHAREHOLDERS will be held j****

the facilities for| In the Bourd Room of Messrs, complete as possible in order the theatre.

will local artistes. to increase the possiblity of o

be greatly Jardine, Matheson & Co., 148, seeessful search being made in reduced, perhaps even necessita- 14 & 16. Polder Sweet, Hong the various territories to which ting the termination of the ILK. Kong, en Mendny, 16th. June Jooted property was removed.

Stage Club's play productions. [1947, 43/moon for the following,

purposes:

It is important that the Information submitted should be

Last Show Opens

It should be noted that in for On Monday, the last show to warding claims to Japan, this appear at the Star takes the 1. To receive and consider the Governnient will be required to singe, This an all girl revue, Statement of Accounts and undertake, on behalf of the truring for CSE. and called Balance Sheet and the Reclaimйl, to accept the property "Phys. Six”. port of the Directors and in the condition in which it is This show. Auditor thereon,

found and to make arrangements for the return of the property to Hong Kong.

2.

To elect Directors.

the

3.

MR. WILLIAM FORREST on deposits of $100 and

over which the Toard of this Company and Company's hands for not less will sign as a Deo from than alx months. This replaces this date.

the former rate of 2% per mam and follows the general trend of Interest rates in tho Colony,

FAR EAST PLYING TRAINING SCHOOL LTD,

4. HORENSON, Managony. Director.

Shippar to pay as an of 3,3| Rone Komy, ist June, 1947, per package for 3 3 per piece Per Haters shipped bone), minimum

nut per

of Lading, to cover the Egyptian Authority's Quarantine Inspec. tion, Supervision Fees, Disin. fretion Charges, formalities and.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

vere

Consumers are also referred to this Company's notice of 6th May 1946 in which they

register Requested tr

their pre-war deposils. It la now re- quested that this be done with out further delay by those who have not vot cumplied, in der that re-payment may be made where

necessary in due course,

Dr.

To appoint Auditors and fix

their remuneration,

To transart any other or dinary business of the Com-

pany.

Ship's Bar Should've

Been

Closed

"As soon as the ship entered harbour the bar should have been closed," remarked' Mr. d'Al- mada at Central yesterday when imposing a which consists

fine of $500 on Yung Chan, chief steward of entirely of girls, should prove extremely popular, offering as

the s.s. "Kwangsi," for selling liquor without It does

a license on May 7. something to suit all tastes.

The summons Booking is now open ond the as a result of show commences at 8.36 nm. on bottle of beer to an Inspector of Monday, the change being made so that

time the S.T. & 1. aboard the ship on audiences May 7 whlist she was alongside

Fri

out was taken the sale of а

Claims should be addressed to the Reparations Claims Office, General Post Office Building, first floor, to reach that office not later than 30th June, 1947. may enjoy the evening coolness. the Yuen On Wharf. Claimants who have submitted} NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY particulars of looted property in GIVEN that the TRANSFER response to press announcements BOOKS of the COMPANY will 20th March, 1947, are not re-

ut 11th December, 1946, und) be closed from the Zed. June quired to make another claim. 1947 to the 16th, June both days inclusive,

By order

COLONIAL SECRETARY.

19.17,

Hong Kong, 5th June, 1947.

of the Board of Directora.

R. G. CRAIG, Chlef Manager.

arat Wool shipped to Egypt or SPECIAL CASH SWEEP BY ORDER OF THE BOARD Hongkong, 8th. May, 1947.

idental expenses for Idea

foy transhipment there, Shippets

to provide a corticute from

stamp and signature of the

ON

port of loading, bearing the LANTAO HANDICAP

Government authority of that country, the certificate to state that Rinderpest, Foot and Mouth

Notice to Members

The Sale of Cash Sweep

Tusense and/or Anthrux do not) Ticket. ni the above will close exist.

at 11 m. en Saturday, June, 1947.

J. D. ALEXANDER

Local Chairman.

NOTICE

EX UK.

S.S. "GLENAFFRIC"

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The Draw will be held at the Race Course at 12.30 p.m. on Saturday, 7 June, 1947..

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

OF DIRECTORS

P. W. A. WOOD Secuelary & Chief Accountant,

Hong Kong. Wednesday, June 4, 1947.

NOTICE

CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY,

LTD.

REDUCTION

THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD STORAGE COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

House,

CONTROLLED EXPORTS ORDER

Exporters are reminded

the.

that

No Case To Answer

Mr. Pittman, of the S.T. & I., said that as a result of complaints, two Inspectors were sent aboard the ship and bought a battle of old "Dutch" beer at $2.50 (1.35) and a bottle of nerated water at

The case against Ip Kee, moster j $1.20 (90). of a trading junk, charged with making a false declaration in his clearance in' that he had

For selling the beer and nerated water above the control price,

bunrd 13 passengers when none Yang was additionally fined $450. was declared

clearance, on the was dismissed by Marine Magi- Sanz Cheong Shipping Company, Fung Hark-lun, manager of the

Central, Connaught Road, Alfred Mon, counsel for Ip, sub. 23 mitted he had no case to answer. pleaded not gulity to selling the owners of the 5.9. "Kwangsi,"

strate Neil Garland when

Mr.

Ip was apprehended by S.I.

beer and aerated water above the Holmes of the Water Police control price, He said that the

12.15 p.m. on June 4 In the Central Fairway 113 he leaving for Tungkoom, und

Was

On

sole by stewords aboard the ship with the had nothing to do Controlled Exports Order board were found thirteen pas. Campany. G.N.428 comes into force June 9th 1917.

on

sengers, all females.

what

NO STAMPS FOR POWs.

London, June 5. Because of the large num ber of certain prisoners who are to be used for the harvest, · the War Office today issued a reminder to farmers and other employers of prisoner- of-war labour, that German prisoners may not be in pos- session of sterling or British postage stamps,

"German prisoners of wAT may not, therefore, sell artit cles to the public or shops."

--Reuter.

AU TING'S LUCK WAS OUT

Au Ting, 23, was a tout (or The summons against Fung pimp) whose luck was definitely The facts of the case were not

was dismissed when the prosecu- out on Thursday night, due to his Exports of Wood Oil and Tin disputed but Mr. Hon submitted llon said that it was willing to inability to recognise a Police to the Americas will only be sections 11 and 25 under which

that under Section 30

sub withdraw.

Inspector when he saw one. Notke is hereby given that permitted by a licence issued by the charge was framed he had no fined for selling control

Ten shops were summoned and. At about 11.50 p.m. that night, the Forty-seventh Ordinary, the Imports and Exports De-

price Au saw a European walking Yearly Meeting of the Share-partment.

case to answer, as no ilability goods above ceiling prices.

along Woosung Street near Tem- holders in the Company will be

was placed on a ship or its master Wing Yee Fung, of 55 Con- ple Street and Immediately held at the Company's Office, Applications for such licences to report to the Harbour Master naught Road, Central, was fined broached him on the subject of.......... Windsor OF CHARGES

Mezzanine on the Green form ZA should be

passengers werd, carriey, Magistrate Garland agreed that pint "Schiltz" beer, ot

$250 for selling a bottle of two. getting a girl. Floor, on Thursday 26th June, submittell to the General Licen- the charge Iniled under this sec- (1.10); Yuen Kol Hong, of 274 Interested for

$2.40 The European was apparently Ая foreshadowed by the 1947, at 11 a.m. for the pur- sing Office of the Imports and ton, and on that ground the case Wing Lok Street, West, $175 for much?"

he asked "How Chairman in his Speech at the pose of receiving the Report of Exports

Au replied, "Four сп Department Annual General Meeting on the the Directors together with second floor of the Fire Brigade it

the was dismissed; but pointed out a bottle of one.quart "Carlsberg" dollars." When his "prospective.. 12th day of April 1947, the Statement of Accounts for the Building.

Was 'normal maritime probeer at $2.50 (2.25); Cheung Woo, customer" (as he fondly Imagined Bills of Lading Nos. 2e. La Service Auction Rooms charges for current supplied year

cedure for passengers carried to of 755 Queen's Road, West, $30 the European to be) asked where ended 31st and 211 covering gorgo arrivod]

December,

be reported to the from 1st July 1947 will be sub- 1946, to sanction the declara- E. HIMSWORTH,

for a cake of "Lux" soap at 80 the girl was Au pointed along by above name veel.comergued)

¡ Master. further following tion of ject to the

Dividend and Bonus

cents (70) and Yick Man Medi. Temple Street. to Controller of Store; on

Superintendent,

Inspector Hill prosecuted for cine Shop, of 171 Main Street, reductions

and to re-elect Directors and Imports & Exports Department, the Police.

At this stage, the European in........ Kong Government, · buge befň,

Auditors.

East, $50 for a large botlle of question revealed his true identi list and are hereby declarad ng and voll.

Hong Kong, 6th June, 1947.

"Maclean's" stomach powder at ty: He was DSI D.L. Davies of, it $3.50 (2.85).

the Special Branch, Protection of Fines totalling $170 were im Women and Girls Department. posed on six shops for selling

ARRIVED 4/6/47

The Public I waned agai negotiating alove mention

Bills of Lading.

W. M. THOMSON.. Supplies, Trade & Industry.

Aactioneers, Surveyors, etc Basement. French Bank Bldg.. A.E.B. de Sousa, Auctioneer. Telephone 31807

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers, Surveyors.

and Appraisers. Pedder Building. Telephone No. 20224.

NOTICE TO CONTRACT. SHIPPERS

OF

Lighting from 64 cents to 43 menta per unit.

Power from 23 cents to 20 cents per unit,

Proportionate reductions will be made in respect of lighting and power supplies in the New Territories, and the new rates will be charged for current con- sumed during the month of July 1047...

monts with this Company

Bulk Supply Consumers are being notified direct of the de- créano affecting, their.

· agree- for

1

the supply of current

Effective September 1, 1947, the freight rate Oll, Non- Essential in containers to Pacfic Coast and Atlantic Const porta will be increased by 2015,

F. F. BOOTH

Secretory.

TRANS-PACIFIC FREIGHT

BUREAU.

HONGKONG, June 1st, 1947. '

Lowe, Bingham & Matthews,

·Secretaries,

NEW YORK FREIGHT ·

BUREAU.

The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from; 12th to 26th June, 1947, both days inclusive.

I

By Order of the Board of Directors.

J. D. THOMSON Manager.

Hong Kong, 2nd June, 1047.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD Chinese Optical Co.

OF DIRECTORS,

P. W. A. WOOD, Secretary & Chlef Accountant.

OPTICIAN

67 QUEENS ROAD CV

+

HARBOUR DEPT. NOTIFICATION

For information of Ship Operators & Charterers

NO WAGES REDUCTION

Harbour

When Au was charged before packets of 11 Aspro tablets at 00 Mr. Latimer at Kowloon yester.. cents each (45). They are Mee day, with soliciting for an im- Shanghai, Juno 6. Woh, of 310 Hennessy Road; moral purpose, Inspector J. Wu Kai-sien, social affairs! You Song Tong, of 275 Hennessy Orem related Au's story of mis commissioner. turned down de- Road; Wai Chuen Tong, of. 11 fortune to the Court. minds by factory owners for Cochrane Street;

cr

Chur Man

As misfortunes never come reduction in the more than 100 Tong, of 387 Queen's hond, West; singly, Au found himself ordered percent increase in wagen allow But Lee Woo, of 128 Des Voeux by His Worship to either part on June 1 by the government, Road, West; and Lee On Tong, Vith 850 or spend the next three Wit said that any difficulties, of 242 Queen's Road, East, weeks in Stanley Gool. IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED counted by captial would have THAT WEDNESDAY, 4TH to be settled between employers JUNE, 1947 HAS BEEN DE- CLARED A WEATHER-NON- WORKING DAY.

*J. JOLLY,... Harbour Master.

Harbour Department, Hong Kong, 6th June, 1947,

and workers.Associated Press.

染洗精士、波

from SHANGHAI

BOSTON

Leslie Nole Notchicas. 22, A 10-year-old spinater, Chen Terrence. MacLeod, 27, and Nor- Sul-ying, was remanded for three | man Snowdy, 28, all firemen of days. In Pollen custody by Mr. 145 Marine Drive, Point Plper, | Latimer at Kowloon yesterday Australia, were committed to the they when she appeared in the charge House of Detention when of giving false information to the pleaded guilty before Mr. Latimer Police at 1:45 am. on Juno 1 reat Kowloon yesterday, to having Best Service-Moderate Pricus garding a report of Jarceny in-attempted to stowaway on the volving," the quai- pt-1723,

*/ **Tantaraît:ozí June 6,

Dry Cleaning & Laundry,

318, Wyndham Street