1948-01-23 — Page 4

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

20 WORDS $2 FOR ONE INSERTION PREPAID. $1 FOR EACH AUDITIONAL INSERTION, ADDITIONAL WORDS 10 CTS PER WORD PER INSERTION.

Replies

$2

re awaiting at our offices for Box Nos: 308, 310, $19, 245, 946, 347, 348.

WANTED KNOWN

D

MOSDA LIGHTER. Fully tabunale selle lesing Liphter of at quaty nuke and fish ingate muset, chromoots plated,

:bagiment avilable juwen, Tel. HAW50%

LONG STREET WA Clothes

おしゃ

いず distinction.

Cute Beg, Hong Kong Hotel.

DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS SUPPLIES

1. Under instructions from the War Office London the follow- ing quantities of RASC Supplies are uffered for sale, provided they are not exported to the U.K.

2. Tenders are Juvited for the purchase of the whole or part Ints of each commodity.

3.

(u) Rum (India Red Stamp)-3900 gais. (approx 1128

cases) (Duty unpaid).

(b) Tinned Salmon (Canadian and USA Products) — 23

tous (approx 1074 cases),

1. These commodities may be inspected at the Command Sup- ply Depot, Shamshtypo, between the hours of 10 nm. to 4 p.m. alidly until Friday, Bird January, 1918,

view

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1948,

IN THE

SUPREME COURT

• OF HONG KONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION

of

IN THE GOODS WILLIAM RENNIE FORSYTH Inte of The Hongkong and Whampoa

Protest Strike Brings Cologne To A Standstill BBC Fight

Cologne, Jan. 21.

Eighty thousand workers here stayed at home today, bringing the life of the city to a standstill for 24 hours in a protest strike against the low food rations.

With Union in Nuremberg, 100,000 workers also stopped work

London, Jan. 22. Dock Co. Ltd., Kowloon dis No more theatre and music the Colony of Hong Kong, halt brandcasts will be relayed ship builder, decensed,

by the BBC unth the Muslelins ĮUnion agrees to a more reason- NOTICE IS HEREDYable fee, said the BBC today.

The Corporation issued 2 GIVEN that the Court has by virtue of Section 58 of the statement that the BBC learns Probates Ordinance, 1897, made with regret that the Musicians an Order limiting the time for Union have expressed the view creditors and others to send in that no useful parpuse will be their claims against the above served by accepting an invite- 1 Saturday, 24th

14th estate to the Whitfield

Februnry,

5. Applications to Passes and tender forms obtained from BQ RASC, Whitfield Barracks, Kowloon, daily betwarn the bits of 9 am, and it

an, up to Friday, 23rd dinonry, 1918,

will be received af ant neecasary

4

Tonders will he received up to,

January, and must be deposited at HQ RASC,

Harracks, Kowloon, in sealed packets, marked "Tender for pur

chae of RASC Supplies" before this time and date.

7. The Seermary of State for Way does not bind himself to

NEW Winter Sulting Style and ¦ necept the highest or any tender, workomanslap guarumvent to your

Patisfiction. Selected range of!

English

materials. Telephone

21365 for talk to call - King's (Ah You Tabor, 4. D'Águilar Sheet, 1st leg,

FOR

Yotk

BREAKFAST,

Tiffin, Aftant Tea & Dinner. You are welpoene, Prompt Ser.

am Quiet,

Ne

TE

ARY Cafe de Dave, China Emporium.

alozzanine Fee TQ. 26128,

WANTED

,』ནཾ,,‛」,

HANU pione

#

Feward pa

to sestavy Sexretary

Bei cation Club, !

DANCING LESSONS

E. G. HAZELTON,

Inertenang."ulurvel,

Commander, Rogol Army Service Corps.

HQ Land Forces, HONG KONG.

NOTICE

HONG KONG/BOMBAY FREIGHT

CONFERENCE

Bombay

All Tanshipment and Storage thatges through en go to all destinations will be increased from the Ist Feb. 1948 by 33 1 49.

From the 181 Ph., 1918, the charges will be as follows';

Transhipment Changena z

General

1.12 Cargo

per jou od 20 cwls, og 40 eft,

Cargo R12

480 eft. pet toy of 20 ewis. Du Pías 1123+ ad viderem.

FAINING DANCING Classen) Vadurable

21 16 ROM Easy Terms

"ERLE OFFER"

Betration Tune 2

M

TONY HUDSON

1

Banking

TUITION GIVEN

BALANGHAL FASHION

it

monatla K

(

ייזן

ת

* next

ff

Rand Protrad App

F

Casting

are arrepied at bey Road, Kowloon, on

„Wdnesdays, Fabdays, į

FOR SALE

FORE TONE

Max"

motor excle tyre, To: 199. Pripe **hing

OFFDE REMINGTON; $too Eses Heut Paintwood Portable $phet Hak MĒNE Боту 28

top flour, Proue 14

.' : פן

Stounge Charge: Rs. 12 per tog of 20 rwls, or 40 eft. per day taller ONDIEN est X days free age

MACKINNON MACKENZE & CO.

Secretaries, Hong Kong Bonhiny

Freight Conferenen,

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers, Surveyors and Appraisers, Pedder Building. Telephone No. 20224

PUBLIC AUCTION

The Endersigned have receiv. Races' fed instructions to sell by Publue) el.entratier.] Auelion on Rout (5.8

POWERFU THNOCULARS:

8 x 30. Perfeetly new. tempeliturly cheap

Friday, the 23rd. January, 1918 |

cotomeneing at 230 p.m.

A PINE COLLECTION $130! VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

"ZEISS" hopmasters 17 x 501 $2251 Sent pin anunval Phone 5708712

FURNITURE,

In a 5-8 pm, 1 | comprising (---. Don't delay!

UNDERWOOD

TENDERS

TENDERS invited for cutting. and cleuring grass and under- growth on Stoneettlers Island from 14:48 to 31-3-19. Form of Tender can be obtained fromi X.A.S.O. Stonecutters Island.

Service Auction Rooms

Auctioneers, Surveyors, etc. 3asement, Fresch Bank Blog.. A.E.. de Sousa, Auctioneer Telephone 31867.

NOTICE

The annual general meeting off the Central

School: Firkish Parent Association will be held

Wardrobes,30 pm. sharp.

Cheat of

Chesterfield Suites, Dining at the European Y.M.C.A. (23 LATEST | Room Suite, Bed Room Suite. Friday the 23rd of January at MODEL just arrived. Lowest | Single Divans, prire. Also Typewriters for rent. Dressing Tables, Servien guaranteed. Tel. 27592.} Drawers, Low Buys, Odd Chule, Tea will be served from 5 pm. Universal Typewriter Co., 22 Dining Tables. Sideboards, to 5,30 p.m. at a nominal price. Des Voeux Road, G., 1st. floor. Glass Cabinet, Blackwood Co

binet, Typist Tables, Single & is sincerely hoped that all. Double Bedsteads,

Wardrobe parents will be able to attend. Trunks Tea Waggon, Carpets. A discussion and vore on the

BOSTON

STEAM LAUNDRY

Rugs Meat Safe Glass Ware, revised rules for the association, | Table Ornaments, Upholster and the election of officers.

Arm chairs, and 1 Electric Hot Water Boiler Etc., Etc.

BEST SERVICE

Also

NOTICE

MODERATE PRICES

1

chine

1 Hedman, Check Prolector

There will be a meeting of Marchant Calculating Ma-St. John's Cathedral Group of the V.D.M.A. tomorrow. Ten will be served in the athedral.

31B, WYNDHAM ST.

1

1948.

All creditors and others are accordingly hereby equired send their clans to the under signed on or before that date.

Dated the 15th day of Jan.) F918.

DEACONS Solicitor for the Executor-datiye Prince's Building, Bungkung.

HONG KONG TRAMWAYS LIMITED

NOTICE TO MONTHLY TICKET HOLDERS.

Monthly Tickets for February may be renewed un the follow ng dates at the places specified.

Jamare 25th to January 28th Traffa ffice, Canal Road East,

noal

Calen

Janney 29th to 31st and February 2nd

Hongkong Electric Officer, Glocester Building.

New tickets che passengers bolding Monthly Ticket

only obtained at th Traffic Office, Canal Road East, on and after January 31st.

Y. WALKER, Acting General Manager.

21st January, 1948,

NOTICE

UNERA CLOSURE

hereby

All Popcornus] nestified that

Hangkon ༈།h Office of UNRRA will close on

All the 31st January, 1918. claims should be submitted and all cheques leared itmediately.

on

the orders of their trade unions. Forty thousand of them marched in procession carrying banners demanding the resignation of the Bavarian Government and an improve- ment in the food situation.

All the Cologne strikers are expected to return to work to morrow including the tramway workers who have been oat for three days,

Schlange

In Munich, the Bavarian Dlet unanimously passed

MALAYA'S FALL:"

OFFICIAL STORY

(Continued from Page :)

This was most serious in the case of the aly force, where the Far East requirements, on lak down by the Chiefs of Staff, were 336 aircrafi E Initiat equipment, with 2 reserve of 327. planes.

Sir Robert said that in Decem-

Omitting 36 obsolete planca, there were in fuct available only a motion 156 initint equipment aircraft asking the Bavarian Govern- and 92. reserve planes. Adding to approach the United to these a total of 22 bombers States ment

Military Government and nine fighters lent by the Dr.

Schoeningen, with a request to free German Dutch, the net deflciency on Dec. tien from managers to discuss

of the Food and doline credita to buy fats abroad, 7, 1941, was 384 planes, or more new proposals for theatre relay director

Agriculture, Department of Bizo High-quality foodstuffs, 1- than half the requirements. fees.

These proposals represented, was quoted by the German cluding meat, fate, sugar, her news service In the American rings, and flour, valued at $50,- 10 percent increase in the rate previously paid to musicians for Zone as saying: "1 do not know on, have been placed at the dis ber, 1911, the army strength in how we are going to survive the posal of the Ruhr population! Malaya "fell far short of the such broadenst,

through Protestant Churches figure it had been agreed was The BBC, although it will meet

He told the Economic Couneti | abroad, the German news aer required to compensate for the a reasonable increase, does not

deficiency in aircraft.. at Frankfurt that calm in the vice in the American Zone re- feel justified in agreeing to an

region might maintalu | ported tonight, and another siml-} increase of 300 percent,

The Ruhr

"The main deficiencies were: the far quantity will be distributed 17 battalions; four light nati- asked BBC therefore regrets it is un-world

to let the shortly. able to provide listeners with occupying powers

The British Military Govern- and musie Germans buy high-quality food- relays of threatre

food. that enough involving stuffe in neighbouring countries, ment hold peformances

Request

stuffs, particularly bread grains, "The fact that we were en- Musiclans Bain players until

have been imported to ensure a tirely without tanks in Malayn the Union is prepared to agree

regular ration of 1,500 calories was a serious handicap to any a day throughout the year. Hoffensive lan indigenous resources are

fully whether

reasonable for for

such broadcasts, Router,

A

next three months."

pence,

He

The German population would be ready to pay for these by hard work, he added.

Bevin To Lift Ban On Travel?

aircraft regiments; and two tuak regiments.

operations,

on a small or on a

atilled, a Renter despatch from large scale. Duesseldorf slated.

Hoarders

The Anglo-American authori

Hong Kong Fall

the

tles in Germany have asked the| "There were also very few bi zonal Ecomic Conneil ararmoured care. The reserve of Frankfurt to pass a law

mai! In

Rims armunition WHA below structing the heads of the 20,- well

authorised 000,000 families in the combin figure." ed Zone to register all the food) they possess.

In the Two major reverses

of the Far first few days Eastern war fell into the period

London, Jan. 22.

The legislation would be de. partial lifting of the British ban on foreign

signed to strike at hourders and travel which the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest

blackmarket denjers hiding of Sir Robert Brooke Popham's Bevin, is expected to announce in Parliament

critically needed foodstuffs,

command-the sinking of the tomorrow, may leave the ban in force for

Under the scheme, all news- new 36,000-ton battleship Switzerland, Sweden and possibly Belgium. papers in the bi-Zon, would aus. Prince of Wales and the battle several Cruiser. Repulse, and the fall of pend publication for Prblain has financial agree- | hoped that the whole sterling days to make available paper Hong Kong.

with Switzerland for the proposed food wh with these three countries are's trade whereby she, undertakes to pay will roughly bulance during naires.-Reuter.

In

old for any sums over a 19.18. pertain credit level,

The renewal of British tour- It is understand that the ista' visits woukl upset the lifting of the ban will only con- whole balance again and would tern the entries where Bri- entail gold payments by Britain. tish tourism would not engt Britain gold or dollars.

Sweden's financial agreement with Britain does not come in- fa force until May 1. but it is believed here that Britain will want to rec how the actual trade between the two countries is likely to flow before allowing tourist traffle to weigh the bal- auer against Britain.

Trade Balance.

As regards Belgium, Britain's The Bank Account will be unfavourable balance of trade clusel on thr 30th January is understood to have reached 19. After the 1st January the point where tourist traffic entail Britain should be would definitely all respondence

having to pay Belgium for it in ndressed tu:

gold.

Mr. Harlan Cleveland, Director, UNRRA--China Office, Embankment Building. 370 North Soochow Road. SHANGHAI--0.

(Signed) R. B. GOODWIN.

Closure Officer.}

MARINE DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

For Information of Ship Operators & Charterers

It is hereby notified that Original Odhner Calculat-Hall at 430 p.m. Evenging will

be held in the Cathedral at Wednesday, 21st January, 1948, ing Machine

5.15 p.m. after which the Bishop, has been declared a Weather will give an address under the Non-Working Day. tele "Six Weeks in Country Churchen. It is hoped that as

many members as possible willi

1

Victor Adding Machine

7 Underwood, Royal & Im

四强印務公司

SIE KEUNG

PRINTING PRESS

PRINTERS OF CHINESE &

ENGLISH BOOKS

PERIODICALS &

NEWSPAPERS

27 LYNDHURST TERRACE

HONG KONG

TELEPIIONE 27608

所刷印門金

THE GOLDEN GATE PRINTING PRESS

QUALITY job....... printing of every description. Letterheads, Vialting cards, Copperplates, Die stamping, Booklets, Balance shoots, Envelopes and Office supplies. Copper, Rubber, Hom & Ivory, stamps „maker. 44 D'Agullar Street, Central, Hongkong... Telephone 88485.

perial Typewriters, 11", 19′′ and 14′′

1 Tientsin Carpet 6' x 8'.

Or. View from Thursday, the

22nd, January, 1948.

Terma: As Customary.

LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers,

PEIPING & TIENTSIN

WOOL CARPETS

WHOLESALE OR RETAIL

be able to allend.

PUBLIC AUCTION

The Undersigned have rectived i Instructions 10 sell by Public Auction on

With Switzerland. Britain herself has

n very favourable

trade balance and now that South Africa is paying for her own unfavourable balance, it is

nestion-

Maniu Party

A Sursa spokesman in London Sentences

said that, although the ban had not been discussed in the pre- sent Anglo-Swiss talks on trade and finance, he thought it un-

that believable

Switzerland

should be left out if the ban were raised for any European country at all.

Tom

Admixal Sle

Phillips, Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Fleet, decided to take action with his two capital ships immediately. the arrival of Japanese. landing parties off Siam was reported.

He asked for fighter cover off Singora, in the southern part of the Kra Isthmus, but this becauso could not be provided by Dec. 10, the aerodromes in northern Malaya "were either untenable or else had been badly damaged by bombing."

Belgrade, Jan. 22. A Rumanian military tribunal has passed prison genrences on 17 members of the former Ru

Peasant Party of Dr. manian Julius Maniu (who was senten- red to ilfe imprisonment an Of the end of the two war- If Switzerland were left outh

with trenson charges last November), ships which went down she would rise the question of Tanjug. the Yugoslav news the low of 600 men, including the most favoured nation clause agency reported from Bucharest Admiral Phillips, the despatch in her existing trade agreement with Britain-Reuter.

Devaluing The Franc

Paris. Jan. 20.

trial.

today.

Raid: "Shortly after 12 noon on The men, arrested shortly' Wednesday, Dec. 10, a signal after the Maniu

were was received from Repulse that in u charged with rebellion, M. Emil) she was being bombed Gilezun, a former Under-Secre- position about 60 miles east- tary of State, said to be lender south-east of Kuantan. of the group, was sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude, while the others received 10-year sen tences and nine were sentenced to seven years.-Reuter,

"On receipt of this message; a fighter squadron was at once. despatched and reached

the position of the ships in com- mendable quick time, but only to see Prince of Wales go down, "No enemy, aircraft wero spotted, Fighter cover, though only a weak one, was provided for the destroyers that picked up the crews from the sunken General Omar Bradley, who ships."-Reuter. will this year succeed General Eisenhower as Chief-of-Staff,

An agreement by the Inter- national Monetary Fund in Washington tomorrow to make General's

introducing Warning

effective the devaluation of the. French franc by differential rates was expected In well-informed circles here tonight.

Gurkhas And out British Army

New Delhi, Jan. 22.

New York, Jan. 22.

The French Cabinet meets tomor row and it is possible that an an nouncement will be made immediate-

declared today that the United nation has lapsed through des- ly after the meeting, or alternative States would "court disaster" pair into the pit of totalitarian- The latest results in the re-ly towards the end of the week after

ism. The event that permits a ferendum held by the British the closing of the Stock Exchange if they responded too little or

too late with aid for Western dissident minority to seduce a- Indian and Nepalese armica o Friday afternoon.

Europe.

free people into a dictatorship among 10,000 Gurkhas showed,

The "double frine" system was res Addressing the

American of the Right or left, becomes

Bradley said: "History shows is no exit, at a time when free that we have always arrived at people need help in their effort catastrophe by our failure to to survive, to live in dignity act in a criats. There is no ap. and to gain strength from the peal, no second chance after a vitality of freedom."-Reuter.

contrary to earlier indicationg garded here as merely a move tor- Jewish Committee, General a trap door frorn which there. that 3,500 Gurkhas had opied towards a real and definitive currency serve in the British Army, 4.900tablisation, which, it was consider had opted for the Indian Army,jed, can only take place when prices and 1,600 had not yet indicated and wages hare found stable level in France and when other currencies, their choice.

These figures were given in a including sterling. are ripe for any their real value press note issued today by the alignment which

High Commissioner's may call for. British

thought that when the Am Office.

erican ait programme for Europe "So far, 42 per cent of the comer into force later in the

year, Gurkhas hove decided to serve this may make opportune a general with the British Army", it said. stabilisation of the European

renclex-Reuter,

J, JOLLY, Director of Marine.Henter.

Marine Department, Hongkong, 22nd Jan, 1948.

U. S. R. C.

A grand Leap Year Dance will be held on Saturday 28th

cur.

U.S. Battle Of The

Income

Tax

Washington, Jan. 22.

Monday, the 26th January 1948 February from 9 pm to 2 Am House Republican leaders today endorsed the

at 10.30 a.m.

28 BALES EACH CONTAIN. ING 60 PIECES 60 X 80" TRAVELLING RUGS.

and

20 BALES SÁCH CONTAIN. ING. 60 PIECES 70" X 90o TRAVELLING RUGS- (more pleas damaged)

of Purchase

The Easter Dance will be held an Saturday 27th March. Tickets available from the Honorary Secretary or at the Club.

THE SPORTS CLUB

Selling Lotteries for the Also Ran Stakes (Both Sections), Pearce Memorial Cup and All

at 5.30 pm. sharp.

JL. 8.YUNG,

CHI HING HONG Money of Fail of Hammer and Out Stakes will be held today

65 Queen's Road C. 1st Floor, Balance by following day,

Telephon, 24860

HONGKONG

AMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

Hon. Secretary,

US$5,000,000,000 Knutson general income tax cut and agreed to put it to a House vote as soon as possible.

The programme, which the of the Speaker, Rep. Joseph Secretary of the Treasury (Mr: Martin. John Snyder) claims will cost The Republicans said there US$4,800,000,000 in Federal was no chance of approval of revenue and pose a Borious President's counter-pro- threat to the nation's economy,posal. to grant US$40' "cost of 1- to be put into final form on | living"; tax credits to everybody Thursday by the tax-drafting and to offset the revenue loss Ways and Means Committee. with a 75 per cent excess profite

tax on big corporations. Rep. Harold Knutson (Repub- The. House. Democratic lend- lican, Minnesota), 'chairman of er, Rep Sam Rayburü of Texas, the group, announced his deci-'countered that the Republieari| xion" to " Republican tenders bigail (1. lng will never become

after a meeting of the Hound (ZAR)

I think the Repub

4 Steering Committee.in: 180 DA

SUSPENSE, ADVENTURE, THRILLS

RIP KIRBY IS COMİNG ! Watch for it in the "China Mail"