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SALE OF

STEEL SCRAP MISCELLANEOUS

Tenders are invited for the purchase of Steel Scrap Mia. cellaneous now lying at the Iron Pound, H.M. Dockyard, Hong Kong.

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

NOTICE

TO SHAREHOLDERS.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Fifty-fifth Ordinary Yearly Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Company's Office,

• Tender Forms can only be 4th Floor, P. & O. Building, on obtained personally, on applica- Thursday, the 18th day of tion to Section C of the March, 1948 at 11 am. for the Replies are awaiting at our offices for Box No: 308, 810. Naval Store Department, H.M. purpose of receiving the Report Dockyard, Hong Kong, between of the Board of Directors; to- HID, 45, 840, B47, 848.

9.80–11.30 À.M, and 2.00–14.00 gether with the Statement of

P.M, from 23rd to 25th Febru- Accounts for

ended the year ary, 1948. The Scrap can be 31st December, 1947, and to viewed on application to the elect Directors and appoint · Au- graphic Competition prize fox-office of the Inspector of Stores ditors.

1 (Mr. E. Jones), HM, Dock. yard, Hong Kong, on the days specified in production of the

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HM, Dockyard, Hong Kong, on noon on Thursday, or before 26th February, 1948.

EFS. FISHER, Supidg. Navad Store Officer.

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers. Surveyors and Appraisers.

Pedder Building. Telephone No. 20224 PUBLIC AUCTION

The Transfer Books of the from Company will be cloned 3th March to the 18th March, 1948, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD., Agenia,

Hong Kong, 21st Feb., 1948.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY,

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THE CHINA MAIL, TUES DAY, FEBRUARY 24, -1048.

NOTICE

BURMA INDEPENDENCE

The attention of the Public la invited to Now Passport Re gulations which came into force January, 1948. on the 4th following the grant of Indepen

dence to Burma..

An from the 4th January; 1948, all British Burmese Pass- ports become invalid, unless:--

(a) The holder can produce evidence that be or hin his paternal father or grandfather in Burmese.

In such cases the passport may be endorsed to the effect that ita validity is exceptionally extentled for μ period not exceeding three months

cense

"SERVING CAUSE OF WAR" Wallace Attack On Aid To China Plan Another Phase Of

Intervention

New York, Feb. 22.

·

Former Vice-President Henry A. Wallace said to- day that American Army officers are training new Chinese Government forces and that American bases "are now being secretly erect- ed in Tsingtao and Formosa.” Accusing the Truman Administration of military intervention in China, and terming the China aid plan a "war-provoking extension of the Marshall plan to Asia," Wallace added in a statement:-

our

"The situation in Chinn i tragic proof of the Inevitable failure of our present foreign policy of which the Marshall Plan in a party.”

4th January, As from the 1948, British Passports endorsed

"The Seventh Fleet and other units more phase of our financial and mili- "all countries in the

British cruise constantly in Chinese waters, tary intervention there. Empire" or "British Empire" Involved are over 23,000 of

to cover Burma. The armed

ied service"

" and a total of 271 endorsement "Burma"__ or "all|U, S. naval vench, and a large countries in the Far East out quantity of aliceaft and other war side the British Empire" will be supplies have been turned

over | Chiang Kai-shek for civil war." used instead,

The third party Presidential can- didate said, "President Harry Tru- man's request for an additional US

As from the 4th January 1948, British Subjects and British protected

personnel travelling to Burma, require Burmese visas. As a transitional measure, the Burmese Govern- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ment has agreed to admitting, thin! the Fifty-fifth Ordinary without

until the 4th visas. Yearly Meeting of Shareholders July, 1948, holders of such will be held at the Office of the passports issued in the United Company. Exchange Building. Kingdom or its Dependencies,

United Des Voeux Road Central, Vic-| or by

Kingdom Cohaul, bearing the "British Lorin, Hong Kong, un Wednes. NOON for the purpose of re- the passports show the holders day.

March, 1948, at Empire", endorsement, provided

eiving the Report of the Board are ordinarily resident af Directors together with the United Kingdom, - Statement of Accounts for the

IMMIGRATION OFFICER.

The Undersigned have recely. FOR THUSÈ going

24th on leave, ed instructions from The Suptg "CARTER'S" 8. Connaught Naval Store

Officer, H. M. Road Central, 3rd floor, every Naval Dockyard, Hong Kong, thing for the trip. Also Cretonne to sell by Public Auction an Chair Cover, Cushions etc.

MONDAY and TUESDAY, the 23rd and 24th FEB., 1948

made. Kalting orders under-

taken.

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A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF VEHICLES, SURPLUS STORES AND CRAFT ETC.

Particulars, (Ful

Locations and Terms of Sale BA per Advertisement on the 40th.. 20th, and 21st. Februney, 1948).

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

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You can trust your personal ENTIRE WARDROBE require. ments in the latest shades and Beauty Problems your Per. istinctive fashions, very at.

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TUITION GIVEN

AFTER OFFICE CLASSES of -cutting-and-sawing.—Shanghai Fashion School, 6 Wyndham Street, Victory House, 5th floor.

Also

morning and afternoon. groups. Mondays, Wednesdaya, Fridays, 9 a.m. til 7 p.m.

KING'S MUSIC CO.

Pianos by famous makers, Record Players for dC/DC, "Columbia" portable gramo phones, musical instruments, accessories, piano tuning & AMERICAN TAP DANCING general repairs.

TAP-DANCING

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Registration (2-4 PM). HK$30-

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Buliding.

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UNDERWOOD LATEST

MODEL Just arrived. Lowest price. Also Typewriters for rent, Service guaranteed. Tel. 27582. Univerzal Typewriter Co., 22 Des Voeux Road, C., 1st, floor.

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Year ended 31st December, 1947,

and to elect Directors and ap point Auditors.

26th January, 1948,

in

the

THOS. COOK & SON,

The Transfer Books of the from Company will be closed Wednesday, the 10th March, 1948, to Wednesday, the 24th March, 1948, both daya inclu-(Continental & Overseas) Aive,

Limited.

By Order of the Board

of Directors,

R. TAYLOR, Manager & Secretary.

Hong Kong. 21st Feb., 1918.

HONGKONG TRAMWAYS LIMITED

MONTHLY TICKETS

FOR THE MONTH

OF MARCH

Tickets can be renewed at the Traffic Office, Canal Rond East, on

the 24th and 26th February and 2nd March and Queen's Building (ground floor), Connaught Road En trance, (Bear Star Ferry)

at

on

the 26th. 27th and 28th February and 1st March,

MR. J. MOUAT is hereby appointed Branch

Manager, Hong Kong, as from February 24th, 1948.

B. C. HAĻE, General Manager for

the Far East

KOWLOON CRICKET

CLUB

LEAP YEAR DANCE

The Kowloon Cricket Club is staging a special Leap Year Dance on Saturday, February 28, with dancing from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m.

The popular Quah and His Band have been engaged; and novelty dances arranged,

Admission will be $5 per

to

Cause Of Reaction

military supplies to bolster reaction

Walisce said, "Sending rooney and

corruptary Governments against the will' of Chiang Kai-shek Government is one their peoples serves the cause of re action and war, not Democracy and peace.

| 570,000,000

to go to the

Seeking German Answer

London, Feb. 22. Delegates

United States,

from the

Britain

Wallace asked Congress and the American people to reject the Presi dent's programme and urged "all possible ald to the Chinese people” i through the United Nations, such aid to be given once peace is established so that reconstruction is possible.

DAVAO AIR TRAGEDY

Manila, Feb, 23.

A repork from: Davao mid today that 13 passengers were burned to death when

■Commercial ------Airliner single- obgined PTC - 268 crashed at Malt airfielá near Davio five minutes

after the take-off.

The report said the plane elroled the field, then mad- denly fall-spinned-

burned a mid-air, The petrol tank axploded when the plane crashed,” killing the occupantų: ouizight.

The passengers included three children. The authori- ties have begunjan Enteɛti- gation. United Frem

Sten Gun Larceny Hearing

Bir. W.H. Latimer yesterday He said the first step toward praer | fixed the afternoon of March `4 "must be the withdrawal of all for hearing the charge of larceny financial and military intervention in China's internal fights."

Wall Street

Thief Ran Into Mrs. Tunstall

A chance meeting with"-- Mrs. |V. Tunstall of No. 29, Perk

· Mansions · led to the arrest of 32-year-old. Leung. Ein, noem. ployed.`charged on two counts or larceny and sentenced to iz months "hard · labour' by Mår, Thomas Tani' at Central Magis“ | tracy yesterday..

Leung, charged with stealing"

·xtures, property of Mr. Tunstall, 'and'pyjamas, and 'n shirt," proš perty of Mrs. Trout, was also re- commended for banishment.

Inspector W.Y. Wong, prosecut- ing, told the Court that at 12.30 p.m. or Feb. 22, Mis. Tunstall saw defendant coming down the stairways of Peak Mansions as she was returning home,

Defendant, carrying

a. pareol' wrapped in a Chinese newspaper, was caught by Mr. Farrer, who was informed by Mrs. Tunstall,

Two screw drivers, a timo witch, pulled off from the stair. ways of Peak Mansions, and the

Tothing were found on him.

Inspector Wong, declared. thabe of arins from Whitfeld Barracks in view of the numerous thefts preferred against Drivers Regin- in the Peak District, in spite fot

the Pulice tɔ. old Swinton Boult (28) and serious efforts of

he would ask Mr. Bramwell · James Duckett (31) stem them, Wallace

said that the principal and Cpl, Harry Adamson (20), Tam to take a serious" ylow of and France will meet group which stood to benefit from all of the. R.A.S.C., and of aiding the matter.

the aid programme is the "Wall and abetting against Jaffer Mo- here tomorrow in an ef-Street group which control large hammed · Alarakla (42) ♬ elvilian fort to find a

areas of the Chinese economy," common

clark of the RAS.C.- Wallace claimed, "The President's solution to German contention that the new $570,000,000 economic problems, left programme represents purely civilian hanging by the collapse me ald is exploded by hino 12 Sten guns on Jan. 9.

words that is wil permit the Chincar of the Council of Foreign Ministers.

resources to other ends".

Russla was not invited,

Government to devote limited dollar

The three Servicemen are be- |** ing charged with the larceny of

Boult

and Duckett are further accused

of larceny of 2,560 rounds of 9 He said, "I do not believe that m/m ammunition on Jan. 8. An.

additional charge against-Duckelt | the American people" want any part of this scheme. 1. do not believe they is that of larceny of 24 Sten gun would have approved direct

mll-magazines on Jan. 26. N

Burma And British Passports

The attention of the Púble 1. invited to new passport regulations

Five of the principal problem expected to be worked out are 1. The part Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg war in which we have already Alarakin, who is represented which came into force on Jan; 4, 1948,

will take in the conference.

tary intervention in China's civil

engaged.”—Asociated Prew

2. Merger of the French ocnlied Press, cupution zone with the Ameri-

can and British zones,

3, Future of the Ruhr.

4. Frontier claints against Germony.

5. Germany's potential con- tribution to the Marshall Plan.

The Soviet Union has protest. ed against the conference And han warned that she will nol recognize any of the decisions.

Britain and France have not

Ate Wife In Fit Of

Temper

sadby Mr. Marcus da Bļiva, is being followlog the grant of Independence

charged with counselling and to Burma. procuring, aiding

and abetting. As from Jin. 4, · 1948, #11-Brit

Brhist: on or about Jan. 2. the three Burmese passports become invalid, Servicemen In the theft of the unless Sien gual

Tokyo, Feb. 23.

yet replied, but the United The 59-year-old Japanese States has rejected the Soviet farmer whom the police last note, declaring the conference is week arrested while eating the necessary-United Press. flesh of his wife and son whom he had decapitated, told the police today:

B.

Det. Sub-Inspector W. Scragg appeared for the Police yesterday.

DISPLAY OF PAINTINGS

(a) The holder

-produce svidéice that her or his father or his prictast grandfather is Burmene."

·Jo such cases the passport may be endorsed to the. effect that its validity la exceptionally extended for not exceeding three month

period

As from Jan. 4, 1948, British pas ports endorsed "all countries in the British

or "British Empire" Empire" cease to cover Burma. The endorse. ment "Burma" or "all countries is the A private display of paintings Far East outside the British Empire" and calligraphy by Mr. Kam will be used instead.

As from Jan.

1941, 'British rub. Shek-kan will be held at 6 pm. on Thursday at St. Francis Hotel:jects-and-British-protected-personal- travelling to Burma, require Burmese "I must have done it in a fit

The exhibition is in ald of the TINT. ASS « transitional mensule, the of sudden anger when my wife

Burmese Government, bas agreed is refused to stay up at night and general spital for admiting, without visas, until July 4,

Cantor and will the poor) in talk with me."

1948, holders of such passports inqued last six days. Swansea, Feb. 28. Shedding tears, Kyubel Aral

in the United Kingdom or its” De- Arthur Lewis, a jobless ma-† said that about 10 p.m. his wife

United Kingdom pendencies, or by The artist le well known. He Consul, bearing the "Relish Empire"

་ ་ son, waved goodbye to his wife went to sleep. He added:has travelled widely In Chida, endorsement, provided the passporta in 1914 and set out from Swan- "I felt a bit angry that she visited practically all the scenic show the holders are ordinarily re-

Africa to start went to bed when I wished to spots in the country.

Sure He's Settled ?

New Tickets (for passengers not holding a ticket for the cur head, and the dance is open to rent month) can only be ob- all members and their friends. lained at the Traffic Office, } Tables for parties can now be sea for South Canal Road East, on and after booked at the clubhouse.

life anew. the 28th February.

He said he would talk more. I began thinking send for her when he got various things. settled,

"About midnight my wife Today-34 years later-Mrs. again told me to sleep because Amy Lewis left Swansea for of the necessity of getting up Johannesburg to join her hus- carly for the next day's work. band. He has a regular job That made me

angry and as a contractor's clerk.

seized an axe nearby and struck "Arthur and

I don't know what hap I corresponded her. regularly," said the '68-year-old pened afterwards." United

Press. Mrs. Lewis-United Press.

V. WALKER

Acting General Manager

NOTICE

THE HONGKONG ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL GENERAL

MEETING

Owing to unforeseen circum-

stances the mocting in postponed to Tuesday, 9th March 1948 at 6.30 p.m. at the Y. W C. A. Rutton Building, Duddell Street, Agenda: To receive reports and accounts for the past year. To review and, if thought fit, re- vise the constitu.

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THE HONGKONG COLONY TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Entries for Colony Men's Open Singles and Men's Open Doubles close on 28th February; 1048.

Entry forms may be obtain- ed from all Clubs and at the following Stores.

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Commercial Airlines Crash

Manila, Feb, 23, President Roxas today ordered an investigation of the crash-in- volving an aircraft of the Com mercial Airlines at Mati airfield. to Davao, In which 13 persons were

matantly killed.

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PERCY SMITH & CO. Secretaries.

NOTICE

ROYAL HONG KONG. GOLF CLUB

The Annual General Meeting of The Royal Hongkong Golf Club will be held in the Roof Garden of Hong Kong Hotel on Thursday, 28th February, 1948 Hooms at 5.30 pm.

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