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Applications are invited for

the vacant pensionable post of

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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1849.

Kedah 1948 Profit

At HK$151,188.50

Labour Inspector (male) in A profit of HK$151,188.55 during the year end-

Salary:

the Labour Office. $250 x $25-$350 a month, with the prospect, on attainment of and the requisite proficiency qualifications. of progressing to the higher ncale $400 x $25 -$600 x $40-$900 a month. Persons with special qualifica- tions may be appointed to the higher scale direct. A non- pensionable cost of living al- lowance at current government rates is payable in addition. Pensionable expatriation pay is granted

where appropriate. of conditions Further details

of service are printed on the form of application..

bc-

be Applicants, should tween 21 and 35 years of age, and preferably have, had som sanitary. constructional or A know- electrical training. ledge of English up to school certificate standard is essential.

Application forms may be obtained on personal request ut the Labour Office, Fire Bri- gode Building, before April 1, 1949.

March 3, 1949.

ed September 30, 1948, by the Shanghai Kedah Plantations Limited, was reported at the annual meeting of the company yostar-

The day.

provious year's HK$149,502.84.

Mr. W. Mellor, Chairman of the Board of Directors, said that future balance sheets will have

Swindle Case Trial Resumes

men

ja

profit

Was

note appended stating the sum claimed for war damage by the Malayan agents, which In the case of the company was M$357,342.54. Mr. Mellor added that he was not in a position to say what portion of the claim, if any, will ever be paid.

Present at the meeting were Mr. W Mellor (Chairman) Mesors, R. Gordon, and. L.B. Mr. C.. J. Howell (Directors) Smith (representing the Secre- turies) and Shareholders repre- senting 08,550 shares,

which two The case in

are stated to and two women

The Chairman's report follows: have fraudulently obtained $300,-

"Although the rehabilitation of 000 came up again before Mr. F. X. d'Almeda at Central yester- the company's 'properties, neces- sitated by the war, can now be duy after one week's remand.

Two of the four defendants, considered completed, it is well Ng Yuk-ping and Tang Pak-ho, to sound & word of warning in A.S.C. regard to the heavy replanting are represented by, Mr. Comber, while the third, Shui programme which lies ahead and for which it is expedient now to commenco to make provision.

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INVESTMENT & AGENCY CO., LTD. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

'the that

FIFTY-SEVENTH ORINARY YEARLY MEETING this of SHAREHOLDERS in Company will be held at the Offices of Messra, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., on MON- DAY. 28th March, 1949, at NOON to receive the Report of

the Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1948,

THE EVERGREEN STORE appoint Auditors.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES HOLDING

P. & O., B, L. & E. & A. BILLS OF LADING

Mesars. Goddard & Douglas

Chu-wan alias Miss Lee, was represented by Mr. C.A.S. Russ and the fourth, Yeung Su, by

A. de Sliva, Mr. M. A.

They are charged with larceny The question of the reduction of bail was raised again yester- day, this time by Mr. Russ. who said that he was instructed by both Mr, Silva and Mr. Comber to apologise to the court on their behalf for not being able to at- tend us they were both engaged In other courts.

Woodcut Exhibition Preview

A proview of an exhibition of woodcut illustrations by Mr. Hwang Yung-yu will be held at the Fung Ping Shan Library on March 9 and, 10, between 9 a.m. and 0 p.m. dally.

A native of Hunan, Mr. Hwang Yung-yu specialises in woodcuts and lithography.

He took great interent in the Miao tribes of his native province their customs and specially in

form the folk dances. There main thome of fle colourful works.

Mr. Hwang was for a time in there again the Formosa, and aborigines fascinated him. Hi feultful experience in the Island is reflected In a few classical works in his valuable collection.

The artist han" provided "woost=" cut Hustrations for the works of fecus poets and novelists.

During the exhibition, he will acquaint the visitors with the technique of his art, and will he glad to give any relevant inform- ation to those who are interested in woodcuts and lithography.

The Woh Yan Part Students พll have theli Association monthly luncheon meeting at the Catholic Centre today at 1.m be tr The guest speaker will 1.Y. Lee, owner-producer of the Yung Hwa Movie Picture Indus- tries, Limited,

POST OFFICE

"For this purpose, you will note the Directors' recommendation to create a Replanting Reserve by the transfer of $40,000 from the To thin Appropriation Account. Account the sum of $3,521.62, ru- presenting a recovery of a pre- war planting deposit, has also correspondenes intended to be forwarded been pluced, making the total of air in Lendon only" and the day the Account $43,521.02.

"Our oldest fields were planted 1907 and have "Various provisione! dates have as long ago as been fixed for the hearing of this rendered the company excellent service, but, in comparison with ease, and the only question neids of budded rubber, can now would like to bring up is the reng longer be considered economic- duction of ball, which has been al, Your Directors, therefore Your Worship Tat propose to press on with the re- fixed by $150,000, half in cash and half planting programme interrupted in surety, for each of the de- by the war as fast as conditions

will permit.

fendants,

10 elect Directors. and to would like to tell Your

Worship,"

said Mr. Russ, "that defendants could not raise the necessary ball and they have tried very hard.

The REGISTER OF SHARES of the Company will be closed from MONDAY, 14th March, 1949, to MONDAY, 28th March, 1949, both days inclusive, dur- ing which period no transfer of shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors I

B. C. FIELD. Secretary.

Hong Kong, March 4, 1949.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED

NOTICE...........

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD., are pleased to an- nounce a reduction in the price of their "EMERALD BRAND" Portland Cement of

$10.00 per ton of twenty, bags .50 cents per one hundred-

weight bag.

Effective today.

March 5, 1940.

absence

NOTICE Notice is hereby given that during the

of the Manager, Mr. F. C. Clemo, on leave, Mr. C. F. Wood will be acting in this capacity and possesses all the powers hereto- fore exercised by the Manager.

the

"I quite appreciate the difficult position you are confronted with,

I happened before and, as sonie cases, defendants ball had later absconded and had their bail estreated.

on

in

MAIL NOTICE

With effect from March 3, 1949,

5$

surface me to destination, must be auperscribed "By Air to London only"", (in future it will not be sufficient to correspondenes merely superscribe such "la London").

Kail Bervice by Air and Burface to pended until further notice. Tientsin and Peiping is temporarily náo-

Outward Mails...

Unless otherwise stated, existered Articles and Fartel Posts close 30 minutes close before 10 a.m., Berislaved, and Parost

eller than the ordinary mail. If maila

Posts close at 6 rum, on the previous day. Kalls are closed at Kowloon Centrs! Pos Omes half an hour melier than the aroů chaing times.

"While we can look back with satisfaction to a year of progress in the Company's affairs, we can

SATURDAY, MARCH & only view with dismay the out-

Closing Times by Ale break in June of organised law-Canton and Hankow, (Kowloon, 020) 7.80 m 10am, 12.80 mm. 135 lessness throughout Malaya. Con-

p.m. (OPO) a.m., 9.40'., Noon, dillons have improved since the

1 p.m. arrival of additional troops and Altomail for Bwatow and - Amar, (Bow) police but are still far from nor- 8.30, (Ord.) 8 a.m.- mal.

Alemat for Bhanghai. (Ret.)

(Oni) 9.30 am, Airmat for Manila, 10rd.) 11.80 ..

Nusking and Tringte: Alresail for Chunkking. (Reg.) $ p.m., (Ord.) 3.30 p.m. Alemail for Taipeh, (Reg.) # p., (Ord.)

More Serious Clash

3.30 p.m.

(Reg.) 11

•

Airmail for Dangkok, (Ber.), 4.30 p.m.,

(Or.) 5.pm.

"As in all swindle cases, the

being kept defendants are custody for three or four months.

"Something like this can hap "So far Paya Kamunting and Almall for Bwatow, Amby, Shanghai, pen to me if a person come up Riverside have fortunately escap- and

ed serious incident. but several! say, Mr. Russ, if you don' zive me $10,000 I will strike you minor encounters between troops down, and being a man of Irish and insurgents in the area have blood, though old and decrepit, been reported, and a more serious I would certainly put up a light. clash took place a few miles from

Closing Time by Bon "It is a very scandalous affair | Paya Kamunting Estate.

Formosa la Keelung and Jdome, 10 MONT and is open to blackmailing," Mr. "In spite of the difficulty in Bhanghai, Honolulu, USA, Canada, Cen Russ said.

tra and Bouth America via Ban Fras obtaining adequate labour under the unsettled conditions, the out-

laco (No Parcela för Canada), (Par. put for

and Reg.) 12.10 p.m. (Ord.). 1 p.m. the year of 1,154,732 rounds bounds exceeded the estimate by Shanghal, sp.m. 260,000 pounds and that there. Bombay, and Karachi, 1 p.m.

| Hadphone B Thôn average cost of production__of 27.44 Straits cents à pound com-

of nates favourably with that Canton and Hankow, (Kowloon OPO). 10

a.m., 12.30 p.m.1 (GPO) 9.30 other estates,

Noon

Mr. d'Almada fixed ball as be tore and said that from time to time the question of reduction of ball will be dealt with.

HONG KONG TRAMWAYS LTD.

7

"Sales of rubber amounted to 1,008,082 lbs.. at an average price NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of 30.15 Strails cents pound that the Ordinary Yearly Gen- empared with 33.74 Strait conts eral Meeting of the Companyn lb. for the 680,221 pounds sold will be held at the Offices of the previous your. Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Company, Limited, Hongkong, оп Tuesday, 22nd day March, 1949, at 12 o'clock Neon, to transact the ordinary business of the Company.

of

And; NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that the Regis ter of Members of the Com- pany will be closed from the 8th to the 22nd day of March, 1949, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

W. H. PATERSON;

Secretary.

By Order of the Board of Hong Kong, Feb. 22, 1949. Directors.

P. W. A. WOOD;

Secretary & Chief Accountant.

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Closing Times by Alx

Airmat for Swatow and Amor, (Reg.)*

b pm, 0/4, (Ord) A B thế đó.

(Ord.) 9.30 am. 8/9.

Airman for Stunning, (Rez.) '& p.m. &/1, Airmall for Rangoon, Calcutta, Karachi,

Bahrein, Alexandria (Nairobi, Joban, "After deducting the debit neiburg and Marseille via Alexa- balance brought forward, less a

dria), Home and Landon, Kowloon CPO and Hong Kong dro: (Rer)' small over-provision of HK$202.-

5 p.. 5/3, (Ord.) 10 stb., 6/3, 20 24 in the 1947 accounts, and pro- Airmail for Bangkok, Singapore, Batavia, vision for Malayan Income Tax Colombo, Bydney` and 'Auckland, for 1947 of $18,000.07 there ro- (Her.) p.., (Ord.) 10.6/5. mains balance of HK$118,007.- Atrmalt for Iaiphong and lianol, (Reg.) 58 for appropriation."

would be posted! Warrants dend hairmen said that Divi- Airmail to Shareholders who had given instructions to do so. Dividend Warrants

rants for Shareholders whoitoihow and Pakbot in Holbow, 10 m.

no instructions would walow, 10 mm,

had

bo rolained in the office of the Secretaries pending receipt of Instructions.

Mr. R. Gordon was re-elected

p.m. 5/9, (Ord.) 10 mm. 6/1,, •.

for Bhanghai, Nanking · and Tinglas: Almall for Foochow Alt- mall for Tainen, (Reg.) D pm, 5/8, (Ord.) 10. B/B.

Closing Timer Sy Ban

MONDAY, MARCE. 7 Clog Times by Alr Almuil - for Manila, (Reg.) 1

W

for Baison and Parts, (Bog)

(Drd.) 11.80, 4.2.

મ

a Director of the company.

It

was decided to x the Directors

1,80 p.m. (Dr.) $ p.m.

Cloelig Time by Bea

remuneration at HK$1,500 each a Batavia, Bourabaya and Maramar, 11 a12.

year. Lowe,,Bingham and Mat- Batow and Amoy, 1 p.m. thews were re-elected as Auditors, | Bangkok, 8 p.m.

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MASTER BEKTRAM BANG

CONCERT PRODIGY

"And now to prove he is no alasy, Master Bang will taką :

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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

By Shepard Barclay

2The Authority, on" Antbortiles" %

EVERY BIT HELPS BOME Table 1, South was what might OLDER bridge players remembe called "slum-minded in clubs** bera song of about four decades as soon as he had heard his part- ago"Every Little Bit Helps," ner's free bid of that suit. So Younger ones and older ones too on his next turn he cuc-bid the conse- may pront by bearing that in opponents' spades, and

poir reached -the mind whenever they play the quently his

it be game. Whether

rubber slum in clubs.

South's second At Table 2, bridge or duplicate, the contest-

few bid, of 3-Diamonds, served a lot ant who manages to get

North a It gave more points out of each scoring of purposes.

a nine-trick No hand, or

lose a few points chance to try

If he stopped game 353 on the negative hands will Trump

Be better off than his spades, or to show heart pre- ultimately rivalu

That applies to all phases ference if he had three-card sup

or port of the ganie, including such nar

for that major, He did

he

row items as putting a slam into have the latter and showed : It. a ente major suit instead of af That enabled South, when

in later cue-bld the spades and safe minor, if both be available.

SQ 2

HK 7 3

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SKI D

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D A842

CQ 4

S A 10 8

64 3

CA 10 9 7 0

N WE HQ98

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DJ 6 C 52

HAJ 10 0 2 DK Q 13 CK J & 3

East. North-South

return learned about the club ace by North's cue-bid, to put he siam into hearts

The slam was made at both diamond Aas tables, with the the only hostile winner, so tho heart contract produced 80 more points than the diamond project.

Tomorrow's Problem

S Q

НАКТ

CAT

DAK 10 8'6

C KQ 2

(Dealer: vulnerable).

East South

1. Pass1 H

West North 1-S2-C-

2 5.

3 S

4 S

5 C

KJ 10

9 3 HQ10 3 2

D-3- CO @ 3

$ 8 7,0 4

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2

8 4

Prus

& C

2. Pass-

1. H

1 S

2 C

H 9.5.3

26.3 D 33

Pass

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43

Db!

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Paes

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Notice the terrifle

difference

SA 5

D7 4 2

CJ 10 9.8 4**

(Dealer West. Neither side vulnerable).

How valuable would you.com- between the second bids in the sider the unguarded spade queen South position at those two ta- when planning your opening bid bles of duplicate game. Aton North's big hand?

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head, 2 Social dis-

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question. 4 Gloom. 5 Cultivator,

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