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SALE OF CROWN LAND
for
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THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
The Sixty-fourth Ordinary General Meeting of the Com- pany will be held at the Offices of the undersigned, on Monday, 23rd May, 1940, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, possing the Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1948, and elect- ing Directors and Auditors,
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1949.
NOTICE
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE COMPANY, LIMITED.
48th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Nanking Govt Blamed
ì
or consent
to do anything 'or go anywhere does not carry with it the im- munity which should be expected from a sovereign do1jure govern-
ment.
Itesponsibility for the casual- "Hence permission tles on British ships on the Yangtze River rests with the Nanking Government,' said a statement by the Liberal De- mocratic Action Committee
"The casualties suffered by the NOTICE is hereby given that of China. Mr. Percy Chen re- British Navy in the current In- leased the statement in his cident involving Amethyst, Con- the Forty Eighth Annual Gen-
capacity as Co-Chairman of sort, Flinck Swan and London erol Mealing of the Shore-
the Committee.
call for sympathy, but the res- holders will be held in the
The statement rends:
ponsibility for those casualties Jacobean Room of the Hong-
"In order that world anity be rests with the Nanking regine for kong Hotel, Pedder Street, preserved in China and the con-
kranting permission to foreign Hongkong, on Saturday, the flet now coming to an end re-chips of war to sail on our inland 23rd April, 1949, at Noon, for mains confined to the armed Any Member entitled to at the following purposes, namely, parties, the Chinese Communist time when they knew that host-
lilles were in progress. tend and vote is entitled to to consider the annual state-Party and the Kuomintang, it is appoint a proxy to attend and,ment of
Imperative that all taeign ma- "In view of the incident which vote instead of him: a proxy balance sheet, and the reports arens of hostilities
accounts and the tonals be pvacuated from the has resulted in the loss of life of British scomen and Injuries to need not also be a Member.
nthers, it would be advisable that the supply of Isolated nationals of 'felly foreign Powers be
registry, and planes of Chinese
inclusive.
not be done in China,
waters
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Brea and at a
foreign nationala be undertaken in this same manner also as load
of the Directors and Auditors "It is necessary for the Govern- thereon, to elect Directors and ments of friendly Powers to un- The Transfer Books of the Auditors in the place of those derstand that it is no longer Company will be closed from retiring, to declare a dividend / within the ability of the Nanicing carried out by means of chartered 5th May to 25th May. 1949, and bonus, to appropriate the time to ray what can and can that the evacuation of stranded
balance of Profit and Loss By Order of the Board Account as recommended by the Directors, and to transact JARDINE, MATHESON {any other ordinary business of
& CO., LTD, the Company. General Managers.
ADDITIONAL NOTICE.
.
of Crown An auction sate
1 use Sewing machine and will be held at P.W.D. and speak little English. Good Headquarters on Monday, May
kept, servants Apply Dox 811 "China Mait"
Salary. 3 other
Accountant
2, 1949, at 3 p.m.
The area
which comprises situated and is pur-
EXPERIENCED wanted, able to take fulf contral 0,000 square feet is
of fluent at Bepuise Bay Retet booka, knowledge
residential essential Give tall till
Box 10
of
Engilah
particulars Mach"
"China poses. 8:0
WANTED By Bino British port Firm. Export Clerk perienced in
Ex
for
Further particulurs are available from the Government Gazette of April 22, 1949, or
the Crown Lands
Survey Office.
Banking freshm handling Shipping Invoices and other ox. purt documents with local and general Factory Conarctions pre- ferred. Apply Box 807 "Chinn MAH".
POSITION WANTED
EUROPEAN woman recently arrived frǝn: Australia, requires Secretarial work. Repty Box 807 "China
Mall"
WANTED KNOWN
&
ANDREW NICOL, Acting Director of Public Works.
April 14. 1940.
HOTEL ROOMS AVAILABLE FOR HỒNG KONG RESIDENTS
arc
RENOMMEE DRESSES -- Large aelections of Summer Oresses in
following rooms 501 cool
The washable materiais. Victory House,
Wyndham available now for the accom Street.
|modation of Hong Kong Rest-
DUTCH
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Gladioll bulba, fresh Gents shipment just arrived per 5.5 "Tslabol". Anglo-Chincar Trad. ing, R.4. Pedner Building, third,
RITZ HOTEL, 122, Austin Roud, Kowloon.-b rooms.
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By order of the Board,
AND NOTICE is also given that: the Share Transfer Registers. will be closed from 14th April, The attention of all Share-1949 to 23rd April, 1949, bolh holders is drawn to the fact that days inclusive.
circum- through unavoidable stances the dates during which the Transfer Books of the Company will be closed have been altered, and will now be from the 5th May to 25th May, Hong 1949, inclusive, instead of 16th May to 5th June, 1949, as pre- viously advertised.
By Order of the Board.
JARDINE, MATHESON &
CO., LTD.
General Managers.
Hong Kong, April 21, 1949.
PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY, LIMITED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Ordinary Yearly Gen- eral Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, on Wed- nesday, May 4. 1949 at 12 noon for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors. together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended March 31, 1949, and for the election of Directors and the appointment of Auditors. A. ST. C. WALTON,
Quartering Authority.
:
R. A. WICKERSON,
Managing Director. Kong, April 4, 1949.
NOTICE
MR. H. M. PARSONS WILL BE IN CHARGE OF OUR IMPORT DEPARTMENT AS FROM TODAY.
MR. J. DICK HAS NO FUR- THER CONNECTION WITH THIS COMPANY AND HIS POWER OF ATTORNEY HAS BEEN REVOKED.
NOTICE TO MARINERS NO. 10 OF 1949
APPROACHES TO HONG KONG. RADIO BEACON SERVICE.
Position. Waglan Island.- Lal. 22" 11" 01" N., Long. 114* 18' 03" E.
Details. As from April 20. 1949, the airbeacon on Waglan will be available on request from Control Tower Kai Tak via V.P.S. For the present; owing to technical difficulties, Waglan Lighthouse is not in continuous communication with the Control Tower and delays of up to 30 minutes may there- fore be expected between 6.00 hours and 19.00 hours local time, and up to 60 minutes be- tween 19.00 hours and 6.00 hours local time. The trans- mission
modulated C.W.
(A2) on a frequency of 300 KC/s with 300 watts power.
Characteris. 72 seconds dash SHEWAN, TOMES
followed & CO., LTD.
by WL, 3 seconcis dashi followed by WL (ane complete cycle).
APRIL 20, 1949.
NOTICE
opponite Hongkong Hotel. 20053, Hong Kong Residents should LADIES we have at your service apply direct to the Hotel con- specialized operations for cerned and NOT to the Quar- Helene Curtles Cool
In machineless all perma hairdyes & making their applications, they manicure-ROSE MARIE Beauty should show their Hong Kong Partour-Phone 50384-43, Han Residents' Cards. kow Rd., Kowloon,
RUGS Poking Art Пид Wholesale & Retail, Room Lucky Apartment Corner of April 22, 1949. Hankow & Peking Road, Kawloon,
CARPETS
RUGB—fişnuinai Peking and Tientsin, lovely de- signs and colourings, various sizes.; Come and inspect at The China i Rug Co., Kayamally Building, 4th | Floor (Opposite Hong Hotel) Queen's Road, Central.
Stewart, Solicitars of Waves, tering Authority Office.
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Co., 8-9
Kong
MAY GE BOOKED AT THE SWINDON BOOK STORE, 25 NATHAN ROAD, TEL. 69327
DANCING LESSONS
Learn
NOTICE
RECRUITING L.E.P.
Recruiting Offer. Whitfield Barracks, will be opened at the following times, on the follow- ing days to recruit for the 5th. Course Hong Kong Chinese Training Unit due to begin 4th.. July, 1949,
Wednesday,
27th April 1949 at 9 a.m.
Wednesday,
11th May
Wednesday,
18th May
1049 at D a.m.
Remarks. The beacon will be in continuous use during all periods of bad visibility dur ing which fog signals are Notice is hereby given that sounded by Waglan Light-. Charles Andrew Sutherton house. There is no charge for Russ and James Charles this service. No responsibility Hong is accepted for bearings obtain- Kong,
April 11, on
1949. ed. Notice to Mariners No. 20 entered into R Partnership of 1947 is hereby cancelled. Agreement and that from May 1, 1949, they will carry on the practice of solicitors at Wang Hing Building, No. 10, Queen's Road, Central, 2nd floor, under the style or firm name of C.
The Register and Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from April 28 to May 4, 1949, both days inclusive, during which period no trans-Telephone No. 27735. ter of Shares can be registered.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS
& SON, LTD., General Managers.
Hong Kong, April 14, 1840.
UNION WATERBOAT CO., LTD.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the fortieth Ordinary General Meeting of the Com- pany will be held at the Offices of Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd. 3rd floor, Hongkong Bank Building, on Tuesday, the 28th April, 1949, at 11 am. for the purpose of receiving the Re- port and Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st Decem-
1849 at 9.a.m BALLROOM DANCING "Made Men of Hong Kong and Easy".
and Kowloon who wish to join the QUICKLY surpriso your friends I Make British Army should apply to your DANCING enjoyable by the 'IN' Gate Whitfield Barracks fearning RHUMBA, BAMBA, on the above dates at the time | ber, 1948. TANGO and JITTERBUG (Jive) Enquiries (1-3 P.M.): TONY HUDSON, 612 China Building.
FOR SALE
A. Sutherton Russ and Stewart
NOTICE
We notify hereby the tem- porary closing of our Shanghai- branch per APRIL 1st., 1949.
All procuration for China given to Mr. SIE SIOE HO by our Company
therefore withdrawn by mutual agree- ment.
Board of Directors of
N.V. Handel Mij: SIOE LIEM KONGSIE SOURABAYA.
NOTICE
Charts affected. 1180. 1400 3605 & 1902.
Authority, Director of Civil Aviation.
N. GARLAND, Acting Director of Marine.
Marine Office,
Hong Kong, April 20, 1949.
and water routes oust mevitably le through territory disputed by
with hostilities
consequences tar to those which resulted from the altempled passage of the Yangtse River."
MAJESTIC
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AT 2.30. 0.20, 7.20 a 0.20 p.m.
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ERROL FLYNN
For Adventure,"
BARBARA STANWICK
For Excitement!
IT'S WARNER BROS!
CRY WOLF
For Thrills!
·GERALDINE BROOKS -NEXT CHANGE "GETTING GERTIE'S
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CHINA
THEATRE
CARNIVAL
By Dick Turner
"Why don't you scream at him, Elmo, like you do at me when I ask for money?"
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
"The Authority on Authorities"
MAGICAL PRECISION
Into the grand slam, except for West's bid of 2-Clubs But after ONE PHASE of the Black that. Blackwood users should
them ashamed of wood slam convention works with have been
That selves. If they stopped at small almost magical precision.
Is its use when you have a vold slam. That bid enabled North
In some sult bid by the oppo- to indicate his blank. When he nents.
that immediately bid his 3-Clube he You can cur-bid
been merely showing suit to show your partner the could have blank and on your next turn bid the ace of the sult, but when his brought forth 4-No 4-No Trumps as an ace-asker. next turn His response must not show any Trumps, he was using the phase thing except the aces in the of the convention which is em other three suits. Then, if you played only with a blank shit. want to know how many king he has in those three ruits, you call 8-No Trumps. The response to that also must not include any king in the cuc-bld quit
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of B. response aces
North kriew HD Clubs, which would make. The important thing was the answer to the next que tion; asked by means of the No Trumps. When South, show
two kings in the non-club ed suits with his e-Hearts, North knew the whole story, so went the rest of the way",
The club K lead, was trumped the missing trumps were taken out in two rounds, three dine monds run for a club discard plus
ruffed fourth diamond to set
the Afth for a second club twó discard, and South's other clubs were ruffed. The slam was therefore made in clear-cut style. Your Week-End Question
Can you think of circumstances under which a small card lead Pass toward 'a holding including the K-Q-10 of a sulf should bring á ftnesso of the 10
on the first round instead of play of one of the higher, hanours, if the first opponent played low.
HK 10.8 74 DK 'G C 8 5 4 2
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(Denter: vulnerable).
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North-South
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POWER
POLICE NOTICE
ANZAC DAY 1949
In connection with Memorial Service to be held at the Cenotaph on Sunday, April 24, at 10a.m. the follow- ing Traffic Arrangements are notified for general informa- tion,
1. Closed Roads: Chater Road from Wardley. Street to Jackson Road will be closed to traffic from 9 aan. to 10.45 ana.m. (approx).
We have pleasure in nouncing that Mr. John Dick. has joined this Company, and has been appointed a Director.
DREYER & CO., LTD.
shown together with letters NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that vouebing for their good charac- ter from twn guarantors who the Transfer Books of the Com April 21, 1949.
should be eltizens of Standing
and Known integrity in Hon
MAJOR J. F. SOPER, Officer-in-Charge Recruiting, Hong Kong & New Terri- tories.
TAMARA MAY 503 Peninsula Kong. Hotel. New consignment Summer Wedge Heel Shoes in White, Brown/White, Blue/White Suede, White Linen, Etc. In stock Summer Dresses, Blouses, Sktris,; Bhorta, Eto: Orders Taken.
PILOT RADIO8: Bame railablo pre-war quality now obtainable) at popular prices, made possible only by Increased demand and Targo BRIKS. World Reception Models from $190 auch. Obtain- able at all the better dealers or direct from: Colonial Aganole Teokoochoy. Bldg.. 14 Queen's Hoad. không Resid.
NOTICE
ROYAL HONG KONG
YACHT CLUB.
ST. GEORGE'S DAY DANCE.
CHINA MAIL PICTORIAL #t SATURDAY, 23rd. APRIL $2.00 per copy. Obtainable at all. Leading Book Storm and "China FERRIES LEAVE:-- Mall" Off
CHINA MAIL POSTGARD—$1.50 for 8 or 80 quátu esóh. Obtainable m all landing Book Stores and ("China Mali”” Omos.
1
DIRECTORY
HONG KONG FILM AND THEATRE NIWG at 50, canta per sepy. Obtainable at Leading Book Biares, · Newspaper Gallara and "China Mall" Office.
HONG KONG $ [{1949 adition) containing Hong| Lint, Goyt, Offform,.' Hospitals/)
Churches, -, Institutes, Services, Clubs Who's Who, Residences it'd the mort up-to-date, and "complete of sil business directorias \lashà “Gelony,– NOW ON. BALE Lut all leading book, shops, and
#China", Mali" "Mom,
LON
KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER 8.30 & 9.15 p.m.
QUEEN'S PIER 6,40 & 9.26 p.m. RETURN 1.00 a.m. & 2.10 a.m.
USUAL SERVICE FROM B.A.T. STEPS.
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers, Sarweyers
--and ́ ́Appraisers, Pedder Building. Telephone No. 20274.
pany will be closed from the 12th April, 1940 to the 26th April, 1949, both days inclu-
-sive.
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
General Managers.
April 4, 1949.
THE
Service Auction Rooms
A. K. 'B. de Sousa, Auctioneer. Amotioneers, Burveyors, etc. Basement, French Bank Bldg. Telephone #1887.
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NOTICE
CHANGE OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Please note that from Monday, April 25, 2040 our 'telephone Number will bo
26681
(10 lines)
AMERICAN ASIATIC UNDERWRITERS AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL ASSURANCE CO., LTD.
UNDERWRITERS BANK, ING,
12-14, Queen's Road, Central.
2. Car Parks Closed: From 8.30 a.m. to conclusion of cere- mony the following car parks are closed to vehicles and all vehicles must bc removed therefrom.
A. Chator Road from Ward- ley St, to Club Street.
B. Jackson Road from Chater Road to Connaught Road.
C. Connaught Rd. C. from Jackson Rd. to Wardley St.
in
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April 21, 1949.
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