1940-03-15 — Page 10

RAGE 10-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.

SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES

COUNTRIES SOLD LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS

INTEGRITY, INDEPENDENCE, SAYS PUBLIC AUCTION. VATICAN NEWSPAPER

LONDON, Mar. If (Reuter)—While Moscow and Berlin are exult- ing over the Russo-Finnish Peace and the Nast spokesmen is hint-

THE Undersigned have received ing that now that Russia has got what she wanted, Germany can get

instructionN

to self by

PUBLIC AUCTION

Friday, the 15th March, 1940 commencing at 11.00 am. -

at their Sales Room, No. 2 Con- naught Road, Central. (Room No. 205, 2nd Floor).

A QUANTITY OF OFFICE FURNITURE

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS..

AUCTIONEERS

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned have received

instructions

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

Friday, the 15th March, 1540. commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at their Sales Room, No. 35 Hankow Road, Kowloon,

וי

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

comprising:-

Teakwood Drawing Room, Bed Room Dining Room and 'Office Furniture. Carpets, Rugs, Orna- ments. Curtos, Electric Heaters, Table Fans and Lamps, Gramo- phones. Records, Books, Pictures, Clocks, Scales, Perambulators, Enamel Bath, Wash Basin, E P., Brass, Aluminium, Porcelair and Glass Ware, Cutlery, Cooking Utensils and Cooking Stoves, etc.. etc.

also

A FEW FIECES OF BLACKWOOD FURNITURE

and

1 Cine Screen

2 "Aga" Cine Projectors

2 Radio Sets

1 Radio Gram

1 Grandfather Clock,

1 Sewing Machine

1" Westinghouse" Refrigerator

"also

1 Steel Filing Cabinet.

on with her business in the west, the Paris press expresses the hope that the Scandinavian countries will not have cause to regret their opposition to Alled aid to Finland. The Journal des Debate anti- cipates that Germany and Russia will now probably attempt a peace manoeuvre on a vast scala.

SINGAPORE: HARBOUR STRIKE

LONDON, Mar. 14. (Henter) the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Creech Jones (Lab) asked Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Secretary for the Colonies, what steps had been taken to improve conditions fon the harbour workers in Singapore and whether" steps were being taken to evict "the strikers from their homes.

Mr. MacDonald said he asking the Governor for informa- Hon on the présent position.

MINISTERIAL DISSENT

Replying to supplementary ques- tions by Mr. Creech Jones, M. MacDonald said he was not certain that the people were being evicted, but as soon as he got a report he would take any proper action.

WAS

There was Ministerial dissent when Mr. E. Skinwelt (Lab) asked whether It

not singular that there has been labour unrest in nearly all the Colonies since Mr. MacDonald assumed office? .

Mr. MacDonald did not re- ply.

-ALLIED AIR CHIEFS

The Italian newspapers "splash the Peace Treaty.

RUSSIAN SEA

The Giornale d'Italia comments that the Baltic has again, become:} a Russian sea, and adds that the Sawlet-Finnish war has. "provided ona more proof of the uselessness of regional pacts between small countries and confirmed the im passibility of the League of Nations helping attacked countries.

The Italian newspapen 3- terpret the peace as a serious. setback for the Dentocracies, but consider that the Soviet has emerged from the confiet ingloriously, especially as it was she who asked for peace.

VATICAN CONDEMNATION The Osservatore Romano, organ

of the Vatican, severely condemons the Peace Treaty and deplores the fact that aggression has again met with an unjust reward.

It adds that history will show. possibly in a short time, whether the fact of having tolerated Boi- shevist expansion in the Baltic has not definitely compromised the in- tegrity and sold the independence of all Scandinavian.countries.

·AMERICAN. KEGRET

The New York Herald Tribune, commenting on the end of the Finnish War says: "It seems uh- likely that the Allies suffered any loss so far as the major military IN TURKEY

issues of the war are concerned. ANKARA, Mar. 14 (Reuter)-The "In this country there will be Turkish Minister for Air received | poignant regret at the outcome, the heads of the Allied Air Forces however inevitable it may have In the Middle East on Tuesday

been."

ALLIED CAUSE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY SETBACK

inte

WELL-INFORMED

art

LONDON, MAR. 14 (REUTER) ---USUALLY QUARTERS IN LONDON, says Reuter's diplomatic correspondent, are taking a long view of the Soviet-Finnish settlement and not impressed by the claims of the German and pro-German press that it constitutes a defeat for the Allied cause."

True, a small State has been brow-beaten and coerced giving way to the demands of a powerful and unscrupulous neigh- bour and, also, the principle of the solidarity of smai, neutrals has received a set-back, but material- not ly, the Allles are certainly worse off, but rather to the con- trary.

CI

NO APPEAL MADE Although all arrangements had been made for the dispatch of a powerful Allied

Expeditionary

Force to Finland, the opposition

of the Norwegian" and Governments and the fact.

Swedish

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3.

Finland did not make appeal, prevented carrying out these plans

2 the

that direct Anies

The consequences, unfortunate-

17. were disastrous to Finland.

·M. Anatole de Monie, who may be charged with the functions of Foreign Minister in France.

NO HESITATION, NO COMPROMISE

LONDON, Mar. 13. (Beuter) -Whatever the transient fu- ture of the war, there can bo no compromise, Mr. Anthony Edem Secretary for the Dominions, told the Foreign Press Association on Tuesday.

His meetings with Herr Hitler, he said, had led tim to believe that "Hery Hitler was incapable of understand- Ing the workings of a free democracy...

Commenting on the Empire war effort, Mr. Eden said that it was without a paral- Iel in history. When fully developed, its effect on the war world" be decisive.

COMMONS WAR DEBATE NEXT TUESDAY

LONDON, Mar. 14 (Renter)— The House of Commons is like- ly to have a debate on the war our Tuesday. It is expected that the Prime Minister will then review the whole situa tion

The debate, will enable the question of Finland to be raised, while the Opposition wish to raise a number of the questions dealing with War. Major C. R. Attlee will be the principal Labour speaker,

Balkans Or Near East

Next?

PARIS, Mar. 14 (Havas) -Political circles in Paris point out that the Russians are now masters of the Gulf of Bothnia and will now probably turm their eyes to the Balkans or the Near East.

As regards the Far East, it is anticipated that Rus- sia will increase her asels- tance to China, thereby in- ducing Japan to Improve | her relations with, the Wes-

tern Powers.

MR. SUMNER WELLES HAS

FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1940:-.

DOLLAR SECURITIES: TREASURY ACQUISITION

ORDER

The Treasury announce that an Order has been made on February 17, 1940, under the Defence (Finance) Regulations, 1939, transferring to themselves, ail Holdings of the 60 U.S. Indus trial and railroad dollar securities Shown in the Ust set out be“. low which have been registered under the Securities (Restric- tions and. Returns) Order, 1939, of August 26, 1959

The new Order sets out the prices to be paid by the Trex- sury. The prices are in sterling, and, in the case of bonds dealt in plus interest in New York, moladé gross accrued interest cal- entated to March 6, 1946; much prices wiT be effective wherever the securities are deposited.

value

of no par valde.....*****

Owners of securities affected by ĮGraghound Corp. Common the vesting order should forthwith stock, shares of no par dellver auch securities, accom-ngersoll-Rand Co. (NJ) panied by the necessary docu-

Common stock shares ments, to the Bank of England. London, or to the Bank of Ireland, Belfast. for transmission to the Bank of England. It is requested that such delivery be made through a bank or stock broker. who will have the necessary in

structions, "

Payment will be made to the bank or stockbroker or other per son by whom the securities are

MORE TALKS lodged with the Bank of England

IN LONDON

LONDON, Mar. 14 (Reuter)—Mr; Summer Welles and, Mr. Joseph Kennedy, U. S. Ambassador in London, had a further talk, 'last- ing one-and-a-half hours, with Lord the Prime Minister and

Hallax at Nu. 10, Downing Street: yesterday evening. They | dined. with the Prime Minister

last night.

TALK WITH LE. G.

Sun

with

Mr. Sumner Welles had eighty-minute discussion Mr. Lloyd George yesterday morn mg. Owing to the length of the talk; Mr. Welles' programme had to be revised.

Mr. Welles had a talk with the Australian High Commissioner, Mr. Bruce, in the afternoon and then went to the Dominions Once to see Mr. Anthony.

Later, he met Mr. Maxton,

Johns Manville Corp. Com- mon stock, shares of no per value Kennecott Copper Corp. Capital stock, shares of no par value Louw's Inc. Common stock, shares of no par value Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co Capital stocks, shares of $100 .. Montgomery Ward and Co.,

Common stock, shares of Do par value Norfolk and Western Rail- way Co. Common stock, shares of $100

North American Aviation Ize, Capital stock,, shares of $1

after the date of receipt of the

`relative documents by the Bank of

England.

or Bank of Ireland, on March 4, 1940, provided that the securities have been received by the Bank of England not later than Febru- ary 23. 1940; payment for securi-: ties delivered thereafter wube North American Co. Com- mon stock shares of $10 made seven clear business days Paramount Pictures Inc., 6% Cumulative Conver- tible 1st Preferred stock, shares of $100 Fernày (JG) Co. Common stock, shares of no par value

LODGE HOLDING In the case of securities held. abroad. application may be made to the Bank of England. London, or the Bank of Ireland, Belfast, for permission to lodge the hold-

Phillips Petroleum Co. Capital stock, share of no par valtie

Pure all Co." Common stock, shares of no par value........................

mon stock, 'shares of no par value

Par Value

ing with the Bank of Montreal Purity Bakeries Corp. Com- New York, as agents for the Bank. of England; the special form of application for this purpose (form Radio Corp. of America Common Stock. shares F.6) is available at the offices of

ot no par value banks and stockbrokers. Follow-Republic Steel Corp: Com- ing the receipt by the Bank of mon stock, shares of no England of advice by sable that R. J Reynolds Tobacco Co. the securities have been duly de- Common stock Class "B,"

shares of 310 ... livered, payment will be made to the bank stockbroker from Safeway Stores, Inc., Com.

QT

mon stock, shares of no whom the application as above was received; such payment will savel: Tac, Common stock, not, however," be made prior to shares of $1

Southern Pacific Co. Capi-

Tho.. Common stock, shary of $2

Capital forija.

Securities held in the Chamael Bote Lock, Ahares of $100

"WORLD PEACE" March 4, 1940.

CONTRIBUTION

MOSCOW, Mar. 14 (Reu- ter)-The Soviet Govern- ment is celebrating the ac- ceptance of its terms by Finland as a "great con- tribution to world peace' and a blow to Great Britain.

CHINA HAS NO DOUBT

1

OF

OUTCOME OF CONFLICT IN

BRITISH HELP

FOR CHINA

· FAR EAST

LONDON, Mar. 15 (Reuter)-A]- though there has been no time yet for newspaper comment, official ed by Reater, agree that the and Far Eastern circles, interview..

Japanese Prime Minister, Admiral Yonals statement ́in' support for the Wang regimas, kaya-that- it

Islands and the Isle of Man may

be lodged with any branch situat- Standard: Off Co. of Call-

stack ed therein of Barclays Bink Kit-

4 10

27 10 3*

17 16 11

8.199

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52 14 7+

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21 1 Bt

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2011

9 13 -

17 11

5 2 11

10 2 0

12 7 10

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shares of no par value - 5·1970

Products (Inc.)

ed.. Lloyds Bank Limited; Martin Capital: stock, shares of

$10

Bank Limited.. the National Pro- vincial Bank Elmited or the West- minster Bank Limited for trans-Swift and Co. mission to the Bank of England Texas Corp. Capital stock,

SECURITIES- AND· PRICES Following are the description and acquisition price of securities to which the Treasury Order applies:

Title of Security

Allied Chemical and Dye Corp. Common stock, shares of no par value Allied Stores "Corp. Com- mon stock, shares of. no

value

Dar

Price per Share

£ & d.

Common stock, shares of $25 ....

Bhares of 125

Texas Gulf. Sulphur Co. Capital stock, shares of no par value

Union Carbide and Carbon

19 12.18

5 14 1†

10:18 2

8 11 17

Corp Capital stock; shares of no par value 20 18 1 Union Pacific Railroad Co.

Comman stock, shares

43. 174

of $100

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United Aircraft Corp. Capt.

stock, shares of $5 2 4.0 United Air Lines Trans port Corn. Capital stock, shares of Capital stock, shares of no par value

Allis-Chalmers Mamifactur- ing Co. Common stock, shares of

97 21 United Fruit Co. no par value American Can Co. Common

28 11 4 stock, shares of $25.

Radiator BLING American

Standard Sanitary Corp. Common

stock. shares

LONDON, Mat. 14 (Reuter)--In the House of Commons yesterday, asked whether his attention had been drawn to the recent decision

o ne par value. American Steel Foundries of the "Erport and Import Bank

Common Stock, shares of of America to provide a loạn.of.

no par value

Co. Tobacco $20,000.000 to China, Mr. H. A contains nothing new and that it Americans

Common

stock,

abarca Butler, Under-Secretary for For want to know. It is pointed out of $25 eign Affairs, said that negotiations it contains no mention of the American

'Tobaccu Co on the subject appeared to be terms of Japan's grants to. Tang

nmits: everything the other: powers

Common stock "B,"

Fanri Lunkenen, of the Women's but the Allies are certainly not Army Auxiliary Corps in Finland On View from Thursday, the 14th the losers thereby. Furthermore with more than 100,000 members, procceding. His Majesty's. GOV~ Ching-wel, no repetition of Prince Atchison, Topeka and San-

the Allies have been constan:ly who assist the Finnish soldiers. supplying Finland

March, 1940.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

AUCTIONEERS.

DECLINE IN ROAD ACCIDENTS

with War

material of all descriptions, Thris stream of valuable material now stopped.

bas

WAR -TIME SPIES

The Secret Services. of » Europe. By Robert Roucard. (Stanley PaulTM 18m.)

emment were well aware of their Konoye's pledge that. Japan will obligations under the League of demand neither territory, nor in- Nations and they were carrying demnity and no indication of thr out those obligations to the best of exact nature of "Japan's New Oc- their ability in the present, diu-

der in East Asia. " cult circumstanoru

NO-EXPLANATION

Heater learns that Tokyo

was:

£3,000,000 CREDIT Asked if there was any truth in the report that the £3,000,000 frequently pressed to explain what granted for exports credits last | the "New: Order" means and al summer had not yet been made ways refused to be expilelt.

abates of $25

pe

ta Fe Railway Co. Com- mon stock, shares of $100 Aviation and Transporta

Hom Carp

Capital stockt shares of $1 · Caterpillar

Tractor Co Common stock, shares of of no par value Сегго

de Pasco Copper-

Capitni Cory:

#Lock, shares of no par value Colgate Palmolive-Pest

Common stock, shares of Dio par value Columbia Gas and Electric

Corp

6% Cura Preid stock, Series "A, shares of $100

Credit

LEEWAY TO MAKE UP Although Russia, it is contend- ed, will now be relieved of the exhausting effort of War and might, it is assumed, be in a position to give more economic

This book comes as a timely fully available and whether there With reference to Wang China help to Germany, her losses have warning. Mr. Lesile-Melville, who were any other means whereby wer's anticipated Government been so heavy that she will be translates it from the French, assistance could be rendered to offer circles recall that both LONDON, Mar. 14 (Reuter)-licking her wounds for some time says in his preface: "Not long ago China at the present time. Mr. Great Britain and the United There has been a further decline to

Commercial to the British publie learnt that in Butler said that the importance states have nude it perfectly In the number of road accidents

Common stock, shares make up a lot of leeway, to ra- London there were some hundred of helping China was very fully plain to Japan that they adhere DL $10 During February, there were 419 store her own, resources.

German journalists accredited to realised. He did not think there to the Nine-Power Treaty, and Commercial Investmer deaths, 44 less for February last

Trust Corp. Common It must hos be forgotten that the Foreign Office as foreign was any doubt about the avail- there is no likebord that they year, despite the blackout. This there is no

stock, shares `of no-par mutual assistance correspondents...There is no ability of the £3,000,000 credit;

value: ALA figure is only two-thirds for

pact between Russia and Ger- the slightest doubt that they were January's total and much less than balf of Decembers 1,150, the many and only a treaty of non-all directly or indirectly engaged aggression and, although Ger- in espionage, either against Great "Largest record.

endeavour Britain or. against their own many may hope and

Some of the reasons for this im- proved state of affairs are the 20 miles an hour "speed-limit, the campaign for greater care and the mow and ice which reduced trazile in the early part of the

month.

“MR. HOOVER'S RELIEF FUNDS

come and

will have

to get increased supplies of ofl, fellows who had taken refuge in food and raw material from England from the Nazi regime." Russia, those most familiar conditions, fa. Moscow are vinced that Russia will, in Arst place, consider Russian terests, and no; Germany.

ESCAPING NAZIS RECAPTURED

Mar

DAR-ES-BALAAM,

14

with M. Boucard gives thrilling ac. (Reuter) Two Nazis who were con- counts of many of the famous active fa, Tanganyika before the the and skilful spies of the last war war, have been recaptured, fol- in- and the methods adopted to lowing their escape from an in-

elraumverit. them.

ternment camp. They had made

DAMAGED TANKER

will change their attitude...

Chinese circles here received Admiral Tonal's statement with | derision-and insist that Wang

Ching-wei will never get anvu reputable following if Japan - "wisher to continue the war and China le quite ready and hás no doubt of the outco

CANADIAN AIR FORCE EXPANSION

mmonwealth Edison Co. Capital stock, shares of

Edison Co.

ot: H.3, Commons (stock, shares of no pat value;;) Continental Oil Co. (Dein= ware) Capital stock, shares of $5 Corn Products Refining Co.

Common stock, shares. of $25

Crane Co,. Common stocks.”“” shares of $25ÁROKA Crown Zalleriacir":"Corpu

Commons stack, sizmed de

The activities of Mata-Hari, their way through 200 miles of Marthe Richer, Easpatin, Emma wild country, only 15 miles, from Stubert, and many others are Portuguese Africa, when they

OTTAWA, Mar 14 (Reuter)Douglas Aircraft Co. SAFE

presented to us and it is gratify-were captaredo potentia

One of them had been leader of The war establishment of the Royal tal stock, shares of En WASHINGTON, Mar. 14. ' (Reu-

ing to learn the high opinion the

par value ter)-Mr. Herbert Hoover Pren LONDON, Mar. 14" (Renter)-It author has of Britain's "incom the Nazi Bund before the war in Canadian Air Force has been

(formerly German creased by nearly 14,000 m du Font (1) de Nemours dent of the Polish and. Finnish was authoritatively stated rester-parable counter-espionage sys-Tanganyika

Rogers : Canadian akinisten - okand CoCom Rellet Funds, said on Tuesdar day that the 10,000-ton British tem, He himself served under East Africa)

National Defence: anouncede Feß». General night that rellet for Poland tanker Charles F. Meter which Admi, Siz Reginald Hall, the heat would be, provided on a large was damaged by an explosion on of our secret, service, in the last book where passages have been tesday, Frovions are being made

the deleted by scale and might com £120,000,000, | Máx. 4 was now stely in har-war

bour, with her cargo intact. before the end of the yazz...

There are some gaps in the Telegraphy

;

ally for a total of 20,400 men 2400

officers and 28.000. man.

UB. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co. Commen stock, shares of $50 Westinghouse. Air

Brake Co, Capital stock, shares

2 7 8

of

12 15 0*

5 16 6-

23 18

11 13 €

3 15 3

20 1 6

no par value

6. 5.

•Ex dividend, † Cura, dividend

CHINESE ESTATES LTD, REPORT

The following is the report of the Chinese Estates, Limited, to be presented at the seventeenth or- [dinary yearly meeting of share

holders, to be held at the Com- pany's " Office," China Bulldings, 13 11. 07 (5th floor), at 12 noon on Thurs-

day, Mar 21,

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11:11

ACCOUNTS

The net profit for the year after providing for reserve for de preciation on "China Building | 350,003,00; directors and auditor's fees and all expenses, émounts to | $158.21.10 which, added to $136- 1 488:82) brought forward from last.

account, shows a total of $1292 689:92. Deducting, therefrom the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Interim

13 14 6 Dividends declared om 1-6-39, 12- | 8-39, 1-11-39 and 20-12-39 respec-. tively an amount of $160,689.92 remains, which your Directors res corrimiende be "apportioned, as 108-- 7.16 10 low-

5:19, 77

Common stock,djégbé shares of $20

Ainérican portation Corp stack shares of Green CLI Co/

stock, shares of $1

To pay a Final Di

̈vidend of $2 per kufiw

akare

$ 33,001:00 To carry forward to MoMPAN New Account ... 127,689,92

„DIKECTORATE

NIH, Tang Ping-fan and Mr. Leung Ting-kal retire by rotation, but being eligible, offer them- selves for re-election

AUDITOR

audite

The accounts have. by Mr. Li Jung wh offers himsoit for re-election