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6-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

THE SECOND DRAWING FOR PRINCIPAL, REPAYMENT OF THE 27TH YEAR GOLD LOAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1938),

Notice is hereby given that the above Drawing was duly held on the First of February, 1940 Three numbers each were drawn covering three different currencies of Bonds of the above Loan respectively as follows:-

Nos. 399, 611 and 744 for C,G.U. Bonds:

6 Bonds of C.G.U.

10000 cách

120

1000

C.G.U. 60,000

120,000,

500

100

60,000

1080

54,000

600

6,000

2406

Bonds

C.G.U. 300,000

Nos. 685, 329 and 912 for £

Stg. Bonds:

6 Bonds of

£ Stg.

1000 each = £ Sig.

105

100

1,20

600

300

6,000 10,500 ,6,000 6,000 1,500

1131

Bonds

£ Stg. 30,000

Nos. 063, 621 and 870 for U.S.$ Bonds:

6. Bonds of U.S.S

او

5000 cách : 0.9.5 30,000 1000

•

45,000

300

100

30,000

300

重重

15,000

2400

24,000

1200

6,000

U.S.$ 150,000

4251 Bonds

All Bonds in three currencies of the above Loan bearing num. bers which have their three terminal figures corresponding to those of any one of the above drawn numbers respectively shall be drawn bonds and shall be redeemable for principal at any offices of the Central Bank of China, Bank of China, Bank of Communi. cations, and Farmers Bank of China as of Apell 30, 1940, for a period of six years, after which period any such drawn bonds if not presented for payment shall become null and void. As to Beads sold abroad, payments shall be effected by the said tour Banks at Hong Kong, and oversea holders may apply for pay" ment at the original remitting bank who shali collect such pay. ments for them from the said four Banks at Hong Kong.

Coupons No. 2 of the abovementioned Bonds in three cur rencies amounting to C.G.U; 2,492,500, £ 249,250 and U.S.$ 1, 246,250 respectively due April 30, 1940, shall also be payable as beginning of that date, and to be valid for six years, after which period they shall become null and void.

All drawn bonds when presented for repayment of principal must have 28 Coupons Nos. 3 to 30 attached thereon. In case of any shortage, the amount of the missing coupons shall þe dëduct- ed from the proceeds of the principal repayable.

Ministry of Finance

of the

National Government

EDITORIAL

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1940.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS

IMPORTANT NOTICE OFFICIAL

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED,

NOTICE

PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A SHIP'S NAME.

I, PANG KWOK SUI of and the public is advised to guard / George Grimble & Co., 1, Princes Meeting will be held at the Coms) Building. Hong Kong, hereby

Notice is hereby given that, this Administration, so far, nel ther has its Office nor any au thourised agent in Hong Kong;

NOTICE is hereby given that the Filty-first Ordinary Yearly pany's Registered Office, :4th against any one making use of the Administration's name or re-give notice that in consequence Fleer, P. & O. Building on of Change of Ownership I have Thursday, 21st March, 1940, at presenting himself as its agent applied to the Minister of Ship 11 a.a. for the purpose of pre ping, under Section 47 of the senting the Report of the Direc. Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, intors together with a Statement of respect of the ship *HANG SANG" of Hong Kong Official number 114779 of gross tonnage |2141 tons, register tonnage 1356 168 tons, heretofore owned by Indo

for deceitful purposes.

Yunnan. Burma. Highway Transport Administration, « Ministry of Communication, Kunming, China.

BANK HOLIDAYS.

In Accordance with Gavert ment Ordinance, THE EX- CHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the Transaction of PUBLIC BUSINESS оп FRIDAY, SATURDAY and MONDAY, the 22nd, 23rd and 25th March, 1940. (Easter Holl: days).

Hong Kong, 18th March, 1940. 164

THE HONG KONG FIRE INSURANCE CO.. LIMITED.

Notice to Shareholders

Accounts to 31st December, 1939, electing Directors and Auditors and fixing their fees.

The Register of Members al China Steam Navigation Co.,

the Company will be closed from 9th March, to 21st March, 1940, Ltd., of Hong Kong, for the per-both days inclusive, during which mission to change her name to "TAIPOSHAN" and to have her period no transfer of shares can registered in the new name af

be "registered. the Port of Hong Kong as owned by PANG KWOK SUI.

Any objection to the proposed change of name must be sent to the Registrar of Shipping "at Hong Kong, within seven days from the appearance of this ad- vertisement.

Dated at Hong Kong, this 20th day of March, 1940.

PANG KWOK SUI.

170

THE HONG KONG, LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY CO., LTD...

4% DEBENTURES

NOTICE IS HEREBY

The Seventy first Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the GIVEN that. INTEREST for undersigned on Thursday, the 4th the six months ending 31st April, 1940, at Noon, for the MARCH, 1940, on the above purpose of receiving the Report DEBENTURES will be payable of the General Managers, together at the OFFICES of the COM with a statement of Accounts for PANY on MONDAY 1st the year ended the 31st Decem· APRIL, 1940. ber, 1939,

The Share Register and Trans. fer. Books will be closed from the 21st March, to the 4th April, 1940, both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.

General Managers, The Hong Kong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.

Hong Kong, 14th March, 1940.

of the Republic of China,

March 2, 1940.

163

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

PARTICULARS AND CON. DITIONS of the Sale by Publi.. Auction to be held on Tuesday,

PUBLIC AUCTION.

PARTICULARS AND CON

149

PUBLIC AUCTION

PARTICULARS AND CON.. DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 26th day of March 1940, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor

in the Co

THE REGISTER OF DE BENTURES will be closed from MONDAY, 25th- MARCH, to SATURDAY, 30th MARCH, both days biclusive, during which period no transfer to DEBEN. TURES can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

O, EAGER.

Secretary. Hong Kong, 18th March, 1940,

155

PUBLIC AUCTION.

PARTICULARS AND CON. DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 26th day of March 1940, at 3p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Cheung Sha Wan, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term commence of 75 years, commencing from

Ist July, 1898; " with

the 26th day of March 1940, at 3 DITIONS of the Sale by Public p.m., at the Offices of the Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, of one lot of Crown Land Works Department, by Order of the 26th day of March 1940, at 3 at Shamshiuipo,

His Excellency the Governor of

Lot of Crown Land at P, at the Offices of the Publile tony of Hong Kong for

ofle

Wong Nel Chung, in the Colony

Works Department, by Order of term

of 75 years,

the

of Hong Kong for a term of 75 Excellency the Governor of ing from 1st July, 1898, with years, with the option of renew one Lot of Crown Land at Yau the option of renewal at a Crown option of renewal at a Crown

at a Crown Rent to be fixed by Kong for a term of 5 years.

mati, in the Colony of Hong Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor Rent to be fixed, by the Surveyor the Surveyor of His Majesty the

of His Majesty the KING, for of His Majesty the KING, for KING, for one further term of intending bidders are advised one further term of 24 years less one further term of 24 years less 75 years.

that immediately after the dis the last three days thereof.

', the last three days thereof. › Intending bidders are advised

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the disposal of the lot the Purchaser

Intending bidders are advised (If not the applicant) will be that immediately after the dis posal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant), will be required to deposit with an posal of the lot the Purchaser that lamediately affer the dis required to deposit with an authorised officer who will he (if not the applicant) will be posal of the lot the Purchaser deposit with (if not the applicant) will be authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of required to

to deposit with an present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in authorised officer who will be required two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. "This sum will be refunded present at the sale, the sum of authorised officer who will be cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase two hundred dollars, ($200) in present at the safe, the sum of on payment of the Purchase price.

cash. This sum will be refunded two hundred dollars, ($200) in on payment of the Purchase Cash.". This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.

price.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT PARTICULARS OF THE LOT

Boundary. Messure-

No. of Sale.

Registry No.

Locality.

༥ ༔

No. 5748.

Inland Lot

Inland Lot No. Wong Nei Chung.

036, Troi Tak Street,

ments.

As per

sale plan.

About

Contenta in

5,470

Square fact

10,470

Registry Na

Locality.

Kowloon Inland Lot

Near Kowloon Inland Lot No. 3386, Nathan Road,

Kowloon.

Annual

Bental.

on | Upset Prion Į

Na of Balej

157

No. 4237.

Boundary

Measure

mente.

per

sale plan.

price,

ап

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT PARTICULARS OF THE LOT

About

Contents in

2,850

Square feet.

Annual

Rental Upset Price|

No. of Sale,

Registry No.

Locality,

$700

159

New Kowloon inland Lot No. 8774.

Shan Ning Road Janction of

Kia Kiang Street,

Shamshuipo.

Boundary

Measure

ments

As per

salo plan.

Contents in

Annuai

Rental

Square feet.

About

73-

6,230

| Upset Price. |

158

אסי סע באטום

Registry No.

Locality.

Now Kowloon Inland

Castle Peak Road & Wing Lung Street, -Junotion of

Lot No. 2779.

Cheung Sha Wan

Boundary

Measure-

ments.

N.is.e w

As per

sale plan

Square feet |

Annual

Rental.

Contents in

10007

8.110

8,110

**} - Upset Price.

160

By order of the Board of Directors, GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Agents...

Hong Kong, 22nd Feb., 1940.

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC

"COMPANY, LIMITED."

NOTICE is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meet ing of the Company will be held In the P. & 0. Building, Victoria, In the Colony of Hong Kong, at | 11.15 o'clock in the forenoon' on

Thursday, the 21st day of March,

1940, or as soon thereafter as the

Ordinary Yearly Meeting of the Company shall have terminated, for the purpose of considering and if thought fit passing the fol lowing resolution as a special resolution:

That the Capital of the Company be increased · from ifs present Capital of $6, 000,000 Hong Kong currency divided into 600,000 shares. of $10 each to $18,000,000

THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN CO., LTD.

Notice to Shareholders..

NATIONAL PROBABLE. STARTERS,

JOCKEYS

LONDON, Mar. 19 (Reuter)— Probable starters and jockeys in the Grand National are as follows:

Royal Mai}, Williams; Royal

THE FIFTY. THIRD OR | Dantell, Moore: Professor. Second,

DINARY ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Office of Messrs. Jardine. Matheson & Co., Ltd. on TUESDA 2nd APRIL, 1940, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st

Owen; The Uplifter, Danny Mor- gan; Dunhill Castle, Parvin; Rock- quilla, Carey: Workman, Hyde; Red

Engle. Elder: Dominieks Cross, Mit- chell: Black Hawk, Rimell: Klistar, Archibald; Away, Coleman; Timber Wolf. Nicholson: Huthead Prince, Wilson; Macmoffat. Aldery John Chinaman, Magee: Milano, M. Jones; Knights Brook, Moloney;" Venturesome Knight, Mr. Tweedie:

December, 1939. .

Litigant. Mr. Black: Lecygne, O'Grady: Symaethis. Feakes: In- The Transfer Books of theversible, Hogan: Bogskar, Foley: Company will be CLOSED from Royo, Taylor; National Night, H. SATURDAY, the 23rd MARCH, Jones; Takvor Pacha, Major Pric

Comiaw, Myles; Lux...... 1940, to TUESDAY, the 2nd palmer: APRIL, 1940, both days in

borough (no. Jockey); Lazy Boots, Ward; Prime, Mr. Marsh; Cordite I. " clusive,

Morgan; Underbid, Bissili; Bache- lor Prince (no Jockey); Downright, Captain Seeley: Tuckmill, Kelly: Gold Arrow, Lay: Second Act. Dowdeswell: Red Freeman, Red- mond; Sterling Duck. Brogan,

By Order of the Board of Directors,

C. M. MANNERS,

Secretary & Manager. Hong Kong, 11th March, 1940.

136

|N. ^`JACOBSON & CO. Amsterdam Cį shippers of

Chemicals, Fertilizers," Metals and Hardware. Agents in China wanted,

The Daily Press

Editorial and Business Office:

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HONGKONG, March 20, 1040"

Airgeadsios is being scratched and Chesterton, Bally Fox and Young Mischief are doubtful start-

er3.

LATEST CALL-OVERS The latest call-over in the Grand National is as follows:-

Klistar (15-2 Q.); Professor Second (100-9 o., 12-1 L.); Royal Daniel (100-7 o.); Sterling Duke (20-1 o.); Venturesome Knight... (33-1 t. and o.); Inversible (33~ 09). Call-over in the Lincolnshire is as follows:

Quartier Maltre (7-1 o.. 15-2 tJ; Titan (15-2 o., 8-1 t.); Timestep (100-80.) Wonerah (100-7 o.); Aldine (100-8 0,) and Southport (20-1 0.)..

Probable starters and jockeys ate:Golden Sovereign, Beary: Hotbun Second, Sam Wragg: Boomps-a-Daisy. Nevett; Wonersh, Weston: Titan. E. Smith; Quartier Maitre. Gordon Richards; South- Beg, Gunn Davy Dolittle. port. Lowrey: Floretti, Lane; Paúl A. Burns; Squadron Castle. Dyson; Aldine, Richardson; Reynards Lodge, Wells; Mrs. Nodgrass, Pe- vans: "Rosetown, D. Smith; Ticca- gari, Tucker: Unclé Archie, Mul- Uns: Puntgun. Dick; Kamac, Sharpe: Bannymede, Nicoll.

Time Step. Nagor, Minca, Corena « (no jockeya),

Fast Step, Fairfax, King's Gap,

ате

Hong Kong currency divided THE BLITZKRIEG Spiced and Straight Four

into 1,800,000 shares of $10 each and that such additional shares shall rank

all

respects pari passu with the original Capital of the Com. pany...

And for the purpose of con. sidering and if thought At passing the following resolutions, namely:

1. That the Directors be and they are hereby au thorised to capitalise the sum of $3,000,000 Hong Kong currency part of the un- divided profits of the Com. pany standing to the credit of the Company's Reserve

Fund and to allot to the Members holding shares of the Company as on the 1st day of July, 1940, in respect of the net amount capitalised fully paid shares of the Com. pany of equivalent nominal value in the proportion o one share for every two shares of the Company then held by such persons respec tively and that such shares so allotted shall rank for dividends as" from the 1st day of July, 1940.

2. That it, on such dis tribution as aforesaid, any person would be entitled to a fractional share the Directors shalt, in lieu of issuing Fractional Certificates, cause

the whole share to be allotted

OF DIPLOMACY

doubtful starters,

THE BLITZKRIEG of arms be reasonably sure that ne has not yet begun, but will not be flanked in the Balkans. He can have this the blitzkrieg" of diplomacy has been in full swing for assurance if Italy reverts to ker pre-arranged role 3.5. months and is prodigal with climaxes and surprises.

Mediterranean watchdog of the Rome-Berlin Axis. If he DESPITE Britain's persis asked Mussolini for anything. tent courting of Italy, the it was this. „“ axis twins" have met again,

AS FOR THE U.S.S.R. its.

"to demonstrate their soli- leaders have stated on a num- darity and clear the way for ber of occasions that it was new threats. Hitler wants a not pulling anybody's chest- peace that will leave him in nuts out of the fire, and it .

Possession of his conquests of looks as though they meant the past two years and unjust that. The existence of questioned hegemony Cen- diametrically opposing inter- tral Europe. Mussolini, acting pretations of the peace in

"honest broker " wants Finland-one, that it was a whatever he can get by per- major diplomatic blow at the sistent fishing in troubled Allies, and two, that it was waters. If the Allies, suffer directly chiefly at Germany." further diplomatic reverses, making her forever powerless he may once more blaze forth in the Baltic, indicates clearly with his old slogan of "Tunis-the Soviet Union was defend- ing its own security as it saw

Corsica-Nice."

THE POPE, Mussolini,, and, it against all comers, yester- it is highly probable, Mr. day Hitler, today the advo- Sumner Welles, continue to cates of a new Archangel ex- uphold the old "lightning pedition among the Allies, to- rod" theory which, since morrow any other Power or Locarno, has seen the solu- combination. This being the tion of all European conflicts case, there is no reason why in Four Power Pacts and the Hitler should be the only like directed against the Bo- beneficiary of Soviet neu- viet. It is likely that these trality. With a less short- views are shared by consider-sighted approach, the Allies. able groups of people in Lon- too could draw some susten- don, Paris and Berlin. But ance from it. To bristle with all who have experienced re- threats against Russia is de- cent history will know that it liberately to give up this op was this dangerous, calcula" |portunity and to forget that to a person or persons to be tion that gave Hitler his op it is, after all, Germany with named by the Directors and portunity and led to the pre- which the Allies are at war. such share shall, at such sent war. A reversion to the time as the Directors think era of Four Power Pacts is KRIEG is an essential part. fit, be sold and the proceeds therefore most unlikely, des- of the general war in the mil- distributed amongst the perpite the nostalgic dreams ofitary," political" and economie

Its proponents.

spheres. So far, the trump SINCE THERE DOES NOT cards have been presented on appear to be any road back, a salver to Fuchrer, Duce and it is logical to suppose that Mikado to play as they please. the struggle is being intensi-If this had not been done, fled and that the meeting on there would most probably the Brenner was devoted to have been no war today. Now the strategy of this struggle. that the war has come, there If Hitler is to launch an seems little excuse for further offensive in the West, he must adventures in ineptitude.

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