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ال الالبان

FINE BAND CONCERT

LARGE AUDIENCE

AT PENINSULA

The Peninsula Hotel Orchestra gave of its best last night for the large audience of music-lovers who were present at the Band Concert in aid of the Bomber Fund.

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The programme offered was varied one, opera. classic and Kghter music all being accorded a place, the selections obviously having beer made with care and good taste and a desire to please, and earning a well-deserved ap- plause.

Opera was represented by the Overture from Rossini's "The Barber of Seville,” and a selection from Verdi's "Rigoletto," and bal- let music was accorded a place with a renditiön of Tschaikowsky“ "Valse des Fleurs" from the "Nut- cracker" Ballet.

Colony Thanked For Gifts Of Garments And Supplies

The following in excerpts of appreciative letters received by the British War Organisation Fund, Hongkong Branch, for gifts of garments, hospital supplies, etc. sent to England.

From the Army Comforts Depot, acknowledging knitted garments:

"It is difficult to express the deep grautude and appreciation for all the wonderful help" we have received from the Hong- kong British War Organisation Fund and we send to all the kind donors the heartfelt thanks of this Depot for all the generous help we have received." From the Royal Navy Depot, neknowledging knitted garments:

"We are. as usual, immensely grateful for the help which your. Organisation is sending us. and I hope you will kindly convey to all those who have been, sending these comforts the very warm thanks of Lady Found and the Committee of this Depot, and tell them that we do appreciate their support so very much." The warmest applause of the From the Vice-Chairman of the evening was, accorded Lila and British Red Cross Society and George Pio-Ulski for their two Order of St. John of Jerusalem:

PIANO SOLOS-

plano solos which obviously pleas- ed. The selections for two planos were Arensky's Valse and Schutt's Paraphrase of the famous trang- cription of Chopin's Waltz No. 7.

Bizet, Fraser-Simson, Liszt and Mascagni were other composers ac- corded a place on the programme. Other items offered were five short numbers of incidental music from Tony Sargo's Chinese play The Willow Plate" (Composition by Herbert) and a Waltz Medley "The Gay Nineties," arranged by Geo. Pio-Viski that was also very well received.

The programme concluded with "There'll Always Be An England" and "God Save The King."

"As Vice-Chairman of the Red Cross & St. John War Organisa- tion I would like to express the. sincere thanks of my Committee for all the excellent work which has been done by the British War Organisation Fund." The quality of the articles which have been made and sent with such regularity to us are good. and have proved of the greatest value and the donations in cash which have been made are also deeply appreciated.

"I would be glad if you could convey to all your workers how much all they are doing is ap- preciated."

HOSPITAL SUPPLIES

. From the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of ship- ments of hospital supplies, clothing for air raid victims, etc.!!

POPULAR CHINESE Jerusalem, acknowledging

ACTRESS' HERE

Following a successful tour of French Indo-China and British Malaya with the Chinese National Salvation Dramatic Troupe, during whch more than $1,000,000 Straits currency was raised, Miss Wang Ying, popular movie actress and vice-chief of the troupe, has arrived in Hongkong, After a brief stay here, she will proceed to the interior to report the tour to the Government authorities.

Miss Wang and her troupe went abroad in 1939 to" da propaganda work and raise relief funds through dramatic performances. They ar- rived in Hongkong that summer when they staged several plays in ald of the wounded and refugees,

Then they proceeded to French Indo-China, where, particularly in Saigon, they received wide acclaim and raised handsome amounts.

FOUR PERFORMANCES On account of the various re- strictions enforced. In Singapore consequent upon the outbreak of the European war. they reached the Malayan port last summer, though preparations for going

there had been made in the fall of 1939. Through the assistance: of the South Seas Chinese Relief Association and leading Chinese there they gave four performances.

At the invitation of Chinese re- liet organisations they made a tour of other parts of British Ma-

laya.

They performed altogether more than 20 times, receiving popular acclaim everywhere they went.

CONDITIONS FOR AIR PASSENGERS

B.S

Information has been received from His Majesty's Consul-Generai, Kunming, to the effect that from February 15, 1941, all passen- gera arriving by air in Yunnanfa from Hongkong will be required to produce certificates of successful vaccination performed within the preceding year, falling which they will be required to undergo Vac- cination after arrival

COL. DONOVAN

LISBON, Mar. 3 (Renter)- Colonel Donovan, President Roose- velt's personal representative in the Balkans, arrived here from Madrid.

LIGHT BLUES WIN LONDON, Mar. 2 (Reuter) Cam bridge beat Oxford, by 13 points to nil at rugby.

Batty-Smith,

Captali 8. H.. whlist on duty in the grounds, of Government House on the evening of February 26, fell and sustained injuries which will, ne- cessitate his being in hospital for several days. During his absence the duties of Aide-de-Camp will be, performed by Mr. B.C. Fay of the Hongkong Police.

November. Of these, more than

MONDAY,

MARCH 3,5 1941.

FOREIGN MAILS

HONGKONG, MONDAY, 3rd MARCH, 1941, 9.30 AM.

The public are reminded that it is a breach of postal half came from overseas. Two regulations to enclose in a postal cover communications intend- consignments --- one contaming cd for persons other than the addressee:

7,742 articles, and the other 5,075 were sent from Sao Paulo In

The Printed Matter Service in the following laces in China

Brazil. Hongkong gave over five is temporarily suspended:— thousand garments.

"From Home and Overseas,; 2- Over eighty-four thousand gifts have reached the Central Hospi- tal Supply Service Department trom overseas. The most nume- rous consignment, comprising 20,073 articles came from kio de Janeiro. Newfoundland and Call- fornia each sent more than twelve thousand gifts and Hong- kong 10.543, Ceylon 7.767 and Penang 5,647 articles.

Yunnan

"Szechuen

Kwelchow

Hunan

Fuklen (except Amoy and Kuiangsu)

Kwangsi (except Wuchow and Yungtisien)

North and East of Kwangtung.

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

INWARD MAILS

From

"The One Object of Red Cross Work"We do not supply basic requirements for the sick,

Australia and Manila, wounded and injured, whether Service or civilian. That is the Australia and Mania. business of the Government. But Straits and Air Mail by "British Overseas Airways Service"-(except London) by Ses from Singa- the public of the world have always insisted on supplementing that minimum of help in war,

pore,

Santon

and it has always been the Red Swatow

Due

3rd 3rd Mar.

Mar

4th Mar.

4th Mar.

5th Mar.

Cross in every country which has USA., and Manila (San Francisco date, 8th Feb.) been the vehicle through which United-Kingdom and Manila, the public have satisfied their United-Kingdom and Straits.

Zth Mar

7cb Mar

Direct Ser-

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Mtb Mar

date 21st:

11th Mar.

12th Mar.

15th Mar,

17th Mar

119th. Mar.

desire to do more for the sick Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways

vice"-San Francisco date, 2nd March. and wounded, prisoners and the miserable, than any Government U. S. A. and Honolulu (San Francisco

February). can be expected to do,

At Coventry, Birmingham, Sandakan Liverpool, Sheffield, Southamp-Sandakan

ton and other places, hard hit Calcutta and Straits, by this war on civilians, we were Rangoon ..... able to find; at the shortest no tice, extra nurses, material for blood pransfusion necessary,

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OUTWARD MAILS

5th Mar.

Registered and Parcel Mail are closed 15 minutes earlier than serum of all sorts, drugs, hos- the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are pital garments and comforts, advertised to close at or before 9 à.m. registered "and parcel maila money, transport and SO an, are closed at 5 pm on the previous day. When malis are adver- while ambulances were sent im- tised to close after 5 pm. Registered and Parcel malls are closed mediately to Coventry. South at 5 p.m. ampton and elsewhere.

SECURITY ORDERS

The Government Gazette

для

For

TUESDAY

Haiphong

Date and Time

Tue, 4th

10,30 AM

KPO Rog

9.00 PM

Ord. 9.30 PH

Q.P.O

Beg

2,00 PM

- Ord.

**2.30 PM

3.30 PM

"They are things for which we are getting very big demands at the moment, and in consequence we are most glad to receive this very generous gift. As you may imagine, large quantities of stores are going out. for air rald casualties at the present time, nounces that if it appears to the

Governor to be necessary or er- Air Mail by sea to Singapore to connect with and the help we are recalving from overzeas is most welcome. pedient so to do, he may declare the "British Overstar Airways"-

"Will you please convey to the any area in this Colony to, be a Straita. workers our warmest thanks for defence area, and thereupon:-

(A) it shall be the duty, of every alf the splendid work that they

person in that

area to comply are doing for us."

"We are most grateful for this with any orders issued on behalf further contribution to our War of the Chief Security Officer 1or Effort and we would be, very the purpose of meeting or hirder: glad if you would convey to all ing any actual or apprehended at- cancerned our deep appreciation tack by an enemy or of protecting for all their work on our behalf. persons and property from the "You may rest assured that damage involved in any such at- the garments in Case No. 1 will tack; and

be used for the relief of Men, (b) the Chief Security Officer Women and Children impoveri- may issue orders or give directions shed by the war as you request. regulating or prohibiting the en- They will be more than ever try of persons, vehicles or animals gratefully received by all these into that area

powers

under

who are sufferers from the re- Provided that in exercising any cent indiscriminate air raids."

conferred on him "We would be grateful if you this regulation the Chief Security will extend to all your workers Dicer shall be subject to

the

K.P.O. Farcela 4.00 PM

hanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., Canada, Can- O.P.O.

tral and South America and United - "Kingdom Parcela

Reg Ord. 6.30 PM

6.00 PM

4.00 Fe

5.00 PM

7.00 PM

via San Francisco. (No Parcels for United- Ragt Kingdom).

Note:-All Mails for United-Kingdom will be forwarded with or without superscription.

Canton

Hothow

WEDNESDAY

the appreciation and thanks of control and direction of the Gov- Manila, Australia and New Zealand via Brisbane the War Oxganisation for their ernor..

Manila, Batavia, Mauritius, Lourenco Marques, and

South Africa via Durban.

THURSDAY

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most acceptable glits, these are (2) Subject to any directions needed more than ever just now. given by the Governor, the Chlef "It is with pleasure we inform Security Officer muy, to such ex- you of the safe arrival in this tent and subject to such restric country of the generous Gift of tions as he thinks proper, delegate straits and Calcutta. 10 Cases Hospital Supplies, des all or any of the functions con- patched by you on behalf of the ferred on him under this regula- British War Organisation Fund,tion to any specified persons 0* which were received into Store class of persons. September last.

NEW WAK POWERS

FRIDAY

"The contents of these cases A new Order has been premul- have been taken into Stock for gated under the Defence Regular Mail by Air to Hangoon to connect with the distribution to the various bos-tions and is notified in Saturday's pitals who receive. Bervice Government Gazette. This Order patients from the Naval, Military gives the Police and members of

"British Overseas Airwaya”

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

and Air Forces, where such sup- His Majesty's Forces in uniform Straits and Calcutta. plies are of inestimable "value. power to stop and search vehicles "We would tender our grateful on the road, and vessels on the thanks both to the war Organ-water-ways, which are suspected isation Fund and to the Ladies or committing war offences. of Hongkong who so kindly gave

it says that the

behalf,"

Ord

7.00 PM.

Wed 5th

8.30 AM XP.O

Par. 4th 5.00 PM

| Reg. 5th. A45 AM

Ord. 6th 9.30 AM

OPO.

Par. 4th 5.00

Hog, 5th 6,45 am Ord. oth 9.30 AM

3.30 PM

Thu. 6th Parcels 11:00 AM Letters Noon

Fri. 7th

KPO

Reg. 4.00 PM Ord 4.30 PM

G.P.O. Reg. 4.00 PM

Ord

Sat, 8th

4.30 PM

Par. 7th 5.00PM

Lét. 8th 8.30 IM

| Sun. 9th

IPO.

Rag, 8th 5.00PM

Ord. 8th 5.30PM

GP.O.

of their time and efforts on our or in control of any road vehicle |

person driving Air Mail for Manlia, Guam. Honcinia, U.S.A. and

Europe vis "Pan-American Airways and Trans-Reg. th 5.00 PM Atlantic Bervices"

MONDAY

jor any vessel on water to which

"SUMMARY OF WORK"

the public have access, or any in- Excerpts from "Summary of

land navigation, shall stop" the Work" (a" Red Cross fortnightly vehicle or vessel on being required publication) from Dec. 1940 to Jun to do so by a constable in uniform 11, 1941.

for any member of His Majesty's "Playing Cards":-Hundreds of playing cards are wanted by the Forces being in uniform and on convalescent hospitals and duty

homes of the War Organisation Upon the overtaking of a vehicle

for the use of civilian patients or vessel on at occasion on which

who have auffered from German the driver has failed to stop when Straits and Parcels only for United-Kingdom. air attacks. Social clubs and, in lawfully required to do so, any Straits. Ceylon, Indus, East and South Africa particular. tridge clubs are in constable or member of His Ma- vited to meet this urgent request jesty's Forces

has reasonable by sending packs to the Comforts ground for suspecting that there is Collections Department! Red to be found in the vehicle or ves-

day Island

Ord. 9th Noon

Mon. 10th K.P.O.

Par 8th 5.00 PM Reg. 8th 5.00 Ord. 10th 8.30 M

G.P.O..

Par. 8th 6.00 PM Reg. 8th 5.00PM

Ord. 10th 8.30 AM

2.30 PM

K.P.Q. Parools

4.00 PM

Reg. 5,00

Ord.

5.30PM

G.P.C. Parcels 4.00PM

5.00PM

Ord 7,00M

The 11th

Cross and St. John War Organel evidence of the commission of isation, 54 Viétoria Street, Lon-war offence, may search the don, 8.W.1. By so doing they will vehicle or vessel and may seize Manila, Australia and New Zealand via Thurs Beg help the patients to pass in any article found therein which he amusement many an hour which has reasonable ground for believ might otherwise be without in- ing to be evidence of commission terest.

of any such offence,

"Sixty Thousand Gifts":-More It is further stated that the than sixty thousand gifts were powers conferred in the new Order received by the Central Hospital will be in addition to and not in Supply Service Department dur- derogation of the powers conferred ing - the fortnight ending 30th by any other of these Regulations.

OPU.&KPD)

TUESDAY

Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U, 8 A., Canada, Cen-Reg. 10th 8.00PM tral and puth America via San Francisco, F. Ord. 11th 8.30AM

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