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ST. PATRICK'S SOCIETY OF HONG KONG

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Tenders are invited for the supply of approximately 10,000 metal containers.

Forms of tender may be obtained from the Government Stores Department, 249, Elec- tric Road, North Point.

W. J. ANDERSON,

Controller of Stores,

REGISTRATION OF NETHERLAND

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GOVERNMENT BONDS.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY, 1941.

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A Wreath will be laid on the Cenotaph on St. Patrick's Day, March, 17th, 1941, at noon, by the President and Committee of the Society,

All Irish men and women in the Colony are invited to attend this ceremony.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE..

It is notifed for general information that on and after SUNDAY, 16th MARCH, 1941, ALL the business of the TRADE CONTRE OFFICE will be conducted the POST OFFICE BUILDING, Second Floor,

E. W. HAMILTON, Superintendent of Imports &

Exports.

R. J. MINNITT,

Hoa. Secretary.

and Controller of Trade.

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CHINA LIGHT & POWER co., LTD.

NOTICE TO CONSUMERS."

報西剌孖

Editorial and Business Office: 15-19. Queen's. Road Central, Tel. 33225.

Night Editor (Wanchal Office);

Tel. 24511.

London Office: 53. Fleet Street

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HONGKONG, MArch 12, 1941.

PRESENTATION

TO NO. 1 BOY OF H.K.F.C.

Retirement. After

37 Years.

years' service,

the presentation.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, -1941.

BRITAIN SPEAKS:

J. B. PRIESTLEY TELLS OF THE REAL ENGLAND

"It is industrial England that is fighting this war it is the small towns that produce most of the wealth that enables this England to continue the fight... it is the big England. that is having to take it in this war," said MR. J. H. PRIESTLEY, the well-known novelist, when he broadcast from London yesterday in the series "BRITAIN SPEAKS.""

It

same

and this accounts for their swagger and bullying. The further travel from home the more they swagger and bully.

THE OPPOSITE

this

A pleasant function was held at the clubhouse of the Hongkong Football Club yesterday. evening when the No. 1 boy of the Club, LAM FOOK, was the recipient of

Mr. Priestley opened his talk "They expected that because in circumstances they a handsome silver cup and a cheque, with a reference to a recent the

themselves would have subscribed by the members, on the poem written by an American

pack- occasion of his retirement after 37 lady, Mrs. Miller, on England. ed up. It gives us a valuable clue to their real nature, Once every- He described it "as ingenious thing goes against them they WHITHER VICHY?-

There was & large attendance of

and passionately sincere. panic. They are all success THE POSITION of the Vichy merabers at the pavilion and Mr.

Government and the H. R. Forsyth, President of the was an expression of a living shouters course of its policy has been Club, called upon Mr. H. R. B. Han. faith.

"NOT MY ENGLAND " tending to become more and cock, the oldest member, to make

"If anything I am going to say more confused to the ordinary

Mr. Hancock said that Lam Fook may sound ungrateful or unchiva!- observer during the past few was a very faithful and respected rious let me at once say that I do

1 say that those ordinary Eng- weeks. Officially, nothing has servant of the Club. THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC

He, wished not intend to be so," said Mr.lish people who live in our smoky emerged from the headquar-Lam Fook the best of health and Priestley. "The poem is really, an towns or in our drearly suburbs COMPANY, LIMITED.

ters of unoccupied France to luck in his retirement.

ally in the cause of democracy, are just the opposite. They are re- show what has been the re- The cup was suitably inscribed in but my difficulty is that the Eng-luctant to start anything, but once In virtue of the Netherland

NOTICE IS HEREBY

sult of the German ramifica-English while there was, inscribed land described in this poem is not they are shaken out of their sleep Royal Decree of 23rd August GIVEN that an Extraordinary

message of my England. It is a tiny part of they will go on until they drop.

"These people are now emerging tions which have apparently in Chinese, also

thanks from Lam Fook for the England and is that part which 1940, No. All, registration of General Meeting of the Company

Notice is hereby given that the been made in the course of kindness the Club had shown to-

winter of has been described tac often. It from, the second Netherland Government bonds will be held in the P. & 0.

Company's standard charges will

ing and half a dozen doleful-pro- and debentures has been opened Building, Victoria, in the Colony

ings of Vichy officials, and success in every field of sport. at the Consulate General for the of Hong Kong at 11.15 o'clock / be increased as from 17th March numerous comings and go-wards him and wishing the Club is the England that Mrs. Miller war. The winter is quickly finish- Mr. Priestley here quoted some phecles have been proved to be lines from the poem which des- wrong, The winter bombing. it was Netherlands in Hong Kong, Shell in the forenoon on Thursday, the 1941, by adding a 10% surcharge Admiral Darlan in particular, to the amounts charged for to Paris where the Nazi

cribe the England pictured by Mrs. said, would make large-scale pro- House, Queen's Road Central. 20th day of March, 1941, or as electricity consumed for lighting stooge, M. Laval, continues to

Miller In terms of light-blue car-duction in this country impossible. Holders of such hoods and soon thereafter as the Ordinary and power as per meters read on

pets on the stairs, portraits on the Well. they have had their winter debentures in Hong Kong. General Meeting of the Company and after 24th April, 1941. of the Reich The rumours

walls of genearts and admirals. bombing and it has left them un- The following forthcoming mar- and lords Heutenant and squires moved, Macao. "Kwangtung, Kwangsi, shall have terminated for the

and unconfirmed reports that

riages were announced at the Re-the England of Mayfair, Oxford Yunnan, Fukien and Kweichow purpose of considering and, if

have been filtering through gistry, Supreme Court, yesterday and Cambridge, may register the same with the thought fit, passing the following

to the outside world have only Mr. Lou Jeng-ming. merchant, of "All this existed right up to the said Consulate General during the resolutions ----

helped to create a greater No. 248 Cheung Sha Wan Road, outbreak of this war and there is month of March 1941. Bonds and

confusion and the question Shamshulpoo, and Miss Wong Wal-a fairly robust spectre of it still debentures situate in the above

that is agitating diplomatic ming" of No. 125 Aplin Street, existing, said Mr. Priestley. "What mentioned territories, that have

quarters at present is" how Shamshufpco; not been registered with the "Con. sulate General before 1st April 1941, will not be recognised by: the Royal Netherland Govern. ment. The lee for registration is 2 pro mille of the nominal value, Further particulars may obtained from the Netherland Consulate General.

Hong Kong, 8th March, 1941.

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HONGKONG & WHAMPON

DOCK CO, LTD.

Notice is berchy given that the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of Shareholders will be held in the Office of the Company, No. 2 Queen's Building, Hong Kong, on Monday, 31st March, 1941, at noon for, consideration of the Directors' Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1940.

The Share Register and Trans

fer Books will be closed from the 18th to 31st March, 1941, both days inclusive.

By order of the Board of Directors,

E. COCK,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 10th March, 1941.-

1. That the Directors be and they are hereby authoris- ed to capitalise the sum ol $3,000,000 Hongkong currency,

The existing scale of discounts will remain in force.

By order of the Board of Directors,

D. W. MUNTON,

Manager.

part of the undivided profits of Hong Kong, 8th March. 1941. the Company standing to the

credit of the Company's Re- serve Fund, and to allot to the

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members holding shares of the H.K.'s Public

Company as on the first day of

operate under the protection

with

FORTHCOMING WEDDINGS

knew."

I am saying is that it should no longer be taken as representative) the Vichy Government can Mr. Dickson Mo Yiu-chan, mer- of England. It is an England that reconcile its policy

chant, of No. 15 Kam Wah Street, the novelist is so fond of, but it statements alleged to have Shaukiwan, second floor, and Miss is not the England that is fighting Christmas-card- been made by Admiral Dar-Allce Soo Fong-yeung, of No. 30 this war-this

of England and-Hollywood-sort lan and with the develop-Tung Street. second floor;

could not fight a war for a couple ments in the matter of the

Mr. William Kang Po-choi, metre of days. Indo China - Thailand dis-i

tester, of No. 384 Prince Edward When German presad. second floor, and Miss Wong sure was resumed on the

Mul-fong, of No. 72 Thomson Road. Vichy Government in an at- first floor. tempt to obtain control of the French Flect and ports in

Library Topute?

Be Closed

LACK OF PUBLIC PATRONAGE

(Special To H.K. Daily Press) Hongkong's one and only Public

April One thousand nine hun dred and forty-one in respect of the

net amount capitalised fully paid shares of the Com pany of equivalent nominal! value in the propertion of one share for every three shares of the Company held by them respectively and that such shares so allotted shall rank for Library, housed in a portion of the dividends as from the 1st day old City Hall, wil be entirely clos- building which used to form the ed in a week or two, the Hongkong 2. That if on such distribu-Daily Press was officially informed man plans. tion as aforesaid any person yesterday. would be entitled to a fractional The reason given for the closure share the Directors shall, in was that, as the public did not seem to make much use of the library, lieu of issuing fractional cer the rooms it now occupies will be tificates, cause the whole share turned over to the use of a Govern- to be allotted to a person or ment Department. persons to be named by the

RUMOURS DENIED.

of July, 1941.

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WAR OF MACHINES

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"England is going on and 50 are the old, 'family places' though to tell you the truth I don't care how THEY going on. But the real Eng- tand is preparing to dish it out better than before. I wish, therefore, that Mrs Miller would turn out another poem: about this sort of England,”

SKATING MISHAP DENIED

"This is a war of machines, and most of the young men manning

Rumours current in town yester-. our guns and flying our Hurricanes have never seen the old family day that a 14-year-old Chinese places described in this poem, girl was involved in a fatal acci- "Bombs fell on Coventry. Bir-dent, while skating in the Cro

by bombs,

Of nese Press offering & reward $1,000 to anyone who could prove that such an accident did occur here.

I feel sure that all these rumours are being spread by some- one who want to harm our busi- iness."

the French North African lér in releasing two-million; mingham and Manchester and not Skating Rink on Monday night, colonies, Marshal Petain in- quintals of wheat for unoc-on the family places in Devon. were strenuously denied by Mr. C. dicated quite frankly that he cupied France, but the Bri-But don't mistake me here. The W. Wong, the general manager, was prepared to resist such tish Minister of Economic people in the old family places when interviewed by a reporter of can take it too, but the England the Hongkong Daily Press yester-' given а соп-

that is standing up to it and set-day. that his attitude constituted vincing reply when he declaring its teeth is smoky, industrial demands and it was apparent Warfare has

"The same rumours," said Mr. a serious check to the Ger-ed that Britain would be only England--an England of long wong. "were spread" about this too ready to help the people streets and of dreary little houses Rink about a week ago, as a result IT WAS NATURALLY ex- of unoccupied France if it which you now see flattened out of which I advertised in the Chi- pected that this same policy could be done without help- of resistance to aggressive de- ing Germany and that, in any mands would be pursued in case, Herr Hitler was only re- all other spheres where the turning to the French people independence of the French a small proportion of what Empire was threatened. This he had looted from France. Directors and such share shall, Rumours circulating that the gesture reacted most favour-There is no doubt that Ad- at such time as the Directors library will be converted to a muably on the Free French miral Darlan has a case in think fit, be sold and the seum, which the Colony formerly Forces which General de his appeal for a lifting of the

kept in the City Hall, were official- -proceeds distributed amongst denied yesterday by the secre Gaulle had organised to com- British blockade to permit

"It is very natural that to most the persons entitled to the tary of the library, Mr. W. Fryde, bat the Axis Powers in a food to reach the French people from overseas it is hard

Six applications for licences were fractions making up who said that they were absolutely effort to restore France to people from abroad, but the to picture a manufacturing, textile share.**

her former status with theuestion is one that he should making, ship-bullding England. It refused by the Urban Counc It was learned that books in good help of Britain and her allies. approach in a more concilia-is not the England that interests which met at the Council Chamber them, and they cannot help seeing yesterday evening with the Hon. condition will be handed to the Even when changes in the tory manner instead of makan England of quaint halls and Mr. W. J. Carrie in the chair. Education Department, while others constitution of the Vichy ing veiled threats of reprisals fashionable functions of Mayfait Licences granted by the Counell will be stored. Notlees asking for

By order of the Board of Directors,

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GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,

THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN.COMPANY LTD.

Notice to Shareholders

such

without foundation.

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"That is the England that is taking it, and that is the Eng- land that is going to dish it out, because beneath that smoke there is work going on which will make Field-Marshal Goering wish that the aero- planes and bombing had never been invented, DANGEROUS AND DECEPTIVE

land.

URBAN COUNCIL

MEETING

MacLeod (Vice-Chairman) Mr. A.

(Director of Public

the return of all books still in the /Cabinet were announced and if the British blockade inter-There is, of course, much that we between Feb. 26 and March 10, in- Dossession of holders of library tic-when it was noted that the eres with the movement of like to preserve, and I for one clusive. are:-Food tactories, one;

don't believe in rooting out the milk shop 1; eating houses, two. Agents. kets have been given and it is hop-aged Marshal was standing French cargo ships which are things that remind us of the past. Others present at the meeting

the reinstate-o be escorted by units of the But I do suggest that it is decep- yesterday were the Deputy Direc Hong Kong, 21st February, 1941. Jed that this will be completed without against

in two weeks. Up to the present ment of M. Laval in the Gov-French Fleet in future. In tive and dangerous to regard this NOTE:-

there are about 60 books which ernment it was regarded as the event of such proposals as the real England. It is deceptor of Health Services, Dr. N. C. Under the powers conferred have not yet been returned.

a heartening sign to those being made, there is every tive because such a Christmas- upon them by Article 12 of the

An interesting sidelight of this parts of the French Empire reason to believe that some card-and-Hollywood-sort of place B. Purves closure will be the effect it will

(Secretary for • Chinese which were Articles of Association of the

eager to join arrangement will be arrived could never challerge, with any Works), the Hon. Mr. R, A., C. have on the many unemployed who

hope of success, the might of the North forces with the Free French at with the co-operation of Nazi arms.

Affairs), the Hon. Mr. C. G. Perdue Company, the Directors' have frequently use the 1brary rooms, THE FIFTY-FOURTH OR decided to offer to Shareholders not only as a place where they can movement and who seemed the United States to permit "It is dangerous because if we (Commissioner of Police), Mr. F. C. DINARY ANNUAL MEETING on the Register on the 1st day have an opportunity of improving to be waiting a sigh from food shipments reaching un- are fighting for democracy then Hall Mr. C. F. Bellamy, M.C.. OF SHAREHOLDERS will be of April 1941, one share at par their education, but also as a place Vichy to make an organised occupied France. As far as there is not much democracy to a el Arculli, Dr. 8. N. Chau, Mr. held at the Office of Messrs. for every complete three shares where they can look at the "Posi-move against the conquerors the Vichy's Government's po- Bght about in that sort of Eng-B. Wong Tape, Mr. Tang Shiu-kin. M.B.E. Dr. A. M. Rodrigues, the tions Vacant" Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. held by them (excluding the

advertisements in of their motherland. Since licy in other spheres is con-

Hon. Mr. LJ Tse-fong, Mr. C. J. Roe THE OTHER ENGLAND the newspapers. WEDNESDAY, the 26th Bonus Shares to be offered to

then Vichy's policy has be-cerned, there is a strong be-

"But the other England is the (Sec) and Mr. Im Ping-tseung (as- The library is quite well furnish- MARCH, 1941, at NOON, for them under the preceding resolu jed

come more obscure and, in ef that Marshal Petain is real democratic England, and it is s'st. sec.). as regards reading matter the purpose of receiving the tion) upon the terms that pay which ranges from newspapers to

some measure, contradictory. merely playing for time, as in this truly industrial democratic Report of the Directors and the ment for such shares shall be books, varying from fiction to

Admiral Darlan's continual shown in the developments England that you find the hard Statement of Accounts for the made to the Company's Bankers, science, and popular periodicals,

meetings with M. Laval in in the dispute between Indo- centre and very core of this re- Paris was not considered ex-China and Thailand. Here year ended 31st DECEMBER, The Hongkong & Shanghai Bunk.

"This is the England that actly conducive to the stiffen- the negotiations have not

we love not because that it is ing Corporation, Hong Kong

ing attitude which Marshal been shaping out exactly as quaint, because it is not, not The Transfer Books of on or before the 30th September

Petain had taken up and now the Japanese would have the because it is charming, because the Company will be CLOSED 1941 and that Shareholders be

comes the extraordinary re- rest of the world believe and It is not, but because it contains from SATURDAY, the 15th given power to renounce their

the ordinary decent, English people who take a whale of a MARCH, 1941, to WEDNES rights under such offer and that informed by Mr. B. C. Fay, Acting port that Admiral Darlan has there are suggestions that

lot to rouse, but who, once DAY, the 26th MARCH, 1941, no rights attach to any fractions. A.D.C. to EE the Acting Governor, made a statement that the any complete surrender to

they are roused, will not give both days Inclusive.

The shares taken up under the Lt-Gen. E. F. Norton, that the Germans have proved more Japan's proposals might still with resistance from

In to anybody. above offer shall rank for divid steady improvement in His Excel-generous than the British in meet

this French "These are the poeple that Herr ends as from 1st day of July 1941. lency's condition has been main- the latter's blockade which the people in

Mr. F. Brett, Chief Junk Inspec- tained and that "His Excellency is has prevented foodstuffs from colony. The time Formal letters of offer, acceptance now very much better."

is ap-Hitler does not know. How could

het After the fall of France the tor, Harbour Department, is leaving reaching unoccupied France, proaching when Vichy's po Natis announced that the war was for Australla on four months leave and renunciation will be sent to Els Excellency will, however, not

STATEMENT THE

was icy will have to be clarified all over bar the shouting. They at the end of March, Mr. J. L Shareholders as soon as possible he attending any functions for an-

a greater extent than. It is expected that England would pack Stephens will be in charge during after April 1st next.

other few days; on the advice of doubtless "made" on the so- "126 his doctora.

called generosity of Herr Hit-Fat.present.

1941.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

CAM. MANNERS,

Secretary & Manager. Hong Kong, 7th March, 1941.

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GEN. NORTON BETTER

The Hongkong Dally Press was.

sistance to Nazism.

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NEWSETTES

The

Club Hongkong Rotary weekly tiffin held at the Hongkong Hotel yesterday,

a closed meeting.

Was

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The death occurred on February 18, 1941, at, Canton, of Alice Joy MacDonald Little, wife of Mr. L. K.

Chinese Little, of the

Customs Service..

Mr. Brett's absence.