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EDITORIAL

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS The Daily Press

NOTICE.

The Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd. hereby give notice that, due to increased coal costs. Gas charges will be revised as from the March meter readings by an increase of 50 cents per 1000 cu. ft, and a reduction in present discount rates,

NEW DISCOUNT SCALE.

First 5,000 cu. It.

NET

On Cost of next 5,000 cu. ft. 3%

"

+3

D

15,000,10%

+

25,000

"...15%

...50,000 .29%

., all over 100,000

25%

153

THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY

CO., LTD..

4% DEBENTURES

NOTICE IS GIVEN that INTEREST for the six months ending 31st MARCH, 1941, on the above DEBENTURES will be payable at the OFFICES of the COM. PANY on that date.

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC

HONGKONG REALTY AND TRUST COMPANY,

LIMITED.

(Incorporated under the Companies Ordinances of Hong Kong)

COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held in the "P. & 0.) Building, Victoria, in the Colony of Hong Kong at 11.15 o'cloch

NOTICE IS HEREBY in the forenoon on Thursday, the GIVEN that the Ordinary Yearly 20th day of March, 1941, or as Meeting of Shareholders of Hong soon thereafter as the Ordinary Kong Resity and Trust Company, General Meeting of the Company Limited, will be held at the shall have terminated for the Registered Office of the Company, purpose of considerlag and, if Exchange Building (2nd Floor), thought fit, passing the following

resolutions:-

F. C. BARRY,"

Secretary.

報西剌孖

Editorial and Business Office: 15-19. Queen's Road Central. Tel 33235.

CORRESPONDENCE

DANCE COMMITTEE OF "A.N.S.

(The Editor, H.K. Daily Press) Sir.--May I through your columns extend the grateful thanks of the Dance Committee of the Auxiliary Nursing Service to all the ladies, gentlemen and firms who contributed to making our London Office: 59, Fleet Street dance a success, and particularly

E.C.4.

tei-

Night Editor (Wanchai Ofice):

Tel. 24511.

HONGKONG, MARCH 18, 1941.

"TOTAL EFFORT"

IN AMERICA

on the

Carol Bateman, Mrs. F. C. Barry, Mrs. Doak, Mrs." Eu Tong Sen. Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Lebon, Miss Naylor, Mra, Perdue. A K, Dimond. Esquire, H. Graye, Esquire, Lt. Commander J. -C. Grenham, R.N.V.R. J. · L. Isley, Esquire, Major C. M Manners, Eunice,

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The

TUESDAY,

MARCH 18, 1941,

་་

Mr. C. E. Terry, President of the Hongkong St. Patrick's Society, laying a wreath at the Cenotaph yesterday at noon,--

(King's Studio).

LIFE ON BOARD

MODERN WARSHIPS: EVERY SAILOR

A TECHNICAL EXPERT

much

men.

Des Voeux Road Central, Hong PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S Peninsula Hotel, Garde Price & Kong, on Wednesday, the 19th scathing denunciation of Co. Ltd.. John D. Hutchison & Cu..

dictatorships **I. That the Directors be March, 1941, at 11.30 a.m., for the

those The Talkoo Sugar Refinery, A. §. and they are hereby authoris the purpose of receiving a State. modern tyrants and their so- Watson & Co. Ltd., Caldbeck Mat ed to capitalise the sum o meni of Accounts and the Report called New Order" as he des-gregor & Co. Ltd., Hung Cheong. Road. The Asiatic them-has revealed Petroleum Co. s. c. Ltd.. $3,000,000 Hongkong currency, of the Board of Directors for the cribed

The part of the undivided profits at year ended on the 31st December, what is undoubtedly the most chartered Bank of India. the Company standing to the 1940, and re-electing two Dspectacular defeat that Herr Australia and China. Ltd., credit of the Company's Re-rectors and the Auditors. Hitler and his partners in Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd., The Pharmacy, The Sun Co., serve Fund, and to allot to the! e Transfer Books of the aggression have ever suffered George Falconer & Co. Ltd.. H An interesting account of, how the work done by men members holding shares of the Company will be closed from sident certainly set a prece-Matheson & Co. Ltd., Lane Craw given on Sunday by CAPTAIN HENRY (TAFFRAIL") in the present war. The Pre-Ruttonjeë and Son. Jardine on warships have changed since the war broke out was Company as on the first day of Thursday, the 6th March, 1941, dent for outspoken criticism ford, Ltd, An Man Hing Cheon DOWLING, when he broadcast from London. He pointed April. One thousand nine hun to Wednesday, the 19th March, and his words are regarded Mackintosh's Ltd., The China dred and forty-one in respect of 1941, both days inclusive.

National Aviation Corporation, out how the men had to be ready for action day and night. as almost implying active The the net amount capitalised

Colonial Dispensary Ltd.. and tried to picture the strenuous life they led. By Order of the Board, participation in Britain's war Helen's Beauty Salon. Imperical HEREBY fully paid shares of the Com

than that of a non-belli-Chemical Industries Ltd., Kayam-

"Every section of the sky "The Navy is not given pany of equivalent nominal

gerent non-neutral,

Co... That ally &

Malzles. Standard has to be watched for those publicity." went on **Tafirall,”** value in the proportion of one

seems to be the impression Vacuum Oil Co., Union lasurance tiny shapes which may herald "In the Admiralty communiques share for every three shares of Hong Kong, 12th February 1941. created

Society of Canton, Lid Weing an enemy air attack," said you hear little of the actual war ordinary Hing Chinaware Co.. "Ye Olde " the Company held by them]*, ***

at sea and the life of the 36lay mind, which

Taffrall," believes Printerle, The Bank of the Second flutter on the waves which ques have told us quite a lot about and for every In the last few months communi- now that America's entry into Battalion, Royal Scots. the war against the Axis

may mean the presence of a the work of the Mediterranean Our special thanks are due to i dividends as from the 1st day THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC Powers is only a matter of the local press, both English and

submarine.

The look-outs Fleet under Admiral Sir Andrew of July, 1941.

time. Indeed, the same im-Chinese, for a very valuable pub have to be doubled and there Cunningham and I need not tell.

licity. pression appears to have

can be no relaxation of the you again how much the Mediter- Yours faithfully,

ranean Fleet has arisen

watch.

helped in the America itself, would be entitled to a fractional Notice is hereby given that the where Mr. Wendell Willkte's

GERTRUDE M. MACGREGOR |

campaign in Libya. Chairman, Dance Committee.

"But the whole Navy has share the Directors shall, in Fifty-second Ordinary

Yearly suggestion

that the Pre-

A.N'S.

been working in their areas as lieu of issuing fractional cer Meeting will be held at the Can sident's objectives will be the

well. Take the raid on the tificates, cause the whole share pany's Registered Office, 4th

more readily attainable if he

Lofoten Islands and" the work to be allotted to a person or Floor, P. & O. Building on delegates authority to a De-

of others who have to be en- persons to be named by the Thursday, 20th March, 1941 at fence "Commission is inter-

stantly moving up and down Directors and such share shall, 11 a.m. for the purpose of presentpreted as a cautious reminder

the coast

the English at such time as the Directorsing the Report of the Directors that the United States should-Authoritative Chinese quarters "A warship, today may carry'

Channel and round the British Isles. think fit, be sold and the together with a Statement of be kept out of being embroil- yesterday categorically denied the variety of guns, from 18-inch in

LIFE UN BOARD proceeds distributed amongst Accounts to 31st December, 1940 ed in any hostilities unless rumours circulated by the Japanese the turrets to the pom-poms for

"Thurair next referred to the persons entitled to the and electing Directors and Audi- the Axis Powers extend their chinese aircraft factory in Yun- "and the crews have to be highly warships None of them knew Domel Agency to the effect that a fighting aircraft," said "Taffrail," life of the men: on board the fractions making up such tors

aggression to American innan had recently been removed to trained. share,"

Each gun bas its own where they i were

THE REGISTER OF DE BENTURES will be closed from TUESDAY, 25th MARCH, 1941. to MONDAY, 31st MARCH, 1941, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of DEBENTURES can be register-

ed.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

O. EAGER.

Secretary.

Hong Kong, 18th March, 1941.

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CHINA LIGHT & POWER

CO., LTD..

NOTICE TO CONSUMERS.

Notice is hereby given that the Company's standard charges will be increased as from 17th March, 1941, by adding a 10% surcharge amounts chaiged for electricity consumed for lighting and power as per meters read on and after 24th April, 1941.

to the

The existing scale of discounts will remain in force,

By order of the Board of Directors,

D. W. MUNTON,

Manager.

Hong Kong, 8th March, 1941

139

THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN COMPANY LTD,

Notice to Shareholders'

THE FIFTY FOURTH OR

respectively and that such shares so allotted shall rank for

2. That if on such distribu› tion as aforesaid any person

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

Agents. Hong Kong, 21st February, 1941, [NOTE —

CO., LTD..

By order of the Board of

Directors, GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Agents.

in

READY FOR ACTION The speaker went on to describe how anti-aircraft guns nad to kept in a manner ready for in- When anyone went

CHUNGKING DENIES stant artion.

PACT RUMOURS

on board a modern warship would find a mass of complicated CHUNGKING Mar. 17 (Central) machinery.

Alliance. The rumours. were des.

their systems is not an exag- gerated one. The manner in which Herr. Hitler side-step-

"Seamanship itself has not changed much in 25 years, but weapons do change very rapid- ly and it is to use these wea- pens that your modern seaman scientist exists. In one form

away.

going to" and

The Register of Members of terests. Whether this inter-Burma which, the agency alleged, system of firing rules and all these what they were going to do when the Company will be closed from pretation is correct or not, indicated the imminent conclusion requirements have created a new they received orders to steam 8th March to 20th March, 1941 there is no doubt of the of Anglo-American Military breed of seamen

They spent 25 days & both days inclusive, during which tremendous moral effect of cribed as being entirely baseless.

month at sea and there was not period no transfer of shares can the President's speech." The

much, comfort for them with the" Axis Powers: may well be pic-

ships blackened down at night be registered,

and the guns manned for instant tured as reeling under this

faction powerful verbal thrust which

Even In

their briet spells In has been aptly described as!

or another, "every sailor дож

harbour there was little incentive- the first blow of the spring

becomes a technical expert and to go ashore and he knew mer offensive of the Democracies. Ped making any reference to

that applies to every branch of who had not stepped outside their the President's speech con-

the service."

shipa for six months. Most men IT IS NOT, however, diffi- firms this. After all, what cult to see exactly what Pre-reply could even Herr Hitier had been on board every class of deal in their spare time and many The speaker mentioned that he on these warships read a great

g2 sident Roosevelt intended to have made

to this frank ticularly was

battleship. What struck him, pa,of them bad their own hobbies. make plain to the world at avowal of America's intention crews

that today theiri. There was also plenty of work were drawn from large it was to make a final to stand solidly behind Bri- part of the British Empire. On a clean and efficient, said Taffrall," evers to be done in keeping the ships declaration that the United tain and her allies and to the cruiser he visited there were two who concluded with paying States would never again vehement criticism of their Canadian officers, two New Zea-stering tribute to Admital Bir stand for any form of ap-methods?, Herr Hitler is cerThe commander had paid a tribute

landers and one South African. Andrew Cunningham. peasement or compromise tainly not in any position to to 25 seamen on board from New with the aggressors; that the deny any of the charges made Zealand. The oldest man on board United States was wholly and against him and the monsters was the sea-cook, who wes 59, and i

Under the powers conferred upon them by Article 12 of the Articles of Association of the Company, the Directors have Hong Kong, 21st February, 1941. decided to offer to Shareholders

on the Register on the 1st day

of April 1941, one share at par

for every complete three shares!

held by them (excluding the CHINESE

Bonus Shares to be offered to

them under the preceding resolu NATIONAL PRESS

tion) upon the terms that pay ASSOCIATION

meat for such shares shall be

made to the Company's Bankers, CHUNGKING, Mar. 17 (Reuter; determinedly resolved to help of inhumanity that he has the youngest was a bugler of the! The Hongkong & Shanghai Bank --Fullowing yesterday's inaugura- the cause for which Britain, gathered around him to do Royal Marines, who was 15. ing Corporation, Hong Kong tion of the Chinese National Press Greece and China were bat- his bidding. Nor is he able on or before the 30th September Association, the first national press tling so gallantly; that the to belittle the strengthening 1941 and that Shareholders be body in China, the Association United States

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cabled separately to the press of

peoples.

4

CONFERENCE

.."I need not tell you that he will spare no effort to repeat what he did against the Ita- Hans In the Mediterranean against the Germans," said the speaker."

媳

BRANCHES

In order to facilitate remittan-

Seas regions.

twa

would now of the resistance against him ACADEMIA SINICA KWANGTUNG BANK given power to renounce their the United States, Britain, the throw the whole weight of by America's decision. What tights under such offer and that Soviet Union, Germany and France her resources, financial and the German Fuehrer is now no rights attach to any fractions.arging closer co-operation for the material, into a "total effort" faced with is the problem of The first annual conference of ces by overseas Chinese to China, The shares taken up under the furtherance of closer understand on the side of the Democra- beating the time factor and the 2nd Advisory Council of the the Provincial Bank of Kwangtung above offer shall rank for divide the relations of their cies; and that, in short, the to do this he will wield his Academia Sinica, was adjourned on is planning to set up more bran- ends as from 1st day of July 1941:1 The press of 24 provinces, and Axis Powers should no longer ruthless power now on his da

Saturday following a two-day ses-ches and agencies in the South Formal letters of offer, acceptance municipalities and renunciation will be sent to including Shanghai and Hongkong. America and her people stand associated with him and the the conference included the forma try of Finance has given approval were represented. have any doubts of just where own people and those who are Important resolutions passed at It is understood that the Minis-

· DINARY ANNUAL MEETING Shareholders as soon as possible,

The manifestoes, while pledging and that they should realise, hapless victims OF SHAREHOLDERS will be after April 1st next."

who have tion of a Chinese Society for the to the establishment of a branch fullest support for the Govern for all time, that no amount been brought under his heel. Promotion of Academic Studies at Kuala Lumpur and another at held at the Office of Messrs.

ment, urged Government to allow of propaganda or threat, vile, He gave the world a brief in-Academic Conference in collabora- of the Bingapore Branch of the the convocation of a National Ipoh, Mr. Yun Ying-po, an official Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.

the press to give full and con- on WEDNESDAY, the ́· 26th

criticisms subtle or cunningly organised, dication of this when he tion with the Ministry of Exuick-Bank, is said to have been com structive reports and ARMED ROBBERY without which the success of Cal- would haye. MARCH, 1941, at NOON, for

the slightest warned the German people tion, and an annual appropriation missioned to organise the Li Choi, 41, shop keeper, was the nese resistance and reconstruction chance of shaking the United that they will have to make of $10,000 for offering academic offices. (Central Newa). the purpose of receiving the victim of an armed robbery last would be greatly obstructed. States from the position she greater sacrifices and that courses Report of the Directors and the night when three men, two armed

in memory of T. Tsa‡ Statement of Accounts for the with a revolver, entered his house,

has taken. The most critical- they would soon have to face Xuan-pel, the late President oľ ly-minded Americans must the test of their staying pow~

the Academia Sintea. year ended 31st DECEMBER, No. 5, Ngau Chi Wal Village at 9.20 1941.

and atole $4. The robbers were TO FATHERLAND as a definite assurance that and overwhelming last, seen in the direction of Shek

action were awarded to La Kán ($1,500), The Transfer Books of Ku Lung Village

Approximately US. $15,000,000 the Dictatorships cannot win was promised them-no more and Wang Chen-to ($500). Hon $100.000 relief funds and despatch- the Company will be CLOSED Money and jewellery, valued at has been contributed by overseas this war when the result of boasts of bringing Britain to orary awards were given to Li Liu-ed a number of relist units to the

$417, were stolen when someone chinese in North and South the country's "total effort" heel on some particular day MARCH, 1941, to WEDNES. gained entrance into No. 80, Peel America in aid of the fatherland gets into its stride and in or month was held up to his scholarship for the current year The LI Chun-cheng Memorial Street, ground floor, the residence since the outbreak of the Sino- that assurance lies the most listeners. The best that the was awarded to Ll Shang-yim, stood, has also petitioned the Na- DAY, the 26th MARCH, 1941. of Leung Ho-ki, in the early hours Japanese Hostilities, according to complete answer to any fears German radio could do to Chang Fang-tao, Kung Shu- tional Relief Commission for an both days Inclusive,

of yesterday morning,

Shanghai by the President Pierce, that the United States will be cheer up the German people and Hou Yung-yi who jointly in. Convicted of obtaining $30 and Of this amount about $10,000,000 committed to participation in was to repeat that, despite the vented the new small-sized spin- appropriation of $200,000 for relief three pieces of clothings from Chu was contributed by the overseas the hostilities, whether she is decision of the United States ning meenin Cheuk-wing by false pretences, Chinese in the United States. herself attacked or not,

It was decided to hold the, next- to help Britain, England Wong Cheung-mun, 26, was

Ben-It is understood that most of the THE PICTURE of the Axis would be destroyed The test/nnust conference in Chungking. tenced to two months hard la- overseas Chinese make monthly

in March 1942

Iuncheon party given by bour by Mr. HC, Macnamara yes-donations of U.S. $5 each (Cen- Powers recolling from this of this statement will soon Members of the 2nd Advisory fur

Chiang 130 iterday.-

Itral News) S

bitter attack on them and come.

Council were entertained ar

from SATURDAY, the 15th

By Order of the Board of Directors.

C. M. MANNERS,

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

HUGE DONATIONS accept the President's speech er. No more quick, decisive Scholarships for the current year The Yang Chuan Memorial

overseas Chinese who arrived in

taan and Lu Shih-hsien,

RELIEF FUNDS The Kwanglung Provincia? Re tiet Commission has remitted

districts in southwestern Kwang- tung recently recovered from the 'Japanese.

The Commission, it is under-

tri those areas (Central News),