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6-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

EDITORIAL

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS State Lottery

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Ct.

"PUBLIC AUCTION.

PARTICULARS AND CON

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

PARTICULARS AND CON. DITIONS of the Sale by Public DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, Auction to be held on Monday, the 19th day of May, 1941, at the

19th day of May, 1941, p.ni., at the Offices of the Public at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Works Department, by Order of Public Works Department, by His Excellency the Governor of Order of His Excellency the one Lot of Crown Land at Governor of one Lot of Crown North Point, in the Colony

Land at Pokfulam Road, in the of Hong Kong for a term of

Colony of Hong Kong for n 75 years, with the option of

term of 21 years. renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Ma jesty the KING, for one further term of 75 years. --

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis- posal of the lot the Purchaser (If not the applicant) will be ro- Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis quired to deposit with an authoris. posal of the let the Purchasered officer who will be present at not the applicant) will be the sale, the sum of two hundred This an dollars, ($200) In cash. to deposit with required authorised officer who will be sum will be refunded on payment present at the sale, the sum of of the Purchase price. two hundred dollars, ($200) in

cash. This sum will be refunded PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. on payment of the Purchase

price.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT

No. of Salo,

Locality.

The Mui Road,

Inland Lot

2628 and 2099.

That Td Lots

No. 6155

Nos. 33

North

Registry No.j

int

Boundary

Measure

ments.

As per

gale plan.

Contents La

Annual

Square feet.

Rental.

Upset Price:

About

6.000

130

no

The purchaser of the lot will be

required to pay to the auctioneer in cash the sum of $900.00 (being] 10% of the upset price) immedi ately after, the fall of the hammer, the balance of the premium being paid in accordance with the Con ditions of Sale.

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No. of

Bale.

Garden Lot

Registry, No

No. 180.

between Rural

Nos, 422 & 440:

Building Lota

Pokfulam Hord

Locality

Boundary

Measure

ments:

As por

sale plan

Contents in

ADEL

3.420

Square feet.

Rental

Upset Price

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HONG KONG/CALCUTTA FREIGHT CONFERENCE.

Effective 20th Instant, all rates to Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon will be increased by 20% (tran. shipment rates increased 25%). Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. Hon. Secretaries, Hong Kong/Calcutta Conference 16th May, 1941,

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HONGKONG, MAY 14, 1941.

Hongkong

BY A STAFF REPORTER..

For

•

On June 22, 1940, the Hongkong General Chamber of RE- Commerce wrote to the Government stating that PRESENTATIONS HAVING BEEN RECEIVED THAT GOV- ERNMENT BE REQUESTED TO ORGANISE A LOTTERY FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING WAR FUNDS," that re- presentative body of commercial houses in Hongkong was in " support of the proposal on the grounds that it would appeal to a large section of the community which would not be reached by appeals for voluntary contributions."

Despite this support, Gov- various patriotic funds now re-

celye. ernment decided, however, "TO POSTPONE CONST- DERATION OF THIS MAT- TER FOR THE TIME BE- ING."

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1941.

ACHIEVEMENTS OF EMPIRE FORCES IN EAST AFRICA: END OF CAMPAIGN SOON

The outstanding achievements of the Empire Forces in the war in East Africa and the imminent liquidation of the whole campaign in that theatre of the hostilities form- ed the subject of interesting comment by MAJÓR LEWIS HASTINGS, the B.B.C. military commentator, when he broadcast from London yesterday.

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оп Cash-sweeps, the other händ, will neither pall nar lose its hold on the public. So long as human nature is what it is, there will always be thousands who are prepared to "have a futter." The hope to. "get rich quick" is ever alive in the human mind and few, if any, could resist the tempta- tion of getting $50,000 ON AN INVESTMENT OF $1. The tre- mendous demands for cash- sweep tickets have proved this contention över and over again. SOURCE OF REVENUE

To be popular, and so to obtain Government's work is to help to

the best possible results, tickets for win this war and to do everything the lottery should be issued at $10 perial forces is a supreme military end will be long in coming now. I in its power to encourage the peo-each--but divisable into ten shares achievement" said Major Hastings don't see much possibility of any ple to contribute to the common

"Recent developments in mense numbers of prisoners and the Near East

towar have,

material. They have some extent; distracted our quered the whole of British and Italian Somaliland and have vir- thoughts from the achieve-

tually destroyed the Italian Air ments of the Empire forces Force. in East Africa," said Major

TRANSPORT DIFFICULTIES Hastings: The resistance

The story is not yet complete. there of the Duke of Aosta's The Italian

forces, which in→ army is slowly coming to an elude a proportion of those who end I think."

ded from Asmara still remain FEATURES OF CAMPAIGN and they may be able to hold out

Our for some time yet.

trans- Major Hastings then went on to

port difficulties in this immense deal with the events leading up to

area must undoubtedly be great. the entry of the British forces in

"The outlet of the railway is Abyssinia and said that now that in Dibuti, which is in French the Emperor Halle Selassie Was

territory, and so barred from our once again installed in his capital, use and there is no doubt that It would be of interest to look back our striking force has been dimi- jor some of the features of that nished by reasons of sending rein-

extraordinary campaign.

"What has been done by the In-

The savage bombing of Lon- don on Saturday should con- vince the authorities that this war cannot be won with kid gloves on-that it is an "all out " war, and that chivalry and rules of warfare are ex- tinct as dinosaurs.

forcements to the north.

-"Nevertheless, I don't think the

RUDOLPH HESS sponsored by responsible parties and supported by the General HE SENSATION created by Chamber of Commerce, the au- THE

the dramatic arrival in thorities are neglecting a most the Hongkong Jockey Club, could

be either monthly or quarterly. Scotland of Herr Hitler's valuable source of revenue.

SUGGESTED FIGURES

cause. By refusing to consider the of $1 per share. In other words; "In four months, the Empire For-reinforcements coming in from the proposal for a STATE LOTTERY & purchaser may elther buy the ces aided by the Free French Germans and, the distance from whole number or a portion of that forces, have penetrated a country Libya to this part over 2,000 ticket. Drawings. facilities for of mountains and desert, broken to miles and any attempt to land which will doubtless be offered by pieces the well equipped and well planes taking infantry there willi

organised Italian army and driven be a difficult job." the remnants of the enemy to Major Hastings stated that there their last stronghold.”

were two factors which made it. Referring to the Italian cam- imminent that the campaign was against Abyssinia. Major soon drawing to a close. The Arst

to

man; Friday," Herr Rudolph What are Government's objec- The following Is offered for

the lottery? On the Government's possible, acceptance.paign Hess, has, of course, aroused tions a great deal of speculation as grounds of encouraging gambling If adopted, the local contribution Hastings said that the present war was Britain's complete mastery of

or degradation of morals? Is It to the real motives which more moral to accept, a contributo the War Fund will be streng- had shown how hopeless the task the air in that area and that prompted the Fuehrer's most tion from the Jockey Club said thened by over a million dollars of the Abyssinians was in the face the Italians would have to operate

of the modern weapons of war against hostile populations. trusted Heutenant to leave contribution being part of the

used by their attackers.

lottery?

statc

per drawing.

issued at $10 BACH.... $3,000,000 LESS allowance for -

unsold lekets...$150,000

98 Commission to Sellers

The purchaser of the lot will be the Nazi camp as he did. nett proceeds" of a special cash- 300.000 TICKETS to be required to pay to the auctioneer There is no information yet sweep than to organise a in cash the sum of $17.00 (being of what Herr Hess himself 10% of the upset price) immedi has had to say about his es- ately after the fall of the hammer, capade, but what has already the balance of the premium being become apparent is that the paid in accordance with the Con Berlin story of hallucina-

ditions of Sale, *

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THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,

LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

A STATE LOTTERY DOES NOT ENCOURAGE GAMBLING -it discourages the organising of illegal lotteries like tse-fa and po-pui as no one. in his

in senses, would invest an illegal lottery when there exists Government lotteries.

......... 150.000

300,000 30.000 Prizes for

Terminal Nos.... 300,000

DEDUCTION. FOR WAR FUNDS (51 per cent.)

DIFFERENT TASK

"There is no doubt", concluded Major Hastings, "that the Italians "Our own task was different," have been instructed to keep on continued Major Hastings, "Op-fighting here, as long as possible, of our forces posed to us was the Duke of Aosta's but the impetus trained army, with ample supplies, will defeat this and General Can- a great modern air force and ningham will take care thousands of armoured vehicles, so." 600,000 and tanks. Nevertheless, the speed and skill of our advance has done $2,400,000 the impossible.

"The first blow was struck by

that it

REICH AND THAI

1.224,000 the northern column, which after TO" EXCHANGE

occupying Kassala and Exitrea.

Amount for appro-. started a drive which took them ARMY ATTACHES

priation as prizes: $1,176,000 to the Red Sea. This force met

tions," which led them to fall into the trap of announcing that this important leader of

If Government could accept the Nazi Party had commit donations which are "part of the ted suicide, indicates that nett proceeds" of cash-sweeps, it there is a great deal of the should not be difficult for them to sinister behind the whole stop being squeamish about con-

ducting their own sweeps. episode. The details of this

LIST OF PRIZES most dramatic incident of the LOTTERIES V. TAXATION 1 FIRST PRIZE whole war are, indeed, most Taxation, it is true, goes a can-1 SECOND PRIZE illuminating. The Berlin ver-siderable way but, if carried too THIRD PRIZE ston, which sought to anti- far, will bring the standard of FOURTH PRIZE The Seventy-second Ordinary

cipate the action taken by Living, pitiably low as it now is 1 FIFTĖ PRIZE

still lower. Voluntary contribu-10 Prizes of $2,000 General Meeting of Shareholders Herr Hess, is given the lie tions pall after the first flush of 50 Prizes of $1,000 PARTICULARS AND CON will be held at the Offices of the direct by the actual facts as enthusiasm as can be seen by com- 100 Prizes of $560 DITIONS of the Sale by Public undersigned on Wednesday, the received from London. The paring the "takings" of the Arst 200 Prizes of $250 Auction to be held on Monday, 21st May, 1941, at Noon, "for

Nazi attempt, therefore, to few days, or weeks, with what the 500 Prizes of $100 the 19th day of May, 1941, the purpose of receiving the account for the incident as at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Report of the General Managers, the act of a man who was Public Works Department, by Ortogether with a statement der of His Excellency the Gover Accounts for the year ended the

of one Lot

Crown 31st December, 1910.

tor

· PUBLIC AUCTION.

of

fixed by the Surveyor of Hu Majesty the KING, for one fur- ther term of 75 years.

authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) | In cash. This sum will be refunded! on payment of the Purchase

THE HONGKONG & YAUMATI FERRY CO., LTD,

mentally unbalanced fails to taking off on his lone fight- At in with Herr Hitler's orders and it is doubtful whether for the arrest of Herr Hess's the true facts. will ever be

cult to conceal from his peo- SUCH AN ACTION by Herr ple the reaction which this Hitler hardly coincides with incident will have on the Nazi

1,000 Prizes of $50 2,500 Prizes of $20 Two Supplementary 1st Prizes of $7,500 each... Two Supplementary 2nd Prizes of $2,000 each... Two Supplementary 3rd Prizes of $1,000 each...

34.371 Prizes.

500,000 200.000 100,000 25.000 10,000 20,000

with the strongest opposition." BANGKOK, May 13 (Reuter) —-- Major Hastings then turned to Interesting tit-bits in, nififtary, in- the fighting for Kerin, where he telligence are broadcast by the said an Italian army of 40.000 held Thai Radio.

A new military command, com- positions which might have been. impregnable. A series of attacks prising 25 battalions, has been had to be made by the Imperial created in- the south where Thai-

bas Band

50.000 forces under heavy fire. Here the Malaya.

50,000 Indian troops made a worthy con- 50,000 telbution to victory and it was 30,000 the capture of Kerin that saaled 50.000 the fate of the enemy. 50,000

MORE DRAMATIC

land frontier with

"As changes and improvements are being carried out in the Ger- man and Japanese armies," the That authorities.contemplate send- ing several Thai officers to be at- Even more dramatic was the tached to those aimles. 15,000 werk of the column which had For the first time, Germany and operated from the south. It was Thailand are shortly sending mili- 4,000

there that General Cunningham tary attaches to their respective: had issued his stirring order of the legations in Bangkok and Berlin. day to his men in asking them to emulate the deeds of their com- rades in Libya,

2,000

$1,176,000

Conditions were different and instead of the plains of Northern

HOTEL RUNNER Libya, the southern columns were

JJ

FINED

WOOL MARKET

IN INDIA

called upon to face the heat of BALUCHISTAN, May 13 (Reuter tropical valleys and the peaks of-Wool may now find a market tô the Ethiopian plateau: They had India

Ababa to the north,

:

COMMITTEE

Land at Repulse Bay Road, in The Sbare Register and adjutants for having permit-made known to the world- the Colony of Hong Kong for a Transfer Books will be closed ted him to set off on his Herr Hitler will find it diffi-! term of 75 years, with the option

from the 7th May to the 21st)" farewell trip." of renewal, at a Crown Rent to be

May, 1941, both days inclusive, JARDINE, MATHESON &

the act of a friend and lends Party Itself. Herr Hess had CO., LTD.

colour to the assumption that proved himself an invaluable Intending bidders are advised General Managers. a serious rift must have oc-figure in this Nazi organisa- (Lat Immediately after the db The Hongkong Fire Insuranccurred between the German tion and was credited even For attempting to bring into the to deal with dust, swamps and. The matter is under considera- posal of the lot the Purchaser

Co., Ltd.,

Fuehrer and his close asso-by" the Fuehrer with having Colony 50 unstamped letters from ravines in the mountains. Nothing tion with the Government, and (if not the applicant) will be

tireless efforts Hongkong an offence under the could have been done without the local authorities, at their request, required to deposit with an Hong Kong, 30th April, 1941. clate for many years. If, as contributed

Defence Regulatioris (non-Postal

use of the military road which the are to be given details as to the 227 one report so aptly puts it, towards perfecting the sys Communications)-Chee Ah Kow, Italian had built from Mogadishu quantities of the wool which can

Herr Hess was suffering from tem which enabled Herr Hit-la hotel runner, and Yeong Kien, & a disease for so many years, ler to rule his people. His woman, who had brought the let to the capital and from Addis be secured in Baluchistan. would it not be correct to reward from his leader was to ters with her from Hongkong by "Here again there were, diffi- assume that its effect must be placed second in the list ship were each fined $50 or two caltles to be surmounted", sald HELLENIC NATIONAL months rigorous imprisonment, by have been to create the im- of successors to the German Mr. Conrad Oldham, in the second Major Hastings. The Italian en-

gineers had devoted their skill | pression in Herr Hess's mind Fuehrer and a great deal of police court, Singapore.

CAIRO, May 13 (Reuter)—An that Germany could not win explaining will have to be Admitting the charge, the woman to demolition. The road was blown the war and that Herr Hitler furnished by the Nazi Party said that she had been given, the over the hillsides, tunnels dyna- overseas Hellenie National Com- sought to dispense with his to account for this sudden letters by some people in Hongkong mited and every bridge, destroyed. mittee has been officially created

to be given to people whom she But nothing could stop the Empire will, of received contretemps... services when

forces, The Seventeenth Annual Gen

that impression

his course, be interesting to hear knew in Singapore.

She said that the letters, which eral Meeting of Shareholders

former colleague? If this is what Herr Hess himself will had been wrapped up, were hand- "They soon captured Mogadishu America South Africa and Aus- will be held at the Company's the hallucination to which have to say about his hallu-ed by her to the hotel runner when and took thousands of prisoners tralia where there are large en Office at the Jordan Road Ferry the Berlin version refers, then cinations." There may be the landed in Eingapore.

and struck north. On March 17munities anxious to carry on the She, however, admitted that she they reached Jijiga. Harrar was Pier, Kowloon, on Saturday; the Herr Hess must. be credited other explanations for his 17th May, 1941 at 11.00 a... with having a great deal more conduct, but one cannot help had been on her way from Hong-occupied on March 27 and two days

kong to Penang,"

later the armies were at Diredawa

NEW MAYOR OF for the purpose of receiving the vision and common sense failing to see the tiny seed of

Chee Ab Kow, the hotel runner, whey then drove west along the

KARACHI report of the Board of Directors than his associates in the discord and discontent which denied having any knowledge of railway at 60 miles a day and the together with a statement of Nazi gang. Knowing Herr seems to be taking root in the the letters as they had been wrap- advance guard entered Addis KARACHI, May 13 (Reuter) Accounts for the year ended 31st. Hitler to be a man who fumes diseased minds of the Nazi ped up.

Ababa on April 5, December, 1940.

and .rages when he is con- gangsters a seed which will

"The Duke of Aosta's army feli Karachi on his election, the Gov- The purchaser of the lot will be! The transfer books of the tradicted by even his closest sooner or later make them woman, who had intended staying back to Dessie, where he turned at ernor, Sir Hugh Dow, assured the

jat his hotel, handed him the required to pay to the auctioneer Company will be closed from the advisers and friends, it is easy turn on each other with ac-packets, he and the woman had bay, but our troops managed to Mayor of his support. in cash the sum of $400.00 (being 7th to 17th May, 1941, both days to imagine his reaction to cusing fingers raised. It is been arrested by a detective. positions and concrete emplace- LONDON, May 13 (Reuter)—A

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT|

Lnt

Kural Building

Registry No.}

Repulse Bay Roa

Icality.

Boundary

Measure-

ments

As per

sate plan.

Annuai

Rental.

| Upset Price |

About

Contenta li

20,000

Square feet.

230

000

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

10% of the upset price). Immedi inclusive.

ately after the fall of the bamMER the balance of the premium belog paid in accordance with the Con. ditions of Sale,

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LAU TAK PO, Managing Director.

Hong Kong, 1st May, 1941.

he

from

It

1

He said that as soon as the

A

LAST ACT:

smash through their mountain'

ernment of Crete

Egypt under the Central Gov- Similar committees will be form- jed very shortly in North and South

Congratulating the new Mayor of

even a hint from Herr Hess the chief of this diseased

ments and took 8,000 prisoners..

further 17 enterprises. including "Modern entitled paper that Germany's -prospects of coterie who will then have to

on the Rumanian” Danube Shipping"," "And now the curtain rises Methods in the Treatment of Pul- winning the war were not al-stand up and face his acmonary Tuberculosis was read by the last act on the East African Company, have been brought un- together bright.

cusers and, if the writing on Dr. L., Bhu-fan to the Hongkong campaign. The Empire forces have der military control by a decree of WHATEVER the immediate the wall is correct, he will Chinese Medical Association at the fought a dozen battles, captured the Rumanian Government, says 2 232 events which led to Herr Hess find himself very much alone. Chinese Merchants Club last night. two capital towns and taken im- Bucharest batch to Berlin..