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UNITED KINGDOM

FOOD IMPORTS.

The following is published for general information :-

THE HONGKONG &

YAUMATI FERRY Editorial and Business Office:

CO., LTD."

(LOST)

been

12 Ordinary Shures Numbered 52922 to 52933

2 Ordinary Shares Numbered 73259 to 73260 10 Ordinary Shares Numbered 75035 to 75044. upon statement that the original certificates

No. 2409 dated the 12th May, 1937

.No. 7366 dated the 6th July, 1938 and

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Night Editor (Wanchal Office):

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London Office: 53, Fleet Street

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HONGKONG, MAY 17, 1941.

EDITORIAL

CORRESPONDENCE DEALER IN OLD BOTTLES FINED

EMPIRE-WIDE

FLAG DAY

(The Editor, H.K. Daily Press)

Sir.-A letter has been received

from Field Marshal Sir Phillp Chetwode, Chairman of the Execu

Obtained Licence For

Export On False Information

SATURDAY, MAY.. 17, 1941.

THE WAR ON LAND:

MILITARY CORRESPONDENT DISCUSSES STRATEGICAL SITUATION IN LIBYA

Expressing himself as certain that Germany would not undertake a campaign against Russia unless her economic plight becomes desperate, CAPT. CYRIL FALLS, military correspondent of THE TIMES, discussed the strategic situation in North Africa when he reviewed the war on land in a broadgast from London yesterday.

tive Committee, Red Cross & St. La Wing, managing partner of John War Organisation, asking our the Yiu Yuen Firm (dealers in old co-operation in promoting an Em-bottles), No. 47, Tai Yuen Street, pire-wide Flag Day. At a meeting was summoned before Mr. T convened by HR.. the Duke of Lowry yesterday with giving false Gloucester at St. James's Palace. information to the Controller of the date of this Flag Day was fixed Trade in applying for an export "Since the campaign in that is not the only point to bear to: Thursday, June 5, 1941..."

icence.

Greece came to an end and mind about shipping. Our We in Hongkong have so far re- CAN THE LEOPARD frained from a Flag Day in de accused him of furnishing informaForce was withdrawn, there and it has always been subjected The charge against defendant the Imperial Expeditionary shipping is fully employed. It is salling on every ocean of the world ference" to the many local calls, but CHANGE HIS SPOTS?e Committee it Hame feels thation to the office of the Controller THE WHOLE WORLD is iry/3 Flag Day, held on the same data of Trade on April 16 that a licence has been a lull." said Capt. to risks and we don't want to add

in every part of the Empire would was required to export 19 piouls of Falls. ing to discover what are be an inspiring proof of our unity new glass bottles, whereas he knew pected...'

"Italian shipping is lying in the actual motives behind the of purpose.

such information to be false, vince

harbours, except for those lying at some of the bottles that he at-

the bottom of the ocean. dramatic flight of Herr Rudolf

It has Very heavy calls are now being tempted to export were second hand

m war, both sides.require to duno longer to assist in carrying out Hess from Nazi Germany and made on the Red Cross resources unes.

some sorting out after their exe their campaign in Albania and the the meaning of his insistence for the help of victims of air-raids, Mr. D. Brittain. Evans, assisted by tions. We may say that Germany on seeing the Duke of Hamil for service in sending food and Revenue Officer W. V. Ahern, can has done nothing more than taking Italian ships. ton immediately after his clothing to Prisoners of War in ducted the prosecution, while de-a military step forward, for the landing on Scottish soil. It help in the campaigns in North fendant was represented by Mr. C. Greek campaign only marked one

Internment camps, German

for

11

Y. Kwan, who pleaded not guilty.

GOODS SEIZED

"That was to be ex- to those risks:

A STEP FORWARD

enemy can

1

take any risks with

APPLICATION HAS With reference to Government made to this Company to issue to Notifications 665 of 14th June, CHENG WONG SHI (AFE) 1940, 1351 of 13th December, also known as CHENG TIN 1940, and 282 of 7th March, SUM...(FÆL) of 99. Des Voeux 1941, all firms, bongs, companies Road, Central, ground Aoor, and individuals who import food duplicate certificates for stuffs (including liquids) directly to Hong Kong from the United Kingdom are informed that revised quota figures allotted in respect of each kind of foodstuff are shortly to be submitted to the United Kingdom Government for consideration, and that any

"I think it follows, therefore, importer who is directly concern

step forward for Germany. "

that the enemy will be able to ed with such imports and has

is true that his request was Africa, and the Middle East, fur-

put nære tanks into Libys There

therefore, much good reason to such revision of

granted, but, in the absence thermore the Ministry of Health:

than we could put into Egypt, The case for the prosecution was speculation as to what the next

so we might have greater diffi..." the quota figures already allotted

of information of what exact has asked the War Organisation;

to organise and staff 400 auxillary that on April 16, defendant applied step will be. It may be a demand

́custies about maintenance. He to him or them, should apply to

ly took place at the interview,

passage through Turkey. and convalescent hospitals in for an export licence for bottles for w

would be better off as regards this office by letter on or before

which was held in the pre-Britain, with accommodation for which he described as new,“

followed by an attack on that

tanka 21st May, 1941, when due con

sence of British Government 20,000 patienta..

On April 22 some goods, for ex-country if the request is refused.

"There is nothing at all that our sideration will

attempt to attack to be given

officials, speculation has run in the course of his address, port to Macao were seized at the It may be

interrupt individual applications.

respectively have been lost or riot and various suggestions broadcast in January of this year, Tung On Whart and were found to Egypt through Syria, leaving Tur-land forces can de to

key alone. In that case, the main these supplies going to Libya, but Similarily all firms, hongs, mislaid and Notice is hereby have been put forward to aç- Sir Philip Chetwode stated that consist partly of old bottles.

The man in charge of the cargo attack will, of course, come through don't doubt that some

destroyers und submarines are companies and individuals who given that, if within thirty days count for this most startling the one cbject of Red Cross work

watching this. There is also no 13 to supply help immediately to took the revenue officers to the Libya import foodstuffs (including from the date hereof no claim or incident in the present war. the sick and wounded, the prison-air where defendant was "It may be au nilimatum co

doubt that the enemy managed, to liquids) directly to Hong Kong representation in respect of such Many of these border on the ers and the miserable, whether located. He acknowledged that the Kussia to Join the Axis as a

get a good deal across to North full member or even a cam- from the United Kingdom who original certificate is made to the fantastic, a few of them offer Service or civilian, and that for all signature and chop on the export

Africa while the Greek campaign paign to seize the Ukraine, - I did not register at this office in Company, the Company will then ideas that are worthy of care-places at Home hard hit by this permit were his

was going on. war on civilians, the Organisation Defendant testified that he kao cannot deal with all these al» Government proceed to deal with such applica ful Investigation by the Bri-was able to find at the shortest dealt in old bottles for the last 10 ternatives, except to 'say that

tish Government. Notification 282 of 7th March, tion.

To any notice extra nurses, material for years and his firm was well. coercion or an invasion of member of the Allied Forces blood-transfusion; necessary serums known one in Hongkong,

Bussia by Germany would be a who was in Germany after of all sorts, "drugs, hospital gar-

considerable "KAT TSUN" "BOTTLES

and dangerous World War No. 1, especially ments and comforts, money, trans- On April 16 he consulted a Mr. experiment of an attempt to reach a decision against Great in Berlin, the whole escapade port and ambulances.

Chan Wah-mee, whom he described We are confident that the public as an export licence application

Britain. I hardly think it wil savours of the old game will give generously to make out-agent, because he (defendant) did

be tried-in fact, I am certain which, in those days was standing our Colony's contribution

It won't be tried unless Ger not know" English, and instructed played on the unsuspecting to the Empire Flag Day, June 5.

many's economic plight is des- him to make out an application for British with considerable Yours very truly,

perate. to export "kat tsun," a permit meaning empty bottles.

accordance with

1941, should do so on orɑ before 21st May, 1941.

Importers are warned that no! licence to import foodstuffs from the United Kingdom will be granted to firms, hongs, companies or individuals who have failed to register with this office by 21st May, 1941, in accordance with this or previous notifications.

D. L. NEWBIGGING.

Controller of Food,

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THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,

LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

"

No. 7528 dated the 9th December, 1938

THE HONGKONG &

YAUMATI FERRY

CO., LTD. Hongkong, 14th May, 1941,

INTERESTING CENSUS REVELATION

251

success.

WHAT HAPPENED at that time was that, in the autumn of 1912, General von der Goltz, who was in command of the German troops in the

K. H. EDMONDSTON, Chairman, Entertainments

Committee. B.W.OF.

PI

An

MAIN SECRET

of our

"Rut, the end of the Greek cam- paign does not bring to an end the operations of the Mediter- ranean Navy. It does mean that this navy's hands are now clearer and that the RAF can esnd more nombers to attack the enemy. Both have already been at work. It was good news to hear of a big munitions ship being blown to placés recently here..

"These are what we want to get

J

∙men

STRATEGY IN LIBYA Defendant added that he never

"What 1 am going to talk about used the words, 'san tsun" (which chiefly today is the situation in at above all The enemy have mean new bottles), and therefore, Libya. 1. such a campaign there probably enough tanks and the said Mr. Chan must have misare questions of strategical com- in North Africa to go on with, but understood him.

munications and tactical communi- we can interrupt his passage of ANSWERS TO In imposing a fine o: $100 or two cations. Let us deal with strate- munitions we need have no The Director of Air Raid Precau Baltic area, raised a Hue. and

CORRESPONDENTS ·

months hard labour un defendant, gical communications first.

of their ground defences, because tions. Wing-Comdr. A. H. S. Steele-cry against what he describ-

Mr. Lowry said that defendant was

that alone will not suffice, ` Perkins, O.B.E., is to be congratulated as those "very dangerous letter must be signed.-Ed., HK. the beginning.

Three Disgusted Listeners: Your not telling the truth right from ed on the very interesting Report

on Census of the Colony of Hong people the Bolsheviks" and kong just issued by his department, invited Britain to

come in

The German

Chen Ying-luen, 18, woman, "of scheme, however, did not No. 675, Shanghai Street, was re-. work out as General Goltz moved to Kowloon Hospital on evening, after having been picked up in Ping Street

CHINESE

"Egypt is an important point on the world's communications.- Pro- duce can reach swiftly from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India. "Their wheat and flour, butter and vegetables and

WARTIME BONDS fruit go there, as well as products

CAMPAIGN

fear

"That is the main secret of the campaign in North Africa to so damage the enemy's strategical communications so as to keep him from defending himself properly. It seems that he is actually sending water by aircraft. "Taver there

Dealing with the question of with the Germans for setting overcrowding, from both the A.R.P. up a common front against WOMAN INJURED jand sanitary and bealth points of Bolshevism.

from Palestine and "the" whore of view, the report of one of the war- The Seventy-second Ordinary dens engaged on

Egypt purchases many things of the work of

value. Oil too is available, but the

was a sign of General Meeting of Shareholders census-taking had this to say:-

min materials of war, such as trouble, that shows it. I would will be held at the Offices of the "In Western Division, the over- and his associates hoped, in Thursday

tanks and a large proportion of like to know what the daily water Over One Lakh Pledged troops come there from the United ration is per head in the Germani... undersigned on Wednesday, the crowded and congested conditions spite of the fact that pro-suffering multiple injuries to the 21st May, 1941, at Noon, for under which the people lived was paganda galore was put about head and body. It is believed she

At Meeting Of Public Kingdom, while munitions from and Italian bases in North Africa very noticeable. To find as many by the Germans in an effort must have leapt from the roof of the purpose of receiving the as forty to fifty people in one flat

the United States are likely to at the moment. I think it will be Bodies Yesterday reach Egypt in every Increasing very small Indeed and we must Report of the General Managers, was no rare occurrence, and these to convince Britain that the a tenement house.

As much as $150,000 (Chinese quantities.

remember that the heat there is together with a statement of flats mainly consist of a floor sub. Bolshies would overrun Eu-

currency) subscriptions, to the N.C. "The route through the Medi- now. smouldering. Accounts for the year ended the divided by wooden partitions into rope and then extend their

$1,200,000,000 Chinese Military Sup-terranean is, of course, the short- "31st December, 1940.

"As to washing. If their troops a series of cubicles. Thus each natinfluence even to England, thing they want to see happly Bonds, were pledged by in-est, but the most, dangerous and are near the sea, they will of Is a mass of inflammable material, etc., etc. The whole plan was pen as it will certainly result dividuals and organisations yester- that round the Cape is very long. course, be all right, otherwise there "The Share Register and and must present a very serious eventually traced to a good in the ousting of the landed-day when representatives of more indeed. By comparison. the Ger-will not be much washing done, I Transfer Books will be closed fire-hazard, and at the same time

old * Junker"! scheme the proprietor in Germany as it than 200 local public bodies met at man route through Tripoll is short. am sure. from the 7th May to the 21st form a positive dauger during "junkers" being the landed-did in the Russian Revolu- the Chinese Merchants Club, China Actually their sea-route is nearer Building, to discuss measuses for and their land route longer, but

TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS May, 1911, both days inclusive, epidemics from a sanitary and

health point of view."

proprietor-cum-military class tion. Herr Hess was, there-boosting the sale of the bonds in

"And now a word about inter- before Germany started this cam- JARDINE, MATHESON &

ruled Germany fore, sent over to see what Hongkong,

paign she took over the Italian ference with tactical communica- Mr. Cheng Tieh-ju, Manager of

tions," continued CO., LTD.

Capt Falls. Out of an estimated total popu- with a rod of iron for cen- he could do to enlist the sup-

"Here the R.A.F. has a big part to General Managers.

lation of 1.444,337 there were 235,173 turies. They were particular-port of Britain by influencing the Hongkong branch of the Bank allways and built up big bases in

Southern Italy and in Bielly.

play in bombing and machine- children between the ages of onely prominent in Silesia and the British Government to China, acted as Chairman on

SHIPPING RISKS behalf of Bir Shouson Chow, who The Hongkong Fire Insurance and nine, and only 35,516 persons were regarded as nothing come to an agreement with is Chairman of the Hongkong Chi-

gunning enemy transports, but the "It is obvious that the short sea army itself also goes into the pic- Co., Ltd.,

lover 60 years of age. A" greater more or less than war pro-Germany to counter Bol-nese Wartime Bonds Committee, route requires much less ships, but ture. Ralds by tanks and armour- Hong Kong, 30th April, 1941. Proportion, in relation to the resteers or scheebas," as they shevism.

Mr. Li Sing-kul, prominent Chi- pective total populaans, of these

nese merchant here, gave the two age groups were to be found in were wont to call the Jews.

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THE HONGKONG &"

YAUMATI FERRY

CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

The Seventeenth Annual Gen- eral Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Company's

235,173 CHILDREN

who

have

ACTION

WHAT the "junkers" in opening speech, in which he cx- Kowloon, Hongkong having only HERR RUDOLF HESS, with Nazi Germany particularly do horted his audience each to do his SUMMARY COURT Then, of course, there is Tobruk. 123.077 children under nine and 19-Field-Marshal Goering, re-not want is an alliance with part in pushing the sale of the 036 persons over 60 out of a total present the extreme right of Soviet Russia. And why not? Bends in order to support China's jot 709,294 against Kowloon's 113.-

Mr. Huang Yen-yel, Secre- 096, 16.480 and 581,048 respectively. the Nazi Party and appears The "Junkers" are a large cause.

tary-General of the Wartime The "water" population was e- to be in the pocket of the and wealthy class of landed Bands Committee in Chungking. PLAINTIFF AWARDED effectively, it will not matter if timated at 154,000, according to junkers,", even if they do proprietors whose main accu- also spoke. figures supplied to the ARP. Dnot belong to that class them-pation, consists of growing FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS

the Harbour Master,

NEWSETTES

JUDGMENT

ed vehicles and bombardiments by artillery and the shelling of the enemy's petrol dumps are vital.

Lying on the flank of his com- munications, it constitutes a con- stant threat to the enemy. If we can hold this and menace htm

the enemy has more tanks in North Africa than we have. It is selves. The inference to be food and all the necessities Free subscriptions were made by Judgment for plaintiff was given the tank on the battle-field and drawn from this is seen that of life, and often own estates those present and $150.000 ⋅ was on landing in Britain, Herr of 10,000 acres of arable land. pledged in only a few minutes. by Mr. Justice E H. Williams at the not the tank in the country that

Summary Court yesterday in the counts." Hess did not ask to see the Herr Hitler being a "house Mr. Lam Pal-sung, subscribed to dispute for the return of books be- Office at the Jordan Road Ferry

$20,000 worth of the Bonds, Mr.tween two wine merchants when Rev. Brother Cassian, Pro- Prime Minister, or Mr. An-painter" himself, is hardly re- Fung Fuk-tien, $10.000 and Mr hearing of the case was concluded. "Pier, "Kowloon, on Saturday, the Director of La Salle College, spoke thony Eden, or even Mr.garded as belonging to the Lak ol-wan, $5,000. The China 17th May, 1941 at 11.00 a.m., or "Lighter Shades in Education Ernest Bevin, but, following"junker" class and, in his Products Manufacturing and Mar-

The action was brought by Wooz INTERNATIONAL TIN Kam, Allas Wong Pun-yuen, of No.

* COMMITTEE for the purpose of receiving the to the La Salle Old Boys' Associa report of the Board of Directors tion at the College Science Lecture the habits of "junkerdom," tendency to link Germany up/keting Association and the Hons 149 Hennessy Road, ground floor,

asked to be

LONDON, May 18 (Reuter)--The immediately with the U.S.S.R., the "junk-kong-Kowloon Educational Federa

tion each subscribed to $50,000 against Fung Cha, alias Fung Bum- taken to see the Duke of ers" have begun to see the worth of the Bonds, the Chinese Fuen, of No. 41 Queen's Road Cen- International Tin Committee has His Excellency the Governor will Hamilton, with whom he writing on the wall. They Manufactures Union, $10,000 and tral, second floor, for the return of not issued any communique after give a small dinner party at Gov-claimed

five books which the defendant was 1ta meeting yesterday, a flimsy acquain-realise that if the U.S.S.R.the Sun Sun Hotel, $5,000.

understood that a drafted agree- The transfer books of the ernment House on Tuesday. May tance as a result of meeting joins Germany, vast tracts Chinese Christian leaders in alleged to have detained."

Plaintiff was represented by Mr.ment covering the proposed next Company will be closed from the, at 8.30. p.m., in honour of MBritain's sporting peer at the of land will be cut up even to/Hongkong are planning, to launch!

a campaign for subscribing to W. M. Brown while Mr. H. A. de restriction perlod beginning Jan., Olympic Games in Berlin in the proverbial three acres and $1,000,000 worth of the Bonds. At Barros Botelho was for the defen-1942, ts for presentation to signa

org Governments. 1926. The "Junkers" evi- a cow. There may be other a meeting yesterday, they decided dant His Excellency the Governor will dently realise that Herr Hitler reasons for Herr Hess's drop-to start the campaign on June 1 The defence was that defendant. Space for standard tonnages in be present at a Gymkhana to be has now decided to come to ping out of the blue in Scot- and end it on August 31. Making was a partner in the firm and was the draft has been left blank as given by the Hongkong Polo Club on Saturday, May 24, at 3 pm, at a full economic, political and land. Anyway, this guess is a good start, more than $200,000 entitled to keep the books but the Governments have not yet de- worth of subscriptions were plaintiff reiterated that no part- cided about the matter of tonnages Whitfield Barraks in aid of the military alliance with Soviet as good as any other we have pledged during the meeting. nership was ever issued to defen-which the Committee recommend-

éd some weeks ago.

Together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st, December, 1940.

Room last night.

*

*

7th to 17th May, 1941, both days Clarence E. Gauss. inclusive.

Nelson T. Johnson' and Mr.

LAU TAK PO,

Managing Director.

Hong Kong, 1st May, 1941.

232 B W. O. F.

Russia. This is the very last heard."

(Central)

idant.

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