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FOR SALE Packard & (special order) gears, a big Cyünders, good appearance, perfect engine. Licensed. Low price $2,000 or nearest offer. Box No. 620, "Hongkong Telegraph." FLOWER AND VEGETABLE Seeda: Cascade Chrysanthemum. white, pink and violet salvias, giant Zinniar, white and golden Bantam Sweetcorns. Also Lawn Grass Seeds. Clover Flower Shop.

FOR SALE-Mr. G. R. Murray of China Light and Power Co., Ltd., who is shortly leaving the Colony, offers for sale his household furni- ture etc., including "Moffat" Electric cooker, electria appliances, radio, baby grand piano, blackwood furni- ture, child's bedroom suite, electrical text books, cine and photographic books and apparatus. 25 Kent Road, Kowloon Tong. Telephone 88951, for appointment to view.

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A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

Wednesday,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTY-FOURTH ORDIN- ARY YEARLY MEETING of tho Company (since registration) will be held at the Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, on TUESDAY, the 28TH MARCH, 1939, at 11.30 ant. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31ST OCTOBER, 1938.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

A Look Through The “Telegraph"

50 YEARS AGO

March 22, 1889.

Post Office Thibaldo Barradas, clerk, was summoned this morning for omituing to register the arrival of his fourth Attle cherub. He explained that he had been so upset at hearing of the two months allowed for registration. event that he did not get over in the The thought he would not be troubled next time. Three dollara.

nervousne

•

The public are again roluing their In a wall that can be beard at voices, Tytam, on the perennial question of

our local roads. These on the lower lovel certainly are anything but credit- an inch of rain this year, and yet the The TRANSFER BOOKS of the able to the place. We bave Faidly had Company will be CLOSED from whole length of Queen's Rond Central I one vast quagmire, with occasional SATURDAY, the 18TH MARCH Alectches of imparable nints. Eren in in a grossly-careless way-they are a 1939, to TUESDAY, the 28TH dry weather the roads are maintained MARCH, 1939, both days inclusive furrowed as potato feld, and the ye the upper runde, where the traffic In nominal, macadam is all right, but la JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON. of sweeping is simply idiotle. On

General Managers.

the minis-street asphalt or concrele paving would be infinitely cheaper, cleaner, more permanent, and expedi ilons than the present mud-and-dust

Hongkong, 10th March, 1939.

THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO, LTD.

Notice to Shareholders

Fort.

25 YEARS AGO

March 12, 1014. We were informed this morning that the tiger that in and to be roaming the Peak Just now, paid a visit to the gar den of Sir William Rees Davies during the night.

Colonel Sicely stated that there were

The Soventieth Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the under-nox 200 native Indian troops sintioned signed on Friday, the 24th March, at Hongkong, their presence there being 1939, at Noon, for the purpose of rendered arcessary by the disturbed situation in China. Bir Edward Groy receiving the Report of the General agreed with him that they sight make Managers, together with a state-arrangements to withdraw tree troops ment of Accounts for the year in April if nothing anforeseen occurred, The following appointments are not- ended the 31st December, 1938.

The Share Register and Trans-fed in the Government Gazotle: Mr. M, J. Breen to net uz Assistant Coloniut fer Books will be closed from the Secretary: Mr. N. L. Smith to act as 10th to the 24th March, 1939, both Assistant Postmaster General; Mic. I. A. Taylor Lo the nasletant Superinten- dent of Im Bad Penanta phd nie. days inclusive...

ernment Opium Monopoly Analysts JARDINE, MATHESON & Ponce Connaue E. ». Livid sau a f E. Booker to be temporary Saltary CO., LTD.

Inspectors.

DEMOCRACIES' DECLARATION (Continued from Page 1.) Publication of military Information, not previously issued by the Govern- ment be forbidden, Reuter Special,

BRITAIN'S APPEAL TO SOVIET

Moscow, Mar. 21 The official Tass Agency has been authorised to deny that the Soviet Government recently offered its help to Poland and Rumania in the event of their being victims of aggression. It adds that Poland and Rumanit did not apply for help, nor did they inform the Government of any dan- ger threatening them.

was that on bappened March 18 the British Government THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON

What

the

the

of informed

Soviet of weighty reasons to existenco

over of violenco ап act fear Fumans and inquired about the

possible position of Russla in such розмар

an eventuality. an ev

In reply, the Soviet put forward a proposal for callng a conference of Staics most likely to be interested, Poland. namely Britain, France, Rumania, Turkey and the USSR. The British Government, however, found this proposal premature.- Neuter.

EFFECT ON FAR EAST

Tokyo, Mar. 21. The suggestion that Britain, France, and Russia will be obliged to modify their Enstern polley owing to de- velopments in the European situation, Is made by the Japanese press to day,

The newspaper "Mijako Shimbun" says that Japan cannot but pay serious attention to the future course of events, because Europe was now exposed to serious danger owing to the strengthening of the axis between Britain, France, and Russia, against Germany-Reuter,

NO APPEAL TO US.

Washington, Mar. 21. Mr. Sumner Welles, Assistant Secretary of State, sald to-day tha no communication had been address- ed to the U.S. Government regarding the central European situation by any Government, nor had the United the on States exchanged views situation with any other government. -Reuter,

NATIONAL REGISTER IN S, AFRICA

Cope Town, Mar. 21. Registration of the first class of Reservists in the South African Union began to-day.

The Premier, General Hertzog in-

KING'S

COMING SOON

.JANIS

GAYNOR

* DOUGLAS·

*FAIRBANKS, JR.

PAULETTE

GODDARD

YOUNGTMHEART

ROLAND, YOUNG

BILLIE BURKE

Jdering KĀRD CARLJON

HENRY STEPHENSON Kindad by RICHARD WALLACH

„Predand by DAVID O. SELZNICK

Valud Artists

General Managers, The Hongkong Fire Insurance

Co., Ltd. Hongkong, 3rd March, 1939.

WHARF & GODOWN

CO., LTD.

LAMBERT

-Hongkong & Shanghal Blank Bidg. 3rd Floor

March 22, 1939.

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CORRESPONDENTS Fon FRANCIS 1, du PONT Ở ĐÓ. NEW YORK

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MARCII 22, 1939.

FRANCIS I. du PONT & COMPANY REPORT BY CABLE!

STOCKS:

England is to manufacture aeroplanes in Australia. The Union Facific Railway Company's February operating income was 68 per cent, under the same month of inst year.

The United States Steel Corporation's first-quarter operating profit is estimated at $23,000,000,

The Midvale Company's first-quarter orders exceeded thuse for the entire year of 1938.

EARNINGS: Sears, Roebuck, year ended December 31st., $4.17 per

share, against $5.59 for the previous 12 months. GRAINS: We expect the present programme of flour subsidy to continue to June 30th. The polley after that date has not been determined.

. COTTON:

RUBBER:

TIN:

The Secretary of Agriculture hus asked for the con- tinuation of price supporting devices in the farm pro-

Kromme.

Manufacturers bought to-day.

We expect a reduction in the second-quarter tin quota when the Committee meets to-morrow, or the elimination of the buffer pool.

LONDON AVERAGES:

LITHUANIA

be

Industrial Average Ralls Averoge

POST OFFICE.

MAIL FOR CANTON Registered and Ordinary mail and Parcels (not 'Insured), will be ac- cepted for Canton and despatched as clrcumstances permit.

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Malls are closed 15 minutes earlier than the otherwiso Ümo given below unless

staled, and where malls are advertis ed to close at or before 9 am, re-

VIA SIBERIA ROUTE Letters and Postcards for Europe (except Great Britain and Elre) and South America are forwarded "vis cistered and parcel malis are closed

at 5 pm on the previous day. Siberia" if no superscribed.

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Japan

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Japan

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Air Mail by "Pan American Air-

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Air Mail by "Imperial Airways

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18th Mar.

.March 22.

Canada, U.S.A., Japan and Shanghal 4th (Vancouver B.C., date, March)

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March 23.

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DEMANDS GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY TO “REUTERS" AGENCY

(Continued from Page 1.) MARTIAL LAW MAY DE PROCLAIMED

(Continued from Page 1.)

which enabled them to spread the "Reuters" Kaunas, Mar. 21. cost over large areas, Murtial law, it is expected, will could distribute services at a price this with which the other agencies were proclaimed in Lithuania' evening owing to the fear of internal unable to compete. But for that or- ganisation, Reuters" could not com- disorders.

pete as they had successfully.done with the heavily subsidised news ser- vices put out by foreign agencies.

The semi-official "Lietuvos Aldas," in a leading article hended "Beware of Enemies At Home," denounces the

Mr. Storey maintained that there news agency are accused of sedulously plotting was no other British against the State. The paper aims organised to supply such services. that these activists have carried on a particularly lively agitation among the peasantry against the Govern ment.

Referring to South America, Mr.

of Storey agreed that it was a serious consideration If the acceptance any assistance was going to enable "Reuters" was A Cabinet Council was held here anyone to any that

President Government-controlled. with níternoon this

the chair. Foreign in Smetana Minister Urbsyd reported to Cabinet on his conversation with the German Foreign Ocean.

the

It cannot be gainsald that the British Government has not honourably kept its pact of 1909 so far as the Eastern-called Lithuanian activists who feet is concerned that feet composad of the East Indies Squadron, au Squadron, and the New Zealand Divi- #ion. In that year the Government undertook to slation hattle cruiser nend the New Zealand, wift, dreadnought, as flagship in East Indian waters, to to the China Station in a similar capa- city, and to otherwise improve the Aghting efficiency of the naval forcèn In the Eart and Far East.

* China JA

matter of fact a Squadron has been weakened. The armoured cruiser Defence and the light THE FIFTY-SECOND ORDIN cruiser Monmouth have boon withdrawn OF from the squadron, and nother has ANNUAL MEETING ARY

been replaced, although that was to be SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the condition of withdrawing the New

two It

Tatilo

"0" temp cruisers, tho Payche and Pyramus and the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Zealand. Matheson & Co., Ltd. on THURS the crazy old sinop Torch, couldn't put up five minutos' fight against a single DAY, 23rd MARCH, 1939, at NOON, for the purpose of receiv-Dartmouth or Bristol. Ing the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts

Notice to Shareholders

10 YEARS AGO

March 22, 1939.

for the year ended 31st December. by the sudden death of Marshal Foch, 1938.

of the Allied Forces in France during the

The Transfer Books Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY,-the-13th March, 1939, to THURSDAY, the 23rd March, 1939, both days inclusive,

By Order of the Board Directors,

Lho

France was cast into deep mourning who was Commander-in-Chief of

Great War.

5 YEARS AGO

March 1934 The following will represont the Indian Recreation Club in First Divi of xion League match against the Army on Saturday at Sookunpou.-A. H. Madar (Captain), A. R. H. Exmall, A. K. Iamall, C. M. MANNERS,

19. A. Ismail, A. R. Kitchell, M. P. Madar, Secretary and Manager.A. K. Minu. F. D. Pereira, A. H. Rum.

Juhn, A. S. Bumad and A. R. SuMad. Hongkong. 4th March, 1939.

FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN,

What to do to help a child

Anyone knowing of a child who

INDOOR BOWLING Second Stage Of Ewo League Played

In an interesting ten-pin mutch has been assaulted, neglected, or played at the Hongkong Bowling

a manner likely to Alleys Inst Ill-treated in

evening in the second cause unnecessary suffering or injury stage of the Ewo League, Hongkong to health, or knowing of a parent Wonders beat the Greyhounds, who is seeking advice on any matter eam from H.M.S. Thracian, by .375 concerning child, would be

points. Scores:

an act of kindness by communicating e. P. itallis

L. Gaddi

Hongkong Wonders

at once with

The Hon. Secretaries, H.K.S.F.C. J. S. Landoli The Old City Hall, Queen's Road C., M. Talan Hongkong, or the Inspector, 49,

Total Pokfulum Road, 1st Roor: or Inspector, Violet Peel Health Centre, E. G. Carter Wanchal; or the Inspector, 12, Sal G. WINE Yeung Chol Street, 1st floor, Kow. Annis loon.

the

All further steps will be taken, and

expenses borne, by the Society.

A. R. Toma

Total

FRES

400

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1,400

The Informant's name will be PHILADELPHIA PORT kept strictly private, except in cases where malico is proved.

Philadelphia, Philadelphia remained the second largest seaport in the United States In 1938, according to a survey by the formed Parliament that the Govern-navigation commission for the Dela- ment in the very near future would ware River and army engineers. The make a statement on its attitude in survey showed that $1,000,000,000- transacted connection with the European situa-worth of business was

through the local port. ttan.-Trans-Ocean.

COMING

LELEMIOR INTERNATIONAL

JANEY

RO

TO

DOUGLAS

KING'S

GAYNOR FAIRBANKS, JR.

PARATE GODDARD THE YOUNG INHEART

Robatan

COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE But the only condition on which Minister. Trans-"Reuters" were willing to accept assistance was that they undertook nothing in return, except to increase the amount of news distributed.

They maintained their complete in- dependence in the collection selection of news.

SWEDISH MANOEUVRES

The Swedish naval manoeuvres are to be held in the Baltic Sen instead of off the western coast, due to the international situation.

LITHUANIANS EVACUATING

Memel, Mar. 21.

and

Tert

"Reuters" did not want a subsidy, and it was only because they realised the vast importance to Britain of British and world news being pre- not The evacuation of Memel by

they were pre- Lithuanian soldiers stationed there sented through British, and began this afternoon. Troops are foreign eyes, that

their distribution. being transported to other parts or pared to take even this assistance in

by Lithuania, and it is expected that

there will be до Wednesday,

Mr. R. A. Butler said that the as- Lithuanian soldiers left in the Memel sistance to "Reuters" was purely an emergency arrangement, the aim of district.

A Paris message says that an early which was to secure the publication solution of the Memel problem may of more British news. The contents

were services "Reuters" Soir," entirely free-Reuter. be expected, according to the Kaunas of correspondent of the "Paris who reports that the Lithuanians are of concerned by the concentration

thpt, a mass light of Jews from Polish troops on the frontier.

The correspondent adds that the Memel into the interior of Lithuania will be started to-day. The afternoon train existing Memel Statute replaced by a "Free City Statute" to Kaunas was crowded to overflow- similar to that of Danzig,

ing with Jewish fugitives. Lithuani- IL is further reported that ans have concentrated troops on the

between Memel Lithuanian soldiers are evacuating border

notably proper, that the Memel, and

postai, Lithuäite telegraphic communications are in the Krottingen. It is believed that the hands of the Memel National- troops new constituting the Memel Harrison will take up positions there. Socialist administration.

Another report from Memel says Trans-Ocean,

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