1939-11-14 — Page 18

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

November

14, 1939.

P.&O.S.N.CO.PHOTONEWS

TO

STRAITS, INDIA

AND

UNITED KINGDOM

PASSENGERS AND CARGO

SAILING

ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER

also

TWO CARGO SAILINGS

IN

NOVEMBER

B. I. S. N. CO. LTD.

Sailings to Straits, Rangoon and Calcutta.

E. & A. S. S. CO. LTD.

Sailings to Rabaul, East Coast of Australia and Tasmania.

ALSO FREQUENT SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI AND JAPAN.

All vemela nay call at any ports on or off the route and the route and all sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without motice.

Passengers are requested to register their requirements but under present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted.

For details apply to

i

MACKINNON MACKENZIE & CO. Phone 27721.

War doesn't consist entirely of wearing a snappy uniform and marching to the stirring music of bands. These British Tommies, somewhere in Franco, are starting unromantic trenches.

A Look Through The "Telegraph”

50 YEARS AGO

Nov. 14; 1889,

BANKS

THE CHARTERED bank of INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Rayal Charter 1853 Pald-up Capital ...

4.000.000 Beaurvo Llability of Proprietor £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £3,000,000 -

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON,

38 Bishopsgate, E.0.1. - Bab-Agencies in Landunt 117/117, Leadenhall Street, Z.C.3.

West End Itach 14/16, Cockspur Bitest, 8.37.2. Manchunter Branchi

Bz, Morley, Street, Manchester, 2. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:

Flongoon Saigon

"Money is uncomfortably tight,“`lə the goperal cry throughout the Colony. We have no doubt that this assertion in absolutely correct but we can més: nuthing vory surprising about it; money is always objectionally tight when ona, requires it very urgently. Of course Alor Star there are special reasons why at the Amritsar present time in Hongkong financial: Bangkok arrangements are not quite no enilly Batavia managed as of yore.

Hambay Calcutta I would be unless to attempt to Agencies: lagula the fact that the present inan-

Clive Street cla dend-lock is chlody, owing to the Canton

Fairlia Place

fund or of share speculation which for Cawnpore- so many months transformed the com- Cehu mercial to of Hongkorg into`n gambl-Colombo ing hell of the most dangerous and Bethl Iniquitous type.

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A curious but useful feature of the theatro in Melbourne is that they are inpatly equipped with blind-rooms.

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Haiphong Hamburg Hankow

tarpin Hongkong

710110

Ipoh....

-Semarang

Seremban

Karachi

Shanghel

Klang

Singapore

Кова

Biuawan

Kuala

Bourabaya

Taiping

Kuching Madras

Tieniin

Tongkol

Manila

(Bhuket)

Medan

Taingtao

New York

Peiping

(Peking) Penang

Yokohama

Banking Inulness transacted.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITs received for One Year or shorter periods In Local or Other Cur rencies at rates which will be quoted on

Queen Viclurin saya' she will not alt application. for her picture any more.

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of

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BAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rales oblairable on application. Edinburgh with A population

The Bank's Head Office in London' 300,000 has no atroot cars on Sunday, undertakes Executor & Trustee business, giving the cab-man a monopoly which and claims recovery of Britia Inconna chables them to charge one-third more, Tax overpaid, on terms which may be than an week days. There ar

ascertained at any of its Agencies and trains running and the day is given up Branches.

to religious warship, running, and

good deal of whisky-drinking.

25 YEARS AGO

Nov. 14, 1914.

no

R. A. CAMDGE,

Manager.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

A despatch to the "Timas" from SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES Geneva anys that the Suisse states that MESSAGERIES MARITIMES Emperor Wam Intl with Inflamina- tion of the lungs, as the result of hav: Steamship

ing fallen Into water.

a trench Alled with

Bringing. Cargo from Marseilles via Saigon.

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE

Fortnightly

To :

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

via Shanghai, Japan & Honolulu

ROUND-WORLD SERVICE

I

Το

NEW YORK & BOSTON

Via

-Manila,--Singapore, Penang.Colombo, Bombay,” Suez, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles.

★ ✰ AMERICAN ★ ★

PRESIDENT LINES

"BOUND-WORLD SERVICE"

"ALSO AGENTS FOR TWA'. THE POPULAR

TRANS-CONTINENTAL AIR LINE”

12, Pedder Street,

Telephone 28171.

NY.K

As Britain, in common with other Europóan nations, con- serves gasoline for war pur- ́poses, and puts ́restrictions an its use by civilians, auto- mobiles are being equipped with balloons; 3 above, filled with manufactured -gas... ·Cost-of-metal-tank-to-

hold gas under pressure is reported prohibitive.

Benantion Iss beent

Considerable erented at Petrograd by discoveries Consignees are hereby informed. inade en board the Getinan crulsor that their goods with the exception of "Magdeburg" that was blown up after Oplum, Treasure and Valuables are going ashore at the entrance of the being landed and stored into the Finnish Gulf. Among the articles lying

about the decks on the afterpart, where Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon hoats were lowered for the majority of Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow- the crow to escape on the accompany-loon, whence delivery may be obtain- ing destroyers, were several specimens ed Immediately after landing. of the old "est o' mine talix.*

All claims must be sent in to me When the Ruralin authorities went on or before 18th November, 1930, through the ship they found one of or they will not be recognized. these tatrumonts In every offrers

,cabin, and all boro algns of long and, Damaged Packages will be examin-

hard usage.

cd by the Company's Surveyor Mesars: Goddard and Dougins in the The public are to have an opportunity presence of the consignees at 10.00 of inspecting these Intest-discoverali.m. Instruments of Prussian culture,

on Monday, 13th November,

10 YEARS AGO

Nov. 14, 192.

1930.

Consignees must have a Revenue Omeer in attendance when any dull- able goods are examined by the Com- pany's Surveyors.

The Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to Thomas Maun, the famous German novelist. (Mann. In by us in any case whatever, exile from the Nazis.Ed.),

No Fire Insurance will be effected

K. OHL

H.R.H. the Duke of York, the King's) second son, to-day addressed a mepting! of the World Alliance for promotinK international friendship through the churches. The meeting was hold at No. 10 Downing Street,

Miss Ishbel MacDonald preslled, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Davidson (ex-Archbishop) and Lord Parmour were present.

The Duke pald a tribute to the work of the Alliance. He said whether pt, not pence ar war in future was to be the niens of setting_dlepules.munt.dc. pend on the way in which the youth) of the world fa educated.

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Contemplation of the horrors of the Tust war to the goneration now grow- ing up was rather the same an older people might look upon the Crimean War. It was not the horrors of the past, but a right understanding of tho problems which fneed us that would! achlove the result which we so ardently desired. (The Duke is the present King-E.).

5 YEARS AGO

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Nor, 14, 1934. It is believed here that becauas of the overwhelming popular undorament of Administration puticles as a result of the elections, Industrial lenders are realising the futility of effective poli- tical opposition to the Administration and will co-operate with the Roosevelt scheme.

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TECHNICOLOR! Shirley TEMPLE

THE LITTLE PRINCESS

RICHARD GREENE ANITA LOUISE -Ton Hunter Caear Romara Arthur Treacher Mary Nash Sybil Jason Miles Mandar Kassia Man Jonar

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HIS WEEK

HIS WEEK

EXT WEEK

ORTNIGHTLY

ORTNIGHTLY

AUSTRALIA via MANILA and Way Forts.

HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO, and LOS ANGELES.

VANCOUVER and SEATTLE.

FREIGHT ONLY

ND of NOVEMBER CALCUTTA via SINGAPORE and

Way Ports.

Completo Information From Your Agent or: NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA

KING'S BUILDING

TELEPHONE 30291. General Passenger, Agents in the Orient for CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE

This Ingenius young Swiss, of Borno, lying on couch, is all sot for an air raid." Emulating a fireman, ho has his coat. shirt, underwear and gas mask suspended at just tho right angles for swift action.

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