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FORTY-SECOND ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING or THIS COMPANY WILL be held at the Ofco of Menars. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. on Friday, the 10th February, 1910, at 11.30a.m. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Direc- tors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year, ended 31st December, 1939.

The Register of Shares of tho

Thursday,

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PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 5th day of February, 1940, nt 3 p.m.,` at the Omees of the Pablle -Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Mong Kok, in the Colony of long Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at, n Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 75 years.

Finlan

February 1, 1940.

THEIR

OWN

Accuses Russians of Firing Gas Shells

MAKE MASKS

WOMEN

GAS

By GEOFFREY COX

Daily Express Staff: Reporter

near

Glorious Foggy

Day

HELSINKI, Jan. 4. "What a glorious day," said the people of Helsinki when they looked out of their windows this morning and saw a thick blanket of fog covering the ground. It is almost Impossible to see the tops of the trees.

HELSINKI, Jan. 47 FINLAND'S High Command announced to-night that Russia yesterday used gas shells on the front. The official statement reads: "Yesterday, Russian guns

Lake Ladoga fired shells filled with asphyxiating gas against a - Finnish battery. We have eleven cases of gas poisoning."-

The type used is stated to be chloro-plerine. The Finns have been anticipating gas attacks

The main Soviet push is still an] 000000409Hi both on the front, and rear ever

The Karelian Isthmus. Reports

Intending bidders are advised & Walsh, Ltd., Hongkong Company will be CLOSED from that immediately after the dispo- Travel Burena or from the Fublishers, Friday, the 9th February, 1910, toal of the lot the Purchaser (if since last Saturday, when the South China Morning Post, Ltd,Friday, the 16th February, 1910, not the applicant) will be required Soviet accused them of using Wyndham Street.

both days inclusive,

to deposit with an authorised gas. Finland at once denied

Exchange At A Glance

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.2496

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.43k

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1504

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.10.85

10044 1/0

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Do

1/3.9/92

.259%

.11.90

.U

T.T. France

TT. Switzerland

T.T. Australia

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4 m/s France

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HONGKONG TRAMWAYS,

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of HONG- KONG TRAMWAYS LIMITED will be held at the oflices of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.. J4d.. Hongkong, on FRIDAY, the 16th day of February, 1940, at 12; o'clock noon, Lo transnet the ordinary business of the Company.

AND

HEREBY NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the REGISTER OF MEMBERS of the Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, 161h the 2nd to FRIDAY, the February, 1940, both days inclu sive.

By Order of the Bourd,

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Crowds of evacueca pneiced the trains into the rlly from the out- akiria to do a day's shopping. '

An offcial communique Issuett by the Finish High Command, to-night states: "On the Karellan frontier fighting has been heavy. The Rus- slona crossed the Taipaile River and tried to push on. They were met by fierce Finnish counter-attacks.

Tanks Destroyed

Tliere was also heavy fighting Iwenty lles.north-west of Terijoki, North of Lake, Ladoga ono Russian column, supported by tanks, reached the lakeside holiday resort of Tolva- Jarvi,

approximately twenty-five miles inside the Finnish frontier. Four Sovici tanks were destroyed.

Red aircraft made a number of that Russian planes have broken, the granite rocks, so that rock the Mannerheim Line there are splinters fly off like metal.

alghts, attacking with machine-guns untrue. The Mannerheim Line is With a hand winter the Finns are Finnish troops and civilians on the at least twenty miles behind the confident they con "freeze up" the reads behind the front. nearest point which the Russians, war till the spring. It will prevent fighting planes and bombers went to the Russians, they believe, from, the old of their troops the Finnish claim to have reached.

Finnisi:

brenicing through.

communique from Fire Shells

Only air terror or gos might make Admiralty says: "Our coastal patrols, It was the fear of gas attacks

The Russians are using huge quon-the difference. Even for the air in spite of bad weather, opened fire on Helsinki which made the city titles of artillery. They have poured terror winter is no good time. Snow on a squadron of Russian warships Beentise of authorities rush on with the incendiary shells at the Finns, trying stopped falling to-day in Helsinki, in the Gulf of Finland. evacuation and order out all to burn away their cover, and they but fog came up to cover the town the fog they could not

are pounding with high explosives with an equally effective cloak. damage had been done.” British and American citizens

A

early on Monday.

The Finns fear that the Russians will use as not because they are break the rules of determined to

war, but because they think that the

WANG'S PEACE

Red Army must use extreme mea TERMS DISCUSSED

sues if they hope for an early view

tory.

Lime Winter is no

to try blitz- 1501 krieging Finland. Therefore, would be an effective it terrible

weapon.

Big Push Held The Finnish Army are not fully equipped with gas innaks.

Of the

IN COMMONS

see what

Italian Amateur Boxers Invited To Japan

TOKYO, Feb. 1, (Domei).-— Italian amateur boxers will be invited to Japan this autumn. according to Mr. S. Doke, Presi- LONDON, Jan. 31 (Reuter)-In the House of dent of the All-Japan Amateur .

Boxing Federation. It is "re- civilians only a few have them. The Commons to-day, Mr. Robert Morgan asked whether vented that negotiations have Finns' only gas mask factory started the Prime Minister's attention had been called to the already been entered into with Mr. Edurado Mazzin, Secretary of the Women are making home-made peace terms offered by Japan to the Chinese "puppet" Italian Amateur Boxing Federation, rubber Government, and whether the Foreign Office had received for six boxers to come le Japan be fastener 10 tubing. In the streets of Helsinki any information on the subject from either of the British

will see only one hundred

in

Ambassadors in the Far, No British. Recognition with an ordinary gai mask.

East.

work not more than six months ago.

masles out of charcoal sewn into cloth

way.

nhd

bulg

push in

Mr. Robert Morgan also asked the

tween September 15 and October 15. In the event that the present negotiations fall through, a team will be invited from Argentina..

Starhemberg In French Army

Vice-

the

You

The reports ol these s shells (Continued from Page 6.)

were being received by the Finnish

the Mr. R. A. Butler, the Under- Prime Minister whether the British the act instead of shooting General Statt headquarters at from the edge of the circle.

same time that Field-Marshal Man-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in Government, in view of the treaty the attack is due for nerheim, the commander-in-chief of reply, said that the British Am-negotiations between Japan and the

Chinese "puppet" Goverument, still) praise for the manner in which they the Finnish Army, was busy to the bassador to China had called adheres to the terms of the Washing-

in the first with the Russian settled down quickly

jattention to the agreement pur-ton Treaty.

PARIS, Jan. 31 (Reuter)-Prince half and did most of the attacking | north.

Soviet troops yesterday and to-day porting to have been signed by Mr. R. A. Butler, the Under-Secre- | von Stortemberg, former Well though Truscott, in goal, and the three anives played, chief credit were attacking practically along the Wang Ching-wei and the Japan-tary for Foreign Affairs, replied that Chancellor, and ex-leader of for the Signainen must go to Har-Arctic Circle in an attempt to fight

Japanese Government, rington and Sayers, the bucks, who their way to the top of the Gulf of ese authorities on December 30. in their note of January 14, 1030, to Heimwehr in Austria, is officially His gazetted an infantry. Beutenant in The text was being forwarded by the Bothnia.

Majesty's Government made it clear the French Army, "Atirire Etranger." Voroshilev, Russian commander- bir mall.

that they intended to adhere to thei This means that the Prince cannot defended stoutly to the end,

The Hume was fast throughout and

Wang's Denial

the Shanghai principics of Nine Power Treaty, and command French soldiers but only on the run of play, Royal Signals In-chlet and War Minister, hopes by

As published in

foreign units. were rather unfortunate to be beaten this move to cut off the Finns from

Petsamo and from Sweden and Nor-Chinese Press, the documents bore that this remained their attitude. by the score indicated.

neither signature nor date, and might,: therefore, have been a preliminary AMARRETIKOSENERATION

of "Y" LADIES, Caer Clark Cup

It is a war in the dark. There exchange of views. A spokesman champions, in a League

Wang Ching-wel had described thems are only two or three hours of dusky at King's Park last ght a day at this time of the year as "demands submitted by the Japan- (San Francisco date, 12th January).

Feb. 3. at 11.00 A.M., for the purpose of match U.S.A., Honulalu, Japan and Manila receiving the Report of the Direc- Saturday, made no mistake in fn these as in the long hours of ese" and had denied that any agree- defeating C.B.A. 5-0 on their darkness the Soviet troops are try-ment had been signed with the (San Francisco date, 4th January) tors together with a Statement of home ground. Three times during to press on over almost trackless Japanese.

Feb. 3.

2. Feb. 4

Accounts for the year ended 31st.ing the initial half "Y" Ladies now towards the Arelle highway Feb. 4.December, 1939.

successfully pierced the C.B.A. that leads from the top of Toronto,

above

the Gulf of Bothaiu, to Pet- ...Feb. 4. "Imperial Airways The TRANSFER BOOKS of the defence by well devised moves samo,

The Finnish

waging troops, Service"-London date, 20th Jan. Company will be CLOSED from which were cleverly executed.

guerilla warfare, have checked his advance so far with machine guns! and automatic pistols. Working in smali patrols they swoop down on lines, cutting off the Russian columns, sniping at stragglers and hurling their grenades at the main Russian force.

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Rangoon Tension

At An End.

RANGOON, Jan. 31 (Reuter),--The tension between the Hindus and Meslems in Rangoon ended to-day when the leaders of the two com munities took part in # "peace procession".

Play continued at the same fast pace after half-time, uni two further goals were scored, the champions enjoying most of

exchanges. the

"y" The strength lay in their deferte which gained and maintained a firm grip on the visiting forwards.

War In The Dark

On the one or two rough ronds and sledge ways which the Russians

HITLER'S BIG FLOP

Speech Arouses Little Interest

LONDON, Jan. 31 (Reiter): Hitler's then ski

speech has aroused

Miss Minot made a welcome re-can-use, Finnish ski-erg, lie In wait

fire and turn as goal-keeper, but had prac for them, open

backs tically no work to do, her

rapidly away. The Finns are led by little interest in the world press. The speech was the usual tirade rushes blocking Inside forward

men who know every inch of thin. the country.

gainst the Treaty of Versailles, electively. Mrs. Strange was more impressive, at left back.

It is a wild, Red Indian type of democracy and Mr. Chamberinin.

Semi-ocial circles in London note The halves, Miss M. McCaw, Mrs. warfare, fought man to man in

temperatures of from 20 to 35 de-that in the middle of Hitler's blus-

he Starbuck and Miss Pocock were in

enumerated the many steps tering, and gove nothing urees below freezing point. splendid form

But the Russians are bringing up taken since his coming into power away. The forwards worked well

more men. They, too, regarding the rape of Austria and ogether, and made the most of their more and

have skl troops to engage the Finns, Sudetenland, but he made no refer- of Czecho- the seizure changes.

They have huge ammunition supplies ence to

His reference to "that atheist thom the begining the roadHE C.BA, fought back amely, and bigger resources behind them. Slovakia or the attack on Poland nothing to do with the Burmese, and

but

proved no match for the So far they are making their main started during a procession by the

Both Hitler and Hindus held in the occasion of the champions. The forwards, although attack at two points one in the Stalin" is also considered somewhat Goebbels, who Feb. 2, 5 p.m. National Congress' celebration of in- individually, were not together. direction of Salla and the other at odd in view of recent circumstances.

Mrs. Wilmott on the left wing was Kemljarvi.

But they are stil right back on introduced him, made several refer- Feb. 3, 8.45 um.dependence Day,

out of position, and showed no signs .Feb. 3, 0.30 a.m.

of possibles as a winger. Miss P. their frontiers and as yet nowhere/ences to the broadcasts from Britain and France. They claimed that no Everest and Miss 1 Woolley were near these two places..

one in Germany listened to them. stong feeders at half-back, and Miss

Contradict Themselves B. Parsons tackled well, and hit cleanly at back.

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Miss Moss, in goal, gave a grand display, and made some dever saves In the second half, when the home attack played up keenly. But for a deplorable absence vt combination among their forwards, the CD.A. might have scored on at least three pccasions.

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Import Stoppages Cause Concern

But it is nevertheless pointed out In England that Hitler and Goebbels then proceeded to try and discredit these reports to which no one is said to listen.

The fact that Hitler attacked both Britnin and France shows at last that he stems to have learned the folly of trying to separate the Allies.

Typical of the comment of the British press is that of the "Times"

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 "(Reuter), which says that Hitler's tirade of THE Hongkong University ob

tained their first point in Mr. Cordell Hull announced that whines and threats is interesting only the Association. Tournament every effort would be made to ob-ns an example of the systematie last Sunday when they defeated tain a modification of the Britlah mendacity on which the German the K.I.T.C. 2-0 on their home poilcy of stopping imports of Ameri-morale is apparently built." should Mr. Hull was replying to a letter! ground The Varsity

Stock Exchange's give a good account of them- of pretest at the stoppage from the selves on February U when they Danville, Virginia, Chamber of Com-

Quiet Day niket the 2nd XI of the Macao Hoc merce, key Club at King's Park at 2.30 p.m.

No Conscription In India

can lobnero.

Ho added that the problems con- fronting American growers as the suspension was "baturally a matter of serious concern.",

LONDON, Jan. 31 (Reuter)--On the Stock Exchange to-day, apart from glit-edged securities and home Pross On Mall Seizures

ralla, which continued quietly to im NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (teater) prove, markels mostly cased in the Commenting on the Unlied. States absence of buying interest, though the profest to Britain about the seizures 1085 were mall, in most casés of mails, the "New York Post" de consisting of only a few pence.

Wall Street was steady, clares:

NEW DELHI, Jan. 31 (touter) Legal difficulties, which can only be

Our protests are for record, but surmounted by the British Parlia ment superseding the British Army let us he realistic enough to avoid Act as it applies to the British army bent in the maltar, and recognite-as in India, have caused the abandon a hard fact that we are not going to ment of the scheme for compulsory take any action beyond protest national service for malo. European British subjects in India.

An alternative scheme for the or Kanisation of hallonal service is now under consideration.

"Having given up our fight to soud ships to Germany, wo are not likely to be going to war with demoura le England in order to enable. Farcist Germany u, send goods to us."

DANES FIRE ON

NAZI PLANE

COPENHAGEN, Jan. 31 (Reuter), The Danish A. A batteries opandd fire on a German plane which was nighted three miles from here.

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