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25 words $2.50
for 3 days propaid
TUITION GIVEN.
DANCING IN HOURS, Ballroom, Tange, Rhumba, American Tup. Tul tion rapid and praetlen). World's Champion's Steps. Apply:-Tony's Dance, Studio, China Building, th floor. Tel. 30933.
FOR SALE.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
BANK HOLIDAYS.
In accordance with Government Ordinance, The Exchange. Banka will be closed for the transaction of Publle Business on Thursday and Friday. the 8th and 9th February, 1949. (China New Year
folidays).
Hongkong, 5th February, 1940.
HONGKONG HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY
THE ANNUAL SHOW
OF
"HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES THE CAMERA" Second Edition.
the will be held at ST. JOHN'S PLACE Over 00 excellent views of Colony, Price $1.50. Obtainable at (opposite the lower Peak Tram Kelly Walsh, Ltd., Hongkong Station) on Tuesday, the 5th Travel Bureau or from the Publishers, South China Morning Post, Ltd, March, 1910, from 3 pm to 6:0 p.m. and Wednesday, the 6th Wyndham Street.
March, 1949, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
RADIO
ENTRIES WILL DEFINITELY CLOSE at the Hon. Secretary'a office, Stock Exchange Building Ice House Street, at NOON ou
ZBW, 355 metres (845 kc.) and (THURSDAY, the 22nd February. 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) London Relays Including
"Cards on the Table" Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 815 .c.'s and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and 11 p.m. on 9.52 m.cs. per secand
H.K.T.
•
12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- ccasion..
12.30 Gino Bordin and Hin Hawailans.
12.43 Gershwin-An American In Parla
New Light Symphony Orchestro. 1.0 Loeni Time Signal and Weather Report.
1.03 Tele O'Shea (Veral) and Benny Goodman and His Orchestra.
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Announce- Weather Forecast and
inents.
1940, but intending exhibitors are [requested to send in their entries
as early as ponuible.
MEMBERS who have not yet paid their subscriptions and ALL THOSE who wish to join the Society are requested to send $5.00 to the undersigned,
J. T. BAGRAM.
Ion, Secretary. Hongkong, 2nd February, 1940.
THE "STAR"
FERRY
CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
1.45 Carroll Gibbens (Plano) and (THAT Ils Boy Friends.
2.15 Close down.
6.0 An hour of Popular Classics compered from the Studl
7.0 Closing local Stock Quotations. 7.52 1 A Military Band Concert. 7.30 London Relay The News. 8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Re- port and Announcements.
8.03 A Spanish Programme with Tito Schipa (Tenor);
Habanera-Da
Danse Espagnole (Pablo
THE FORTY-SECOND ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING OF THIS COMPANY WILL be
held at the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. an Friday, the 16th February, 1910,
11.30 am. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Direc tors together with a Statement » Accounts for the year ended #1st
de Sarasate)... Rene Benedetti (ViDecember, 1939.
lin)
with Maurice Faure at
the The Register of Shares of the
Tuesday,
BRINGING
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
February 6, 1940.
THE
GRAF
SPEE WOUNDED ASHORE
PINMEUBAPTER, Wounded from thef Andina Grol Syre are brought ushore to Montevideo
Piano; Grounds (Albeniz); Cordoba Company will be CLOSED from S Albeniz
(PergolesOrquesta. Odeon: Nina Fridny, the 9th February, 1910, Lo
Bourdon); A Little Posy (Tosti)...Tito Schipa (Tenor)
Board of the
of
Friday, the 16th February, 1910, Orchestra; The Laver and the both days inclusive. (Granados)....Elleen By order
Shali (Piano): I
Return Directors, (Schipchestra:
Tito Schipa (Tenor)
Tango with Tango Bolero (Juan Barnabas Von Gecay & His Orches-
Dance Spanish
(Granndos- Kreisler)....Yehudi Menuhin (Vio- lin) with Ferguson Webster at the Plano.
tra
8.40 London Relay "The Ear of Britaly,"
9.13 Londen--Reluy-News - Suni mar
9.30 London Relay--"Cards on the Table."
9.15 Variety with Gracle Fields. Itonald Gourley, John
Others.
Henry
&
Brass Band-Cavalcade of Martial Songs (arr. Nicholls); Punchinello Colllery (Rimmer)....Blckershaw
Door
Father
Plano
C. M. MANNERS, Secretary and Maunger. Hongkong. 25th January, 1910.
R.
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 12th day of February, 1910, at 3 p.m.. at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Länd at Chuk Un, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, commen- cing from 1st July, 1898, with
Band cond. by William Haydock;
the Okl Vocal-Outside
Stage (Noel
Others); Old Thames (Wallace, O'llagan) Fields with Orchestru; War Medley-Charlie Kunz Time Plano Medley No. D. 31 Intro: Run, Rabbit, Run; I'm sending you the Siegfried Line; Adolf; The Wash- ing on the Siegfried Line; Here we go
less the last three days thereof. again; Kiss me good-night; Sergeant- Major
Charlie Kunz; Humorous
Intending bidders are advised Letter
(J. Henry) Murgatroyd's
"Blossom" that immediately after the diano- and Henry Vocal-Who Is That Man....sal of the lot the Purchaser (if (Watts) The Night That We Met In not the applicant) will be required A Black-Out Kester)....Tom to deposit with дл authorised Handley with Plano accomp; Fox- Trois-Don't Worry About Me (from officer who will be present at the Cotton Club Parade') What Goes sale, the sum of two hundred Up. Must Come Down (from 'Cotton dollars, ($200) in cash. This sem Club Parade')
will be refunded on payment of Ochestra with Vocal Refrain; Humor- ous-The Story of the Pied Piper (J. the Purchase price. Henry) John Henry
Captain Hans Lingsdorff, who the option of renewal at a Crown committed suicide after scuttling
Rent to be fixed by the Surship. veyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 24 years
Joo
Jolin
.Geraldo and His
assisted by
Boundary
Measurement
N.S. E. W.
Contents
Upset Prics
Ann. Bent.
sq-feet
Horridge; Plano-Medley PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. Glayda
every Intro: Easter Parado; With breath I take; His Majesty the Baby: June in January: One good fune de- serves another; The big bad wolf was dead...Ronald Gourley: Vocal- Just A Catchy Little Tune, (film 'Sing as we go) Love (lm 'Sing as we go)....Grucio Fields with Orch.; Fox-Trotz.You Grow Sweater As The Years Go By, There's Something Wrong with the Weather ..........Thị Organ, The Danco Band and Me, with Vocal Retrain; Vocal--You Needn't Hava Kept It A Secrot (O'Connor and Othera)
You Goodniglit to (Denby-Watson)....Morton Downey with Orchestra,
11.0 Close down.
All
A DENIAL AND
A CHARGE
MANCHESTER, Feb. 5 (Router).---
Sir Oswald Mosley, the Fuchrer of
1 No. of Sale Į
* Kowloon Inland Lot Bexistry No.
No. 2.63.
Chak Un.
Incality
As per sale.
plan.
1806-
Dutch Service In Atlantic
his
Newfoundland Sailors Meet Mrs. Chamberlain
LONDON, Feis. 5 (Reuter)-A. party of sailora from Newfoundland, some of many who joined the Royal Tow Navy and who are spending day's leave here, had an unexpected meeting with Mrs. Neville Chamber- lain this morning.
SKI-MEN HEAR
Hid Soldier Sweetheart Im Cellar
EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD Elsie Boardman
was accused at Bolton, recently, of concealing an Army absentee-her lover.
The
Graf Spre
Athiral
to
ing out of Montevi-
den has loter rnd her inglorious
rareer.
NO HURRY
TO ENACT
When police went to the house, it wag stated, she told them that she had not seen Gunner W. Gibson since the previous Sunday,
But in the cellar, which had been locked, the officers' found Gibson hiding.
Ms Boardman was discharged under the Probation Act.
Herald"
CALL OF BLOOD
N the lee of a anall Finnish lake,
ON
wis, seen recently a line of men in civilian clothes standing with skin by their sides. In front of them their officer, tean, tall man, wearing) Jackboots and a white snow cont, studied me and shouted an order at them: "Right turn."
The words in English with a Cana- dian necent sounded strange In this Finnish setting. The squad turned, come swung their skis deftly, some chumsily..
The American-Canadian Brigade, most of whom are of Finnish extrac tion, were in training.
The officer served in the great war.
He was with the Canadians at the Arst gas attack at Ypres. A month ago he was in the Canadian Army, but the authorities granted him sick Icave,
the
Under his agreement with Finns he is free to go back to Cunuda any moment he is needed there.
I looked along the faces of the) men. Their average age was well in the thirties. They were almost all ns broadly built and as tough as the home-born Finns, who drilled near then.
Among the Canadians were lum- bermen, railway workers, farm workers and i clerk in a touristi office. Some had done military In the service in Cannda and United States Army ог Navy. Others had never held a gun in their hands before.
Lumbermen
Two of the Americans had scen fighting in Finland 'before during the War of Independence against Russin; others had done military service in Finland before they emigrated.
They are learning to skl quickly and to fire the Finnish nutomatle pistol and machine gun.
Among
the
Canadians
was
J. ULLMANN & CO.
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Misa Boardman told the "Daily twenty-year-old boy who was a sea- akt afterwards, "1 hope it will man in a ship coming from Aus- ot affect Bill's Christmas leave. fralin when war broke out. He de- We have known each other for about seried and joined the party in New
York, year, and were hoping to be married at Chrestmus,
31
One of the Americans, Arthur Wil- "As I have not heard anything liams, told me in a rich Bronx Re- about his homecoming. I have not put | cent that he had been in the Ameri- up the bunns. If he should get his con Navy for four years. He waz leave we shall be married by special house painter in New York when
the Finnish war broke out. licence."
EMBARGO Ministers' WORKERS
America To Study Matter Closely
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (UP),— Demands for restrictive measures: against Japan by House and Senate members are increasing, but the leaders indicate there is no hurry to engel an cinbargo.
Speeches Approved
"No Issue Short Of Victory Or Defeat"
PROMISE
TO HELP
Government Starts Production Drive
LONDON, Feb. 5 (Reuter), The determination of British LONDON, Feb. 5 (Reuter).-workers to help the Government
of the British Press
Senator Sherman Minlon stated that there was no motion to change the plan to study the matter closely from all possible ungles. Commodity Most Interests such as cotton have not acclaims the week-end speeches in its new huge drive for arms been determined in the present de-of Mr. Oliver Stanley, the Production was expressed to-day mand for hasty action, although some Minister of War, Mr. Anthony by the Amalgamated Engineering Eden, Secretary of the Domin- Representatives of the Union visit-
southerners favour partial restriction of war material shipments.
Union.
"We cannot continue to disregardtions, and Mr. Clement R. Attlee, ed the Minister of Labour, who ex- the fact that China and Japan are the Labour Opposition Leader, plained to them details of the new
sald Senator Allen
ut war."
Ellender. "As much 0.5 I The "Manchester Guardian," for sympathise with the Chinese people, instance, writes that the case against as neutrals we cannot discriminate premature and unconditional peace between belligerents,"
negotiations could not have been more tersely and effectively put than it was by Mr. Oliver Stanley,
Representative Fred Crawford said he would speak on the floor of the House on behalf of cotton interests.
effort.
Dir. Fred Smith, Secretary of the Union, said: "It is one of the most ambitious programmes I. have over seen."
The Government, he sald, had ask- The "Daily Telegraph" warns against the agencies that are at worked the Union to help them to get the labour which would be needed and trying to enfeeble the nation's pur-
"wo bave given un undertaking to do pose by suggestions that an Casy
Madame Chiang's option to the prosecution of the war everything possible to assist."
Pledge
Is available,
Mr. Oliver Stanley was right in this struggle emphasising that there can bo no issue short of victory or defeat, the paper continues,
"We must go on or go down, and the with us stands or falls civilisation."
Attice Shows Way
Fob (Reuter). CHUNGKING They were being shown the sights of London by a party of women who Madame Chiang Kai-shek, in a stir
inceling Ind volunteered to act ns guides, ring speech to-day at
the Friends organising
ot
Much Labour Required The Minister of Labour, Mr. Smith revealed, hud placed before them a document which he wished them to examine and a further meeting would be held in from 10 to 14 days* time
The Government was concentrating on its arms drive and a vast labour
When Mrs. Chamberlain heard that wounded Society, pledged personally the sailors were in Whitehall she to raise $100,000 for the Society. She The "Daily Herald" saye that Mr. forco would be required The Gov came immediately and hatlesa from is Honorary Chairman of the move-Attlee's speech has shown the way to enument very much uppreciated what No. 10 Downing Street to see them.ment, while Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister disprove the German lies that Britain the Trade Unions had already done,
is fighting an Imperialist war. That Mr. Smith concluded. The party formed two ranks and, of Finance, is Chairman.
which The movement,
will be way is by renouncing all claims to as the Prime Minister's wife ap-
rights in colonial territories Is expected to enlist at least 100.000 by declaring them to attention.
Mro. Chamberlain spent nearly 20 members. The aim of the movement bring every one of the colonies under minutes chatting to the men who is to obtain one "friend" for every in mandatory system and by pushing heartily cheered her as she stood on wounded Chinese soldiers.
proached, one of their number enlled i formally inaugurated on February 19, (special e Britain's preparedness to
the door-step of No. 10 before they left.
Sub-Stratosphere. Mail Flights
Licence Needed For Export Of Tin
forward the self-government system
whenever practicable.
"Our deeds will then speak louder
than Dr. Goebbels words, and our
sincerity will bring ever-increasing sympathy from neutral nations," the paper concludes,
German Party
Repelled
IMBROGLIO IN TOKYO POLITICS
TOKYO, Feb. 5 (Reuter)The
press and public continue to be intrigued by the imbroglio caused by the speech made in the Diet on February 3 by Mr. Takno Saito,
Minselto veteran member of the Party, in which ho challenged the Konoye statement, declaring that if it in rigidly carried out Japan would get nothing out of the war in China, Attention is centred on the meeting of the Lower House Deciplinary Committee this morning which will PARIS, Feb. 3. (Reutor)-A Ger-decide the action to be talten towards
thin the THER NEW KAENON REMEDY, men reconnoltring patrol got
resolution of non-confidence worst of it when it advanced towneds against Mr. Toshi Koyama, Speaker, THERAPIÓN NË? the French lines east of Blies and for his fallure to call Mr. Saito to. came into contact with French ad- order. The resolution of non-cond- THERAPION NⱭSvance posts.
dence is being brought up at to-day's There was a brief engagement in plenary session of the Diet by the which bombs and machine-guns were Jikyoku, Doalikai and Social Maan used before the Gormans hurriedly Parties and the reformist section of retreated, leaving two prisoners. the Soijukal Party,
Unity Mitford, had been aiding the has been instructed to apply for per- It is expected that one flight eachERAPION NO.
LONDON, Feb. 5 (Reuter)—A Board of Trade order adds in to the metals, which, with their alloys in unwrought forms, require licences for NEW YORK, Feb. (Reuter)report to any destination. Flans for the inauguration of sub- The order · camo LONDON, Feb. 5 (Reuter)-Plans stratosphere mail flights from about February 4.
into force on the British Union of Fascists, in a for the Netherlands Trans-Atlantic the beginning of May were discussed speech to-day dented allegations Servlen are now so advanced that thes made that his sister-in-law, Miss Netherlands Minister in Washington yesterday by 150 P.W.A trafe and
operations men.
will be maintained at the way daily He also charged that a man be-rangements in the United States, re-bestinning. lieved to be a Mosley adherent, who ports the "Dally Telegraph".
Four motors Boeing stratosphere Interrupted a recent speech by Mr. Winston Churchill in Manchester, The service will be established on planes with scaled cabins and super- was taken back-stage and there mera weekly basis at first but the ulti-charged engines will maintain the
mate aim is to have daily morning service, nying at 20,000 feet. cilessly beaten,
The west const terminals will be The Conservative Party spokesman and evening connections with Now
San Francisco and Los Angeles.. denied thin.
enemy.
misalon to make the necessary ar
York.
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