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at

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HONGKONG CRICKET

CLUB

TENNIS TOURNAMENT · 1940

Entries close on Saturday, 24th February, 1940, at 6 p.m.

H. K. Stock Market

were

The following quotations issued on the Hongkong Stock Mar- ket this morning.

BANKS

Monday

HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH

February 19, 1940.

London Correspondents Bring to You Daily in this Page-the News-Mirror of the War-Highlights of Events which are Making History.

HUNT GHOSTS'

FINNISH PATROLS HUNT

IN

ENDLESS FOREST ON SUMMA FRONT

VOLKISCHER BEOBACHTER Russians-and Trees-

Exchange At A Glance

SELLING

T.T. London Demand do. T.T. Shanghol T.T. Singapore

T.T. Japan T.T. India TT. U.S.A.

T.T.

Manita T.T. Batavia T.T, Bangkok

TUT, Salgon

T.T. France T.T. Switzerland

CALLS THIS

Churchill's Blockade Wish-dream

.1/201

1/218

.343

.5212

103

3214

2434

48%

1074

.45%

150%

.103

10.05

1,410 b. £85.

107

T.T. Australia

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£ 87%.

BUYING

0 л.

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4 m/s L/C London

.1/3%

124% .78

4 m/c D/P

do.

1/3/4

4 m/s L/C U.S.A.....

.2516

4 m/s France

11.40

.212 bi

30 d/s India ..

.63*

405 b.

U.S. Cross rate in London 4:02

23,

U.S. Cross rate in N.Y...3.05%

Children of Europe, I love you so much I could eat you.

102 b.

PING

Douglases $.

100 b.

Steamboats $

1015 m.

Indo-Chinas PS

100 n.

.00 1.

New Appeal

HK. Banks S.... H.K. Banka (Lon. Reg.) H.K. Banka (H.K. Reg.) Chartered £... Mercantile, A. & B, £ Mercanille, C. £. East Asia 35..

INSURANCES

Canton $. Union $ China Underwriter H.K. Fire $.

Indo-Chines D.$. Shell (Bearers) 5/- Waterboats $

DOCKS ETC.

73/0 n.

.7% n.

.102 n.

22.10 s.

.4.00 11,

Wharves $.

February.

Docks $.

Canton ***

Feb. 20.

Providents $.

Formosa and Swetow

Feb, 20.

New Eng. Sh.

.20% D.

.Feb. 20.

Japan.

Sh. Docks Sh. $.

.328 n.

Salgon

Feb. 20.

MINING

Shonghul

Feb, 20,

Shanghai and Amoy

Feb. 20.

Stralis

Feb. 28.

Kailan B/- Raubs $.... Venz. Gold $

Feb. 20.

H.K. Mines

LANDS

Hotels $..

Lands $.

.5.85 b. .38 b. & su. .100 .

Straits and Manila

Air Mall by "Pan American Airways Direct Service Han Francisco date, 14th February.....Feb. 21. Air Mail by "Ale France Direct

vico"-Paris tlale, 14th February,

Calcutta and Straits

Java and Manila

Japan

Shanghai

Stroils

Alr Mall

by "Imperial

Lands 4% Debentures

Ser-

Feb. 21.

S'hai Lands Sh. S. Humphreys $.

Feb. 21.

H.K. Realties $.

Feb. 21.

Chinesa. Estales

$.

Feb. 21.

UTILITIES

.Feb, 21.

Feb. 21. Airways

Feb. 22.

.Feb, 22.

Direct Service"-London date, 14th

February,

Bangkok and Saigon

Canton

Japan,

.Feb. 22.

U.S.A., Honolulu, und Japan (San

Francisco date, 20th Jan.)..Feb. 23, Canton

Shanghai

U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan

Trams $.... Peak Trams (old) $ Peak Trams (new) Star Ferries 3.. Y. Ferries $.

China Lights (old)

China Lights (new) H.K. Electrics $..

Telephones (new) $..

Feb. 22.

Macao Electrica

Sundakan Lights

Feb, 24.

Telephones (old)

..Feb. 24.

and Shong-

Tractions /-

date, 26th

January).

.Feb, 24.

Manila

Shanghai and Amoy-

.Feb, 25. .Feb. 23..

OUTWARD MAILS Monday, Feb. 19

hai (San Francisco

Parcels only for Shanghai..5.00 p.m.

Canton

Straits

J ....7 p.JIE.

Tuesday, Feb. 20

Shanghat

.8.30 a.m.

Manila

.9.00 a.m.

Canton

Shanghai and Japan

10.30 0.m. 10.30 n.m.

Fort Bayard

Haiphong

Shanghal

Saigon.

.1.00 p.m.

.2 p.m. 2.30 p.m.

.7.00 p.m.

Service"-doo London, 28th Feb.

Air Mall for "Imperial Airways Direct

Reg. Ord.

Rex.

K.P.O.

.Feb. 20, 5 p.m. Feb. 20, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.

.Feb. 20, 5 p.m. Ord.

Feb, 20, 7 p.m. Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Aus-

tralla by "Imperial Altways Direct Service"-due Sydney, 201k Feb.

Reg.

Ord.

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Ord

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..... Feb. 20. p.m.

..Feb. 20, 5.30 p.m.

G.P.0.

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.10.30 a.m.

Wednesday, Feb, 21

Japan Straits and Calcutta

Parcels

Ord.

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Straits.

Amoy and Shanghai

Tractions (Prof.) s/~

INDUSTRIALS

By B.W.O.F.

Lord Huntingfield's Letter To H.E.

The following is an extract from

letter

Excellency the to His

19/- n.o

.10 a. Governor of Hongkong from Lord! ...n.Huntingfeld, in connection with the war activities in which the British War Organisation Fund of Hongkong is associated.

of the

3 cts. n.

The War

Organisation

British Red Cross Society and Order! 20 m. of St. John, have accepted the .71% n. generous offer of the Lord Mayor ol 41⁄2 n. London, to place his Mansion House 101 n. Appeal Organisation

at their ser« An organising, body at the

bern 17.55 su. Mansion House has

formed ..6 n.

under the Chairmanship and Deputy .4 n

Chairmanship of the Lord Mayor and .84 . Lord ffe respectively. 2454 b.

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vice.

"Among the Sub-Committees up- pointed by the Lord Mayor, dealing; that questions with the various que with b. arise in connection the appeal

made by H.R.H. the Duke of Glou- .cester, on September 8, 1930, which sa. resulted in establishment of the

the 8.70 . Lord Mayor's

rellef Fund for the .16/6 n. of sick and wounded and prisoners 10/0 n. of war of the Fighting Forces of the

is one Crown, is

specifically charged Cald: Macg. (Ord.), Sh. $,.14.90. n. with keeping touch with H.M. Re- Cald: Macg (Pref.), Bh. $...12...presentatives overseas.

........In. "I have been elected Chairman off .10.20 b. & sa. this Sub-Committee, and am writing| .4.85 n. to inform you that it has now been

set up. .22.10 b. Dalry Farms (now) $....21.10 b.

Cunton Ices $..

Cements $...

HK. Ropes $...

STORES, &c. Dairy Farms (old) $..

Watsons Sy

Lane, Crawfords $

Sinceres, $....

Wing On (HK) $. Pawell, Ltd. $.

COTTON MILLS

Ewo Sh. $ S'hai Colton Sh. $.. Zoong Sing, Bh. $. Wing On Textiles, Sh.

MISC.

H.K. Entertainments $. Constructions (ald) $ Constructions (now) $. Vibro Piling $.

n. Goyt. 6% 1925 G. Bonds

HK. Govt. % Loan

..0.45 b.

Now Appeal To Hongkong

"I am asking for the benefit of 7/2 1.80 your intimate knowledge and under-

Plea For Old Woman Rejected

Prison Sentonce To Stand

41 a. standing experience of Hongkonging his application on

.1 n. and its people, and feel certain that

Red

the

Mr.

Look Alike

By RALPH HEWINS, Daily Mail War Correspondent in Finland

On the Salla Front. EARLY this morning I crept through the eerie Finnish forest with a ski patrol and reconnoitred the Russian lines only 400 yards away.

For hours we picked our way among the trees. No one spoke. At every step. the Russian guns might crash out. I almost wished they had. The strain of listening and watching in that great stillness hurt, But not a shot was fired,

This is the ghostly work the Finns must do every night. A. hundred times forest growths appeared to me to take human Good shape. Were they hiding Russians? No only trees. nerves are needed on these patrols.

Watch We had our orders. for any Russian move. If pos sible cut off any of the enemy daring to venture too far afield; surprise sentries chilled by the cold; capture prisoners for ques- tioning; break fleld 'phones; damage commissariat and equip. ment. But we must not provoke a pitched fight..

WAR AND PEACE

Soviet airmen have received strict orders to attack only military objectives, says Moscow. This picture (on the left) shows the ruins of a building in Viborg after Below, bombardment by Soviet planes.

a picture of Viborg. In peace time.

WINSTON AGAIN IN THE PILLORY

FROM PAGE ONE

the "Demokraten", in an editorial

out that it

has to-day points previously criticised the German torpedoing of neutral ships but now, In connection with the Altmarke affair, it is likewise criticising England tor bringing warfare into Norwegion

of

SOVIET BREAK THROUGH THE MANNERHEIM LINE

FROM PAGE ONE

The Premier will give his reply on Monday:

Mass Air Raida Continuo ́·· SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" HELSINGFORS, Feb. 19 (UP) Mass air raids on Finnish towns

Viborg was bombed several times Hyvinkan and Karjan, two towns con-near Helsingfors, were raided

nil, bombed,

and

the rights of continue at an intensified tempo. "Where new are 1 can rely upon your, help in ex-grounds of old age and poor health, territorial waters.

neutral countrica?" asks the paper, .30% n.

plaining to them that whatever Mr. C. A. 5. Russ requested

Cady Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Indding: "Germany has now the ex- yesterday. .170 n. generous effort they

already may

Д Magistracy to-day to reconsider .44 .have made, the resources of the sentence of a month's Imprisonment /4mple of the Altmark for making

long-range .40% t. Cross and St. John Societies will

Yea! But why in require constant replenishment. We passed by Mr. Mocfadyen on a far warnings .7.10 b. shall be delighted to send you a full year-old widow, Chan Yau-kul, who

den neutrals?" .144 account of the Societies joint work pleaded guilty to a charge of ill-that is reality should the war so bur-

child on February 10. for treatment of which you might find useful

Mr. H. W. Fraser of the Secretariat making known the functions they

Affairs, opposed for Chinese

the perform in war time, and the ex- application. .50% 11. pansion of their

services which a

..8 n.

.05% n.

..100% n. WHO War will entail.

the

sequences".

Norway's Position The "Berlingske Tiden" saya: Mr. Russ said it appeared from re- "Norway is only trying to maintai iports that the assault on giri neutrality, but both sides claim that HK. Govt. 34% Loan

I take this opportunity of had been a severe one, but he under- Norway acted wrongly." Marsinans (Lon.) /- .14/0 n. expressing once more the deep grati- stood that the girl had been dis- The paper also ascerts that other! Maramane (H.K.) 1/-..............4/-'n tude felt throughout the country by jobedient and had deliberately broken neutrals concur with Norway's sland

MANILA SHARES

services and civilians alike at the bowl. The purishment Indicted ob and are determined that there shall

Fob. 17. Feb. 19.

generous contribution which Hong-temper. Afternoon Merning cong has already made through the

Closing

their

At first I was keyed up, ex- pocting uncanny silence to be broken by the roar of artillery, the whine and rattle of shells. and machine-guns. I expected. to have to dive into the snow for cover.

But as minutes passed my new-found animal alterness be-- gan, to yield to careless com- placency.

I dared to whisper.

A hosty "S-sh" from the officer in charge reminded me we were in danger.

Treos-Or Mon?

A glance at the taut features of his men as they strained eyes and cars for the slightest movement was enough to prevent me from being so careless again.

Time went on and the tension in- created. Was I getting jumpy. or were those trees, that hillock, those shrubs really trees and shrubs, or men?

As it so often turned out, the- whiteclad arm was only a branch; the prone hump only a tree trunk.

The officer raised a white-gloved. hand. walted breathlessly until mysterious-sigma and passwords en- abled us to proceed.

We

It was Like going to a Ku-Klux- Klan meeting amid an endless forest of Christmas trees.

to play

My imagination began more tricks. A ghost wafting down a gentle slope made me start. It was only a skier hurrying across a small open space.

At last we left the danger zone atlll as always behind. "Is it this?" I whispered. Nightmare

"I could start the firing at any moment, but you newspapermen are valuable to us. Be quiet, please," was the reply.

'So it is on patrol. Silence. Always silence. Nightly the Finns cover up to 60 miles with the thermometer usually showing at least 40 degrees of frost.

Forly people were killed in a rald on Solmi. Two were killed at Yiis Laro.

Tho Soviet planes used machine-guns on civilians in four localities.

Helsingfors was free of ralds, al- though the alarm was sounded twice,

Only men bred in the woods, un- Finns Calling Up Reserves

emotional, though sometimes mystic, SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH HELSINGFORS, Feb, 19 (UP) can keep it up. They need at least Week in and week out they are mark affair which would cause fur-a decree, requiring all males between holding up the Russian steam roller ther violations of neutrality, because the ages of 22 and 43 inclusive who in these snowbound forest wilder-

have not had military training to nesses, claims to such steps would find no report for medical examination.

For the Russians the strain muit basis in international law.”

Those found fit for service will be be almost greater. They live in a conscripted.

nightmare of dealing white shadows In view of the fact that many of which may suddenly pump death st. these ages have already volunteers them with machine-guns at point and only a few have been rejected, it is thought that the resultant number

Following are sales and bid orleest announcement in the Press of the,viously resulted from a bad loss ofve no further extension of the Al The Finnish Government has issued two years' training on skis.

Antamok Atok Baguio Gold

Batong Buhay Benguet Cons. 11.00 a.m. kg "Wedge

Noon. Coco drove

Cons. Mines Demonstrollon

.2.30 p.m.

.2.30 p.m. East Mindanao

.2.30 p.m.

Air Mall for Indo-China, Tran, and France (Paris and Northern Pro-

IXL.

Ipo Gold

Pogon Mining Mambulae Conɛ.

vinces only) by the "Air France | Mashate Cons

Airways Direct Servics"-dne

Parle, 20th February.

K. F. O,

.Feb, 21, 5,00 p.m.

.LU U12 1

23 23 B

4.00

35.00 B

21 B. 2013 34 B 14 B

.10

0035 .0035

124 1 12 D

37

114 115

20

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.10%

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Mind. Motherinde Mine Operations

North Camarines

.10

0n 10 B

.10

Paracale Gumaus

15 B 2222}

San Mauricio

Surigao Cons,

.17

B 174

.13

13

Syndicate Invest.

Rea.. Ord.. ..Feb. 21, 5.30 p.m.

G. P. O. Iteg,

..Feb, 21, 5.00 p.m. Ord, ..............Veh. 21, 7.00 p.m. Air Mall for Manila, Guam, Honolulu and U.8.A.. by the. "Pan American Airways Direct Service"-dns San Francisco, 28th February.

Rex.

Ord

Reg.

Ord.

Straits

Sandakan Haiphong

Canton

K.P.O.

.....Feh. 21, 5 p.m. .Feb. 21, 5.30 pm. G.r.o.

....Feb. 21, B nn. Feb. 22. 7.30 am.

Supper Ball & Cabaret

A Supper Ball and

Cabaret

is

Feared Prison Stigma

woman,

1 Lord Mayor's Fund to the British

Ited Cross and St. John's. War Or- Defendunt, said Mr. Russ, was a ganisation.

very old and respectable woman, and

Berlin Denies Guilt to a woman of her age the stigma of going to prison was very high and SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" may dwell deeply in her mind. She

BERLIN, Feb, 19 (UP).-Germany. was a very sick

Buffering which blumes Britain for the sinking being held at the Gloucester Hotel from heart and kidney diseases and of the Athenis, Terukuni Maru and of conscripts will be small. on Thursday, February 20, 1840, at could not walk properly. Suffering other ships which have fallen victim 9.30 p.m., under the patronage of His from high blood pressure and the to Nazi warfare at sea, is now trying Excellency the Governor and Lady other diseases had a very serious to place the blame for recent sinkings Northcote, who will bo present. effect an a person's mental outlook. in Norwegian waters on Mr. Winston

will lembers-Song]

consist of sald Mr. Russ.

Churchill (1 Cobaret. TWO

Concluding, Mr. Russ said that this In a verbal note to the Norwegian Weltz and Potpourri Foxtrot was an isolated case, and there was legation, Germany denies that the arranged by George Goncharoff,

no evidence uf nil of consistent

and Thomas Deptford, Garufalia Erich Porges at the piano (by kind eruelty.

Walton, which were sunk by U-Boots 025 11 .025 n permission of Jimmy's Kitchen) and A he would meet the case. in Norwegian waters, were torpedoed includes Unlied Paracalo...

2014B 201 (3) Professor Labrum and his Per Mr. Fraser said he had been in by German craft. The following is Swan, Culbertson forming Horse (Lieut.-Commander J. structed to oppose any change in the

"There were no Gaman naval nationalitica and which does not in- & Fritz' report on this morning's Grenham and Mr. W. Simpson).

sentence given.

If It was a question units in the vicinity at the time of clude the name of the Allmark:

Britain Is Ready Tickets $5 single and $8 double concerning the health at the woman, these sinkings," the German note. Trading on the Manila Gold Share may be obtained at the Gloucester the suffering of the child endured claims.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH morkel continued dull and un-Hotel and tables reserved. interesting with the list showing frac-

was also to be considered. It was

Sayne Cors,

murket:

tional changes up and down.

N

United Paravate, Itogon and Big Wedge lost one-half centavo ngainat death is announced of Sir

LONDON, Feb. 18 (Reuter),--Tho | equal 'gains' In Surigao and North William Cayzer.

Camarines.·

Charles

waters.

NAZI REPRISALS ARE EXPECTED

FROM PAGE ONE

mercinant ships

of

ni!

blank range.

FINNS ALSO INVADE SOVIET TERRITORY

→ FROM PAGE ONE

bren, repulsed along an 18-mile front on the Lickra-Inari highway since December 22 last year.

La

In

The only evidenco of Russians.I saw were the green frontler posta; those and some frozen Russian soldiers sitting

grotesque with postures in four feet of snow, rifies across their arms or their `nosta sticking out from the snow. Germany assures Norway that she LONDON, Feb. 19 (UP),—It la be-

Everywhere & I glided towards a very bad case of treatment, has at all times respected the neu-lieved that Britain's daring action in

territorial rescuing the British scamen from the the border I saw signs of that two- Norwegian trality of

Tractors and Altmark may result in a new phate months-old retreat. Full Cognisanco Taken

of warfare which will be charac

the Rejecting the application, Mr.

terised by a more outspoken altitudo tanks upside down and rusting

deep now. Complements of the Macfadyen said that in imposing the

the Allies regarding Russian battalions frozen stiff under sentence, the Court took full cog- labour at all. Considering the term on the part of the

soft white blanket of snow, fre department equipment ended nisance of the age of defendant and of one month and the potty anything savouring of neutral the

favouritism to

Often they presented nothing more to Germany. The epithets which Germony is thon a small mound which would when technician Robert 11. Schuler of the effect of any possible stigma that in any case a woman of this ave found a colony of millions of ants] of a sentence of imprisonment. The could not be given any unduly hard

break the surface of the mo in the hollow polo, 333 feet above the only factor not taken into considera labour, his Worship said he anw, no opplying to Britain's action are

neutral ship

started idewalk utop the Pacife Southwest tion was the health of defendant, but reason to alter his decision. If any carded as laughable hare in the face blanket.

for the front, 40 Nua- 'As. I' building.

there had been no evidence on this medical treatment were needed this of German attacks

sian planes appeared over Liskea. ping. would be provided. FRESNO, (UP)-Fresno police Fehler uld the mits, either in point."

atters believe that some in the dugout 1 heard that they sald 'Concluding, Mr. Macfadyen

Many quarters Mr. Macfadyen said if bad health were bothered by anta in the short- building a next or by dying by thou *****" G.P.0, & K.P.O..

wave radiozerint polas, Ta sands, short circuited the giant tube, was discovered, it was customary for the wound inflicted en the child form of Corman reprisals will be had bombed a town and damaged

• Feb. 14, 5. pan.

E(Toris.. to locuto the reason for The serial had to be inken down to a prisoner to be placed on half were not consistent with weakness or forthcoming. The nation, however, some properly, but enused no loss of

is prepared for all eventualities; noillness on defendant's part. labour, which In fact, meant, Feb. 24, 5.30 p.m. poor redio reception by police and eliminate the colony.

Thursday, Feb. 22

.10.30 a.m. .12.30 p.m.

...1 p.m.

.7.16 .m.

Friday. Feb. 23 Parcels only for Tientsin.2.30 pm. Baturday, Feb. 24

Air Mail for “Imperial Airways Direct Rervica"--duo Landon 3rd March

For Ord

Ants In Radio Upset Police

on

re-