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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

25 words $2.50

for 3 days propaid

FOR SALE.

EAT MORE PEARS for your health. American Fresh Pears, fully riped for immediate use, special $1.20 per doz. Buy

once before stock exhausted. Tin Hop Produce Co., 40 Des Voeux Road Central, Tele- phone 24412.

CHEAP BALE Funiture at the Hongkong Furniture Company Ltd. No, B, Queen's Road Central.

DEMON COOKERS and HEATERS (Kerosene), Clearing sale at Sander, Wieler & Co.; in Liquidation, King's Building, 2nd Floor." 1

"HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY THE CAMERA" Second Edition. Over 00 excellent views of the Colony, Price $1.50. Obtainable at Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., Hongkong Travel Bureau or from the Publishers, South China Morning Post, Ltd., Wyndham Street,

POST OFFICE

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

MAIL TIMES flegistered and Parcel Mail are closed 15 minutes earlier in the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertis- ed to close at or before 9 am, re- gistered and parcel mails are closed at 5 pm, on the previous day. When mails are advertised to clase after 5 p.m. Registered and Parcel mails are closed at 5

11.m.

INWARD MAILS Mir Mall by "Imperial Airways Direct Service" London date, 28th February... ................ Mar. 7. Air Mail by "Pan America Air- ways Direct Service" San Fran- cinco date, 24th February, Mar. 7, Bangkok and Tourne Cantort

Mur. 7.

Mar. 7.

Mur. 2 Shanghai and Amoy

U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shank

(San Francisco dale, Oth

Shangliai

hni

Jbruary)

and Shanghai

Haiphong

Manila

Shanghul

Straits and Manila

Saigon.

Canton

Japan

Japan

Calcutta, Straits and Salgon

and Shanghai

Sandakan

Shanghal..

Mall

Air

by

.Mar.

7. Mar. 7

Mar,

Mnr. 7.

Mar. 7.

.Mar. 8.

8.

.Mar. 8.

.Mar.

Mar, 9.

Mar. 9.

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Mar 9 Mar. 9. Mar 5. Mar. 3. Mar. 9. Mar. 9. Mar. e. "Imperiat Airways Direct Service"London date, 2nd. March

.Mar. 10. Air Mall by "Pan-American_Airways Direct Service"-San Francisco date, 3rd March

.Mar. 10. Canton Europe via Suez and Straits-(Lon- don date, 25th January)..Mar. 10, Japan and Shanghai........Mar. 10. U.S.A., and Manila-(San Francisco

date, 17th Feb.)

.

OUTWARD MAILS Thursday, March 7

Fort Bayard

. Mar. 10.

.Mar. 10.

1.30 p.m. Shanghol

2.30 p.m. Swotow

2.30 p.m. Manila, Saigon, Bangkok, Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, L. Marques and South Africa vin Durban

3.30 p.m. Amoy

17 p.m. Manila

7.00 p.n. Air Mall for Manila, Guam, Henolulu and U.S.A. by the "Pan American Airways Dircel Service"-due San Francisco, 14th March.

Reg. Ord

+ Rek.

Ord.

K.P.O.

.Mar. 1, 5 p.m.

..., Mar. 7, 5.30 p.m. G.I.O.

.Mar. 1.5 p.m. Mar. 8, 7.30 am. Friday, March 8 Fort Bayard, and Hollow .1.30 p.m. Tienisin (Parcels only)....2.30 pm. Saturday, Mar. 9

Manila and Parcels only for Straits. Ceylon and Egypt. .9.30 am. Shanghai and Japan ..10.30 am. Swatow, Amoy und Formosa

10.30 a.tu. Salzon, Straits, Ceylon, Indin, Enst and South Africa, Egypt and Europe via Marsellies-due Mar- seilles, 5th April.

G.P., and K.P.O. Reg.,

.1.45 p.m. Ord

.2,30 p.m. Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, and U.S.A., by the "Pan-American Airways Direct Service due San Francisco, 17th March,

Reg.. Ord.,

Kowloon 0.

P

.Mar. 9, 5.00 p.m. .Mar. 9, 5.30 p.m. G: P. O.

.Mar. 9, 5.00 þ.m.

Rez., Ord. Mar. 11, 7.30 am. Air Mall for "Imperial Airways Dircel Servies"-due London 17ih March

Rog

G.P.O. and K.P.Ó.

.5.00 p.m. Ord

..6.30.1.h Yokohama. U.S.A., Central and South America and Canuda vio San Francisco-due San Franciscs, 26th March.

G.P.O. & K.P.o.

Rek.

.5.80 p.m.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Thursday,

..

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

G. R. G.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT] PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

CO., LTD.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fifty frat Ordinary Annual Meeting of Shareholdera will be held at the offices of the Company, Exchange Building, Das Vooux Ilond Central, Victoria, Hong Kong, on Wednesday, the 3rd day of April, 1940, at 11.40 o'clock,

.. for the purpose of receiving a Slatement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ended 31st December, 1939.

THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, the 21st MARCH, 1940, to WEDNESDAY, the 3rd APRIL 1940, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board Directors,

of

ong

R.

of the Sale by Public Auction | PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS to be held on Monday, the 11th of the Sale by Public Auction day of March, 1910, at 3 p.m.,

to be held on Monday, the 11th at the Offices of the Public day of March, 1949, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Mong Kok, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years. with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by: the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 70 years.

Lot of Crown Land at junction of Prince Edward Road and Argyle Street, In the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to bo fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the i KING, for one further term of: 75 years.

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Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo- sal of the lot the Purchaser (f) sai of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required not the applicant) will be required to deposit with an authorised to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the officer who will be present at the I. TAYLOR,

of two hundred sale,the sum of two hundred sale, the sum Acting Secretary, { dollars, (9200) In cash. This num dollars, ($200) in cash. This sam Hongkong. 4th March, 1940. will be refunded on payment of

will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.

|

Wim

March 1940.

Poles Turn

Down

Nazis

PARIS.

THE Nazis cannot find a Pole to form a Government for the Protectorate they' want to establish in Central Poland,

Hitler's special envoy, it is learned here, first approached M. Stanislaw Studnicky, former- ly a persistent advocate of closer Polish co- operation with Germany.

He refused the offer of the Premiership and would not even talk to' Hitler's emissary,

Professor Kucharzewski also declined the Berlin offer.

The third candidate was" Professor Estrei- cher, of Cracow University. He was ready to accept on conditions.

the Purchase price. THE DAIRY FARM ICE & PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.evneunted the territory, that all COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.

Notice to Shareholders

Notice is. bereby given that the Forty-fourth Ordinary

Yearly Meeting of the Shareholders in the Company will be held at the Company's Town Olice, 2, Lower Albert Road, on WEDNESDAY, 27th MARCH, 1940, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Hoport of the Directors together with Statement of Accounts, to sanction the declaration of Dividend and to re-elect Directors and Auditors.

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The Transfer Books of the Company will be CLOSED from 11th March to 27th March, 1940, both days inclusive.

G. MILNE,

Secretary. Hongkong, 29th February, 1940.

Bondholders

No. of Hale

Registry No.

Kowloon Inland Lot

No. 4231.

Junction of Prince Edward Locality

Road &

Argyle Street,

G.

Houndary Semintensosta.

N. .E, W.

As per valo plan.

Contents ir

21,500

About

sq. feet

AERDAL

Rental.

#246

Upect Frice

No.of Sale

Registry No.

Sai Yeung Choi Street.

Locality

15,125

3

· Kowloon Inland Lot No. 4236

Boundary Street between

& Tung Choi Street,

R.

G.

20280010

Boundary

Measurements

Bent

Contents in

ng. feet.

Aan.

Upact Price

N. 9. K. w.ŏ

feet fent fant|feat

as por salo plan.

About

8,270

R.

$ 152

RYOBI $

By Order of the Board of PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS Directors,

of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 11th day of March, 1940, at 3 p.m., at the Oẞkes of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Stirling Road, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal At a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of; 75 years,

Out Of Luck

Japanese Indebtedness To British Investors

Intending bidders are advised

of the Sate by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 11th day of March, 1940, at 3 p.r., at the Offices of the Publie Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Cheung Sha Wan, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, commencing from lat July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of Ills Majesty the KING, for ane fur- ther term of 24 years less the Inst three days thereof. Intending tidders are advised

They were thank the Germans authorities should be Pollsh, that re-

i quisitioning of Polish property ceased, and that payment he made for all goods confiscated or exported to the Retch.

Broken Off

Moreover, all Polish, war prisoners

should be released.

To this, of course, the Nazis would not agree, and the negotiations were broken off.

A

JAIL FOR GIRL

SPY CHIEF

GENEVA. private detective, VIRGINIA ROTA, were sentenced to alias Capp. the various terms of im- "platinum blonde prisonment,

spy,"

arrested here The maximum

Inst summer, has penalty under Swiss been sentenced to live

for Virginia's years' penal servi- offence is imprison- tude.

In ment for life. She was found guil-Nazi Germany she ty of "treason and would have been be-- espionage" on behalf | headed.

ar-

of a foreign Power. Virginia was

Virginia was head rested when trying of an organisation] to cross the Swiss which was trying to frontier, sell the plans of a Technical drawings now detonator of concerning Sw iss anti-aircraft guns anti-aircraft guns ordered by another and other defence documents were foreign Power.

Her accomplices, all found in her posses- Swiss, including a sion, said the pro- well-known Geneva.secutor.

-RADIO-

ZBW, 355 metres (845 kc.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles)

and

Toby

Hal Lorenzo & Toby Gray (Plane-Accordeon)Accordeon Mix- lure No. 4....Toby Gray; Piano From the Studio

Solo-Love's Greeting....Hel Loren- to; Two Plano Medley-Whispering. Radio Programme Broadcast by After you've gone.

Hal Lorenzo merciless regime of military Z.B.W. on a Frequency of 845 kc.'s and Toby Gray; Accordeon

governors and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. Plame-South of the Border occupation, exercised by

9.52 m.e.'s per Gray und Hal Lorenzo; Piano Solo→→→ appointed by the Reich, is still in and 8-11 p.. an

second.

Compli Hal Lorenzo: Accordeon and Piano Medley, (a) Over the 12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter-Rainbow, (b) Jeepers Creepers, (c) cession,

They Say....Toby Gray and Hal 12.30 Songs by the Hill Billies Lorenzo; Two Plano Version of F. D. and Hildegarde.

Roosevelt Jones....Hal Lorenzo and 1 Local Time Signal and Weather Toby Gray. Report.

force.

Polish inhabitants of Gntenhuten- the farmer Polish port of Gdynin were ordered to leave their houses and flats.

They are being evacuated to an un- disclosed destination, according to news reaching Paris.

8.30 Edith Lorand and Her Orcher-

1.03 The London Piano-Accordeon ira.

Their departure was supervised by Band. the Gestapo. Each family was allow ed to take only goods to a total weight of 5511.

1.18 Vivian Elile at the Plano, 8.45 StudioTalk on "An Appre- 1.30 1.50 Reuter and Rugby Press, clation of Thomas Masaryk.” Weather Forecast and Announce-

9.05 Vocal Gems by the Big Feur.

Germans repatriated from Latvia,ments,

a few 1.45 Verdi's "Il Trovatore”. Act IV. |--With Piano accomp. Gotenhafen who arrived in days ago are to occupy the evacuated Prince Soized

Bornes.

2.15

Close Down,

5,43

6.45 tions.

Studio-Children's Hour.

Closing Local Stock Quola-

Saint-Saens-Concerto In G

9.16 London Relay-News Bum- mary.

0.30 London Relay."Vive La France."-Second of the series by Sir

9.45 Selections from Noel Coward's

Prince Eustachy Sapicha, the first 6.47 Polish Ambassador to Great Britain Minor, Op. 22Arthur De Greef George Clark. and later Foreign Minister, his bech (Piano) and New Symphony Orches- selzed by the Soviets and taken to ten cond, by Sir Landon Ronald. Musical Plays-"Conversation Plece," Russin, according to reports from Poland.

There has been a large number of shootings by courts-martial in Pu- land, it was admitted in authorised German circles in Berlin.

LONDON, Mar. 6 (Reuter).-In the House of Commons to-day Sir John Wardlaw "Mine, enquired as to what had been the result of the Prime Minister's

representations to Japanese Government on their con- timed failure to secure payment to sal of the lot the Purchaser (sal or the lot the Purchaser tif British bondholders in the Shanghai- not the applicant) will be required Nanking fallway in spite of excel- to deposit with an authorised lent business being done by the rail-offteer who will be present at the way which had been under Japanese be prestat the Barrage Outpost On

the that immediately after the dispo- that immediately after the dispo- Balloon Crew's

control for two years.

Pressing For Reply

to

dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of

not the applicant) will be required

to deposit with an authorised

officer who will be present at the

dollars, 13200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.

| PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT,

Mr. It. A. Butler replied that Sir the Purchase price. Robert Craigie, Ambassador Japan, was pressing the dopanese Government for a reply to these re- presentations but none had yet been received and so far no attempt had been made by the Japanese authori- ties to meet the, obligations of the railway to its bondholders.

Sir John Wardlaw Milne said that inent to fulfil their obligations be in pressing the Japanese Govern- took it that it was quite clear In the minds of the British Government that funds were available.

Mr. Butler replied that this raised # rather broad and complicated question, but he thought Sir Wardlaw, Milne was, on the whole. right,

John

No. of Sale

Registry No-

Locality

Kowloon Inland Lot

No. 4235.

Between Kowloon Inland Lots Nos. 2960

4023, Stirling Road.

Boundary Measurements

N.

1.2. W.

As per salo

plan.

sq. feet

Contents in

| Ann. Rent.

About

14,000

$160

| Upset Price

000% $

No. 2769.

| No. of Sale |

New Kowicón Inland Lot Registry No. Jsaction of Fak Wing Street & Castle Pesk

Road, Cheung Sha Wait

Locality

Boundary Measurements

N. JB, E, W.

fret feat feetttet

a par sale plan.

Warships For BRITISH REQUEST Nazis Have

Dutch Indies

TO JAPAN Want Gambling Dens

In S'hai Closed

LONDON, Mar. 6 (Reuter)-in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Mr. Robert

Oil In Abundance

Contents

sq. feet

DOB'{}

But It's Synthetic

Upset Price

Ana Rent

37,080

Lonely Task

Bleak Marsh

By-A-Speclat Reportera

I have recently visited what must surely be one of the loneliest out- posts of the Home Front-and have incidentally obtained a new insight into what many people still suppose to be a

among the soft option National Defence Services.

It is a primitive wooden hut. erected on piles in a marsh. Here, on bare bourds, and with few of the comforts of the ordinary civilian life they have abandoned, Ilve the crew captive balloon, one the many dotted about London's approaches,

The marshes, with their tufts of

uf

coarse gruss, stretch away into the mists on all sides. There

arc ΠΟ

birds, and the only sound that comes out of the mist is the occasional wall

of

a ship's siren.

The air itself is dank and depress-

ing. save when the icy winds blow across the marshes. There is strenu- our work to be done in controlling un

which ungainly monster,

con

be almost vicious in stormy weather.

Day's Leave In 10.

Criticism Refuted In

Once every 10 days a man gets 24 hours' leave. For the rest of the Hague Parliament

time his sole communication with the outside world is a telephone and the THE HAGUE Mar, 0 (Reuter).

bicycle with its haybox curler which In the Second Chamber to-day, the Affairs, replying to

MOSCOW, Mar. G (Reuter).brings him food. Some of these huts Leader, Mr. Communist

Visser,

Morgan, said that the Prime Minister's The belief that Germany's out- still lack wireless sets. criticised what he called "growing undertaking to press the Japanese)

The e place, and its occupants, would Anglo-Dutch co-operation in the Far Government to get on with the work put of synthetic oil from coal

the of establishing order in Chine did exceeds East," and urged the withdrawal of

Anglo-American have provided Chekoff with a perfect play setting. nothing could be the Government's plan to build three not indicate a change of polley of the estimate by 3,000,000 tons an-less Russian than the spirits of the

Government towards the Sino-nually was expressed by new battle cruisers for the Dutch Indies,

they are Intelligent, cheerful, and

in charge of the balloon. approval nor

well-known economist, M. Yevgenij Varga, In the "Red keen on their job, and to talk with them is to realise how many technical Star."

problems are involved in keeping their balloon in Immediate readiness for its purpose.

The Minister for the Colonies, Mynheer Weller,

refuted Visser's views and adhered to the intention

to build the ships.

Asama Nazis To Go Via Siberia

Japanese war, Japanese aggression,

of

It referred to the suppression of mbling houses and similares tablishments in the western area of Shanghai,

STOCK MARKET REPORT

OPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" TOKYO, March 6 (Domei)--Nine German nationals who were brought knys:

Japan from Hongkong in connec tion with the Asamin Maru incident, Into a period of idleness.

will leave Yokohama en route home via Siberia, it was revealed.

Ord.

5.30 p.m. Sulgon

.0.30 p.m. Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe vla Marseilles-due Marseilles, 9th.

The Germans were among the 21 April

German seamen taken off from the Gr.O, and K.P.O.

Asuma Maru by British 'warship in Mar. 8,5 pan. the Pacific. Mar. 9, 5.30 p.m. .6.30 p.m. .6.30 p.m.

Ord. Iiniphong Manila

Guangba Japan

Sunday, March 10,

¿

PARIS, Mar. 6 (UP).—The Franco- 10 am. Halian commereint necord has been .9 am, Inlinled.

The Hongkong Stockt Exchange oMetal summary

issued yesterday

The short session resolved Itself

Buyers H. K. Whurven $1031

Bellern H. K. Docks $23 China Light (New) $5.00

Sales

Hongkong Banks $1,470 H. K. Miner Acta.

II, K. Trains $18.10

China Lighta (Old) - $8,45 Electrics 367%

Cements $19.00

asserts.

Varga also

Yel

If Germany's non-milltary, con- Eumplion remains as low as hitherto, she will be able to meet the require- Every kind of weather produces its ments by internal - production, he own problems. A change of condi- tlons may involve hours of strenuous M.

thie and even dangerbus work. discussed Japanese situation and reached the conclusion that the Japanese economy is so ruined that events are rapidly moving towards a social and political entantropie.

I heard of one man who had been flung 2011. Into, the air when .the balloon gave a sudden buck at a gust of wind.

Back at the Squadron Headquar tera, same officers were busy with a Meccano set when I arrived. The

BRITISH NOTE TO purpose was not recreation.

ITALY SOON

Everyone has ideas for improving the emetency of his flight and, even- tually, of the entire balloon-barrage system. Enormous Ingenuity is ex- LONDON,

Mar. 0

(Reuter)-pended on the construction of small "Reuter's" diplomatic correspondent test models embodying idens for now

that says that it is expected

the gadgets and methods. British Note in reply to the Italian) Some of these 'Idens have already protest in regard to the ban on Ger- been adopted. Others may be in the man coal experts will be sent to future, for the balloon-barrage man Rome in the course of the next few is a technician of improvisation, who days.

haver ceuses to learn and to teach.

7.12 Cello Recital by Pau Casals.nd "Bitter Sweet."

10.0%

7.30 London Relay The News.

A Variety Programme with 8 Local Time Signal, Weather Gracie Fields, Bandy Powell. The Report and Announcements.

Mills Brothers, Maurice Winnick and 8.03 Studio Concert by Hal Lor- His Orchestra and Others, enzo (Jazz Piano) and Toby Gray

11 Close Down,

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