1940-03-12 — Page 12

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 12, 1940.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. In 1840 Great-Grandmother Went West... Couple

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS KOWLOON RESIDENTS’

25 words $2.50

ASSOCIATION

NOTICE

for 3 days propaid

The Twentieth Annual General WANTED TO BUY. Meeting of the Kowloon Rosl WANTED, Diesel engine motor ship, dents' Anneciation will be held in nel tonnage about 200 tons. Send St. Andrew's Church Hall, Kow- particulars to No. 80, Wing Lok luon, on FRIDAY, March 15, 1940, Street, East, Hongkong.

FOR SALE.

FOR SALE. One h.p. vertical Dicact Engine, Two Stillco Portable Electric generating sets, suitable for yachts or country bungalows. Apply to Sander, Wirter & Co., (in liquida- tion), King's Building, second floor.

of

nt 6 pm.

Business

Adoption of Report and Ac- counts for the year ended 31st December, 1939.

Election of Officers and Com-

mittee.

And Other Business,

It is earnestly requested that

endeavour to be present.

An

DOG SHOW. Photographs of all the prize winners and dozens other entries, Coples on view and members and all others interested orders taken at the Mayfair Studio, corner Halphong and Nathan Roads, in the welfare of Kowloon will Kowloon. (Opposite Dairy Farm). EAT MORE PEARS FOR YOUR opportunity will be given for Health American Fresh Pears, fully bringing forward maiters for the riped for immediate use, special $1.20 consideration of the new Com- per doz. Buy at once before stock mittee. exhausted. Tin Hop Produce Co.,

40 Des Voeux Road Central, Tele- phone 24412.

"HONGKONG AS REVEALED DY

THE CAMERA" Second Edition. Over

I. D. ROSENTHALL

Hon. Secretary.

60 excellent views of the THE DAIRY FARM ICE & Colony. Price $1.50. Obtainable at COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. Kelly

& Walsh, Ltd., Hongkong Travel Bureau or from the Publishers, South China Morning Post, Ltd, Wyndham Street.

Nolice to Shareholders

Notice in hereby given that the Forty-fourth Ordinary Yearly

OBITUARY Meeting of the Shareholders in

Former Editor Of The S. C. M. Post

The

London

death occurred in yesterday of Mr. Thomas Petrie, Editor of the S. C. M. Post from 1915 to 1924, in his 67th. year.

the

the Company will be held at the Company's Town Office, 2, Lower Albert Road, on WEDNESDAY, |27th MARCH, 1910, at NOON, for

the purpose of receiving Report of the Directors together with Statement of Accounts, to sanction the declaration of 让 Dividend and to re-elect Directors

The Transfer Books of the Company will be CLOSED from 13th March to 27th March, 1940, both days inclusive.

Mr. Petrie was born and educated in Forfar, Scotland, where he served and Auditors. - his Amprenticeship is Journalist with the Forfar Herald. When he first arrived in Hongkong in 1906, Mr. Petrie joined the staff of the China Mall. He then left the Colony for Bangkok and later went to Yoko- hama; where he met his first wife. Later he returned to the Colony and became a sub-editor on the S. C. M. Post.

Mr. Petrie was appointed Exitor In 1915 when Mr. G. T. Lloyd left, und

By Order of the Directors,

Board

of

G. MILNE.

Secretary. Hongkong, 29th February, 1940.

served in that capacity until 1924. CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

,when he went Home after being up- pointed by the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce to assist in the

organisation of the Hongkong Section of the Wembley Exhibition.

The first Mrs. Petrie died in 1923 In Hongkong. Two years after Mr.

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES

MESSAGERIES DIARITIMES

Bringing Cargo from Marsellies vu Saigon,

Petric's retum to London he re- Consignees are hereby Informed

BABY COMES

3BY

BY AIR

IN 1940 BACK 9-MONTH-OLD

FLIES OCEAN

ONE HUNDRED years ago, in 1840, a' baby girl sailed with her parents from Dart- mouth to find a new home in America.

The voyage across the Atlantic lasted three

months.

Then the family travelled almost 2,500 miles covered American continent in a across the wagon.

That baby's great-granddaughter, nine-month-old Cecily Williams, arrived in England after having fown the Atlantic.

6,000 MILES

L

A fortnight ngo Cecily was 6,000 miles away at Los Angeles, with her treat-grandmother, who is how a centenarian.

From Los Angeles Cecily flew to New York.. from there she flew in the American Clipper to Bermuda, and then to Lisbon.

She went from Lisbon to Paris by train, but she flew the last lap from Paris to England.

with her.

Cecily is the first baby who has flown the Atlantic. Her father, Captain Fox Williams, of Portland- quare, W., and her cousin, Miss Gita Nicholas, come

"Little Thal evening

Miss Muffet," as her father calls her, looked around her at a strange new country where there was no blazing Californian sunshine, and didn't like it--and cried,

But even ploneers get pretty tired after all these thousands of miles.

Pioneer

"Miss Muffet is a real pioneer, like the rest of the family," her father said.

"She behaved splendidly on the journey."

had to have oxygen on the way over." Miss Nicholos said, "but not 10 Miss Muffet. She kept us all cheered,"

Although the baby had a passport, she was considered small enough to travel free, and had no ticket. She is being looked after by Miss Nicholas and a nurse, and is going to live at Chester.

Her father, un engineer, is rejoining the British Army.

married, his wife being the widow of that their goods with the exception Tsar's Grandson

the late Mr. Williant Davidson, Kowloon Dock

of of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored into the

Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon

Mr. Petrie was well-known in Whart and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow-

Hongkong and while here neted as correspondent for The Times, London.

loon, whence delivery may be obtain- ed immediately after landing.

He was a member of the Hongkong All claims must be sent in to me Volunteer Reserve and was a very able journalist.

In 1011 during the Chinese Revolu tion Mr. Petrie went to Canton with

Mr. B. Wylie, now General Manager of the S. C. M. Post Ltd., and assisted in the escape of the Viceroy.

on or before 20th March, 1940, or they will not be recognised.

Damaged Packages will be examin- ed by the Company's Surveyor Messi's the presence of the Consignees st 5-Goddard and Douglas in 10 am, on Friday, 15th March, 1940. When in the Colony Mr. Petrie Consignees must have a Revenue Oficer In attendance when any a keen lawn bowler, being a very carly member and officer of the dutiable goods are examined by the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, and Company's Surveyors. was among those instrumental In No Fire Insurance will be effected forming the Hongkong Lawn Bowls by us in any case whatever. Association.

wns

After completing his work for the Wembley Exhibition, Mr. Petrie again look up journalism in London where he became Editor of the Chine Ex-

and Telegrapli, press

11 weekly publication devoted to the Far East and which has now become the Far East Engineer.

Sir Harry Robert Boyd

London, Mar. 10.

The denth has occurred of Sir

R. OUL.

Agent,

COMPANY REPORT

H.E.C. To Pay Final Dividend of $1.50,

At the annual meeting of share-

Harry Robert Boyd, m.c.v.o., who was hoiders of the Hongkong Electric Co., Ceremonial Secretary to the Home

Company's Office since 1925 and Registrar of the Ltd., to be held at the

Registered Omec, P. and O. Building,

Baronetage.alnce 1032. He was aged 4th floor, on March 21 at 11 a.m. the 64 years-Reuter.

Directors will submit the following in report: engaged

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after

Sir Harry Boyd business in Shanghal from 1999 to 1911 and received the China Medal in The balance at credit of Profit and 1000. He was attached to the Minis-Loss Account is $2,944,400.39 try of Finance in Peking in 1914, allowing for depreciation. Of this when he received the Order of the amount $800,000 has been appropriat Excellent Crop.

ed for the payment of an Interim to England,

Dividend of $1 per share on Seplem- Returning Assistant Private Se- DE

Sir Harry ber 7, 1039. cretary to the Under-Secretary of Your Directors recommend that the State, served in various offices dur-balance available for appropriation Ing the War, and was from 1919 to amounting to $2,344,480.39 be dis- 1925 Assistant Private Secretary to posed of us follows. To pay a frat. successive Secretaries of State. He dividend of $1.50 per share on 600,000 was Joint Secretary of the Silver shares, $800,000; to pay a bonus of Jubilee Committee and a member of 75 cents per share on 600,000 shares, the Coronation Executive Committee. $450,000; to place to reserve, $400,000; He is survived by his wife, former carry forward to next account,

$594,480.39. Iy Lady Ada Wentworth-Fitzwilliam.

Athlete's Death

Tokyo, Mar. 11.

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During the year The Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson resigned his seat - as

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Wants to Fight

PRINCE ALEXANDER YOURIEV-

SKY, grandson of Tsar Alexander

Britain as an Army officer. II of Russia, wants to fight for

He said so at Stockton-on-Tees, when he applied for his discharge in bankruptcy."

charge until the Prince had paid 10s. in the £ on linbilities of £021.

Judge Gamon refused to grant dis-

"I could not pay a penny in the C," the Prince said.

"I pointed out to the judge my de- sire to join the Army, and asked him if my bankruptcy would affect my chance of a commission. I was told that this would not be the case."

THE DUKE OF WINDSOR

the uniform of * Major Gene- ral, photo- graphed as he left the

Band- bagged entrance to Claridge's Hotel on a re- cent trip

England.

to

THE DUKE IN ENGLAND

ISSING AJOR YSTERY A ISTAKE

M

OR six days police throughout the country have searched for Majer Vernon Moor-Lune (retd.), of the Indian Army.

He landed at Liverpool, and rela- tives sought police ald when he failed to appear at his Surrey home, Braemar, The Holl,, Farnham, the same day.

Will

SENNET

Forget the Gestapo FRERES

in China

1

YOUNG Two Chow-wang and Magdalena, his German bride, smiled when they were fined £5 each at Basingstoke,

For it meant the end of months of worry and trouble. Soon they will be on their way to Chinn, Their troubles began, said their solicitor, even while they were courting in Germany.

The secret police hunted Elem, threatening to send them to a con- centration camp.

False Passport

After their marriage they were not allowed to live in the same town. Tro Chow-wang escaped into Den- mark, got his wife to join him there.

With a borrowed passport for her, they arrived in England. They were arrested because she bod come in, on a false passport.

Arm-In-Arm

I

Tso Chow-wang, who is 30 and an engineering student, and blue- eyed, blonde Magdalena, three years younger, walked out of court arm-in-arm.

Now the Chinese Purchasing Com- mission is paying their passage to China,

Hitler's Gestapo won't trouble dem

anymore.

Month's Jail For Blasphemy

Sentence of one month's impelson- ment without hard labour for having ublished a blasphemous Ilbel-an Implous representation of himself as Christ was passed at Jersey Assizes on Arthur Reynolds Woodhail, aged 47, proprietor of the Mayfair Hotel,

native of Sheffield. Jersey, and

The alleged libel was contained in

HIGH CLASS JEWELLERS

Gloucestor

Bullding

Podder Street

Record

POCKET WATCHES

RECORD

NEW!

Gold, Silver,

a photographs found by the Jersey Lacquer & Leather

chief allens officer in Woodhall's pass- port.

It showed Woodhall wearing bath- ing shorts lying with arms extended on a beach. Across had been inset.

Its Composer Died Recently

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By courtesy of Messrs. Boosey and Co., Ltd.

Later, he was found him ly-Words and music you have all heard-from one of Mr. Barron's

ing in bed at a Liverpool hotel re- covering from an attack of malaria.

It's preposterous," he said. "I com- municated with my solleitor, and told him where was.

"It is said that I have not been seen- since I disembarked, but I came straight to this hotel from the ship about lunch-time on Wednesday,

"I intended to stay here for a few hours until it was time to catch the next train to Surrey, but almost as soon as I arrived I had a severe bout of malaria.

"I have now got over my attack, and shall be at to travel home in a day or two."

THEY WILL

WAR BY

LEARN POST

STOCKHOLM.

SWEDEN'S scheme to teach soldiers by post will keep about 50,000 reservists busy during the winter evenings.

The Army staff and the, Co-opera-

school! Live Society correspondence ure co-operating in the plan.

Within twenty-four hours of its announcement more than 6,000 appli- cations arrived, many from groups of workers.

STOCK MARKET

REPORT

The correspondenco courses -- Hongkong Stock Exchange Oficial voluntary are for the older classea Summary issued yesterday says: of reservists who want to brush up their knowledge of modern warfare Hongkong Banks & Unions are a good demand. theory before being called up next steady market and

The former at $1,480 after shares spring.

honda nt $1,475 and Trainloads of Swedish volunteers changing are leaving for Northern Finland $1,477, and the latter business done every day.

at $405 and in both cases shares still wanted. Docks have strengthened to $23, and at the close enquiries were broadening over the list generally.

Buyers

At a Stockholm factory one that sand workers have offered to work without pay on their Twelfth Night holiday to provide funds for Finland. Their example will be followed by workers all over the country.

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Director on leaving the Salony and A Loudspeaker War:

Mr. D. F. Landala was appointed in

Was

A Japanese army private, Tersuke his place. Mr. Landale resigned on Kawade, holder of the Japanese re- Mr. Paterson's return and Mr. cord for the 100 metres dash, who Paternon

re-appointed, was regarded as a potential Olympic accordance with Article 122 The Hon. champion. was

killed yesterday Mr. J. J. Paterson retires and being during army manoeuvres at the foot eligible offers for re-election,

Tho

Reds Warn Of Nazis

Helsingfors.

On the Karelian Isthmus, where the Finns have reported almost daily attacks, the Finnish Army said the of Mount Full when he was hit on ron. Mr. Stanley H. Dodwell and Mr. Ruslan invaders, sought to give cf- the head by a ricochet bullet. V. Wilkinson, s.o., also retire and fect to their drives by. loudspeaker United Press,

Quing eligible offer themselves for exhortations that the Finns surren re-election.

der under the threat that the Ger mana..were coming to help their foo. "The enemy," the -announcement said, "tried to give effect to his at- tacks by loudspeakers, mounted" In his positions which exhoried our men to surrender, declaring that within 48 Viborg would be taken hours and threatening that Germans were coming to help him and would kill all Finns."*

FIRST AID · EXAMINATION

In view of the expansion of the Company's business, it is thought that "ie Company should increase the re- muneration of the Directors which is An examination in First Aid will bo held in theBoard Room of the ncrease this sum to $10,000 will be et at $10,000 and a resolution to South China Morning Post, Limited, placed before the meeting. B on Thursday, at 5:30 pm, for all those who attended the recent lectures Davis retire and being eligible, offer The Auditors, Mesars. Linstead & given on Mondays and Thursdays by themselves for re-election. Dr. J. E. Dovey,

ILK. Bank $1,400 Union Inz, #485°

Providents $5.05

Lands $38 Star Ferries $00%

China Lights (Old) 38.10

Telephones (Old) - $283⁄4 Ropes $5.60

Watsons $9.45

Bellers Providents $54 China Lights, (Old) $0.40 Ropes" $5.00

HK. Bank $1,475/772/60 Union Ins. $405 Docks $23

- Lands $98% 1

Providents $5.10 Tramways'.$18:

·Comenta $10.10 Ropes $5.80 Watsons $9.00

most famous songs, "My Old Shako."

Last Voyage'

-The Song He

Never Wrote

THE man who wrote that pre-jazz song hit "My Old Shako"-died in Dulwich S.E., recently, 71 years old.

John Francis Barron, who lived at Mount Aden Park, East Dulwich, wrote scores of other popular songs, too-among them The Trumpeter,"

As he lay dying be planned on- other, a sea song, "The Last Long Voyage."

"As a boy he yearned for the sea," his son, Mr. Francls Barron, said, "but he was rejected because of his eyesight.

"Before he was moved to hospital his thoughts turned again to the sea.

Hospital,

WE WIN

IN AIR

-NAZIS

"The Last Long Voyage was to deal GERMANY is building more

with the sailors of this war.

and better warplanes than "And it reflected what was in his France and Britain combined,

the Nazi claim.

mind when he knew that he could not live long.".

He had to give up his writing two years ago, for his sight falled

ERMETO

MOVADO

Record

They say that, while the Allies have WATER buy planes from the U.S., Germany

cun afford to export them.

In fact, Germany has become the leading aircraft exporter of Europe, robably of the world, claims an Warticle in the German High Com-

mand magazine, "Armed Force,"

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Donations to British

Organisation Fund

Describing the present European conflict as a "war" of factories," the The Hongkong Branch of the British article emphasises the dominaung War Organisation Fund acknowledges the osition of Germany's armament in- following donations:

fustry as compared with that of Previously Acknowledged $424.820.00; 4. Eseitain and France. Moodle (monthly). 20). Anonymous, $; Foreley Staff, Hongkong Telephone Co. Foresters Cricket Jan/Feb. 316; Free

Matches v. 18.R.C.C. 345)II, B. Jones, - M. E. B. 310: X. C.Valentine month

£8,200,000,000 Arma

PROOF

WATCHES

·THE WATCH MANUFACTURED FOR HONGKONG

and

German industry is said to be TROPICAL CLIMATES

30: W. Held (monthly)}, $20; L. C.

(monthly) $10: Mr. and Mrs strong and eficient as never before...

This, it is stated, is best shown by Walkden (monthly), 20; Mtra. Martin

Baker

(monthly), $5 A. C. 1. Bowker, (monthly), the Fuehrer's last Reichstag speech, #20: Staff of Sanitary Dept. (monthly) when he announced that he had spent *14083 E W. Davies, B10: Leap Year

Ball-Cloucester Hoist. $1.00; Anonymous, £8,200,000,000 for the rearmament of 100 Anonymous, $100; Anonymous $5; the German nation within the last six | 3. S. Dunnett (menífly), #2; E. M. Bare years,

mond

150; J. Ty Harris, 810; Razón

Trading Co. (monthly). $10; Queen Mary

Hospital-Tennis Tournament,90; HK.]

This enormous figure, the article

Cricket Club-American Tennis Tournaald, is the best proof of the produc ment 931.50).D. O. Day (monthly $15 ton capacity of Germany's armament AR, Guinness (monthly), SD: 9. E. industry. Edear(monthly),' 80) Mr and Mrs, Vin«)

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cent. Korby 10001 Bonto: Norwegian, sy England, It enid, spent £2,300,000- it Polles forceAll Costingents and noo on arma and France only £1,400,- Clerical Staff (February), 61,40030; XY. MEJ Miliar (monthly), #15; total #Am,dao DO..

000,000.

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