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POST OFFICE

As from 15th April 1940 the in- clusive sir mail postage rates will be Imperial Airways Services

Letters Postcard per / 07. each

ay follows:

Destination

Dire

British Possessiona

Protectorates und

Mundated Territories

Angle Egyptian Sudan

Eire

$1.15

$0.52

Egypt

Iroq

Kuwait

Dutch East Indies

Iran

Indo-China

.20

Thailand (Siùın).

30

Other places

1.20.

.15 .18 ,00

Service onwards

Dutch East Indies

Iran

$1.15

$ 42

Europe

(except

Great

Britain,

By se to Singapore and by K.L.M.

Northern Ireland,

Elre, Malta

and

1,20

.n

Gibraltar) The inclusive air mall postage rates for the "Air France" and "Pan Ameri- can Airways" scrvices, and the posi- age rates for surface transport are unchanged. A blue air mall label must be affixed to ull air mail corres- pondence.

Small Packet Post to all countries

14 suspended.

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES

Registered and Parcel Mails are

closed 15 minutes earlier than the

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS:

HONGKONG ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.

NOTICE is hereby given that the EIGHTEENT!! ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of Share holders of the Hongkong Engineer ing & Construction Company, Limited, will be held at the Offices of Mesars. Sir Elly Kadoorie & Sons, St. George's Building, Chater Road, Hong Kong, on Wednesday, the 1st May, 1940, at 12 o'clock (Noon), for the purpose of receiv- ing the Report of the Board of Directors and

A

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 15, 1940.

Pro-Nazi Broadcaster Condemned

MOTHER AND GIRL GRIEVE FOR

A TRAITOR

PARIS.

FRANCE'S "most tragic women"-3 grey-haired Statement of grandmother and her young grand-daughter-have been Accounts for the year ended on the driven temporarily to renounce the world through the 31st December, 1939, abd electing!

shame of a Frenchman's treason. Directors and Auditorn.

The Transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed from the 22nd April to the 1st May, 1940, loth days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

B. ALVES,

Secretary. Hongkong, 15th April, 1940,

HONG KONG TELEPHONE,

COMPANY, LIMITED

They are the mother and daughter of Paul Ferdonnet,

LETTERS broadcaster of pro-Nazi and

'Erbert 'Iggs Again

To The Editor,

The "Hongkong Telegraph." deer mister editer-ave you notlsed the gais skirta getting shorter. corloviduck alf an me went durn the races the uvver day an all the gals was sittin on them sleps-but as i Wos sayin fashions are changing which reminds me about alt on mu in our civvies

we

alf said we orter wear ties wly the

anil-French propaganda. from the Stuttgart radio station.

Ferdonnet has been publicly pro- claimed a "traitor to the Father- lond" In his native village of La Batalile, in Western France.

And, overwhelmed by grief at his treason, the two women have sought solace and forgetfulness in a neigh- bouring convent.

A third woman, his former wife, has hidden her Identity in re- marriage.

col-

"Trumpet & Drum" Ferdonnet's assistant and laborator, Obrecht, formerly known as Jacques Saint German, an obscure actor, hos kewise been declared a "traitor to the State,"

The declaration at La Bataille of! Ferdonnet's treason was made with solemn old-time ceremony of "trum- pet and drum erler" read the pro-

drum" The "town clamation to

the villagers before placing it on the walls.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTEENTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of HONG coloured shirts we got to go inter the KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY, honkon otel so we got some at a LIMITED, will be held on TUES-Japanese shop in wanchni (pure silk DAY, the 30th day of April, 1940, six for a busck) they looked a little at Noon in the BOARD ROOM of bit of oriright when we put ein on both nd the same colour sort of the Company, SECOND FLOOR, blue and yeller wiv a bit of pink

the neck time we goen out we EXCHANGE BUILDING, HONG

ve a dekku KONG, for the purpose of recely-Roes to the peninsula to have a

ut the painting in the cocktall bar ing a Statement of Accounts and we ony just got in when up jumps the Report of the Board of Direcbloke an nez well well a couple of old

In surrounding villages, and in the on a sofa and as all the blinking 1939, 31st December,

chinks dashing abart fillin us up wit two traitors had lived from time to electing two Directors and the beer an giving us pintes a chipped time, the proclamation has also been

spuds and askin us wevver we ad anfixed to public walls.

Ferdonnet, the former Berlin cor- The TRANSFER BOOKS of the good game

mister editer believe me or berrespondent of two Parts newspapers, Company will, be closed from the

not it was 2 am, befor alf enrried lleve me

on Nazi propaganda 20th April to 30th April, 1940, both and me found out the bloke thort we France.

were a a couple

of ald calithumpfans

Boast Camo Truc days Inclusive.

beco we had the old school tie on

torn, for the financial year ended boy and he shoves me an alt dar various suburbs of Poris where the

Auditors.

und

re-

Dated this 8th day of April,

1940.

By Order of the Board,

J. P. SHERRY,

Manager.

14 Des Voeux Road Central,

Hong Kong.

CRY MEANT BETRAYAL ---HE DIED

RATHER than

warn

the

time given below unless otherwise Germans of the presence of his stated, and where malls are ndvertis-raiding party, a French officer ed to close at or before 8 an. re allowed himself to sink in an icy gistered and parcel meils are closed stream and drown without a cry At 5 p.m. on the previous day. When for aid. mails are advertised to close after 5 p.m., Registered and Parcel malls are closed at 5 pm.

INWARD MAILS

Haiphong Java and Monila. U.S.A. and Mantia

date, 10th Mar.)

Manila

Amoy

Salgón

Straits

Straits and Saigon

Straits

Apr. 15. ..Apr. 15. (San Francisco ..Apr. 15. ..Apr. 15. ..Apr. 16. Apr. 15.

Air Mail by "Air France Direct Ser

vlce Paris dale, 10th April,

The

the

ameer-according to French account he "proved himself by this net etjual to the purest hero af ancient times"-was a member of a-Colonial-regiment,-Waking...and sleeping, they had been living a week with their fingers at the trigger.

Proved His Courage

Many times he proved his courage. When, on the night of his death, his Colonials planned a daring raid on German pouls, they had to cross a Hooded stream

.Apr. 10.

Apr. 16.

Apr, 17.

A doctor in civil life, the hero had for many years curried out researches He in Africa in tropical diseases. came at war's command to serve his reglinent on the Western Front.

Apr, 17. Air Mall by "Pan American Airways Direct Service"-San Francisco .Apr. 17. .Apr. 17.

Monday, Apr. 35

.6.30 p.m. Salgon

Canton

.7.00 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 16 Manila, Makassar, and Sourabaye

8.30 a.m

Noon.

date, 10th April Haiphong

OUTWARD MAILS

The officer requested the honour of being first to land on the enemy bank. He was entrusted with the task of place for ad- discovering the best vance and retreat.

Finding a canoe he crossed, desplie Fort Bayard, Hoihow and Halphong the violent current and the presence

Parcels only for Tientsin..12.30 p.m. Saigon and Bangkok.....12.30 p.m. Parcels only for Tientsin..5.00 p.m. Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct Service-dut London, 24th April.

KP.0.

Reg.

Ordi.

.Apr. 16, 5 pm. .Apr. 10, 5.30 p.m. Q.P.O.

of German look-out men.

Dragged Down

On his way back the canne smuk. Undeterred, he plunged into the river and awam over, carrying a rope which he tethered to the German side as a gulde for the ralding party.

Then he began biz swim back to the French side. Exhausted by his cf- forts and the speed of the stream, he Reg.

Apr. 18, 5 p.m.

strong under- was drawn into Apr. 16, 7 p.m. Ord. Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Aus-current.

tralia by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due Sydney, 22nd April.

ILP.O.

Reg.

Ord.

Reg.

Ord.

...Apr. 10, 5 p.m.

Apr. 16, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.

.Apr. 10, 5 p.m. ..Apr. 15. 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 17 Air Mall for Indo-China, Iran, and France (Paris and Northern Pro- vinces only) by the "Air France

a

A cry would have brought several men to his ald. But that cry would have riven the alarm to German wateliers. It was never given,

Instead, the herole officer was drawn below the water to his death. Unconscious' of the ralding party, the German sentries maintained their watch-In vain.

Airways Direct Service dus WEST POINT HOLD-UP Paris, 25th April,

Rez

Ord..

Reg.

Ord..

K, P. 0.

...Apr. 17, 5.00 nm. Chinese Threatens To Blow

Up General Store ·*

Apr. 17, 5.30 pan.

G. P. O,

Apr. 17, 8.00 p.m.

With a threat to blow up. the abop .Apr. 17, 7.00 p.m. Air Mail for Manila, Quam, Hono- if he did not receive the money he Tulu and U.S.A., by the "Tan wanted, a Chinese on Saturday morn- American Airways Direct Service" ing successfully obtained $0 from a

duo San Francico, 24th April

nez.

Ord.

Reg.

Ord.

Sandakanı

Shwałow

K.P.O.

.........Apr. 17, 5 p.m. .Apr. 17, 8.30 p.m. G.P.O .....Apr. 17, 5 p.m. ..............Apr. 18, 7.30 am. -

Thursday, Apr. 18.

general store in Water Street. How- ever his success was abort-lived for shortly after the West Point Police arrested him.

When searched the man was found to be in possession of four hand a bayonet. When lie #renades and

first entered the store he demanded a 11:30 am. high sum of money but was given 421.00 p.m. only $8 by the shop' keeper,

an wat was wurst when we come out of the peninsula alf an me fol- lowed a gal all the way along nathan road befor we found out she was n seaforth highlander

it ere

do the gols leave off clases when it gets ot In houkong mister editer

i think alf and me is going to like

yores trewly

'ERBERT 'ICCS ps did you ere wot the sgtmajor said about is buttons at the signal kor dinner outside the clena may too.

Answers To Correspondents M. W. "Neither-nor" compulsory, but we were correct, according to modern usage, In using "no-or."— Ed.

H.K. Stock Market

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

BANKS

H.K. Banks $. H.K. Banks (Lon. Reg.) H.K.-Banks (HK-Reg.) Chartered £. Mercantile, A. & B. & Mercantile, C. £ Enst Asia S.

INSURANCES

Canton $. Union $. China Underwriters $

H.K. Fire S.

SHIPPING Douglases $ x.d. Steamboats $.. Indo-Chinas PS Indo-Chinas D.$ Shell (Bearers) s/- Waterboats S Whares $ Docks $ (e. rts.) Docks (x. rts.) Docks $ (rts.) Providents S.. Sh. Docks Sh. $...

MINING

DOCKS ETC.

Kallon s/- Raubs $

H.K. Mines

Hotels $.

LANDS

Lands $**** Lands. 4%

Debentures S'hal Lands Sh. $.. Humphreys $ H.K. "Realties $.

Chinese Estates $...

UTILITIES

Trams $.. Peak Trams (old) $. Peak Trums (new) Star Ferries Ferries

Lights (old) $ China

Chung Lights (new) H.K. Electrics $. Macao Electrics $. Sandakan Lights $. Telephones (old) Telephones (new) $.

INDUSTRIALS

.1,490 b.

He returned to his native vilingel last year with a new German wife, travelling in a luxurious motor-car.

But his mother and daughter whom he had abandoned refused to see him.

His notoriety as a Nazi agent bad already become known in his village. Ferdonnet then boasted that he would become famous. "One day France will be talking about me," he said.

The Watch Over The North Sea

A BLACKBURN “SHARK" torpedo-carrying plane over, H.M.S. Nelson "somewhere in the North Son."

APRIL

AT

MEETING MACAO

Night View Secures The Hin Wang Cup

THERE WERE NO UPSETS in the Macao Jockey lites boast has come true. France Club's April Meeting yesterday. Dividends were fair, and

inlits about him-but as a traitor.

NAZIS ABANDON NARVIK: FACING BIG ARMY AT OSLO

FROM PAGE ONE

Narvik news gently to the German pubite. The announcer introduced.it by saying that "the British attack on a large scale was repelled by our navy forces at Narvik which succeed- ed in inflicting heavy losses on the enemy."

Volunteers Arriva .£934 n. STOCKHOLM, Apr. 14 (Reuter).—

£03-The Norwegian General Staff has un- .0 n.j nounced that Swedish and Finnish .31% n. volunteers have arrived at the front

121% n.

in Norway. ja n.

The Norwegian naval headquarters: claim that three German planes were 230 n.

crews, numberingį shot down

and the ten, were taken prisoner.

.498 n.

.85 cts. n.

b.

.171 b.

.145 n.

10% b.

The Norwegian communique adds that German reinforcements being flown from Oslo to Trondheim. Nazis Occupy Eidsvoll

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" .100 n.

STOCKHOLM, April 14 (UP)———- .80.1.

has ad- 75/72n. The Norwegian Command

milted that the Germans have occu- pled Eidsvoll.

.7% 0.

.100 n.

The Norwegians were also forced to withdraw from Honestors after .22 . .19.35 b. Berce fighting.

..0.50 1.

4. .42% 11,

The spokesman of the Norweglan commenting on reports of n legation, German occupation of Halden, said that the district was defended by only a few Norwegian troops, and was given up fer strategle reasons by the. 9.05. Norwegian Command.

19/- n.

.4 cts. n.

MURDER CHARGE

Sequel To Death Of Young Lad

An attack on a family of three in a hut in Tal-O-on the early-hours of December 1, 1939, which resulted in the death of Ng Wan, a young boy, had a sequel before Mr. Crutwell In the District Office South Court the morning when two men were charged with murder.

The

accused were Ng Lo and Chan Tin-sing, Ng was discharged because he had no ease to answer, Mr. E. H. Williams, Crown Counsel, proaccuted, assisted by Detective Inspector R.. Cunningham,

Crown's Allegations

It is alleged that Chan went to a hut occupied by Ng's mother and sister on a hillside in Tal-O and at- tacked them with a chopper. Ng died from injuries sustained,, and his sister suffered hend and arms injuries and was treated in the Kowloon Hospital, where she was discharged on Decem- ber 5, 1939. Ng's mother was also treated in the Hospital, but was dis-

March 5. charged on

Chan sald he did not attack the family, and learned of the tragedy on the morning of December 1. He asserted that during the hours of the crime he was in his hut. He alleged that the wife of a man named Li Tak had often asked him to rob people of money, but he did not pay any at- tention to her pleas.

{

Ile further alleged that the Li family had committed the murder,

The hearing was adjourned until Wednesday.

GERMAN POCKET

BATTLESHIP

ADMIRAL SCHEER

TORPEDOED

FROM PAGE ONE

nounced in the House of Commons by the Prime Minister,

Scuttlings

Scuttlings

The following known have taken place:-the tanker, Ska gorrak, of 0,044 tons (on being sight- ed by a Bridal cruiser) and the German ship, Maine (on being right- ed by the Norwegian destroyer, Droug, which picked up some to of

the

crew' and British

port).

conveyed them to è.

The Drug How forms a part of the Allled naval forces.

It hur been reported that the Ger- man tanker, Kattegat, has been sunk. by Norwegians in the Skagerrak.

It will be noticed that no mention

is made of the loss of any U-boats.

despite the heavy rains, a fairly large crowd of spectators It would be incorrect to assume that

were present.

RACE G

$430.43

$151.03 $75.61

positive results were, not attained...

Rough Time For Goebbels SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

(UP)—Ger- BERLIN. Apr. 14 many's Propaganda Ministry is woth- Unplaced 1850 each).-680, 677. 430, 030, ing overtime in an effort to counter- act the flood of reports from neutral sources of Allied victories in Scan- dinavian waters.

No. 000

36 014

The fourth race for the Hin Wang Cup was won by Mr, Lan's! Night View (H. C. Pih), and on the second race, the Jockey Cup, 600, 623 and 445. the first prize of the big sweep was won by ticket No. 16136- 16,958.70.

The results were::

THE CHUNG SUAN STAKES, six fur. longs. Mr. G-Moon's Blogmany tip Kul-ying) 1 Mr. J. M. Braga's Fairy Ousel

loo Pak-ming)

Army Boxing Cancelled

But Goebbels has been forced to ndimit that the British Navy made large-scale attack on Narvik yester- day.

THE HON. SECRETARY of tho The British employed two battle- Hongkong Area Sports Board not-ships, an aircraft carrier, cruisers and clestroyers," D communique-

Bira. Goillon's Fairy Aul. C. Pics that the Individual Boxing Cham many Distance won: half length, half length planships which were to have been snys.

1,40.2. Fun Mutter winner $17.90,- $5.70; 88.00;- 0.10.

THE JOCKEY CUP Ave furlongs Mr. Hoo Pak-ming's Tarzati (1. C. ) Mr. A. H. Pền Dick Turpin PANDARIAN

(L. B. Chao) 2 tip Kul-ying) Mr. Fortune's Pumelo

Distance: Many lengths; many lengths. Time: 1.00.2. CHINSHAN HANDICAP (First Section). five furlongs.

held at Nanking Barracks, Shamshul- "Our heavy navul forces were not po, to-morrow," Wednesday... * and damaged, but the losses on both sides Thursday nights, have been cancelled are not yet fully ascertained."

Lic 'Is Nailed owing to lack of interest,

A communique claims that H.M.S..

DIVORCE DECREE Renown was damaged last Tuesday. Pari-mutuel: Winner $11.00 $5.00 $5.89. MADE ABSOLUTE

Mr. Sunnyside's Tha Tigress

(1... Chao) (5 W. Tan) Mr. Bird's Heddon

Bros. Wild Bear. C. Phi Won by: A short head; a length. Thine: 1.19.2.

Peri-mutuel: Winner 10.30; 5.20; $5.40;

$3.00.

THE BIN WANG CUP, once round.

Mr. Lon's Night View CH. C. Pih) Mr. J. Barrow's Jack O'Lantern

(J. Borrow) 2 Mr. LTF's Gold Coin ...(L. B. Chso!

Won by: falta length; haif a length. Time: 2.00A

Pari-mutuef: Winner $3.40, Placco, $0.70, $0.40. $7.00.

CNBHAN HANDICAP (Becond Sec- tlon), five furlongs

1 Mr. Itape's Dow-Jones...(L. B. Chao)

(F. A. Sequeira) 2 Mr. Hopeful's Mac's Adventure

(R. K. C. Chiu) Won by: a length, a length. Time: 150.3.

Mr. Hopeful's Mac's Adventure...

Pari-mutuel Winner, 27.50.

Movements Reported SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Apr. 14 (Domel)-Un-0.00, 13.20, 38.10. confirmed reports state that about! 70,000 German troops have embarked at Copenhagen in transports.

I

Places,

SHEKKI HANDICAP, six furlongs, Mr. 3. It. Fott's Shanghai 4

"J. Darrowi Sport's Rothesay Bay (loo Pak-ming) Mr. Hopeful's Tron Knight ...

(Yeung Wing-kwal) 3 Wen by: Two lengths, half a length. Time: 145.4. Parl-mutuet: Winner 14.10;

..102 n. HK. Govt, 34% Loan 07 n. Marsmans Inv. (Lon.) s/.14/- n. Marsmans Inv. (IX.) t/- ..4/- 11. | $0.00, $11.10, $120.

. b.

30% n.

100 14.30 n.

.8 n.

4n,

ILK. Govt. 4% Loan

103 11.

17.88 5.

.0 n

.. 11

4 n

.03 n.

25 sa.

.7.00 b.

.5.20 n

MANILA SHARES

Following are sales and bid prices:

D. Antamok Atok

65 b. Bagulo Gold

21 Batong Buhay

Benguet Cons.

114 . Wedge 20% 8. Coco Grove

30. Cons.. Mines

Demonstration

East Mindanao Ipo Gold

Cald: Macg. (Ord.), Sh. $..14.00 n.1XL. Cold: Macg. (Pret.), Sh. $...12 n.

Canton Ices $.

Cemento S...

H.K. Ropes S.

STORES, & Dairy Farms $. Watsons $ Lane, Crawfonts $.. Sinceres $. Wing On (H.K.) S. Powell, Ltd. $.

COTTON MILLS Ewo Sh. $..... S'hat Cotton Sh. $.

MISC. HK. Entertainments Constructions (old) $

Constructions (now)

Vibro Piling $...!

logan Mining Mambulio Cons,

Masbate Con... Mind. Motherlode Mine Operations 1..

Apr. 13. Apr. 13.

Morning

Closing

12 13

20

.000

1.25

Σ

CASH SWEEP WINNERS

RACE 1

No, 230

Places,

$333.83 $112.40 70.23 Unplaced 1$50 each),—610, 300, 850, 211 and 217.!"

No. 10.135

15,050

12,506

RACE 1

$18,050.70

$4,041.77

$2.431.30

Unrinces and Non-starters (3597.15 each).

-20,023,· 1,807, and 10,233,

.00

21 D

172 n

Unq. Linq. 09

.5,00 11.

North Camarines..

03 B 047

RACE J

.21 b.

Paracale Gumaus ..

074

.9.20 b

San Mauricia

No, 44

p4

Surigao Cons,

.109

.7% b

Buyoc ConTA,

.12

.2 b

Syndicate Invest

.39 b

United Paracale

10%

12 17. .917 24

#005.00 $172.00 $31,40

Unplaced 150 each).-632, 400, 20 and

.1 b.

RACE 4

& Fritz' report marlcate

No, 303 301

$105 24 $17.02 Unplaced (450 each)-869, 332, 333. 30,

or RACE 3 'No ba

$545.44

$364.13 90.00

The following is Swan, Culbertson

on this morning's

Manila market was virtually

190 n. unchanged from Saturday morning's 024 and 423. 0.80 bclose. However, ey stocks show

ed Increases, Aloks, Antamok, Itogon Mining "being up one-half -- centavo, while United Paracale went piralint

n

..8

Ch, Govt 85% 1028 G.$Bds, 82% t. the trend, losing one half tentato

1232

Unplachi 1823 each)-483, 4031 6734, 35,|| 703 and 740.

This Ile has already been nailed in an official British account of the abort. battle between IIMS. Renown and the German cruiser Scharnhorst and The decree nisl granted to Mrs. another vessel. The British report Phyllis Gibbons in her pelition for shows that the Scharnhorst was hit the dissolution of her marriage with

times by the Renown's several Mr. James

Henry Gibbon was powerful broadsides. The Renown made absolute by the Chief Justice, was subsequently hit by a bomb but Atholl MacGregor, In the her thick armour plating withstood the shock and there were no casual- Supreme Court this morning.

The suit, which was not contested, ties. was brought in September last and Other German claims state that was based on the ground of cruelty three British submarines have been.

destroyed in the Skoggerak. and, alternatively, of desertion.

Sir

GRIN AND BEAR IT

578

By Lichty

ALMED Vt nui Adora "I think you're getting typped on that hand lotion, Ma your hands ain't any soffor thân' Büfore.