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are advertised to close after THE INDO-CHINA STEAM

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Arn closed nt 5 p.m.

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NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

The Fifty-ninth Ordinary General Meeting of the Company

Wednesday. HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 1, 1940.

James II's 1688 Rule First Operates in 1940

DEATH MAKES TWO BROTHERS PEERS

One Is Other

JAMESTE

the Duke of Hamilt

Instead of the 78-6 Clydesdale, inheriting alle

to his second son, Lord Nigeri

Lord William Douglas was ma 1646.

Later he married the Duchess of Duke of Hamilton.

D

ke, 1

the death of to force.

the Marquis, of

at Selkirk goes

of Selkirk in

nd was created

sigh the Earl-

is Thoviso-

When King James II. allowed the d dom of Selkirk to his brother in 1638 he That if the brother's line of heirs happened in 1885) the Earldom of Selkirk Dukes of Hamilton, to be separated again as opn Humilton should dle leaving more than oor son.

if (as actually Haki revert to the n Duke of

FOUR TITLED AIRMEN

The 13th duke, who died at Donhead, Wilts, had four sons and two daughters. He himself had inherited the dukedom in 1895 from a distant relative.

Both the new Duke of Hamilton, the 37-years-old "boxing marquis," and the new Earl of Selkirk are serving in the R.A.F.

Coroner For 37 Years Told of—

Death

Cell Derby Tip That

Came Off

FOR 37 years, Mr. Henry Robert Oswald, whose death at the age of 79 was an- nounced, sat in coroner's courts and heard the tragic side of London life.

Many of the cuses that came before him us coroner for West London developed into famous trials at the Old Bailey.

So are their brothers, Lord Malcolm and Lord David.

The succession of the Marquis of Clydesdale means a by-elec-i tion in East Renfrew,

In 1933 he led the expedition which flew over Mount Everest, a feat which earned him the Air Force Cross.

When he married in 1937, Lady Elizabeth Ivy, Terey, daughter of the eighth Duke of Northumberland, their wedding officially ended the legendary feud of the Douglas and the Percy elons of the Border.

They have

ve one so. Lord Malcolm

M133 married Pamela Bowes-Lyon, a cousin of the Queen, and Lord David married Miss Prunella Stack, the physical culture expert and leader of the Women's League of Health and Beauty,

The Duke of Hamilton claimed the and always signed his letters "Ham, Chat,, and Bran.," which once led a wine merchant to reply to a

Messrs. Ham, Cliat, and Bran: Dtter Sits

French dukedom of Chatelherault

WIFE SEPARATES FROM £40,000,000

HUSBAND

JOHN HAY (“JOCK") WHITNEY, 36-years-old multi- millionaire socialite, sportsman, playboy and film magnate, whose fortune of £40,000,000 makes him the richest young man in the world, is said to have offered to settle £750,000 on his wife.

Whitney, an Oxford undergraduate when his father died and left him heir to huge wealth, was married in 1930 to Miss Eliza- beth Altemus, of Philadelphia, expert horsewoman and polo-player.

Her wedding present from "Playboy Jock" was £260,000. Last night she admitted to the "Sunday Dis- patch" New York correspondent that she was Now aeparated and thought of going to Reno for a divorce. Daughter Acquitted

Sportsmen in England know ile was noted for his hospitality Three days before the 13th duke "Jock" Whitney largely for his and parties in England. In 1935 he

Lady Margaret Drummond-

booked the whole floor of a Liver-

Before the iste duke succeeded to the title in 1805 he was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy..

died,

ter, was

TIIS

PHOTOGRAPH

Was

issued recently by the German Propaganda Ministry and pur ports to show the Nazi Fleet at sen. But it was taken before the ill-starred Norwegian adven- turc. Domei photo.

L

House Full' For Soviet Films

By HILDE MARCHANT THE Society for Cultural Re- lations with the USSR. had, to turn away hundreds of people who wanted to see their pro-·· gramme of four Soviet propa- ganda films at the Phoenix. Theatre, Charing Cross-road, re- cently.

bers

Tickets, bli sold out before the

of the society, the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society, Wool- wich, the South Suburban Co-opera- tive Society, the Russia To-day

Film Society and the British

In- stitute.

In all, he held between 20,000/ Hay, his 32-years-old second dinugh-racing stable. He spent a for-pool hotel in anticipation of Thomond show began, were limited to mem- and 30.000 inquests. Here are chier c nequitted of a "public rais-tune on his greatest ambition, winning the National.

It didn't, but Whitney held his Lady Margaret, who is the wife to win the Aintree Grand Na-

party just the same. of an Army officer, was accused of tional and nearly won it three) incidents from some of them.

After that he settled down to af falsely reporting jewellery to have times. with Sir Lindsay, Enster business life. To-day his interests been stolen from her home, Dennis Farm House, Tisbury Wiltshire.

are those of a fim magnate. He is Hero, and Thomond II.

president of Selznick International Pictures and has devoted much time to making technicolour famous,

First Finger-Print Murder

A policeman found a blood-stained finger smudge on a cash-box in a Deptford all shop where an old care- taker and his wife had been mur- dered.

That stain led to the hanging of two brothers named Stratton-it was the first murder case in which fingerprints were used in evidence. | will-be held at the Offices of the ↑ That was 35-years-ogor,

General Managers, Mesars. Jar Ronald Truc, Mimic 2. dine, Matheson &. Co., Ltd., May 2. Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on May 2. Thursday, 30th May, 1940, at noon, May 2. for the purpose of receiving the and Shang Report of the Directore, passing 11th Apr) the Accounts, and electing Direc-

May 2. May 3.

tors and Auditors. May 3.

OUTWARD MAILS Wednesday, May 1

Amey

.12.30 p.m. Bangkok

.12.30 p.m. Straits, Ceylon, India, Mombasa, Betra, Lourenco-Marques, East and South Africa..........

1.30 p.m. Air Mall for Indo-China, Iran, and Franco (Paris and Northern Pro- vinces only) by the "Air France Airways

Dircol Service"-due

Paris, Dil May. ›

K. P. O.

Re.. Ord.,

G. P..0.

Reg. Ord.,

The Transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed from the 23rd May to 13th June inclusive,

By order of the Board.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.

General Managers. Hongkong, 16th April, 1940.

HONGKONG ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.

NOTICE is hereby given that the EIGHTEENTH ORDINARY

May 1, 5.00 p.m. May 1, 5.30 p.m. May 1, 5.00 p.m. | YEARLY MEETING of Sharo Alay 1, 7.00 p.m. holders of the Hongkong Engineer

7 p.m.ing

Construction Straits and Lordon via Long-Limited, will be held at the Officer Company,

of Messrs. Sir Elly Kndoorie & May 1. an. Sons, St. George's Building, Chater Muy 2, 9.15 am. Road, Hong Kong, on Wednesday, Thursday, May

the 1st May, 1940, nt 12 o'clock

Amoy and Japan

Route-due London, 11th June

G.P.O. and K.P.O.

Parcela Reg. Ord,

Canton

Manila

Shanghai,

Swatow

Muy 2, 10.30 am.

handy with a pencil, whiled

Ronald True. n good ninie and

away

the hours of the inquest on Gertrude. Yates, murdered in her Kensington dat in 1022, by making carlestures. of Mr. Oswald,

True was reprieved, sent to Erond-

moor.

Daisy On Scaffold

Once Mr. Oswald

went to view:

Sonnie Wore Father's

Stage

Costumes

A FEW hours after Robert Hale, the comedian, died this month Sonnie Hale walked on the stage at the Phoenix Theatre wearing the same moustache, wig, old dress suit and white tie that his father wore for his last appearance.

SHIPPING PROBLEMS

In_3

Thie audience were mainly students, refugees, and young men In British Army uniform.

The Moscow News was on sale at the door.

The main flim W03 n lyricul, heroic story of the triumph of the peasants of Russia against the in- vasion of 19th-century

the German princes in the

This is the story-It seems to have It is larded with propaganda.

a modern parallel.

German Focs

London, Apr. 30. the House of Commons to-day Mr. Ronald Cross, Minister for Economic Welfare, stated that since the German invasion of Norway and Denmark no shipping had been allowed to proceed to German Oc- cupled ports. Cargoòs In ships destined for Denmark were seized as The Russian peasants were prize.

peace, Ashing and building wenving

10

The disposal of cargoes destined and tiling. The film opens with The story really begins about six weeks ago, when Robert Hale was also in the present Phoenix Theatre revue, "Come Out for Norway was decided by the Alexander Nevisky-the hero who

Norwegian shipping and trade mis- To Play." Just before the West End first night he became ill, sions in London in consultation with gives the title to the film saying:

"We have proverb-Dle and the show had to be postponed until a substitute could be found. the British Government-Router.

George Carney

was

the

man

the body of a man who had been Sonnie Hale chose. Mr. Carney was hanged nt Wandsworth.

"I noticed that there was in his suddenly called to Eating Studios for buttonholen little daisy,"

a day's Alming-un engagement that he said latter. "I was told he had picked it had to be fulfilled.

from grass on his way to the So, for the matinee performance Robert Hale's part bs un old-

scaffold

-RADIO-

Mr. Oswald told also of a man who fashioned music-hall chairman was was hanged on a Derby Day and vacant again. Sonnie Hale took it ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) almost his last act was to give the over. warder a p.

The horse won.

Mr. Oswald saw the deuth-roll on thousands a year, the roads grow from hundreds to Ho put most of the blame on pedestrians.

"Men are as bad as women when crossing the roads. Preoccupation is the greatest danger for-n pedestrian." CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

show Just before the Mr. Corney reached the theatre in time

take part in "The Musical Wotsons," the sketch Robert Hale made famous years ago.

Feramors-Dance of the Brides of

on

your native land, but do not for- sake it."

The heavily armed German princes are sweeping through the defence- less Russian towns.

In the square of Novgorod the burgomaster, tells the people "We have a pact of peace with the. Germana."

The people shout, "We would rather die than live under the Germans," So Alexander lends his rough, smull crudely armed pes- samts out to meet the Germans in the frozen wastes. He chooses Lake Pelpus for the "The Germana baltlefeld, saying: are heavier arined than we are. The ice will break under them."

anished Greig Concerto in A Minor Blon) with Howallan Guitar. Played by Backhaus | Kashmir_(Rubinstein).

8.40. Two Grieg Songs by Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano),

A Swan, Op. 25, No. 2: In The Boat, Op. 10, No. 3...with Piano accomp. by Edwin McArthur,

And the climax of the film is n 8.47. Grieg Concerto In A Minor, dramatic shot of the lee breaking. Op. 10.

and the Germans sinking with their, Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano) and the shields and heavy chain mall. New Symphony Orchestra conducted

The Ahn was made some time byo. by John Barbirolli.

Opposite the theatre was a news 9.15. London Relay-News Sum-cinema showing the latest pictures of mary.

9.30.

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 045 k.c's. All this time Jessie Matthews, and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. who is also in "Come Out To and 8-11.15 p.m. on 0.62 m.c's. per Play," was kept immorant of her secand. father-in-law's death. Sonnie Hatc H.IS.T. told her when the show was over.

12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- Dinnie Hale, starring In

"Up fecssion. And Doing" drove to her father's

12.30. Billy Russell (Comedian) In Maidenhead home immediately after "On Behalf of the Working Classes,"

She An actual Theatre recording, 7.15 nm. (Noon), for the purpose of receiv- SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES the first night on Wednesday.

12.44. Gerry Moore (Plano) and 8.30 aming the Report of the Board of

was with him when he died. MESSAGERUES MARITIMES. 12.30 Pan Directors and

Robert Hale was sixty-six, His His Rhythm in Dance Music.. a Statement of

1.00, Local Time Signal and Wen- story is different from those of other Steamship. Manila, Salgon, Bangkok, Mauritius, Accounts for the year ended on the

1.03. Bringing Cargo from Marseilles via comedians of his time, for he had no ther Report.

Stuart Robertson (Baritone) Lourenco-31st December, 1939, and electing Saigon.

cumculty in making his Bane in

and'the London Palladium Orchestra. London. Directors and Auditore.

Consignees are hereby informed 3,30 p.m.

West End at 17

1.30. Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce Moment."

London Relay "Mailers of Mrs. Wells, organist at Uckfleld The Transfer Books of the Com-that their goods with the exception 7 p.m.

(Sussex) of Oplum, Treasure and Valuables

Catholic After his first appearance on the ments. Maniln

Church 7 p. pany will bo cloned from the 22nd are being landed and stored into the store at Weymouth he was in the

1.45. Danco Musle by Victor S-cellor of Exchequer.

Talk by Sir John Simon, Chon-startled when she saw a round ob- Friday, May 3 Parcels only for Tientsin. 12.30 p.m. days inclusive.

April to the 1st May, 1940, both Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon West End within six months. And

fect in a corner. near and Illa Ballroom Orchestra. Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow-he was only seventeen. His part

2.15. Close down..

11.15 Close down. Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South

loon, where delivery may bo obtain-was Jack, the Afries, Egypt and Europe via Suez

circus clown, in ed immediately after landing. and London Parcele due London, 14th June.

K.P.O.

Reunion, Madagascar, Marques, and South Afrien

Amoy

Parcels

Reд.

Ord.

.1 p.m.

.May 3, 3 p.m. May 3, p.m.

May 3, 5.30 p.m.

G.A.0.

By Order of the Board,

B. ALVES,

Secretary. Hongkong, 15th April, 1940.

"Houp La."

vester

6.00. Beethoven-Concerto in D] Major, Op. 01.

6.48. Songs THE LOVE TREE presence of the Consignees at 10 am, dames, duchesses, Abunazars, clowns (Tenor).

"The Voice of the Nax" the Sighting In Finland, Talk recorded by Professor W. A. Sinclair. 2.45. borough, Frank Luther, Fred Astaire and Others,

10.30 Dance Music.

11.0

Variety with Patriels Ross She Found Bouncing

Bob On Church

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Donations to Charitable

And Other Causes ・・

was

the organ. Stories of 1.R.A. nclivities flashed

through her mind.

she thought, church.

"A bomb,"

and ran

from the

She looked up and down the road.

A short distance away was a soldier,

of

The Hongkong Boclely for the Protection so she ran to him.

Children: announce Uto

following donations collected during April, 1040:

All claims must be sent in to me

Fritz Kreisler (Violin) and The will not be recognized..

At the Galety years later he up-London Philharmonic Orchestra con- on or before 5th-

5th May, 1840, or they

peared with George Grossmith and ducted by John Barbirolit.

6.46. Closing local Stock Quota- Damaged Packages will be examin-Gertle Millar in the great days of

Edwards. In pantomime heftions. ed by the Company's Surveyor

George

The soldier neted quickly. He MessrsGoddard and Douglas in the became almost in tradition, playing

by Herbert Groh General Chinese Crn Apr 3000; telephoned his commanding officer. Parcela

Hengkong Telephone Co., Ltd. $500; Mr. and: presently up dashed a squad of .May 3, 3 p.m. Rest.

on Wednesday, 1st May, 1040.

pantaloons and harlequins all over

Kwai Fan-fat $100, Mr. and Mrs. r. V millin, with an officer May 3, 5 p.ro. HE courting couples of Norwich

7.00. The New Mayfair Orchestra.farmon 125: Mr. Raymond At $10; 20 They carried fire-fighting equipment. in charge. Ord.

May 3, 7 p.m.will no longer be able to meet Officer in attendance when any dati

Consignees must have a Revenue the country,

7.30. London Relay-The News,

inemory "of Mr. Trong Feak" from Lt. Manilo, Rabout, Australia, and New

His great gift was mimicry and 8.00. Locul Time Signal, Weather Col. C. H. Kunne and Mr. J. Barrow 130: Cautiously they approached the Zealand via Brisbane-due Briaunder the famous old chestnut treeable goods are examined by the Come broad burlesque. And he knew how Report and Announcements.

Police Magistrate, Kowloon (Contribution organ and peered into this comer, pany's Surveyora. bano, 20th May.

in Chapel Field Gardens.

for Leung Man) $41, donations already to use his audiences. In his famous} 8.03. Ambrose and His Orchestra geknowledged through 5. C. H. Pon poi, hen, mothering laughter, they hur- The `150-year-old · · chestnut is to No Pire Insurance will be effected hunting csene, In a voice that hit in Danco Music.

Total $1,543,

ried out to where they could laugh, Noon. Hive way to a young plane tree. The by us in any case whatever.

the back wall of the gallery, he 8.30. Marcel Palotti at the Organrepted by the, Han. Treasurer Mr.A..

Further donations wit be gladly ac freely. would ask the 1.45.p., Arctic winter has proved too much

I. OIL,

audience to supply

Mugie Chimes-Intermezzo (Rust); Makellar, c. c/o Mackinnon Mackenzie til rubber ball,

For Men Welis's "bomb" was [the noises. They always did, 2.30 pm. for the chestnut.

Whispering of tlie Flowers (Franz v.& Co. P. 4 O. Building.

Par. Reg.

Ord.

GP.O. & K.P.O,

Agent.