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25 words $2.50 NETHERLANDS TRading

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SOCIETY

(Nederlandsche Handel-biantachappij.,

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I herewith announce having and silver articles, diamonds, Jades, I received telegraphic information jewels and gold dust. Apply China from my Head Office in Batavin, Gold Refining Co., Pedder Building, 2nd floor.

that the seat of this Bank, the Netherlands Trading Society, has been officially transferred from Amsterdam to Batavia.

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Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 15, 1940.

HOLLAND SURRENDERS TO TERRIBLE. RUTHLESS GERMAN WAR MACHINE

AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM BURN FIERCELY: BLACKOUTS LIFTED TO SAVE CITIES

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH??``

THE HAGUE, MAY 14 (UP),-HOLLAND HAS SURRENDERED

respect, which will now be con- TO THE GERMAN INVASION. ducted from Batavia as usual.

NETHERLANDS TRADING

SOCIETY

NY.)

(Nederlandsche Ifandol-Mantacħuppij,

J. IL VAN. DER LAAN,

Manager.

THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO„ LIMITED.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

THE NEWS OF THIS STARTLING AND DRAMATIC CAPITULA- TION WAS CONTAINED IN AN ORDER ISSUED TO-DAY BY LIEUT.- OF THE GENERAL' H. G. WINGELMAN, COMMANDER -IN - CHIEF NETHERLANDS ARMY, AND AT PRESENT TITULAR HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT.

Fighting is to coase throughout Holland, with the oxception of Zooland, states the communique,

Blackouts and other war measures throughout the country are to be discontinued immediately in order to prevent unnecessary destruction and bloodshed, stated the General's Command.

Thus, the great unoccupied areas, as well as the northern part of central Holland which is overrun, have surren- dered.

A Chinese undertaker was among those present at the public auction of German goods The Fifty-ninth Ordinary held in the yodown of Messrs. General Meeting of the Company Schmidt and Co., in liquidation, will be held at the Offices of the in the basement of Gloucester General Managers, Messrs. Jar- Building this morning when dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., CITIES ABLAZE

acientific and medical apparatus Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on and a quantity of other things Thursday, 30th May, 1940, at noon, were put up for sale. The auc-for-the-purpose-of-receiving-the tioneers were Messrs. Lammert Report of the Directore, pasalug Brothers.

the Accounts, and electing Direc- The first price offered for a lot of German patent medicine was $1 but; tors and Auditors. keen bidding ensued and the hammer The Transfer Books of the Com- fell at $100, the medicine going to a pany will be closed from the 23rd. doctor, Two hundred parcelah balls May to 13th June inclusive.

By order of the Board.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD. General Managers. Hongkong, 18th April, 1940.

THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED.

Nolice to Shareholders

fetched $11 and 20 balls of agate brought in $. Five student's micro- scopes aggregated $090 and petroleum bath for a resistance with! six resistances went for $100

Keon Bidding

The price paid for a biological colorimeter with haemoglobin sitsch- microtone ment was $110 whilst

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and accesamtes fetched $100 after keen bidding between two

buyers. An X-Ray set brought in $67 and another $275.

portable X-Ray machine was knocked down for $58. Two X-Ray transformers were sold

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for $20 whilst a lot of sundries for X-Ray machine went for $28.

went for $120

Large sections of Amsterdam and. Rotterdam are

ablaze

These fires were caused chiefly by German bombs, and secondly by Dutch defence measures,

The Germans now dominate most of the northern front and have been victorious in the northern sections of central Holland. ZUYDER ZEE POUNDED

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Stopped From Sleeping

Peak Resident's Complaint.

Alleged to have made sleep im- possible for Mr. W. F. Simmons, of

summoned before Mr. Sheidon at the

The Hadue

Amsterdam

Tilburg

Map showing the Zooland aroa, the only part of Holland in which resistanca will be continued.

SEQUEL TO BURGLARY Houseboy's "Guest Admits Thefts

Hospitality Abused

Visitor From Swatow Rifles Safe

Sentence of three months hard

a

$955

is Peak Mansions, by the continual Following a series of raids by tabour was passed by Mr. T. J revving of his motor ear engine, an unknown burglar on Mr. A. Houston at the Central Magistracy. Kam Kwong, public car driver, was Sinton's premises at 15 Gram- this morning on Lam Cheung,. 24, Central Magistracy this morning for Plan Road, Leung Kwai, 18, un- unemployed, for the theft from a money-box containing creating a disturbance at 3.30 o.rn. employed, who had been staying sale, of an April 24.

at Mr. Sinton's as a guest of the $201.05 Hongkong money, Sub-Insp.

C. Bayating said Mr. house boy, was questioned by Chinese money, a jade bangle, a General Winkelman had earlier admitted that the simmons was awakened by the con- the Police and admitted having silver chain and two ratian bangles, northern provinces were fully in enemy hands but claim-nual revving of a motor car centered the premises on in the property of Wong Lee-fat, 72, a

shop-keeper, The man did so, but Ave occasions. minutes later, he began again.

ne This morning, Leung was charged It was stated the defendant. ar was again told to stop by Mr. Sim-before Mr. E. Himsworth at the rived in Hongkong from Swatow on mans, and apparently went away to Kowloon Magistracy with entering April 22, and as he was a friend of telephone for some merchants, who No. 15 Grampian toad first floor and one of the assistants employed by later arrived, and more notse was sicaling a sum of money on May Wong, was allowed to sleep in the

by tools being thrown to the He was

ed that the Dutch were still holding out at Denshalder, which is the main base overlooking the enclosing dam of the Zuyder Zee where the Germans tried to pierce the

The Fifty-Ninth Ordinary Meet-dykes between north and; ing of Shareholders will be held at northeast Holland. the Offices of the undersigned on A Louis Schopper testing upparatus Wednesday, the 22nd May, 1940,

a slivertite gas plant, electric driven, and 50 burners at Noon, for the purpose of receiv- reached $400. A plant with three ing the Report of the General ball mills of L. liters capacity each. Agents, together with a statement complete with motor of 220v AC. and starter on wooden ense, was soit for of Accounts for the year ended the

131st December, 1939.

$200.

Lowest Price, 25 Cents

The Share Register and Trans- The lowest price paid at the auc-fer Books will be closed from the tion was 25 cents and this was given 8th May to the 22nd May, 1940, for Ave driving belts for a dental machine. Eight hundred diagrams both days inclusive,

for Fuers Chronograph fetched $0 cents and live, valves. $1. A packing -case-containing-Alms-went-for-$30

whilst n demon oil stove was auc- | tioned for $10. A bathroom seale fetched $10.

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the Zuyder Zee Dam with heavy

Ho said the Germans -pounded;

artillery and launched one attack this morning which was re- pulsed.

Dutch Public Stunned General Winkelman has been the titular head of the Government since the Queen fled to London.

Many Street Accidents

An

gine. He told defendant to stop

noise.

He

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and the revving of the on the same charged with entering first floor of No, 8 Bonham Strand prcmires on May 7 and West. During his stay, he stole the gine. As a result Mr. Simmons was stealing $25, two keys, a cash box keys to the safe from Wong's jacket, unable to get further sleep that and a raincoat. night. He telephoned the Police andį asked that a summons be taken out against the defendant.

Case Adjourned

Mr. Simmons said when he first saw the car, it appeared to be caught, in the rear of another car, and de- fendant was revving the engine In

the summons was adjourned for one an endeavour to free his vehicle.

Defendant denied the offence, and

6 Pedestrians Hurt;

One Killed eight-year-old Chinese boy, the announcements. The press has Wan Ho yesterday by a cavemun, The Dutch pubile are stunned by Kwok Kam, was knocked down in Sai explained that the Queen was forced Capt. A. O. G. Mills, R.A.. of Lyemun. to flee to England because the Ger- He was taken to Queen Mary Hospl-week to enable him to call witnesses. mans had discovered a plan to set tal with serious head injuries. up the Dutch Court, in Zeeland and prepared to bomb i

An unknown Chinese was taken to the Queen Mary Hospital-in-on-un- conscious condition yesterday, after he had been knocked down by a bus driven -According to the Dutch Com Causeway Hay. The

by Ho Wing, in Caroline Road, man suffered head injuries.

Earlier Statement AMSTERDAM, May 14

(Reuter).),

mander-in-Chief yesterday, the mili- tary position In Holland 18 43 follows:-

The northern provinces are in the

hands of the enemy,

Attempts to attack the darn across the mouth of the Zuyder Zee have been frustrated.

Rotterdam, on the northern side of the River Maas, is in Dutch hands.

Hook Base Held

Helder, the important base at Hook, is in Dutch hands,

The position at Brabant

is

certain.

Zeeland la in Duich hands.

-U.S. CONDEMNS-

.

INVASION

Det. Set, Johnston sald defendant opened the safe and took the money- box. Fortunately, everything it con- had been bound over for $30 for lained was recovered intact. simaliar offence last month arid had only just come out of gaol.

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Pleading guilty, Leung was tenced to nine months hard labour.

Dutch Banks Freeze' German Deposits

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

KILLED BY OWN MACHINE GUNS

PARIS, May 14 (Reuter)-dic-

planes machine-gunned, á train as it drew into Tournal station. There were 650 German prisoners of war on board the tram. Twenty of them were killed..

cording to the French wireless, Nazl

SHANGHAI, May 15 (Domel) The Netherlands Trading Society and Nederlandsch Indische Handel! Bank have announced suspension of payments to German depositors.

On the outbreak of war in Europe, LONDON, May 14 (Reuter).-- WASHINGTON, May 14 (UP) German residents removed their de- Several hundred Dutch, Belgian and posils from British and French banks British refugees from Holland arrived to Dutch, Belgian and American in- in a British port to-day. They were

laided from three British shipa." stitutions.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”

Multiple Injuries were suffered by a woman, Yeang Kiu, when she was Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, knocked down by a motor lorry in today informed the Pan-American Taikokisul yesterday. She was taken conference that the United States will to Kowloon Hopital by the driver, sladly Join In Joint declaration, protesting against the German Chow Wing

invasion of Holland. Belgium and Luxembourg.

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Knocked Down By Lorry As a result of being knocked down by a lorry driven by Won Chung In Kennedy Town Praya yesterday, the Wong Ching-shly, a man, was ad- mitted to the Queen Mary Hospital un-with injuries to his left, leg.

Similar injuries were suffered by 82-year-old man, when lie

Lee Foo,'a

On the Dutch frontier the troops was knocked down by a lorry driven

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The Commander-in-Chief said that A beef-stall foki, Ip Kwan, 18, who the struggle was difficult but the fight was riding a triżycle, suffered injuries was worth while. It was a fight for to his forehead when he callided with Dutch independence and existence the rear of a bus in Kowloon yester- for freedom won centuries ago by day. He was treated at the Kow-. the Prince of Orange.

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Grave Situation Admitted Wong Fuk, 28, was indmilled to the PARIS, May 14 (Reuter)Ac-Kowloon Hospital with severe head cording to well-informed military injuries received as a result of alight- circles here,

the situation toing from a moving bus in Lalchikok Holandia regarded 116 grave Road near Kwellin Street, Kowloon, following the German advance to-yesterday. He died after admission wards Utrecht and Rotterdam. to hospital. The military situation in has hardly varied at all to-day,

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The German advance guards, after their big bound forward of nearly 100 miles, are evidently waiting for the main German forces.

Amsterdam Flames

in

Menzies Requests More Recruits

CANBERRA, May 14 (Router).

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Amsterdam cast speech to-day. supplies in

have been set on fire, says a Dulel High Command statement, and huge fires are now raging throughout the city.

He pointed out that Australia's home defence was more assured than year ago and urged the necessity for rapid training of troops for over- acas.

Embassies To Remain BRUSSELS. May 14 (Reuter) waiting, and hopes that we shall not He declared: "The enemy is not The semi-official Belgian, newil agency states that the situation don-be there or be there too isto. I call tinues to improve and adds that there on Australia to give him his answer." is no question of the Allied embassies Belgian forces took up, in good order leaving the capital

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