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CLASSIFIED NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS THE BRITISH LEGION 25 words $2.50

for 3 days prepaid

WANTED KNOWN. SUMMER SALE at Hongkong Furni- ture Company Ltd., No. 8, Queen's Road, Central, Inspection is cordially

HONG KONG AND CHINA

· BRANCH

:

The Committee urgently ask all who served in the last War to join or rejoin the Legion, the purpose being to form a body of men of mature age and experience whose opinion and services (apart from individual activities) might be of value at the present time.

Will those who are in accord WE PAY HIGH PRICES for all gold kindly register their names with and silver articles, diamonds, Jade the undersigned, accompanying

Apply China Gold and jewels. Refining Co. Room 0, Pedder Bulld-their application with the sub-

scription of $2. ing, 2nd floor.

invited.

WANTED TO BUY.

WE OFFER highest prices to any amount of gold articles, jules, jewels, diamonds, etc. Apply Eurasia Gold Refining Co., 7th floor, China Build- ing. Tel. 30727. No holidays.

FOR SALE.

"HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY

TUE CAMEILA"

Second Edition.

of the

Over 60 excellent vlows Colony, Price $1.00. Obtainable at

THOMSON & CO.,

Secretaries, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Building.

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LIMITED

of 300,000 new ordinary shares of $10 each, credited

Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., Hongkong Issue Travel Bureau or from the Publishers, Bouth China Morning Post,

Wyndham Street,

Look Th

The

燒豬

50 YEARS AGO

Ltd.

June 21, 1890),

at St.

It appears that Britannia doesn't rule the waves any longer. A telegram from London says that a French mon-of-war ordered some British Nahermen George's Bay, Newfoundland. to remove their nets, and landed a body of marines to enforce compliance wits the erder. A the British man-of-war won present 10

did bay, but

not interfere. The patriotic howl must be changed now, and zoma meek and lowly Methodist hy Kubailluted.

•

·

old

The French Government are preparing a Dil for limiting the workmen's day to ten hours,

25 YEARS ACO

June 1930.

A very strong passage in Mr. Bonar Law's speech was as follows: " is my bellef that we as a nation now realise so clearly the lack before us that the nation is ready to accept the principle that the country has a right. In this hour of danger, to call upon everyone and to inks what we have." (Cheers), "I be lieve they are ready to accept that prin- ciple and to see 11 carried out where Recessary, if it is carried out fairly to all classes and sections of the people alike." (Renewed cheers).

10 YEARS AGO

June 21. 1930. The three bus companies in Kowloon

Have received Hanction from the Pollee to effect an increase an from July 1. The Increase wil be a slight one compared with the existing rates. the new system being a charge by the mile, each route to be divided into sections. Bus travellers will be required to pay ten cents for the

frst two sections, and five cents more for any of the subsequent sections; while

as fully paid up.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 1st July, 1910 to the 10th July, 1940, both days inclusive, during which period no Transfer of Shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board Directors,

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 21, 1940.

POST OFFICE

be вс

10

Alr mall letters will cepted

transmission for Europe by Pan-American Service to New York and onward thence by BCD, $2.80 per half-ounce for the air transport, plus 15 cents per ounce to British possessions and 20 cents per ounce to foreign countries In respect of sen transport.

and

TO-DAY'S RADIO

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

Radio Programme Broadcast by Beethoven Symphony No. 21 245 Variety with Elale and Doris Waters, Arthur Askey, Billy Mayer) enw on a Frequency of 845 k.c's.

George van Dusen and Others

10,30 Dance Music. and on Short Wave from 1-2.10 p.n.

110 Close down. and B-11 p.m. on 0.02 m.c's. per

second.

In D Major, Op. 36

Musette (Bach-Pollain): Mazurka, 12.10 p.m. Short Service of Inter-Op. 11, Na 3 (Popper); A Village Song, Op. 62, No. 2 (Popper); Apres Un. Reve (Faure); Spanish Dance (Granados.

Vito arr. Casula); 12.39 Compositions of Mozart. 1.0 Local Time Signal and Wea-(Spanish: Dance) Op. 54, No. 5 (Pop-

per).

7.30 London Relay-The Newa 8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8,01 Ballads.

An experimental air service for Europe via United States of America cession. and Trans-Atlantic Service has also been introduced, the charge being 45 per half ounce for lettera postcards $2.50 each. An approximther Report. ate estimate of the time occupied in

days transmission is twelve this Clipper from Hongkong. from the date of departure of the

The postage rates via the revisedments.

changed. Imperial Airways Servico

аге 11-

Small Packet Post to all countries a suspended.

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Mall are losed 15 minutes earlier than the ime given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertli- ed to close at or before 9 a.m. re- gistered and parcel malla are closed it 5 pm, on the previous day. When mails are adverused to close after 5 p.m. Registered and Parcel mails are closed at 6 p.m.

INWARD MAILS

Stralia Shanghal Shanghai and Amoy Ar lait by "Air France

Bervice." London and Stralis Canton Japan and Shanghai Shanghal

U.S.A., and Manila. date, 20th May). Shanghai and Amoy of London and Straits

Saigon

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,

Agenta,

NOTICE

HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED.

Interim Dividend

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an INTERIM DIVIDEND of FOUR per cent (4%) for the six montha ending 30th June, 1940, amounting to FORTY cents per the Fully Paid Up share on

Shares and TEN cents per share on the Partly Paid Up Shares of the Company will be paid on

Shanghai and Amoy Japan and Shanghai Japan, Shanghai and

Canton ...

(San

June 21.

June 21.

June 21.

Airways

June

June 22. June 22. June 22.

June 22. Francisco! June 23. June 23. June 23. June 23. June 23.

June 23,

Formosa

June 21.

......June 24.

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways

Service."

June 24.)

Air Mall by "Pan American Airways Direct Service.”—San Francisco date, June 18

Australia and Manila Shanghal

London and Straits Japan and Manila Japan and Shanghal Java and Manila Manila

Haiphong Japan

Air Mali by

Service."

...June 25.

June 25.

.June 25.

"Imperial

Japan and Shanghai Japan

June 26, June 20. June 20 June 20. June 20. .June 27, .June 27. Airways .June 27. June 28. .June 29.

..? p.m.

OUTWARD MAILS Friday, June 21 MONDAY, the 8th July, 1910, on Sandakan. which date Dividend Warrants

Saturday, June 22 may be obtained on application at Shanghai and Parcels only for Tien- the Registered Office of the Com-Bangkok pany, Exchange Building,

oor.

tsin.

....9 n.m. 12.30 p.m. 4th Shanghai

.13.30 p.m. Air Mail for "Imperial Airways—

Service" to Durban and thence by

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from

the fares for the second class will begin WEDNESDAY, the 26th June to

Sea Service to United Kingdom.

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

Beg.. .....June 22, 5.00 p.in. Ord.. .....June 22, 5.30 p.m.

with the payment of five cents for the SATURDAY, 6th JULY, 1940, both | Air Mail for Indo-China, Iran, and frit two sections or part thereof. The monthly tickets, formerly $5 each will be increased to $7 while the students' tickets days inclusive,

of $2.50... will be increased - to -53..

5 YEARS AGO

June 21, 1935. The Dominions Secretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, speaking in the Commons this evening, when the Dominions Office vote was taken. Bald the Statute of West minster created an entirely new situation In the relationship between the Mother

France by the "Air France Air- ways."

..June 22, 5.00 p.m. ...June 22, 5.30 p.m.

By Order of the

K.r.o.

Board of Directors,

Reg.

Ord.

J. P. SHERRY,

Manager. Hongkong, 11th June, 1940.

Reg.

Ord.

Straits

G.P.O.

June 22, 5.00 p.m. .June 22, 5.30 p.m. .5.30 p.ro. 530 p.m.

.0.00 n.m.

Country and the Domtaleas. In hort, CONSIGNEES' NOTICE. Tourane and Salgon ...

the SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES

Manila Amoy

Shanghai

Canton

each Dominion had absolute freedom to determine its own, destiny.

On the question af defence, Dominions again, without a solitary ex ception, agreed that in view of the pre- sent state of the services, which had arisch as a result of the effort to set asj example to lite people of Britain, and Saigon -In-view-of-Imperial-obligations that the steps to repair the national defences nl- rendy announced should be undertaken. that their goods with the exception Haiphong of Oplum. Treasure and Valuables Shanghai

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES Bringing Cargo from Marseilles via Consignees are hereby informed

Sunday, June 23

...

.0a.m.

.7.15 a.rd.

Monday, June 24

Swalow, Amoy and Formosa

There is much to be and in favour of are being landed and stored into the Japan, the representations being made to the Government by the Soctely for the Pro- Godowns of the Hongkong Kawloon tection of Children for the establishment Whorf and Godown Co. Ltd., Kow- of children's hospitals in the Colony.

loon, whence delivery may be obtain-

SECRET SESSION. SITS

London, June 20.

The secret session of the House of Commons began to-day at 4 p.m.

ed immediately after landing.

All claims must be sent in to me on or before 27th June, 1940, or they will not be recognized.

Damaged Packages will be examin ed by the Company's Surveyor Messrs:-Goddard and Douglas in the i was stated unofficially to-day presence of the Consignees at 10.00 that Marshal Petain had departed a.m. on Saturday, 22nd June, 1940, from Bordeaux with the intention of: Consignees must have a Revenue establishing on administration ou Oficer in attendance when any duil- foreign. soil.

uble goods are examined by the Company's Surveyors.

Friends of MM. Reynaud, Marin, and Demargerie said to-day that they had been arrested. United Press.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever,

I. OIL.

Agent.

10:30a.m. Noon.

12.30 pm. .2.30 p.m.

Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South

Africa and United Kingdom.

K. P. O.

reg..

Ord.,

neg., Ord,

June 24, 2.45 p.m. June 24, 3.30 p.m. G. P.

P. 0.

June 24, 2.45 pm. ..June 24, 3.30 p.m. Straits (Parcels only).5 p.m. Straits and Calcutta,

Parcels Ord.

June 24, 5 p.m. June 24, 7 pm.

....7.00 p.m. Canton

Tuesday, June 25 Fort Bayard, and Hollow..12.30 p.m. Parcels only tor Tientsin.. 12.30 p.m. .3.00 p.m. Haiphong

.3.30 p.m. Japan Air Malt for Manila. Guam, Ilono- lulu, U.S.A., and Europe via "Pan American Airways und Trans- Allautle Services"

K.F.O.

1.03 Famous Flim Selections. 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce-

1.45 Danco Music by Brian LawV- ; rance and His Orchestra.

2.15 Close down. 0.0 Beethoven-Symphony No. 2 tra Major, Op. 36,

Vienna

Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Clemens Krauss,

Sym- 0.32 Schumann - Etuden phoniques.

Alfred Cortot (Plano). 0.58 Closing local Stock Quota tions.

Songs by Amellia Galli-Curel (Soprano).

Recital 7.12 'Cello

by Pablo Casals

7.0

MR. FRIML'S CASE

Adjustment of Trouble Over Lack of Visn

Air Raids On Bordeaux

the

Bordeaux, June 20,

ralda in

In two ralda ently this morning Gerinang heavily bombed Bordeaux and the Girondo quaya. They were among the worst attacks on big French cities since the war began, ranking second only to the destruction and Paris casualties.

Over 100 bombers dropped 100 incendiary and high explosive bombs on the city and 100 on nearby air- ports, docks and shipplag along the | estuary,

In Wednesday's issue of the "Tele- The second raid occurred ́at da.m.. graph" Rudolf Friml, the well-known Fighter planes and anti-aircraft fre composer, was reported to have been drove of the Germans, preventing summoned for entering the Colony serious damage.-United Press, without a passport.

+

Is incorrect. Mr.

Sombre Woods (Lully); Down Here (Brahe), Manuel Hemingway (Bass) with Plano; The Belter Land (Her Actually, this mans-Cowen); The Children's Home Friml had a passport which was still LITHUANIA INTEREST

Catherine Ste- valid, the charge against him being (Weatherly-Cowen),

that he entered the Colony without;

Bordeaux, June 20. wart (Contralto) with Organ.

a visn. 8.18 Eleen Joyce at the Piano.

The French are watching with Mr. Frimi explains that he had enormous interest the movement of 8.30 The Bournemouth Municipal

bech on a visit to Bagulo and had German and Russion troops in Lithu- Orchestra.

Dbeen taken ill there. As the ship ania where the German High Com-

left Monila on A Sunday, and be

Mendelssohn--Quartet

8.50

Major, Op. 44, No. 1.

Stradivarius String Quartet.

cause of his lness, he had omitted and is reported to have transferred 20 divisions from the western front, following the concentration of 200,- 0.15 London Relay-News Sum- to obtain a visa.

The matter has since been ad-000 more Red troops in addition fo mary.

0.30 London Relay-"World Justed, and Mr. Friml is to remain the treaty garrison of 15,000.-

in Hongkong for a short stay. United PreRS.

Affairs."

ACT NOW

IN

response to

numerous

requests

The South China Morning Post, Limited,

invites subscriptions to

A FUND TO ASSIST

BRITAIN'S WAR

EFFORT.

The whole of the money. subscribed will

be handed to The Government of Hongkong

for transmission-to

THE BRITISH

GOVERNMENT

For the Purchase of Aeroplanes or such other Armaments

as the British Government may decide.

China The South received by will be Donations

payable to Cheques should be made Morning Post.

South China "War Fund

Morning Post, Limited.”

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Reg.

Ord,

...June 25. 5 p.m. ...June 25, 5.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

All donations will be

acknowledged in the columns

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of The S. C. M.

Post

and The Hongkong Telegraph.

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Members of New York Cotton Exchange

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SHANGILAI, HONGKONG, MANILA and BUENOS AIRES

Cable Address: SWANSTOCK

Reg.

Ord.

Reg.

Ord.

.5 p.in.: 5.30 p.m.

G.F.O.

.5 p.m. 7 p.m. Air Mall for "Imperial Airways Service" to Durban and thence by Sen Service to Unlied Kingdom.

leg.

Ord.

Beg

Ord.

K.P.O.

June 25. 5 p;m June 25, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.

Jane 25, 5 pu

June 25, 7 D.m

Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Aus-

tralia by the "Imperial Airways Bervice."

..June 25, 5 p.m. June 25, 7 D.. Amoy and Shanghai ***7 pm. Wednesday, June 28

U.S.A., Central and South America, Canada and Europe via San Fran elsco (No Parcels for Canada),

G.P.O, and K.P.O.- -

***... June 26, 5 p.m.

Parcels

Reg.

Onl

„June 27, 9.48 0..

June 27, 10.30 am.