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China Apply

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ing, 2nd floor,

FOR SALE. "HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY THE CAMERA” Second Edition. Over 60 Excellent views of the Colony. Price $1.50. Obtainable at Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., Hongkong Travel Bureau or from the Publishers, South China Morning Post, Ltd., Wyndham Street.

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The

Hongkong Telegraph Tenth Annual Amateur Photographic Competition

June-September, 1940. Two Silvor Trophies Awarded by ILFORD LTD. For the best and second-best entries.

Four Silver Trophies Awarded by EASTMAN KODAK Co. First Prices in each of the four Sections.

$250 CASH PRIZES $250

SECTION ONE

General Pictorial: Land and Seacopes: Architecture: Street Scenes, etc. 1st. Silver Cup, 2nd. $30. 3rd. $20. 4th. $12.50.

SECTION TWO Portraits: Informal Close-ups: Human Studies.

1st. Silver Cup. 2nd. $30. 3rd. $20. 4th. $12.50.

SECTION THREE

Sull Life and Table Top Studies. 1st. Silver Cup. 2nd. $30. 3rd. $20. 4th. $12.50.

SECTION FOUR (Craftsmen's Section)

The whole of the work entailed In the production of every entry must have been done by the competitors who will be required to make a déclaration to this effect. Each entry must have pasted on the back it special entry form obtainable on application from The Hongkong Telegraph or from

Hon. Secretury, the Hongkong Photographic Society, Subjects at the discretion of competitors,

2nd. $30.

1st. Silver Cup.

3rd. $20. 4th. $12.50.

RULES

The following-itutes will govern..the. Competition:

1-The Competition is confined ex- clusively to amateur photo- graphers.

1.--No employee or member of any Arm in the photographie trade i permitted to compelo,

3.––īko prizes will be awarded to the

competitors sending in what kem adjudged to be the best photo- graphi in each Section. Exch entry must be accompanied by a form which will be published during the pertad of the Com- petition, end' which must be panted on back of entry.

The right to publish any or all of the entries is reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph,

--Al photographa catered muat have been taken in the Colony of Hongkong. Photographs which Juve been already entered in other Competitions are ineligible 8-No responsibility will be accepted

for non-delivery of, loss of or damage to entries,

7-All entries to bo either black, sapla, or toned pictures, and must be mounted. Coloured photo- Graph are ineligible. 8-Pleturer submited in sepia tonex

should be accompanied by A smaller print in black and white. ---No picture 10, entered in more

than one Sec Uún. 10-Mounts to be only white or cream, must be at one of the following

ize:10x12, 16x20.

11.-No correspondence will be entered

into in connection with the Com petllion. 12--Members of the Starts at the

Hongkong Telegraph

and the South China Moming Post are not permitted to compete. 13-The decision of the Judges shall

be Anal.

14-At the concision of the Com. petition. entries will be returned to competitors on application at the Telegraph offices within soven days.

NAME

SECTION

ENTRY FORM -

ADDRESS

Please use block letters and paste this on back of each Entry in sections 1, 2 and 3

METROPOLE

NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE THAT Mr. Lam Wing Kei (t) has censed to be employed as a Shroff by the undersigned ng from 17th July, 1940, and accordingly is no longer authorised to sign or make collec- tions on our behalf:

THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO.,

(S.C.) LTD.

Hongkong, 17th July, 1940.

Breach Of Neutrality

Swedish Behaviour.......

Resented

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

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PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

of the Sale by Public Auction to be hold on Monday, the 22nd -day of July, 1940, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at 'College Road, In the Colony of Hong Kens, for a term of 76 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 24 years less the last three days thereof.

of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Donday, the 22nd day of July, 1940, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Hung Hom, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 yoare, with the option of renewal nt'a Crown Rent to be fixed by tho Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for ono further term of 75 years.

Intending bidders are advised Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo that immediately after the 'dispo- | sal of the lot the Purchaser (If not sal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to the applicant) will be required to deposit with an oatharised officer who will be present at the sale. the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. his Bum will be refunded on payment, of- the- Pur- chase price.

deponit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Pur

LONDON, July 17 (Reuter): Further reference to the British Government's protest chase price. against the Swedish Govern-

ment's decision to allow Ger-| PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. man troops and war material to cross Swedish territory was made at question time in the House of Commons to-day,

Mr. Geoffrey Mander asked whether the Swedish netion was not In direct violation of the Hague Con- vention of 1007 and what action the British Government proposed to talte, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said they had already indiented their view to the Swedish Government that

this constituted serious

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breach neutrally.

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An inaudible answer was given when the Under-Secretary was asked if the Government intended to press | the matter.

THIS WILL STOP BLITZKRIEG

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method special instructions on the of attack.

Bombs were duly dropped and rub- sequent photographic reconnaissances nitack, revented the success of the Barges could be seen high and dry in the mud. The aqueduel was unta- able and the Canal was empty where a few days earlier photographs had shown 20 large borges on one short stretch of the Canal.

Nazis Hide Damage LONDON, July 17 (Rueter)~~~Ac- cording to reports received from the Dutch frontier areas by the "Anep" agency, a deep impression has been created among the inhabitants of western Germany by the K. A. F. bombing, the effect of which is clearly visible in the Dutch side of the frontier.

Locality

Kowloon

Inland Lot

College Road adjoining New Kowloon Inland

Lot No. 2722.

No. of Sale.

Registry No.

Boundary Measurements

N. . . .

feet lees fest tent,

sa per sala

pian.

Locality

20. 274.

Winslow Street, Hung Haru, adjoining Hung Hom Inland

Lot No. 241.

Contents in

sq. feet.

No. of Sale |

Registry Ko.

Upset Price

*2,000

$18,000TM

PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 22nd day of July, 1910, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Exellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Cheung She Wan, In the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for une further tern of 24 years less the last three days thereof.

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo-1 sal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to deposit with an authorised officer near who will be present at the sale,

the sum of two hundred dollars, }

WOH BUBH

Boundary Measurements

NB. 1...

AR per salo

plan.

BANKS

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Paid-up Capital Neservo Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 Reserve Fund....

.... £3,000,000 LONDON.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1833,

£3,000,000

HEAD OFFICE

18 Mishopsgate, E.C.. Bub-Agencies in London: 117/122, Leadenhail Street E.CS. Wat Ead Branch: 10/10, Cockipur Street, B.W.L. Manchester Brausts:

97, Mosley Street, Manchester, 2.

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: Alor Ster

Karbitr Rangoon

Ameitene Bangkok

Jatavin

Bombay

Hongkong Salgan

Ipoh

Semarang

Ilotio

Seremban

Karachi

Shanghai

Calcutta

Singapore

Agencies:

Silowan

Clive Street

Kaula

Bourabaya

Fairlie Pince

Lumpur

Kuching Madras Manila

Medan

Canton Cawnpore cebu Coloratio

o

Hamburg

alphong Hankow

New York Felping

(Peking) Penang

Taiping Tientsin

Tongkan

(Bhuket)

Tsingtao

Yokokama

Banking Business transacted.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General

The Germans are reported to be endeavouring to hide the results of the bombings from the Dutch people who recently were forbidden to visit, after dark, the hills Arrhem with a view into Germany,

Another Indication of the disloca- ($200) in cash. This sum will be or shorter periods in Local or Other Cur tion

caused by the raids is the serious

road refunded on, payment of the Purrencies at rates which will be quoted on disorganisation of

of rail and road

.application. traille between Germany

thechase price."--

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Netherlands. Trains bound for Ger-

Local Currency and Sterling with interest

"but

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year

The Bank's Head Offes in London undertakes Executor & Trixies business, and claim recovery of British Income Tax overpaid, on lemas which may be ascertained at any of its Agencies and Branches.

R. A. CAMIDGE,

many have returned to the starting PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. allowed at rates obtainable on application, point because the rail tracks and

yards were broken up. Alternative lines were used shortly after the first trains had left, the new point of departure was thoroughly bombed, indicating that the R.A.F, a well-informed as well as accurate,

U.S. MINISTER

TO AUSTRALIA

LONDON, July 17 (Reuter), The frst

United States Minister to Australia,

Clarence Mr.

Gauss, formerly U.S: Consul-General in Shanghal, yesterday. presented hin credentials to the Governor-General.

In a statement, Mr. Menzies the Australian Prime Minister said that the Australian people regarded the arrival of Mr. Gauss as an event of profound importance. They hoped he would play un Important part in making the Pacific a region in which nations might trade peacefully.

In this, Mr. Gauss would have Australia's most netive support.

Auxiliary Vessel Lost Off Norway

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, July 17 (UP).—The Admiralty announces that the naval Duxiliary vessel Van Dyck was sunk during an aircraft attack off the Nor- wegian coast on June 10.

Two officers and five ratings were killled and, 20 officers and 132 ratings: were taken prisoner.

H.M.S. Van Dyck was a vessel of

No. of Sale

New Kowloon

Registry No.

No. 7312,

Locality

Castle Peak Road. between Wing Lung

Street and Tonkin

Street. Cheung

Sha Wan

Boundary Measurements

N.A. E. W.

terteel feel fori

se per salo

pien.

BULGARIA AND RUMANIA

Upset Price

Dianager.

THE YANKS HAVE A WORD FOR IT

(Continued from Page 4.)

college; a criminal record is a pedl- gree; a burglar alarm, bug; and a policeman's star, a buzzer.

July 18, 1940.

CUSTOMERS'

OWN

JEWELLERY

RE-MOUNTED

BY EXPERTS

REPAIRS

OF ALL KINDS

EXECUTED BY

SKILLED WORKMEN

AT

MODERATE CHARGES

SENNET FRERES

Gloucester Bldg.,

H-O-GRAM R

ZORIC

IGARMENT: "FULANING SYSTEM:

Pedder St.

The system that provides QUALITY AIR Condition dryCLEANING for all types of Clothing and Household Accessories. CARPET SHAMPODING UNDERTAKEN PREPARATORY TO STORING

THE

STEAM LAUNDRY

One who betrays his companions to the police for remuneration or under duress is a louse, a raí, a bat

Head Office & Works 57032 carrier, a heel, a stool pigeon (usual Gloucester Bldg, 2nd Flr, Tel. 28038ļ Peak' Depot, ly simply stool), or a weasel, and

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sald to give up, do n solo, to squeal, Kowloon Depot,

Bulgarian Government has mude re said to swamp, to collar, or to nali SOFIA, July 17 (Router).The to beef, to stool, or to sing. When an plcer arrests hoodlum he is through channels, to the Rumanian Govern-him. presentations.

diplomatic

ment with regard to the treatment of The pickpocket, the bank robber, the Bulgarian minority in south the boot-legger, the automobile thief. castern Dobruja.

and the gambler each have developed an argot used in their particular profession, rich in originality and characterised by elements of secrecy and intimacy.

It is understood that this step was taken following the return of de- tachments of the Rumanian Army

into southern Dobruja.

The Rumanian troops were with- drawn from the disputed region about three weeks ago but in the past five days have re-occupied the province.

CANADA'S WAR

13,000 tona. She was formerlyn CONTRIBUTIONS-

Lamport-Holt Hiner, and is the Arth

armed-merchantman sunk in the LONDON, July 17 (Router) war The other four were the Canada's latest contributions include Rawalpindi, Carinthia, Scotstoun and tanks for the British army, aircraft Andania.

for the Empire air training scheme, and naval croft.

THE WAR FUND Considerable Additions Raise Total Further Substantial additions to the S. C. M.

Post War Fund yesterday raised the totals to $1,245,846,00 and £2,890.

10s/0d,

Latest subscriptions are as follow: Tunothy

HOTEL CENTRAL - CLEAN "COMFORTABLE - FIREPROOF Edwardt

Contributions" from › Chri

Cookery Book, par Mrs, D.. Y.

Mr LEH McCabe

500

¦ in Britain.

-Brownlee Haydon

R.A.F. Clerk Led -5-Hour Mop Up Of Parachutists

Led by n ʼn sergeant-clerk 16 men of the ground staff of o R.A.F. compon ont aquadron in France fought Nazi parachutists for five hours in a village until every enemy was dead.,.

A contribution of, another kind is provided by the announcement that while the war lasts, no duty will be levied on the personal or household effects of women and children sent after 17 hours on the road, the men Travelling in two lorries, weary to Canada from Britain, or clothing, had stopped to rest in, the village. ete, sent to them by their relatives

At dusk the

bombers come, flying

Thanks to a gift of $100,000 from the when the parachutists, carrying tom- They flew around until dorkness fell,

American Red Cross, it is announced my guns, were dropped. that two traine loaded with foodstuffs, particularly milk loft Geneva to-day for non-occupied France and another for occupied Frunceito

GENEVA, July 17 (Router) low, bombing and machine-gunning.

tew French troops in a nearby They were quieldy discovered. TA staminet joined the RAF, men and went into action. with rifles,

Tel 18845| Hong Kong Depot,

CO.

BRITAIN READY FOR BLITZKRIEG

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fensive to the offensive, the sooner will the war bo won.

He added that since the beginning of this month, a total of 100 enemy aircraft had been brought down while Brital lost 24. In defenco jagainst them.

There had scarcely been one hour Irr single day that we had not carried the war into the enemy's territory and we had reason to be- love that the material damage to the German war, industry and com munications were very heavy..

Enemy's Preponderance

The enemy still hás a preponder- ance of air power, presenting at threat which, although wo regard It without dismay, remains serious one. 14 is corialp that we shall, havo, to, withstand an attack, from the air on a scale many.

times greater than that already launched. Hitherto the enemy was only able to inflict negligible damage. We had not been content with staving off the enemy attacks. The R.AF had into effect plans worked out with utmost thoroughness for the system- atic destruction of military objec- tives vital to the enemy's war effort. "We are hitting Germany hard and are going on hitting," said the Air Minister.

but

Vast Enomy Coastline Referring to the vast enemy const line, Sir Archibald said that Ger- many may start an invasion of Britain not only from German bases but from Norway. Or he may come out of the Dutch canals and harbours of Belgium.or northwards from the coast of France.

All these places of assembly have been watched in, addition to the never-ceasing sea patrols.

Sir Archibald paid high tribute to the work of Canadian, Australian and New Zealand pilots and siressed the invaluable nature of the pro- vision of training space in the Domin- lons for building up an air force greater in numbers than the German force.

|HONGKONG FOOD SUPPLY PROBLEM

FROM PAGE ONE

obtained from Walchow and the East River district and the New Ter- ritarice.

The ban on export of cattle as well ns lack of transportation has seri- ously affected the supply from Kwingchouwan Whereas formerly ships arrived in Hongkong dally from the south with cargoes of pigs, nt the present time nat moro than 1,000 pics are landed here from this source per week.

more

N.T. Supplies The New Territories supply about 100 pigs dally, and the same number, obtained from or less, is Chinese territory. Sometimes, sup- plica from Chinese territory are in- terrupted us the result of Japanese operations. Denlere bringing piga

Hongkong from adjoining areas run great risks, and can never be certain that they will not be stopped on the way by the Japanese and have their cargo seized.

into

The present price of pork is about. $1 per catty. A few weeks ago, the brite soured to $1.60 per cally. Be fore the Sino-Japanese war, it was about 40 cents.

Problem Of Fish

Hongkong's daily consumption of fish, both of the freshwater and salt- water varieties, is, on an average; 250 plculs. The average price per catty at this time is about 35 cents, which is practically three times above the average price prevailing before the Sino-Japanese war, und double the price at this time last

year,

The focal Bshing industry has suffered to a tremendous extent, nya of Japanese activities. Thẹ

resulwart of the fishing fleet has

face

Not

destroyed, and those fishermen

still maintain

immense dimcutor velihood.

only

has

this

source of suite

supply of fresh- supplies

been reduced, but water doh from Canton, Kongrnoon Tel. 29307 and other districts are also now quite

limited. Fish

from supplied

thena Tel. 21279 areas were formerly shipped direct to Hongkong, but the closure of ship- ping routes has, made It necessary". for supplies to be first cent to Macao, where they are re-shipped to this Colony, thus increasing the ultimate cost to the consumer,

BOMBERS

ARE MORE THAN EVER

NEEDED TO-DAY.

The South China Morning Post, Ltd., is receiving subscriptions to THE FUND TO ASSIST BRITAIN'S WAR EFFORT.

The whole of the money subscribed is being 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 decido. Donations will be received by The South China. Morning Post. Cheques should be made payable to "'War Fund—South China Morning Post Limited.” - All donations will be acknowledged in the columns of The S. C. M. Post & The Hongkong Telegraph.

KONOYE SEEKS IDENTITY VIEWS

1.

> FROM PAGE: ONE

didates for, their successors in order to bring about "full co-operatlan be- tween the Government and the millleryd strive to establish

'sald he would

He

full Cabinet Instead of a small select group and denied that he would handle the foreign affatra, portfolio although he was unable to name the Foreign Minister. at present.

Contraband Control's Busy Fortnight

LONDON, July 17 (Reuter)-11 18 authoritatively learned that the British Contraband Control: seized. about 10,000 tons of goods suspected for enemy destinations in

from July 7 to the 15th re

In addition, during the period from July 1. to 10,

seized from

tons of goods wormately 9,000

Italian ships.

Altogether the British

Control has seized 700,000 tons of contraband since the start of the war.

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