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CLASSIFIED NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC

25 words $2.50

for 3 days prepaid

WANTED TO BUY.

WE TAX HIGH PRICES for all gold and silver articles, diamonds, ads and Jewels. Apply China

Gold Relining Co. Room 6, Pedder Bulld Ing, 2nd floor.

FOR SALE. "HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY

CAMERA

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Second Edition, excellent views of the Colony Price $1.50. Obtainable at Kelly B Walsh, Ltd, Hongkong Travel Bureau or from the Publishers, South China Morning Fort, Ltd., Wyndham Street.

The

Hongkong Telegraph Tenth Annual Amateur Photographic Competition June-September, 1940. Two Silver Trophies Awarded by ILFORD LTD.

For the best and second-best entries. Four Silver Trophies Awarded by EASTMAN KODAK CO. First Prizes in each of the four Sections,

$250 CASH PRIZES $250

SECTION ONE

CO. LTD.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Interim Dividend of $1 per share has been declared in respect of the half year ended 10th June, 1940 on G00,000 OLD SHARES and will be payable on and after Wednesday, 11th Sep- tember, 1940. Dividend Warrants) may be obtained on application at the Company's Registered Office, P. & O. Building.

Saturday,

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HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH

PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 26th day of August, 1940, at 3 pm, at the Omees of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Ma Tau Kok, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, 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 76 yearn.

THE REGISTER OF MEMBERS of the Company will be CLOSED

Intending bidders are advised from MONDAY, 2ND SEPTEM that immediately after the dispo BER, to SATURDAY, 7TH SEPsal of the let the Purchaser (if TEMBER. 1940, (both days inclusive) during which period no not the applicant) will be required authorised transfer of shares can be regis- to, deposit with tered.

officer who will be present at the of sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.

By Order of the Board Directors.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.

Agents.

Hongkong. Int August, 1940.

CHURCH NOTICES

CHRIST CHURCH (KOWLOON TONOJ

Assistant Chaplain-General To French at Mattins

Funday, August 25.-14th Sunday ROT Trinity

In English-7.15

Tinly Comminiem, 943 m Maltins and Seri mom 'reachet; the Stew, 3, 1, Todd, ACO Hymn from the English Hyme nai).-12. Holy, Holy, Holy, Tune pears; All people that on Earth do dweli, Tune Old Hundredth; 488. The Church of

General Pictorial: Land and Seacopes: find a kingdom is fune University. No.

Archüreture: Street Scenes, etc.

1st. Silver Cup.

3rd $20.

2nd. $30.

4th. $12.50.

SECTION TWO

Portraits Informal Close-ups: Human Studles.

2nd. $30 1st. Silver Cup.

3rd $20 4th $12.50

SECTION THREE

Still 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 entalled in the production of every entry must have been done by the competitors who will be required to make declaration to this effect. Each entry must have pasted on the back a special entry form obtainable on application from The Hongkong Teiegraph from the Hon. Secretary, Hongkong Photographie Society. Subjects at the discretion ot competitors. 1st. Silver Cup.

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3rd. $20.

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2nd. $30.

4th $12.50.

RULES

The following Ruler will govern the Compèlition:

1-The Competition is confined ex

clusively to amateur photo- graphers.

2-No employee or member of any Arm in the photographic trade is permitted to comple

3--The prize will be awarded to the competitors sending in what are adjudged to be the best photo- graph in esch Section. Each entry must be accompanied by a farm which will be published during the period of the Com petition, and which must be pasted on back of entry.

-The right to publish any or a

of the entries is reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph,

-All photographs entered

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have been taken in the Colony of Hongkong. Photographs which have been already entered in other Competitions are thneligible -No responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery of low of or damage to entries

7-All entries to be either black, epla, or toned pictures, and must be mounted. Coloured photo.

graph are ineligible. L-Pictures submitted in sepia toner should be accompanied by a maller print in black, and white. -No picture to entered is more

than one Section,

10-Mounts to be only white or cream. must be of one of the following Bites:-10×1, 18x20,

11. No correspondence will be entered

into in connection with the Com petition. 12-Members of the Bleds of the

13.

Hongkong Telegraph and the South China Morning Post are not

- permitted to compois.

The decision of the Judges shall be daal, 14-At the conclusion of the Com

petition, entries will be returned to competitors on application at the Telegraph offices within seven, days.

NAME

ENTRY FORM

SECTION

ADDRE88

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

METROPOLE

HOTEL CENTRAL - CLEAN COMFORTABLF-FIREPROOF

93,471, Frente to the holiest. Tune Rich THIOPIAT

Services to Mandarin - Communion: 11 am. Moming Kermon. Preactier: Mr. T. Yine Wah College.

m Italy Prayer and

K thin of

Thursday, August 7--715 A 17 Jinly Communion: 5 pm. Meeting of the Com-

miller of the Guild of Martha and Mary.

In the VirarGET.

Friday, August 30 – A dans Meeting of the parish in the Venenge at 830 pm... to make plans for raising more rooney to supply me want caused by the dimeulty in folding the urush Fete. All perishionera and friends of Chuset Church

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SOME DOGS

HAVE

ALL THE LUCK

August 24, 1940.

If you can just take your eyes off Eleanor Powell for a moment we want to introduce you ta Nikko, Eleanor's pei Schauzer, a most intel- ligent, and, if we may say so, tucky dog.

Incidentally, Eleanor illustrates the very latest in chi summer fashions as worn in Holly- wood this year. Wo know fi's not much talking of fashions in this woman-denuded part of the world but if that's your chief interest in the photograph you can always clip it out and send

to your wife in Australia.

Nazis were expecting Lighting H.K.

LETTERS Company-they got it

Picnic for Blind

To the Editor,

The "Hongkong Telegraph.”

Sir. The Christ Church Group of

willing to help in any way, are heartily the V.D.M.A. intend to hold a pienie for the blind women of the Industrial

Bevited to attend this meeting, and to Light helg with sɛɛestions and advice petestiments will be served during the evenings This meeting is extremely th

patient.

METHODIST CHURCH (QUEEN'S ROAD EAST)

Morning Service to Be Broadcast

Bervices on Runday, August_23

E Sand- J Preachers-Morning, ev bach This service will be broadcast: Evening Res Egwyn Jones. Kne,

Morsing Parate fervics at 10.15 am HYR No. 132, Prayer. Hymn No 703. First

Lion, Hymn Nà xin, Second Lerann, Prayer, Notices Offertory, Hymn No. 16. Sermon Hymn Na $80, Benediction.

Evening Service at Í pm

15mm No

17 Prayer. Hyman No. 669, Lesson, Prayer. Notices. Offertory. Hymn Na. 470, Sermion, Hymn No 007. Benediction

Notices For the Week, 1 Fallowing the Evening Service Social Hour will be held at the S. & 5. Home at $25 pm. All Servicemen and civiliana will be warmly welcomed.

A meeting for Prayer and Fellowship 11 be held at the $. S. Heme on Tuesday at 8.30 p.m.

UNION CHURCH

(KENNEDY ROAD)

Rev. K. Mackenzie Dow To Preach To-morrow

Moming Service 10.30 *.m. Evening Service 6 p.m. Preacher at both services, Rev. K. Mackenzie Dow.

The weeknight meeting conducted by the Salvation Army will be held in the Church Hall at 7.30 am until, Tea and light refreshments are served.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST, HONGKONG (J1 MACDONNELL ROAD)

Service on Sunday, August 25.—The sub- ject of the Lesson Sernion in all Chris- itan Selence Churches to-morrow will be "Mind."

The Golden Text will be: Daniel 2: 20, 1. "leased be the name of God for ever and ever; for, wisdom and right are hia: he giveth wisdom unto the wise and knowledge to them that know standing."

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Among others the following citations

will be read from the Bible: ThiUpplan 3: 2. 5. "Full ye my day, that yn be like minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.. Let inind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus."

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The following citations will also be read from the Christian Science Text- book, "Science and liealth with Key to the Scripture," by Mary Baker Eddy. laving one Cod, one Mind, urafakis the power that heals the sick, and fulfi then sayings of Scripture. I am the Lord that healeth thee, and I have found a ransom. When the divine precepti are understood, they unfald the founda- tion of fellowship in which one mind is not at war with another, but all have one Spirit God, one intelligent source, in accordance with the Heriptura com- mand: "Let this Mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Page 270).

Announcement

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Hong-

·kong_(a Branch, of the Moiber Church. The First Church of Christ. Scientist, in Borlon, Mass.) No. 31, Macdonnell Road, tlose to Peak Trahi Biatlon, Sunday Ber vico 11.15 qm.estimony Meeting, Wed nesday, 8 pm, A Reading Room is located In the Church building and is open on alandry, Thursday and Saturday mom- ings from 10.30 am, to 12.30 pm. and on Tuesday and Friday evenings from 0.30 p.m. to 7 pm All authorised Christian Science Urature is available invited to attend the services and to visit Reading Hoom. The public is cordially the leading Rout

at the

THE NEW FRENOH REMEDY. ERAPION NG1 ERAPION NⱭ2 THERAPION NO.3

• returu Molig!

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Home, Pokfulam, on Saturday, Octo- ber 5. This will be the 14th year in suc eession that this plenile has been held,

of

May wr, through the columns your paper; appeal for generous sup- port from the people in tiongkong. We fully realize how numerous and how great are the demands that are being made at this time on the generosity of everyone, but we feel that it would be a very great pity it These blind women neglected. The majority of us, who have full possession of P|| facultien, will readily appreciate how greatly such amall kindnesses as thin annual outing help to alleviate the dreariness of those whose lives ure spent in total darkness.

were

to be

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For several yeara past the women of the Pokfulam Home have learned to look forward to the annual outing as cue of the few really happy events in their year. We sincerely hope that it will not be necessary to dis- appoint them this year.

LONDON. Aug. 23 (UP).~The ground crew at the German aerodrome at St. Omer were expecting their planes to retum. They had their flares burning, and were signalling the planes in.

were Bristol Blenheims of the But the planes that arrived

Coastal Command arriving over the drome for the second time: this week.

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Before the surprised Germans could extinguish their beautiful bombing Night, British bombs were exploding) on the rubsway, hangars and drome buildings,

Bulidings were burning fiercely as the British – muchines headed for home.

The constal

command also sent Blenheims zalding to Dinard where they starked dres in the hangars, of the new perodrome.

No Italian Ultimatum To Greece

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Thoroughfares

1914 Bill Amended

Defence ReseTUS

30 MEN ENROL Ages Range From 18

To 54 Years

Thirty persons have been en- rolled in the three different categories of the Hongkong De- fence Reserve and 10 of the en- rolments apply to men from 46 to 54 years of age and the others to those from 18 to 45 years old. Notification of these enrolmenis nipears in the "Government Gazette" of to-day and the three different Group,

categories are Combatant Key-Posts Group and General Group

for Essential Services.

ng are the enrolments:

From 46 To 54 Yours

KEY-PANT GROUP-1, Lacey.

GROUP T. M.

Love: D. Mitchell.

GENERAL GROUP FOR ES- SENTIAL SERVICES G. W. L. Brigham; H, G. Evans; W. R. Bans- feld: J. Ross; H. F. Williams; C. Young.

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Ages From 18 To 45 Years Combatant Group.-R. G. Adams; T. Eager; 3. C. Fenton; W. R. Greenhalgh: N. Kim; A. P. Maher;

A. Happ: E S. Willams. KEY-POSTS GROUP, E. Daynes; D. M. Campbell; R. Cherry: F. R. Garside; C. H. Mackay. S. P. Zavaruhin.

N.

GENERAL GROUP FOR ES- SENTIAL SERVICES—N. C. Barber; J. I.. Farrar; F. J. Hunt; W. J. D. Passmore; A. J. Stephen; G.

WII- loughby,

Re-Assignment Notificatons Re-assignment notifications are also contained In tho "Government Gazette," TRZELCO

General

Re-assignments from the Group for Essential Services to the Combatant Group in the Hongkong Defence Reserve under the provisions of the Compulsory Service Ordinance, 1939, have been made in the cases

J. D. Proven and J. Russell, Ten other re-assignmentis concern who the

A Hongkong law which was enacted 26 years ago when motor A. H. Johnson and H. Reason have been re-assigned from traffic was in its infancy, and Combatant Group to the General which, as B result of the Group for Essential Services in the tremendous

of Hongkong Defence Reserve. development mechanised transport has be-:

Permission To Quit con inadequate to deal with modern road problems, is to be mitted to quit the Hongkong Defence Reserve with effect from: August 21. amended.

1940. The draft bill amending the Public) Lighting Ordinance of

1914 published in today's "Gazelto" which

G. 1. R. Griggs has been

per-

it is declared that when the FORCED LANDING

Ordinance was passed, mofor trafic

was in its infancy and no provision was made for the beacous and traffic control lights which are now such

a common feature of street lighting. Greater Protection

to

the

BRING DEATH

TO FOURTEEN

LONDON, Aug, 23 (Reuter).

LONDON, Aug. In view of this doubts have beenFourteen people lost their (Reuter)—According to the expressed as to whether the section lives when a passenger plane Is wide enough LO cover Kuch from Bucharest to Vienna made "Stefani"

agency, authorita-

additional lights which are, however, a forced landing in mountainous tive circles in Rome denyke the ordinary lamp-post, intended country cast of Arad in Western

give greater protection to reports that Italy has sent public use of thoroughfares.

Rumania. near the Hungarian To remove these doubts Kullable frontier, says a Bucharest dis- worda

have been added where re-patch to the German quired.

agency. Thus in section 2 which provides that it is lawful for the DP.W. to passengers are stated to have been-

Four of the remaining seven cause a sufficient number of lights

The plane was completely... des.

America's Two Greece an ultimatum calling

New Planes

Fastest in World LONDON, Aug. 23 (Reuter).

renounce the

to on her British guarantee.

The agency adds: "Neither is anything known of the sup posed British occupation of the

--New types of aircraft are now Gifts of money and or the loan of

the United Islands of Corfu and Candia. being produced in motor cars for the afternoon will be

"If Greece put her ferritory or greatly appreciated. Will all who States. Details about two of waters at the disposal of Britain are willing to help, please com-them, a fighter and a bomber, against Italy, Italy would reply with municate with me, c/o Messrs, Dod- have now been released. well & Co., Ltd.,

(Mins.) Grammude Goodard Hon. Group Secretary, Christ Church Group V.D.M.A.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Further Donations to The S. C. M. Post War Fund

day of $1,310-547.06 was reached yes terday by the War Fund Inaugurated by the H. C. M. Post, Lad

Latest subscriptions; Anonymous

G. C.............

Deaconess B. E. Law. Teo Chow,

Hunan ********

100

400

50

Chung Shan Commercial Association

per Chinese Chamber of Commerce 100

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN The Hongkong Bociety for the Protes.

donations:

tion of Children has received the following Messrs. Dodwell & Co. Ltd. $50,

The China Light & Power Co. Lia, $100;

LW. O. 7.

The S. C. M. Post has received the Organisation Fund: following donation to the British War

adequate measures," it says. Tension Continues Major General Arnhold, Chief of the US. Army Air Command, unveil-

Although Italy has denied the ed the fighter at Los Angeles. It is report that an ultimatum has been known as P-38, it is said to be the sent to the Greek Government to fastest in the world with a speed of denounce the British guarantee, there around 500 miles an hour, with a has been no relaxation of tension in cruising range of 1,100 miles,

the relations between the two governI- Twin-engined, it is a single seater ments, "Reuter's" diplomatic corres- Atted with one quick-firing connonpondent learns, and five machine-guns.

Britain Orders 800

There is a certain tactical advan- tage from the Italian standpoint in basing a quarrel on alleged Albanian

moment.

for the lighting of public or private injured. streets and other thoroughfares introyed.

Hongkong, it is added that this pisu applies for the control of pedestrian and vehicular traffic thereon". similar meaning is attached elsewhere

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In the section where the words "or control" are added.

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NAZI POSITIONS POUNDED

Warships For FROM PAGE ONE

Britain

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"It wasn't like their bombers," one man said. "We could at least reply

-U.S. Report to them."

Nevertheless, the bombardment

PANAMA, Aug. 23 (Reuter), hasn't shaken the morale of the men. The departure of four United One of them said: "That's not

Messages from United Press,

Berlin Report

The Lockheed Company, who are building it, state that Britain has grievances. Italian national prestige States old-type destroyers from going to keep us from going back as ordered 800 at a coast of £15,000,000. is not immediately involved and the Canal Zone to the cast coast soon as we load our cargo."

Major-General Arnhold also re-Pressure can be increased or dropped of the United States la regarded Reuter, Dome!. vealed that the new bomber was the according to the political needs of the by local observers as an indica- blerest in the world. It will take to the air this autumn. It will be able to fly from New York to Europe, and then back to Los Angeles non-stra

Air correspondents of London newspapers to-day spoke of the Royal Air Force. These bombers will bombers now in production for the

surpass the Wellingtons, Whitleys and Handleys now producing such good service.

tion that the United States is], LONDON, Aug. 23 (Reuter), preparing to take speedy steps Berlin hos, es usual, been giving out different accounts of shelling by regarding the sale of such German coastal batteries in France. SUSPECTED vessels to Britain,

One message says that an attack was made on a convoy by German planes and not by coastal batteries, the implication being that the coastal batteries were not. In action.

NAZI AGENCY

Newspaper's Pica

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (Reuter). The "Chicago Daily News" makes an NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (Reuter) outspoken plea for the disposal of The German Tourist Information | destroyers to Britain.

favour

A second says that the -batteries

It says that President Roosevelt, were firing for practice and not an No detalls were given, of course, Omice in New York has been ordered but the correspondents say that the to produce all records and files next Mr. Wendell Wilkie (the Republican ed at the convoy.

Con- nomlace for the Presidential elec-1 Docks, Recreation new planes are remarkably easy to week before the Martin Dies

gressional Committee Investigating tions) and pubile opinion manoeuvre considering their size.

|un-American activities.

the sale and goes on to deplore the A subpoena has been served on legal quibbling on the subject. Ernst Schmidt, General Manager of

Members Kowloon Club (for St. Dunstan') contribution, $180.

5th, monthly

These tablets carry Ayrton's name round the entire world. No her article is available for Quincy, Sore Throats, Tonsilitis, etc., and nothing restores à lost voice so quickly and casily as Ayrton's Yodised Throat Tablets.

Obtainable at all Dispensaries & Stores Sole Agents: TRATMANN & 00, LAL.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (Reuter), the Office, -President Roosevelt has summoned. The order coincides with a full- a meeting for Saturday of the 11 page story in a newspaper alleging| American members of the United that the Tourist Office is in reality States-Canada Defence Board. la propaganda office for the Nazis.

You Can Send Letters

To Nazi-Occupied Areas

Belgian Pilot Gets Nazi

His fifth victory

LONDON, Aug, 24 (Router)-One of the Nazi bombers destroyed ON August 22 was shot down by a Belgian fighter pilot

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INCENDIARY BOMBS

FROM PAGE ONE

victory before dawn this morning. They caught a Junkers-88-bomber as it swept over them and dent if crashing Into the sea.

Shortly before mid-day, anti- aircraft gunners brought down a Domier-215 in Cambridgeshire. ·- It was the fifth enemy alreraft! Three-inch guns damaged the destroyed by him since he joined a machine just sufletently to make the Fighter Command squadron a month pilot land and all five of the crew ago after escaping with his wife and were taken prisoner.

Letters may now be sent to the countries named baby from Belgium. below, according to the "Government Gazette" issued spotted while he was on patrol off the to-day.

COMMUNIQUES

His latest victim was a Junkers-88,

[south Devon coast. When attacked, the Junkers dropped its bombs into Belgium, Czecho - Slovakia, addressc. No reference is allowed 18e seu, caught fire and crushed.

FROM PAGE ONE Denmark, German occupied to any locality or journey In Great

Britain. France, Germany, Holland, Italy,

TO ACT FOR SWISS Italian possessions, Luxemburg should be addressed to the senders charge of the Swirs Consulate during bringing Thursday's total to 10.

Where replies are required they

Aghters shot down another enemy: Mr. Ernest Hausamana will be in aircraft during Thursday's air battles. Norway, German occupied c/o Post Box 508, Lisbon (Lissabon, the absence from the Colony of Mr. Poland, and the Channel Islands. In the case of Germany, or German H. A. Keller, Honorary Consul for GERMANY: 15,000 ton

The letters must be in the English occupied. territory). or in the language of the country for Czech Erasures are not permitted which they are intended except

and letters must omit the senders'

Apart from these conditions the unchanged from that: In practice procedure of sending these letters is ance March 12.

Switzerland.

been appointed a Mistress in the Miss Margaret Hearson, B.A., has

Education Department.

liner bombed by plane

merchant ship last night on the A Stuka plane sanica 15,000 ton

Scottish coast near the. Moray-Firth

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