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WANTED TO BUY.

WE PAY HIGH PRICES for all gold and silver articles, diamonds, jade Apply and jewels.

China Gold Refining Co. Room 8, Pedder Bulld- ing, 2nd floor.

BANK HOLIDAY

In accordance with Government | Ordinance. The Exchange Banks will be closed for the transaction of Public Business on Monday, tho 2nd September, 1940. (First Monday in September).

Hongkong, 28th August, 1940.

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Mr. Frank Grose is leaving this firm by mutual consent as from September 1,

FOR SALE. "HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY THE CAMERA” Second Edition. 184D, Over $0 Excellent views of the Colony. Price $1.50. Obtainable Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., Hongkong Travel Bureau or from the Publishera, China Morning Post, Lid. Bouth Wyndham Street.

The

Hongkong Telegraph Tenth Annual

Amateur Photographic

Competition

june September, 1940. Two Silver Trophies Awarded by ILFORD LTD.

$250

at

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

$250 CASH PRIZES SECTION ONE General Pictorial Land and Sracapes Architecture Street Scenes, elt. 1st Silver Cup 2nd $30. 3rd $20 4th $12.50

SECTION TWO

PALMER & TURNER.

NOTICE

As from September 1, 1940. I shall be practising as an Architect on my account at 11, Queen's fload Central, 2nd floor, (telephone 30028).

FRANK GHOSE,

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THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO. LTD.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an interim Dividend of $1 per share has been declared in respect of the half year ended 30th June, 1940 on 600,000 OLD SHARES and will be payable on and after Wednesday, 11th Sep- tember, 1910. Dividend Warrants may be obtaland on application at the Company's Registered Office, P. & 0 Building.

THE REGISTER OF MEMBERS of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, 2ND SEPTEM- HER, to SATURDAY, 7TH SEP- TEMBER, 1910, (both

dayn inclusive) during which period no transfer of shares can be regis.

tered

fly Order of the Board of

Portraits informal Close-ups. Human Directors.

Studici,

1st Silver Cup 2nd $30 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 whoir of the work entailed 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 Telegraph from the Hon Secretary. Hongkong Photographic Society. Subjects at the discretion f competitors.

2nd $30

1st Silver Cup

3rd $20 4th $12.50

RULES

The followtog Rules will govern the Competition

1-The Competition is confined ex-

clusively W amateur phota- graphers,

1-No employee or member of any Arm in the photographic trade la permitted to compete

be

-The prizes will be awarded to the competitores sending in what are adjudged to the best photo- graphs in each Section, Eacht entry must be accompanied form which will be published during the period of the COID- petition, and which must be posted on back of entry. -The right to publish any or all of the entries is reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph.

-A31 photographs

entered

must

have been taken in the Colony

of Hongkong. Photographs which have

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.

Agenta. Hongkong. Ist August, 1940

THE

BANKS

CHARTERED BANK OP INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CUINAL

Incorporated by Royal Charter 285), Paid-up Capital

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

G.

PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 3rd day of September, 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 Island Road, in the Colony of Hong

Kong, for a term of 21 years. Intending bidders are advised |that immediately after the dispo- an of the lot the Purchaser (It not the applicant) will be required to deposit with authorised officer who will be present at the nale, the sum of two hundred

dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Garden Let

land Road Repube

Day adjoining

Garden Lo:

No of Saja.

Registry No

Locality

of

物

Foundary Xemeuremente

per sal

NOTICE

of

Ann. Bent

By courtesy of the Australian Trade Commissioner there will be

An exhibition

talking lms depleting scenes in Australia and New Zealand in the West Lounge

the Y M.C.A.

on Thursday. August 29 at 9 p.m., under the joint auspices of the Australian

and New Zealand Association and the Y.M.C.A.. Admission $1,00. All proceeds, excepting essential

Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000xpenses, will be devoted to the

Reserve Fund....

............. 1,000,000

HRAD_OFFICE), LONDON,

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$2. Mosley Street, Manchester, 2.

AGENCIES AND

Alor Star Amittar

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Bombay

Calcutia

Agencies:

BRANCHES,

Hongkong

Harbin

!pon Botto

Kararhi King

Kobe Kueli

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Rangoon

Kaigon

Semarang

Seremban

Khanghel

Singapore

Kiti

Sourabaya

Tufplag

Menten

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(Bhuket)

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Citve Street Fairlie Place Canton

Cebu Colombo Deihl Haiphong

Manila

Meden New York

Tsingtao Yokohama

Hamburg Hankow

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and

General

knd

Penang FORLIGN EXCHANGE Banking Business traitrected.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened FIXED DEPOSITS received for One That of shorter perioda in Local or Other Cur rencies al intes which will be quoted on

plies ACCOUNTS O opened in

Local Currency and Kierling with intervent allowed et rates obtainable on application

The Bank's Flead Omes in London undertakes Executor & Trustee busin Das, and claims, recovery of Driush Incompe Tax overpaid, on terms which may Ascertained al any of ita Agencies and Franches.

R. A. CANIDGE,

Vol. X No. 2 been already entered in other Competitions are ineligible 6-No responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery of loss of or damage to entries.

All entries to be either black. sepia, or toned pictures, and mut be mounted. Coloured photo- graphia are ineliginia.

-Pictures submilled in wepla tones

Abould be accompanied by smaller print in blick and white. -No picture to enured in more

than one Section.

It-Mounts to be enly white or cream, must be of one of the following size=10X12, 18x20.

31-No correspondence will be entered into in connection with the Com- petition.

12-Members of the Stars of the Hongkong Telegraph and the Routh China Morning Post are not permitted to compete.

13-The decision of the Judges shall

be final,

16-As the conclusion of the Come

pellition, entries will be returned io compeittors on application at the Telegraph office within seven dara.

NAJMIE

SECTION

ENTRY FORM

ADDRESS

Please use block letters and paste this

on back of each Entry in sections 1, 2 and 3.

METROPOLE

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THE

Manager.

May. 1940

HONG KONG NATURALIST

A quarterly illustrated journal principally for Hong Kong and

S. China.

Birds and Butterflies of Hong Kong.

Notes on Vegetable Insect Pests in Hongkong

The Typhoon of Nov. 23, 1939.

Hail and Halos

A Synopsis of the Fisher

of China.

ctc.. otc.

PRICE $2.00

Prepaid, subscription $7.00 - (Back Numbers from Vol. IV. available)

On Sale at Morning Post,

Building.

Wer Fund. -South China Morning Post. Ltd.

NEXT CHANCE

AT THE

KING'S

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Thrill to one of the most enthralling ro- mances ever written!.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's THE

HOUSE OF

THE

SEVEN GABLES

mith

George SANDERS Margaret LINDSAY

Vincent PRICE

Nan GREY

Dick FORAN

- Screenplay by LESTER COLE. Directed by JOE MAY

Associate Producari BURT KELLY A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE

August 29, 1940.

S. AFRICA TO SPEND £46,000,000 ON WAR

ENGLAND'S BEAUTIFUL DUCHESS

THE DUCHESS OF KENT, who was Princess Marinn of troubled Greece before she married the Duke of Kent, is shown above inspect- ing a guard of honour of nurses when she recently visited the Royal Hospital during her Alexandra Rose Day tour.

More Free Frenchmen Rally To The Allies

Support For De Gaulle

LONDON, Aug. 28 (Router).—The decision of the Governor and Military Commander of Chad to rally to General de Gaulle's standard is a heartening sign and has been greeted with enthusiasm by all free Frenchmen who are continuing to fight against Nazism, writes “Reuter's” diplomatic correspondent.

The moral courage of those who made this decision is appre- ciated by all and wil

will inspire those Frenchmen who still value freedom.

From the military point of view, the decision makes little change in the situation

in the heart of Africa, bonded by Oubungi, Cameroons and Neger on

from

the south and west, and the Sudan on the cast, it Is separated Libya by Tigesti, part of which was ceded in Italy by M. Laval in 1935, but access to Libya from Chad is difficult as the desert to the north of the territory is savage and desolate

in the extreme.

Lost Nuisanco Valuo

POST OFFICE

The attention, of correspondents wishing to send letters by port to enemy countries or to enemy-occu- pied territory is invited to General Noußention No. 947 in the Govern-

CAPETOWN, Aug, 28 (Reument Gazette of 23rd August, 1940. fer)-South Africa is spending £46,000,000 on war effort this year.

J

This was revealed by Mr. J. H. Hofmeyr. Minister of Finance, Introducing a. supplementary. budget in the House of Assembly to-day.

The original budget In February provided a defence expenditure of £14,000.000. It is now proposed to increase this to £46,000,000 for the full year.

The arrivals and departures of mails from and to neighbouring countries and coast ports, of which

there is a frequency of more than one service a week will not in future be advertised.

This decision has been arrived al after careful consideration, and the public are requested to co-operate to the extent of forbearing to inquite by telephone the dates of such mails; af answering such inquiries maker heavy Inronds on the Eme of the postal staff.

Small Packet Post to all countries in suspended.

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES

The supplementary budget provides ļa total expenditure of £32,838,000, of Registered and Parcel Mail are which £0.322,000 will be obtained closed 15 minutes earlier than the from revenue and £23,016,000 from time given below unless otherwise Joan. An internal loan will be float-stated, and where mails are advertis- ed shortly.

Additional Taxation

ed to close at or before 9 am, regis- tered and parcel malls are closed at p.m. on the previous day. When Additional taxation proposals in-mails are advertised to close after clude a 2 per cent, Increase in special p.m. Registered and Parcel malls war contribution by mining com- are closed at 5 pm. panies. 20 per cent. Increase in tax and super-lax, and an increase of half a penny on letter past.

Income

There will also be increases of inx damond mines and In some customs duties,

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ME Hofmeyr stated that !Tar United Union's Imports from the Kingdom from Januarį Jo June, 1940, were nearly £3,000 000 higher the £21,037.000 compared with corresponding figure of 1839.

nt

He decinted that these Agure would help members to judge for themselves the succesa achieved by the enemy In attempts to Impede trade with Brilain

ROYAL REFUGEES

Arrive Safely In The United States

con

NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (Reuter).— The United States transport, Amorti- Legion, arrived here to day, bringing American refugees

and ot Crown Princess Martha Norway and her children

Princess Martha and her children. ner going to Hyde Park on August 20 Jan Bursts of Mrs. Roosevelt

R.A.F. Raids Ruining Nazi

LONDON,

Economic System

Aug. 28

(Reuter).—Experts on Germany's economic system expressed the view in London to-day that ILA.F. bombing raids have seriously checked much of German economie life and affected the synthetic oil production in many places

The morale of workers is also suffering raids.

from the repeated Six Times Thirteen

Incidentally it is reported that But the decision to continue to fight workers in the Ruhr have been going will prevent any

possible nuisance to bed at 6 p.m. In order to get some value which the Axis might acquire sleep before the raids start. by infiltration Into the Colony and Longer nights, it is pointed out, will altempting to cause trouble in the enable the RAF to penetrate even Sudan.

further into Germany to attack the

The territory's native population big plants. has been increased in recent years by the influx of Senussi Bering from the Italian terror in Libya.

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Port

Port Traffic Affected

traffic

from Hamburg

10

Sergeant L. Foster, of Graves- end, joined the Army on the thir- teenth of the month. He went to Norway on the thirteenth, and was billeted with thirteen men in

• room numbered thirteen.

Ite returned to England on the thirteenth, and went home on leave on the thirteenth.

The chlet value of the decision to Bremen have been affected and a

Germana HOARDING GOLD

FR placed on

continue the fight is expressed in the strain words of General de Gaulle "Chad resources, has refused to recognise shameful surrender and has decided to

con- until victory is achieved. By its laudable decision it Has shown the path of duty and given the signal for renaissance 10 whole French Empire."

the war

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COUNT THE

INWARD

MAILS Canada, USA, Japan and Shanghai (Vancouver B.C. dato 10th 'Aug.) Aug. 20. London and Manlin ......Aug. 29. US.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang- hai-(San Francisco date 3rd Aug.) Aug. 29. Mall by "Imperiai Airwaya Service"

Aug. 30.

Ale

Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Service,"—Kan Francisco date, 20th August Aug. 30, USA Honolulu, Japan and Shang- hal (San Francisco date, 9th August), Aug. 31. Sandakan

Sept. 3, Air Mail by "Imperiat Airways Ser-

Fine"

...........Nept. 3. | Calcutta, Strails and Salgon „Sept, 7.

OUTWARD MAILS

Thursday, Aug 20

Parcels...Aug. 29, 11 am. Letters.......Aug. 19, Noon. Honolulu, US,A., Central and South America, Canada and “Uniteri- Kingdom via San Francisco--(No Parcels for Canada and United Kingdom).

KPO

Calcutto

Dairen

Parcels Reg. Ord

Purcels

Reg.

Ord.

..Aug. 29. 4 p.m. Aug. 29, 5 p.m. .Aug 29, 0.30 p.m. G.P.O.

Aug. 29, p.m. ..Aug. 20. 5 p.m. ..Aug. 20. 7 p.m. p.m.

Manila, Rabaul, Australia and New

Zealand via Brisbane

Q5.0, & K.P.O. Parcels.Aug. 29, 5.00 p.m. Aug, 29, 5.00 p.m. ...Aug. 30, 8.30 am.

Reg. ori

Changhat, Japan, Honolulu, USA.,

Central and South America, Comoda and United-Kingdom vi San Francisco

G.P.O. and K.P.O. Rck. Ord.

Friday, Aug. 30

Aug. 20, 5 p.m. Aug. 30, 8.30 am.

Sandakan

.8.30 a.m. Strails, Ceylon, India, East and South

Africa, and United-Kingdom

G.P.O. and K.P.Ö.

Par..

Rek..

Ord.

Aug. 30. 11 a.m.

.Aug. 30, 1.43 p.m. ..Aug. 30, 2.30 p.m.

Air Mail for Manlia, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A., & Europe via "Pan Ameri- can Airways and Trans-Atlantie Service,"

K. P. O.

Rez., Ont.,

Ree..

....Aug. 30, 5.00 p.nt. ..Aug. 30, 5.30 p.m.

G. P. O.

.Aug. 30, 5.00 pm.

Ord...Aug. 20, 7.00 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 31

Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Service" to Durban and thence by Sen Service to United Kingdom.

G.P.O.

&

K.P.O.

Reg...........Aug. 31, 5 p.mi. Ord.........Aug, 31, 5.30 p.m. Mail for Indo-China, Malaya, Java and Australia by the "Imperial Airways Service."

LONDON, Aug. 28 (Reuter), mun Alicraft production has also been.

Leon Pandell Argenti, former diree- affected.

Production of oll in Europe, ex-tor of a merchant bank, the name of Air cluding the USSR in 1940 which is kept secret, was fined £16,- estimated at 11.280,000 tons, while 000 at the Bow Street Pollee Court consumed for failing to offer for sale to the In peace-time Germany the

20,000,000 tons a year. Hence her Treasury two gold bars worth_20,- difficulty, now that supplies from 400, 400 sovereigns and 2,000 Swiss abroad are cut off, can be assessed.

francs.

“TELEGRAPHS" EVERYWHERE

RECORD

WATCHES

are

VERY GOOD

LARGE ASSORTMENT. FOR

1.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

EACH WATCH GUARANTEED

SENNET FRERES

G.P.O, & K.P.O, Rek..

....Aug. 31. 5 pm. Ord.........Aug. 31, 5.30 p.m

Holhow

Monday, Sept. 2

...8.30 am. Tuesday, Sept. 3 Manila, Batavia and Sourabaya

8.30 a.m. Saigon, Sandakan, Salamaus, Rabaul and Tulagi....8.30 am. Air Mall for Indo-China, Malays Java and Australia by the “In- perial Airways Bervice.”

K.P.O.

Sept 3.5 p.m. Sept. 3, 5.29 p.m.

+

..

Beg. Ord.

G.P.0,

Reg.

Ord.

.Sept. 3, 5 p.m. .Sept. 3, 7 p.

Ale Mall for "Imperial Airways Ber

vice" to Durben and thenos by Bea Service to United-Kingdom.

Reg.

K.P.O.

Sept. 3, 5 p.1. Ord.........Sept. 3, 5.80 p.m.

G.P.O.

Ileg.

Ord.

Sopt. 3. 5 p.m

•Sept. 3, 7 p.m.

U.S.A, Central and South America and *United-Kingdom via San Francisco (No Parcels for Canada)

G.P.O. and K.P.O, Parcels...Sept. 8, 5 p.m.

Reg

Ord.

Sept. 4, 9.45 am.. .Sept. 1, 10.30 am. Thursday, Sept 5 Swatow

.1

1 p.m. Shanghal, Japan, Canada, USA

Central and South America and United Kingdom /vin Vancouver B.C., (Parcels for Canada only). Note: All Mall for United Kingdom will be forwarded with or without superscription.

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and K. PO

b.m. Reg

6.9.15.0.m Ordis dan Sept. 6, 10 mm. #Superscribed Correspondence