1940-11-20 — Page 18

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

CLASSIFIED NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Mount Asama

ADVERTISEMENTS 25 words $2.50 for 3 days prepaid WANTED KNOWN. XMAS FLOWER ORDERS for your friends in Australia and Canada can be arranged through The Clover Shop, Gloucester Arcade, Tel. 20033. Enquiries welcome.

THE

FOR SALE. "HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY CAMERA" Second Edition. Over

00 excellent, views of the Colony. Price $1.60. Obtainable at Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., Hongkong Travel Bureau or from the Publishers, South China Morning Post, Ltd., Wyndham Street,

FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.

What to do to help a child

or

Anyone knowing of a child who has been assaulted, neglected, ill-treated in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health, or knowing of a parent who is seeking advice on any matter concerning a child, would be doing an act of kindness by communicating at once withs

Secretary,

Tho Hon. General H.K.S.P.C.. Old City Hall.

The Inspector, 49, Pokfulam Road, st floor.

The Lane, 2nd. Floor.

November 20, 1940.

Asama Erupts: GREECE APPEALS

TO AMERICA

Spreads Ashes Widely

"United Press" Staff Correspondent

MAEDASHI, Nov. 20 (Domel),—A heavy fall of volcanic ashes was recorded over a wide area of Gumma Prefecture yesterday evening as the wind carried castward the heavy column of smoke spewed from Mount Asama. The volcano erupted for about half an hour beginning 2. p.m...

Hokkaido Rocked

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

TOKYO, Nov. 20 (Dame)An SOURABAYA earthquake rocked a wide area oľ

HARBOUR Japan from Tokyo northward to the

Inspector, 62 Stone Nullahern part of Hokkaido at mid-

The Inspector, 12, Sai Young Choi St., Kowloon,

The Inspector, 52, Argyle St, Kowloon.

All further steps will be taken, and expenses borne, by the Society,

will be The Informant's name kept strictly private, except in cases

Exchange At where malice is proved.

A Glance

•

SELLING

T.T. London...

Demand London T.T. Shanghai

T.T. Singapore

T.T. 'Japan

TT. India

T.T. U.S.A.

TT. Mantic

TT.

Batavia

T.T. Bangkok T.T. Salgon

.1/2

1/25

.390

.52%

105

.0214

.23%

.43

140

T.T. France

100% Nom.

T.T. Switzerland

T.T. Australia

.1/61⁄2

BUYING

4 m/s L/C London

.1/3/4

4 m/s D/P London

1/3%

4 m/s L/C U.S.A.

.24%

4 m/s Frunce

.Nom. 8455

30 d/s India

U.S. Cross rate in London 4.02

U.S. Cross rate in N.Y, .4.03%

STOCK MARKET REPORT

Hongkong Stock Exchange Official Summary, Issued yesterday anys!

Although one or two stocks have registered moderate gains, buyers are not encouraging these advances und would appear to have temporarily withdrawn their enquiries.

Buyers

H.K. Banks $1,265

Bank of East Asin $73

Union Ins: $300

Lunda $31

Humphreys $7.10

Chinn Lights (Old) $0.99

Ropes $0.40

Dalry Farms $17.50 Entertainments $6.65 Bellers,

Telephones (O18) $24.50 Ropes $0.70.

Watsons $0.75

Sales.

H.K. Banks $1275 Union Ins: $305

Realles $3.45

China Lights (Old) $7

Electrics (Old) $38

Cements $16.06/75 Ropes-$0.00.

Lane Crawfords $9

Wm. Powells $1

"Y" Hockey Teams

This Week

The following teams will represent European Y.M.C.A. nt

week:

hockey, this

To-morrow,”A” XI. v. Combined Medi- cals (4.43 p.m.): Benwell; Jordan Saxby: Gilchrist, Tomlinson and Corman: Macey, Gemmell, Ireson,

ghlands,

Baturday

Morgan

and

and

let K1, v. Police (4.1 p.m.): Benwell; Jordan and Yourieff; Saxby, Coombe and Waldron: Spaneelayh, Gemmell, Elitch. cock, Morgan and Highlands.

2nd. XI. v. R.A.B.C, (3 p.m.): Benwell: Jeffrey and Tomiinion; Croft, Gilchret and Corman, Macey, Fancey, Dormer McGahan and Banks,

Players are asked to note that the Thursday match starts at 4.43 sharp.

Timely Greatness!

FOUR SONS

DON AMECHE EUGENTE LEONTOVICH

MARY BETH · HUGHES - ALAN CURTIS GEORGE ERNEST-ROBERT LOWERY LIONEL ROYCE UBIG. BUKANM..

NEXT CHANGE AT THE

APS

COSMETIC SHOPPE

WILL SOON BE OPENED AT 10. PEDDER ST.. CHINA BLDG.

.WATCH FOR GRAND OPENING FREE GIFTS AND MAKE-UP SERVICES! Management: Auw Pit Seng's Trading Co., Ltd.

H.K. Stock Market

The following quotations were issued on the Hongkong. Stock Mar- ket this morning.

BANKS

H.K. Banka S.. H.K, Banks £ II.K. Banks (HK) £. Chartered £

Mercantile, A. & B, £. Mercantile, C. £, East Asia S.

INSURANCES

Canton S Union S China Underwriters ILK. Fire $

Douglases

SHIPPING

Steamboats $.. Indo-Chinas P. $. Indo-Chinas D. $. Shell (Bearers) /- Waterbonis $.

DOCKS ETC.

Wharves Si Docks (old $. Docks (new) $. Providents ..$.

S'hal Dockyards $... MINING

Kailan 8/- Raubs $.. H.K. Mines

Hotels

Lands S... •o

-

LANDS

Lands 4% Debentures

S'hai Lands Shi S..

Humphreye $

H.K, Realties $.

Chinese Estates $..

Troms $.

UTILITIES

Peak Trams (old) $.

Peak Trams (new) $..

Star Ferrics

Y. Ferries $..

China Lights (old) S. China Lights (new) S.. II.K. Electrics (old) $. H.K. Electrles (new) $.

Electries (ald) $.. Mueno Macao Electrics (new) Sandakan Lights $. Telephones (old) $. Telephones (new) $.

INDUSTRIALS

1,275 sa.

.72

06

7 n.

Iwate and DIRECTIONS

Java-

In northern Miyagi Prefectures the shock was

A nollee sued by the Harbour sufficiently violent to stop clock pen-1 dulums causing people to rush out-Office yesterday for amendment to a former notice No. 157/1940, regarding doors.

tho sailing directions for Sourabaya Strait is as follows:

Pa Paragraph 3, "Salling Directions" amended as follows:-Vessels bound for Sourabaya through the Eastern Entrance for Tandjong Modocng" read "The Light Vessel" referred to in paragraph 2 (A).

It estimated that the epicentre was situated in the Pacific 30 kilometres off the soutif-eastern coast of Iwate Prefecture,

Bucharest Again Alarmed BUCHAREST, Nov. 10 (UP)~~An earth tremor was felt in Bucharest at 10.30 p.m. causing panic among the inhabitants.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

No damage has been reported; although the shock was the worst since the main earthquake of Novem-: ber 10,

PONY CLASSIFICATIONS Following are the latest niterations o the Hongkong Jockey Club's classi- fcation late dated May 23:

Australian ponies Brown Derby to A Cl Annabella, Bruno Cockleroi 10 C Class: Rising Star, Roolily, Violey Queen to D Clam.

China ponies-King's Worthy Class

10

Approached Ship Flying "S" Fly

Pleading guilty to a charge of having approached a ship flying the "S" dag over code pennant at 821 buoy on November 8, Chan For.cox- swain of the motor boat Hing Fook, was fined $10 by Comdr. J. Jolly at the Marine Court this morning.

A fine of $8 was imposed on a second count of carrying on excess Dot four passengern on the boat the

same day.

Britain's Home Guard Salutes United States

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. (Router)—The Greek Gov. ernment has appealed to the United States for per mission to purchase aviation and other war material, ‚announced Mr. Sumner Welle Under Secretary of Stale, to-day.

Mr. Welles said that Greece has been assured of sympathetic consideration of her request,

Shortly before the an- nouncement, of Greece's re-

quest, the British” and American Ambulance Corps announced in New York that 25 ambulances would be sent to Greece as soon as transportation could be arranged.

Vanderbilt Takes Lead

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (Reuter)-Mr. Harold Van derbilt, holder of the Amerl. can Cup, is to serve as Chairman of the Greek- American Committed ganised to aid the Greeks with food and medical sup-' plies, according to an an nouncement by the Greck consulate.

or-

Several hundred Greeks in America have volunteer- ed to go and fight for their homeland but the problem is how to send them to Greece.

MARINERS WARNED

K. C. Railway Landslide

Caused By

By Stream

Interesting revelations were made by Mr. J. Smith, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Kowloon Canton Railway, giving evidence at the Taipo Court this morning at the Inquiry into the Talpo tunnel tragedy last August when four Chinese were killed,

Mr. Smith said that conditions: at the time were abnormal and that the fatal landalldo was due to a hidden stream, the existence of which was not ascertained until after the accident.

Mr. J. Barrow sat as Coroner as- sisted by Mr. A. Landnu, Mr. C. Kew and Mr. V. A. Sequeiro.

Major R. D. Walker was present on behalf of the Kowloon Canton Rali- way.

Inside The Hill. Mr. Smith said that the stream

POST OFFICE

Government Gazette Notification No. 1200 is published for general in- formation.

1

1. No person shall send pny Christmas, New Year or other great- ing card by post to any destination outside this Colony unles

(a) the cover, if any, is unsealed and clearly morked with the words.

Greeting Card":

tho

was inside the hill and could not be seen from outside. The hill was "grensy" due to excessive saturation (b) the cover, if addressed to a and the earth would not bind. This destination outside the British Em- stream, which was the cause of the pire, contains nothing but a printed. slide, when opened up later discharg-card, with the addition only of the ed, 250,000 gallons of water a day for sender's name and address.

2. Subject to four days. It was located 16 feet inspecified in paragraph 3, no person exemptions

shall send any postal packet consist- ing of or containing any newspaper, newspaper cutting or book by post to any destination outside this Colony. 3. The provisions of paragraph 2 shall not apply to any newspaper under the Printers and. register Ordinance 1027, sent by

side the hill.

The inquiry is proceeding.

APPEAL TO LABOUR

Publishers

the publishers of the newspaper or to wropper submitted to unscaled

the Censor for examina-

New Orleans, La., Nov. 19 any book In

dion

(Reuter)-President Roosevelt before sending indice

has appealed to Labour to close

Without

ما

tho

Its ranks in the national interest. provisions of regulations 84 and 86 Profling by the opportunity offered of the Defence Regulations, 1940, (re- lating to penallies and the disposal by the resignation yesterday of Mr of articles) any greeting card, news- John Lewis, head of the Congress of Industrial

the Pre-paper, newspaper cutting or book Organisation, sident to-day sent a message to the posted in breach of any of the pro- ♦♦ convention of American Labour visions of this order may be destroy- ed or disposed of in such manner as Federation urging the labour move- the Censor may direct.

LONDON, Nov. 19, (Reuter)-Let no one imagine that be- cause an invasion has not yet been attempted the danger of it has ceased to exist, declared Sir Edward Grigg, Under Secretary of State for War, in the House of Commons to-day.

A waterlogged junk about 30 feet He long with the stump of its after must The German army is a question of the Home Guard.

said that full arms and equipment projecting 15 feet above water was formidable instrument, he con- d been provided for one million sighted by the master of the City of tinued. A large part of that home Guards and this was in addi-Norfolk at lat. 22 degrees 15 mins, 30 25% n army stands, martialled behind tion to full equipment for a large secs, N., long. 114 degrees 30 mins.

which the ports from

an number of Regular troops, including 0 secs. E. (approx.) on November .73 b. invasion would come. Ita Dominion soldiers.

The wreck is said to be dangerous masters may launch it at us at

to navigation. wing tribule to the manner in 305 sa. any time, even in the winter associated with this equipment, Sir 1 months-especially since their Edward said, "I should like to take 160 n. triumphs begin to look a little of my hat to the President and Con

ress and people of the United States. I think the Home Guard must have 135 . tarnished.

Sir Edward was speaking on the a special appeal to them."

10

185

n.

.11 n.

100 n.

.80 n.

30/3 n.

.0.90 n.

89% 33.

16.40 n.

16.n.

.4.60 n.

.34.

.14/ A.

..04 m.

1 cts. n.

3/21⁄2 Br .31 n. .100 n. 11.00 n.

7:10-br

.3.45 sa

.100 n.

161⁄2 D.

7.40 D. .3.70 п.

572

0.60 1. 38 м.

1734 .$1032 n. 11 n. .24 B.

.0% 0.

Cald: Muck. (Ord:), Sh. 3..14.99 n. Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh. $...12 n. Canton Ices Cements $.... H.K. Itopes $.

1. n. 16.05/1634 st. 0.00 8.

.174 b. .0% 0. ..Û za.

STORES, &c. Dairy Forms $.. Watsons $....*** Lane Crawfords $. Sinceres $ Wing On (H.K.) Powell Ltd. $.

COTTON MILLS

Ewo Sh $..

S'hal Cotton

Sli. $ MISC HK, Govt 4% H.K. Govt, 32% (1034) H.K, Govt. 34% (1040)

Ch.. Govt. 5%

.2.16 n.

.39 n.

.1 p.

.45 n. .105 n.1

.00 n. ,04 n.. .94 n.

1026 GSEds.35% n. H.K. Entertainments $.

Constructions (old)

Constructions (new) Vibro Piling 3.

6.60 b.

1.00

Marsmans Inv. (Lon.) s/...7/6 n. Marsmans Inv: (H.K.) 3/- 1.2/0.

"GOT HITLER · TAPED!".

Heroism has not been confined to the young during the raids on Lon- den. An old man of 82 was carried into an operating room in a hospital, with both legs blown off. To the surgeon he said, "Don't worry about me, sir.. Help those who' need it. Thank God we have got Hitler taped anyhow."A moment later he died.

Services Dance

Services Dance will be held in' the European YMCA, Kowloon, on November 22, at 8.30 p.m. in the West Lounge: The 2nd, Royal Bcola Band, by kind permission of Lt Col D, J. McDougall, acc. and Omers wALT

KING'S provide the mulle Ladies will be ind-

mitine

barvitators, or that, Com-.

Peaceful sleep for baby!

Only when his delicate little digestive system is in perfect order can baby enjoy sleep right through the night. A dose of Woodward's Oripe Water after the last meal removes the cause of restless nights by checking fermentation and ensuring complete digestion of milk and other foods.

Woodward's contains no oplates, and is always quite safe to give.

WOODWARD'S

WOODWARDS CELEBRA

GRIPE TOATEX

GRIPE WATER keeps baby well

W, WOODWARE LIMITED, LONDON, ENGLAND.

SCM 42-14

Sole Agents:-W, R, LOXLEY & CO., (China) LTD.

Swan, Culbertson & Fritz

Investment Bankers and Brokers,

Members of New York Colton Exchange

Chicago Board of Trade

Manila Block Exchange.

Winnises Grain Exchange

Commodity Exchange, Inc., New York

Canadian Commodity Exchange, Inc., Montreal

New York Coffee and Sogar Exchange

Hongkong Sharebrokers' Association

Shanghai Stock Exchange

SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, MANILA and BUENOS AIRES

able Address: SWANSTOCK

18.

Junk In Cheung Chau Fairway Fined

Chan' Kut, 38, steersman of a 270 ton junk belonging to the Compania Adamastor Ltd., of Macao, was fined $10 by Comdr. J. Jolly at the Marine Court this morning for causing an obstruction in the fairway ni Cheung Chau yesterday.

Sgt. Hughes said the ferry had to swerve around the junk to get to its berth.

Wong Wing-lce, 10, fisherman, was fines $5 for a similar offence,

BANKS

THE CILARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

~~~ Incorporated “by~ Royal Charter-18.- Paid-up Capital v

43,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 3,000,00 Reserve Fund ............................

... #3,000.00

HEAD_OFFICE:-LONDON. 38 Bishopsgate, E.C.. Sub-Agencies in London: 117/122, Leadenhall Street, E.CA. West End Branchi 14/18, Cockapur Street, 8.79.1. Manchester Branch. 52, highly street, Manchester, E.

AGENCIES AND DRANCIES: Alor Star

Harbin Hongkong

Rengoon

Amritsar

Nalgon

Bangkok

Semarang

Ustavia

Ilolto

Seremban

Bombay

Катасы

Bhanghat

Calcutta

Klang

Singapor

Agencies:

Kobe

5115hwan

Clive Street: Kuala

Sourabaya

Faille Pines Lumpur

Talping

Canton

Kuching

Cownpore

Madras

Manita

Tientaln Tongkan

(Bhuket),

Medan

New York

Haiphong

Pelping

Hamburg Hankow

(Peking)

Cebu Colombo Delhi

Penang

Taingtao Yokchasan

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business-transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year or shorter periods in Local or Other Cur- rencies at rates which will be quoted on application..

ment to reach a just and honourable peace. He stressed the need for a great and united democracy in any emergency which might be forced upon us."

pence"

Lewis Address C.I.O. SPECIAL TO the "TelegrAPH" ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 13 (UP). Mr. John Lewis told the annual Con- vention to-day that there can be no "honourable

with the American

Federation of Labour until the C.I.O. is strong enough to bargain on equal terms and virtually invited the peace seeking unions such as the Workers Amalgamated Clothin

Small Packet Fost to all countries is iuspended. „.

...

INWARD MAILS

Canada, USA, Japan, and Shanghai -(Vancouver * B.C., dale, 2nd November).

.......Nov. 21. Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Service,” San Francisco dale 12th November.... .....Nov, 22. US.A., Honolulu, Japan and Manila (San Francisco date, 25th October).

Nov. 22. Nov. 23.

The Convention immediately aftér- Java and Manila wards directed the C.1.0. negotiators London and Straits to stand pat on the labour peaco pre- London and Straits requisites which the AF of LAustralia and Manila opposes including the simultaneous U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang- admission of all C.1.0, unions without hal (San Francisco jurisdictional surrender.

New Wonder Explosive

Cheaper To Produce

Nov. 24- .Nov. 20.

..Nov. 28.

date, Bih

.Nov, 28.

Sandakan Swatow

Australia and Manila

.Dec. 1. .Dec. 1. .Dec. 2.

November)

OUTWARD MAIĻ. TIMES Registered and Parcel Mall are closed 15 minutes earlier than the (time given below unless otherwise British scientists have dis-stated, and where mails are advertis- covered a new explosive, more ed to close at or before 9 a.m. regla- powerful and considerably tered and parcel malls are closed at 6 p.m. on the previous day. When cheaper to produce than ex-mails are advertised to close after plosives now being used.

6 pm.. Registered and Parcel mails -This-was-revealed by Professor Jegare-closed-at-5-p.m.

D

D. Bernal, University Professor of Physics at Birkbeck College, in an

Thursday, Nov. 21 address to scientists at Oxford.

Requests

Straus, Ceylon, India, East and that Ühe Government'

South Africa adopt the explosive immediately had U.S.A., Central and South America .9.30 p.m.. been unsuccessful he said.

and United-Kingdom via San The Dally: Express says

that in March, 1939, Professor Beraal said

Francisco, '(No Parcels for Canada and United-kingdom). that If science, were' properly applied

Kowloon P. O. to defences, the air menace could be ended within two years

K.C.C. Rinks To Play K. Tong

The following will represent the KC.C. In the return bowls match against Kowloon Tong on Saturday November 23, at 2.30 p.m.:

21, 8.00 p.m. Reg. **** Nov. 21, 8.30 pm. Ord.,

Reg

G. P. O,

Nov. 21, 5.00 pm. Ord.,.....Nov. 21, 7.00 pan.

Friday, Nov, 22

Ale Mall by Sea to Singapore to

connect with the "British Överseas- Alfways,"

Kowloon P. O.

.Nov. 22, 6.00 p.m. ...........Nov. 22, 5.30 p.m.

A. Madar, J. Hempsey, P: Wellwood and J. Fraser (skip); A. C. Tribble A. H. Martin, A. Stevens and W. Parsons (skip): A. W. Smith, J. H. Air Ball by Air Duncan, H. Overy and F. Goodwin (skip).

Italian Warships

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Were Badly Hit

Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on appileation.

undertakes Executor & Trustée business.

The Bank's Head Office in Landon and claims recovery of British Income TAX overfald, on terms which may be ascertained at any of its Agencies” and Branche.

IL A. CAMIDOE,

Manager.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LIMITED. !

Head" Office:-15, Gracechurch Street, London, EC.,

Authorised Capital

Bubscribed Capital

Paid-up Capital apprai

Reserve Fund and Rest

BANKERS:

G.P.O.

Nov. 22, 6.00 p.m.

..........Nov. 22, 3 pm.

Rer.

Ord.

Ord.

nect with the Airways."

Reg.

Ord.

Nov. 22, 4.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

Reg.

...Nov. 22,

D..

to. Rangoon to con- "British · Oversens

K.P.O.

Nov. 22, 4 p.m.

Ord. Nov, 22, 4.30 p.m.

K.P.O..

LONDON, Nov. 10 (Reuter)-The Air. Ball for Manila, Guam, Hono- Italiens may have some difficulty in Julu, U.B.A., and Europe via "Pan- 10-conditioning the three warships American Airways and Trans damaged at Torinto,

They do not

Atlantio Services,” construct the ships in their own yards but by contract with private firms, It is not known what the repair facilities in Taranto are but it seems likely that at least one ship will have to be sent to Triesto or some other port and this move entails obvious Straits, Ceylon, India, E, and South risks.

£3,000,000

1,800,000

1,050,000

COLD RAID RATIONS

1,244,009

The ̈ Bank of England & Midland

1.- Hank, Ltd.

BRANCHES

Fatigkok

Jaffria

Bombor

Calcutta Kandy

Colombo

Karacht

Kota Bharu

Kuantan.

Madras

New York Penang. Hangoon Blanghet

Grila

Kuala Ilpis

•Hongkong....' Kuala Lumpur Singapore

lowrah Kuala Trengganu

1poli

HONGKONG, DILANCH"

and

· Every · · desoription of Danking. Exchange Business, transacted.

....THUSTEE "AND "EXECUTORSKIE :

BUTSUT UNDERTAKEN OCH

Current Accounts opened in Local CÚN renog kandaxedj hyporita, repeived) in Local Currency and starling on terna that may be ascertálsad 'on' application

¡Nov. 22, 5.00 p.m. ...................Nov. 22, 5,30 p.m.

G.P.O.

.Nov. 23, 5,00. p.m.

Nov. 22, 7.00 p.m.

Rer.

Ord.

Bor.

Ord.

Africa

Sunday, Nov. 24 Salgon, Rangoon and Calcutta,

Tuesday, Nov. 20

p.m.

9.30 a.m.

8.30 am.

Where gas and electricity - mains Manila, Batavia and Sourabaya. have been damaged In London air raids, stocks of canned ment are to be Manila, Australia and New Zealand avaliable, provided by the Ministry

of Food, for those unable to cook hot

eat

monis. They will not be available for people able to cook ordinary The "rution" "will be a pound of Fanned meat for each adult's weekly |ration; at 18. 2d. a pound.. Butchers will provide the emergency supplies.

vid Thursday: Jeland..

P

Reg. Ordi

Nov. 26, 5 p.m. Nov, 20, 5,30 p.m.

Teg Ord.

Nov. 20,3 pm. Nov. 20, p.m. ednesday, Nov. 275 GRAP

Straits, Ceylon, India, E. and South

Africa and United-Kingdom-

Supplementary Vote Total $1,869,826. Supplementary votes totalling $1,300,020) will be placed before the Finance Committee of the Legislative DART Courtell^^ to-morrow; for (considera-put tion: And abutovalut

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