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RADIO

ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and' 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles)

1

Brahms Concerto No. 2 In B Flat Major

II. K. T.

12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- cession.

12.28 Schumann-Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54.~~~Alfred Cortot (Piano) and The London Philharmonic Or

Sir Landon chestra conducted by Ronnid.

CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO., LTD.

NOTICE

Thursday,

THE TWENTY-SECOND OR- DINARY YEARLY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Head Office of the Company, St. George's Building. Chator Road, Victoria, Hong Kong, un Saturday, 21st December, 1940, át 12 o'clock (Noon), for the purpose Statement of of receiving Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the anancial year ended 30th September, 1940, and electing Directors and Auditors.

THE TRANSFER BOOKS AND

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

November 21, ́ 1940.

RACE MOBS TURN TO WEST END

APS SCOTLAND YARD

COSMETIC SHOPPE

WILL SOON BE OPENED AT 10 PEDDER STREET

CHINA. BUILDING OFFERING THE MOST COMPLETE AND NEWEST COSMETICS AND BEAUTY AIDS WATCH FOR

GRAND OPENING FREE GIFTS AND MAKE-UP SERVICES!

****Edarlagethënt:

Auw Fit Beng's Trading Co., LAE'

REGISTER OF SHAREHOLDERS Attempted Suicide

On Fine, Sunny Autumn Day

will be closed from Monday, 25th November, 1940, to Saturday, 21st December, 1940, both days inclu- sive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

To commit suicide on a fine autumn morning with the sun- shine streaming down warmly from a blue sky was what Secretary.skinny old Chinese tried hard to do in Shanghai recently, accord- ing to the North-China Daily News.

NOEL BRAGA,

Hongkong, 5th November, 1940.

HONG KONG. ST. ANDREWB SOCIETY

LAWN BOWLS

The Annual Lawn Bowls Match 1.00 Local Time Signal, und Wen-between members of St. George's ther Report.

and St. Andrew's Societies will be held on 7th December, at 2.30 p.m. at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club.

1.03 Bing Crosby in Variety. 1.30

Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce-

ments.

1.45 Latest Dance Music,

Close Down.

2.15

0.00

6.28

All members desirous of playing Selections from Light Opera. Closing Local Stock Quota-in this match are requested to 6.30 Harry Horlick and Heloz lup.communicate by 28th November perts Orchestras.

tions

7.00 London Relay-The News, 7.15 London Relay-Questions of the Hour'.

7.30

with Mr. W., Macfarlane, Dairy Farm, East Point. Rinks will be selected on 2nd December and

lasdel-Suite de Ballet published the following day. Sir Thomas Bercham and London Philharmonic Orchestra.

1.40 Studio-Appeal on behalf of the Society for the Prevention of Crucity Animals.

7.50 Orchestral Interlude. 0.00 Local Time Signs, Weather Report

and Announcements.

8.03 Alfred Cortot (Plano) playing some Chopin Preludes,

8.15 Tilo Schipa (Tenor) In Spanish Programme.

8.45 Violin Recital by Fritz Kreisler

9.00 London Relay-The News and News Commentaries,

0.30 London Relay Talk: 'Books and People',

0.45 Brahms-Concerto No. 2 in Flat Major, Op. 83.-Wilhelm Back- haus (Piano) and The Saxon State Orchestru.

10.30 Excerpts from Verdi's Operas. 11.00 Close Down,

Italian Oil Shortage Is Reported

NOTICE

DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940

The following rates will be charged for mailing single copies

the of

following newspapers abroad:-

South China Morning Post“ China and Macão 16 cents per copy British Empire and Foreign

25 cents per copy

The Hongkong Telegraph China and Macao 14 cents per copy 16 cents Saturdays

British and Foreign

20 cents per copy

25 cents Saturdays.

C. BAR.

Oil shortage is a frequent topic of conversation in Rome, PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS according to reports of travel.

of the Sale by Public Auction lers arriving at Berne, Switzer-

to be held on Monday, the 25th land. Many believe that oil was an important subject of discus- sion between Hitler and Musso- link when they met on the Bren- ner Pass,

Polítical observers in Rome are saying that the oil supplies expected from Russia havo fail- ed to arrive, and they ascribe the inactivity of the Italian Fleet to the need for economising off fuel.

mans have not yet been able

day of November, 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 Wong Nei Cheong Gap Road, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to

a

Evidently things had become co bad for him that the weather didn't cause, matter much; whatever the this emaciated man in tattered while clothes surprised a number of people tolling along the Bund in the mid- morning sun by suddenly throwing himself awkardly into the water off the Customs Jetty.

"A startled boatman lunged out with his long boat hook and catching it in the clothes of the man in the water pulled him in to the jetty where he was hauled up on the boards with Soon a jangling ambulance arrived, water dripping off and out of him. took on a very wet passenger, and drove away.

Wife Hurt In Raid Refuses Anaesthetic

A young wife after a London air rald was brought to the surgeons suffering from a severe arm injury, but she steadfastly refused an anncs. thetle though a lot of stitches were required. Then she went, saying, “I

I've got to must get home now. make my old man his cup of tea"!

TO

CLEAN UP GANGSTERS

SCOTLAND YARD IS PLANNing a big clean-up of GANG STERS WHO, SINCE THE RACE TRACKS CLOSED DOWN, HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN THE WEST-END.

" and

Club patrons have been attacked, club owners “beaten up,” restaurants smashed by organised gangs. Other restaurants have been threatened with “annihilation" unless "protection” is accepted.

TEAM WORK

EASY

SHIPS TO BRITAIN — Cable picture passed by British contor shows British sailors waving from deck of one of four overago U. S. destroyers recently transferred to England.

DURING LONDON RAID

MASTERY

OF

INCENDIARY BOMBS

POST OFFICE

Government Gazette Notification. No. 1260 is published for general in- formation.

`shall “send' 'any 1. · No person Christmas, New Year or other greet= ing card by post to any destination. outside this Colony unless

(a) the cover," If any, is unsealed and leurly marked wit the words

"Creeting Card

(b) the cover, i destination outside the

with

dromed to British

Em-

to

piro, contains nothing but a printed the card,

the addition only of sendor's name and addresa, t)

2. Subject to the exemptions specited in, paragraph 3, 20 person shall send any postal packet consist Ing of or containing any newspaper. Bottle parties, which have newspaper cutting or book by post been the worst sufferers, have any destination outside this Colony. been terrorised, but since many shall not apply to any newspaper

3. The provisions of paragraph of them are being shut, the registered under the Printers and police have been able to round- Publishers Ordinance 1927, sent by. up several gangsters operating the publishers of the newspaper or lo in them.

any book in a wrapper submitted. unscaled to the Censer for examina- An official of the Publiction before sending.

to: 4. Without Morality Council sald:

prejudice "We have reports of people being provisions of regulations 84 and attacked and robbed, but they are of the Defence Regulations, 1940, tro- usually afraid to press charges. Ialing to penalties and the disposal Some fear gang vengeance; other of articles) any greeting card, news- don't want the incident made public. paper, newspaper culting or book posted in breach of any of the pro- "Syndicate Hired Thugs”.

..the

00

"One woman-a wealthy social visions of this order may be destroy- welfare worker-irled to help some ed or disposed of in such manner as

the Censor may direct. girls in the West End.

This led to the syndicate for Small Packet Post to all countries whom

the girls worked hirings suspended. thugs who 'beat up' the woman. "The gong also, sank her house": boat, which was moored in the Thames."

Special police squads are used to catch mobs who terrorise clubs and restaurants.

INWARD MAILS. Air Wall by "Tan American Airways Direct Service," San Francisco dale 12th November.

..Nov. 22. .Nov. 22: Java and Manila. USA, Honolulu, Japan and Munlla (San Francisco date, 25th October) Nov. 22. Nov. 26. .Nov. 20, Nou 20.

Australia and Manlia London and Straits

These hooligans give lavisti orders in restaurants and then threaten to "hammer" the manager and staff i they are asked to pay the bill.

When payment is demanded gangs break up the place and attack, U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and the staff with broken bottles, razors, and costers,

the London and Straits,

A bottle party owner said, "mem- bers of gang forced their way into

my place.

Wealthy Guest "Spotted" "A mon who was spending a lot of money on one of my hostessca was 'apotted.*

The hostess also seemed to realise this, and warned her guest, who gave her the 250 he had left.

hai (San Francisco November)

20,

*** Shang-

date, 8th

Nov. 28.

Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Service"-Sam Francisco dato, 22nd November, Sandakan Swatow

.Nov. 29.

.Dec. 1." .Dec. 1.

at

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Mall are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertis "When the man went to the wash-ed to close at or before 9 a.m.. regis-

closed room the gang went, too. They ask-tered and parcel mails are ed him to hand over his wallet. The 3 pm, on the previous day. When man explained that he had spent all mails are advertised to close after· he had. and,

3 p.m. Registered and Parcel mails "Later the man and the hostes are closed at 5 pm. left the club and were immediately attacked by the gang.

"The man was beaten up, the girl's dress torn off, her body and face slashed with a razor, and the handbag with the money stolen." Many of the hooligans are young- stern who have evaded the Army.

Governor Murdered

Friday, Nov, 25 Air Mail by Air to Bangoon to can."'

nect with the "British OveracƏSİ VİTA Airways."

Rer. Ord.

G.P.O. & K.P.O.“

....Nov, 22, 4 p.m.. Nov. 22, 4.30 p.m

to Air Mall by Bes to Singapore

connect with the Brillah Overseas Airways.”

Kowloon P. O, Reg. ....Nov. 22. 5.00 p.m. Ord.....Nav, 6, 5.30 p.m.

G.P.0.

Onl.

Rez.......Nov. 22, 5.00 p.m. ........Nov. 22, 8 D.M. lulu, U.S.A., and Europe via “Pan- American Airways and Tran9- Atlantic Services.”

E.P.O.

Alleged Revenge For Son's Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Hono-

Seduction Of Servant

Tokyo, Nov. 21.

AFTER A LARGE-SCALE INCENDIARY BOMB RAID ON LONDON, A “DAILY TELEGRAPH” REPORTER WROTE THAT ANYONE WHO WONDERED HOW A.R.P. SERVICES WOULD FUNCTION MUST BE REASSURED-BY-THE-MrShigeyoshi Omihara, 59, for

RESULTS.

mer Governor of Kyoto prefecture, was stabbed to death by Elhachiro Kimura, 39, embroiderer, who called

his

„Nov. 23; 5.00 p.m.

Ker “Ord."

Nov. 22 0

G.P.O

Reg.

Ord.

Africa

„Nov. 22, 5.00 p.m. ..Nov, Z2, 7.00 p.m. wife, was Straits, Ceylon, India, E, and South

p.m.

They proved conclusively that, given organisation, equipment and desire to on Mt. Omibara at his home to-day. serve, no community need have much fear of incendiary bombs; and it was shown Mrs. Toyo seriously injured by

also stabbed and

arrested.

Sunday, Nov. 24 again that if people take shelter the risks from high explosives are greatly exagger- Kimura who was

Kimura, who is the elder brother Saigon, Rangoon and Calcutta,

8.00 a.m. ated.

of the housemaid employed at the

0,00 q.m. In Omihara home, alleged that his sister Haiphong

Tuesday, Nov, 26 <- Bon. Manila, Batavia and Sourabaya. ex-nd been seduced by Shigeo Omihara,

The experi 'nce of one suburb was particularly instructive and encouraging. che course of raids that lasted about two hours the Germans dropped four high plosive and 120 incendiary bombs..

Yet, though some houses were badly damaged by high ex- plosives, there was not one casualty, and the great majority of incendiary bombs were put out by air-raid wardens with stirrup pumps before they could do damage. Where fires were started they were promptly suppressed by professional or amateur fire- men.

How was this result achieved?

bo fixed by the Surveyor of His The answer, supplied by the Majesty the KING, for one fur-Town Clerk, points a moral of first-class importance. If this Reports from Rome say that a

ther term of 75 years. number of German officers and

Intending bidders are advised borough has come through its technicians as well as Stuka dive- bombers are attached to Graziani's that immediately after the dispo-first test almost unscathed, it is because the authorities and the army in Africa, but that the Ger-sal of the lot the Purchaser (if inhabitants set an example of transport troops and war material to not the applicant) will be required efficiency enthusiasm. Libya. Travellere stress the lack of to deposit with an authorised war enthusiasm in Italy and the de officer who will be present at the of two hundred which the conflict, is frequently call-sale, the sum ed "the

party's war."

dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum Nevertheless, It is noted that in spite will be refunded on payment of the of the petrol shortage the pre-war number of taxis is still circulating in Purchase price. Rome, while many private cars are on the road.

tachment with which Italians regard

HOLLAND'S JEWS BARRED FROM RESTAURANTS

"Jewish customers not de

sired."

This notice is being displayed by most of the larger restaurants in Amsterdam.

Similar notices heralded the opening of Hitler's anti-Semitic driva: in Germany seven years.

They word soon replaced by others

reading, "Jew not admitted."ALEN

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Two Frenchmen Killed

GOEBBELS On Tibetan Border

HOAXED BY JEWS

SHANGHAI, Nov. 21-How two Frenchmen were murder-

8.30 am. Manila, Australia and New Zealand

via Thursday Island, K. P. O.

Nov. 28, 5 p.m. Nov. 26, 0.30 p.m.

Reg.: Ord.

Reg.

Ord.

G. F. O.

Nov. 20, 5 p.b.

.Nov. 28, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 25.

Shanghai, Japan, Canada, USA, Central and South America and United-Kingdom Vin Vancouver (Parcela for Caneda ond

B.C.,

US.A.).

Note. All Mails for United-King-

ed by Tibetan brigands was described in a despatch from Ta- chienlu published in the N. G. D. News to-day. In the first case two Frenchmen, Llotard and Gulyaut, were ambushed indom will be forwarded with or with the wild Golok country. After a gunfight Liotard was

shot out superscription. dead; as well as a Tibetan servant. Gulyaut narrowly escaped, Parcels

several bullets piercing his coat. Reg.

Somerset Maugham In Colony?

Tha In

The victim of the second murder

The correspondent added"With

a land of

K. P. O.

Ord.

4,00 pun. 5.00 μm. 20.30 p.m.

G. P. O.

Parcels Reg. Ord.

,4.00 pm. .8.00 p.m.

7.00 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 29 Air Mail by Sea to Singapore, to Connect with the "British Overseas Airways."

G.P.O.

Ord

How Dr. Goebbels was hoaxed by two Jewish playwrights has "Of 2,300 wardens 1,700 were on just become known in Berlin- duty, though the maximum number! but not to the public.

was Pere Nussbaum, mission worker, Two years ago the German who could be paid for the night'a,

He was captured and robbed, and work was only 308," said the Town propaganda director gave his

shot in cold-blood while returning to comedy Clerk. The other 1,400 volunteers official blessing to a

W. Somerset Maugham, noted Eng his post on the Tibetan border after jumped to their posts immediately called "Water for Canitogo." It

I was a great success on the stage lish author, was rumoured to have visiting Yunnen. Ho had spent 30 arrived in Hongkong yesterday, but the alarm sounded.

and as a film, and was hailed as enquiries from shipping companies years in Tibet.

HexNov. 29, 12.30 p.m. "The borough has 23,000 Anderson "a work from the work of a and hotels failed to confirm this,

Nov. 29, 1.00 pm. shelters, besides 81 commimal shel- true Nazi artist."

Maugham is well known ters and public shelters for over 10

Parcels Nov. 20, 1.00 p.m. per cent. of the population. People Actually it had been written as a For East, which is the locale of the murder of Pere Nussbaum, Tibet Straits N

Letters.Nov. 29, 2.00 p.m. took refuge in time, and familles rush job by the brothers Egen and many of his novels and stage plays, has become once more whose homes were wrecked, came, Otto Rels, Australian Jews. Goebbels He was recently in the news when Lamas. While the Catholic father

on a refugee, ship ved under the protection of the Straits, Ceylon. India, E. and South demanded that the author come to he left France, through without a scratch."

Tibetan flag yellow lion In a Africa and United-Kingdom Berlin

to receive the plaudits of the shortly before the Nazi, invasion.

Sir-Shenton Thomas, Governor of green background he was the only

G.F.O. and K.P.O. crowd.

in Lamaland and

Por They found in Vienna a young Malaya,, who arrived on a British Christian missionary.

Reg. The gathering of reports, direction Austrian willing to appear and be ship yesterday, travelled between while he lived there he was persona of local services, and liaison with applauded. Well rehearsed, he went Lisbon and America with the author. non grata with the Lhasa Govern- London all worked perfectly; but the to Berlin, made his bow.

When Hitler entered Vienna the Town Clerk emphasised the vital im- portance of the private citizens' co-brothers, Reis, fed abroad. It is only not only in the now that the last of their relatives operation, shown work of the volunteers, but also in has escaped from. Austria that they such practical details as the placing have dared to let out the story of the of buckets of water and sand at the hoax,

Citizens' Co-operation

doors of houses,

Germans Ban Nobel The bombs were all dropped in re sidential areas devoid of military tar-Prize Winner's Books The principal Dutch newspapers who fail to do so will shortly be pro-gets A breadbasket" of 40: Incen- have under Nial pressure-damised biblled from practising the Jowish mehibere of thaté slány/-

Jewish children are to be excludedly bombs fell on a group of mall GERMANY has penned the books bulldogs used as a Orst-aid post, of Sigrid Undset, Norwegian novelist, Rumania, too, la continuing with her from Rumanian schools and a law le Siation and emergency hoppi and Nobel Prize winner

Last December Sigrid Undset gave anti-Jewish driver AB-lawyers and to bo Chaled making 11 MAAT:162 fall Na-damage was done, and the solicitors have been ordered to pro- Jewish chidren to be given Humanian wardens quickly, put out the lazieherinints to book alles to the

Finnan Red Cros duce proof of Aryan origin "Those "names.”

STRANGE CASE OF THE MEN IN BLACK

WIIEN strange men in clerical garb - asked the way to the Buckinghamshire village of Den-.. ham, the

ment. It now remains to be seen it the Tibetan authorities will permit reoccupation, of Tsakalo: (tho murdered man's station) by another French priest."--Reuter,

the

the villagers reported to the Bishop S. Alencastre police.

There

¡.Nov. 20, 5.00 ́p.m.)

Nov, 20, 5.00 p.m. Ord........

..Nov. 30. 8.30 am. Saturday, Nov, 20 -

Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South

Africa

...3.30 p.m. Siraits, Ceylon, India and United-

Kingdom.

¡Nov. 80, 4.p.m. Nov. 30, 5 pm.

6.30

KP.O

Parcels Reg.

Ord.

Word has been.

received that Blahop. Stephen Alencastre dled

Parcels

board the Mateonin, en route

Tay, Dec. 2

£7607 2,11.30 a.m.

lot of been a about parachutista, jok

One of the eienvien visitors wan the Rev. W. A, Thomas,, who has to Honolulu, from the Pacific Coast. now been appointed curate there Blahop Stephen made many friends Biralta and

He was one of those who were in the Orient a few years ago on Inquiring Un

"About the vacuukihis way to the Eucharistic Congress

at Manila.

*Nov. 30, 4 p.m., ¡Nov, 89. § jim, Nov. 30, 5.30 p.m.