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Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

CLASSIFIED NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. St. Dunstan's

ADVERTISEMENTS

25 words $2.50 for 3 days prepaid FOR SALE.

"HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY *THE

Second Edition. CAMERA" Over 00 excellent views of the Colony, Price $1.80. Obtainable at Kelly

& Walsh, Ltd., Hongkong Travel Bureau or from the Publishers, South China Morning Post, Lid,

· Wyndham Street

RADIO

ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Leoncavallo's Opera "I Pagliacci"

12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- csesion,

12.30 Compositions of Haydn. 1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather Report.

1.03 Dance Music by Boy Fox and Ilis Orchestra.

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea- ther Forecast and Announcements.

1,45 Latest Vocal Variety. 2.15 Close down. 6.30 Closing local Stock Quotations. 6.32 Half hour of Popular Classics,

an

7.0 London Relay The News. 7.16 London Relay-Questions of the floor.*

7.30 London Relay-The World Roes By,"

F. H. Driewood brings people to

the microphone.

G. B

NOTICE

WATER SUPPLY

R.

In order to conserve the storage in the Colony's reservoirs, it is hereby notified that commencing at 10 p.m. on Thursday, December 5th, water will be shut off in all districta from 10 p.m. to 5 à.m. every night until further notice.

IL J. PEARCE,

Water Authority. Public Works Department, Hong Kong, 3rd December, 1940.

Work

Newly-Blinded Men Being Brought In

His Excellency the Officer Adminis tering the Government, Hongkong, has received a letter from the Chair! man, St. Dunstan's, a copy of which is published below for general In- formation::

St. Dunstan's, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, London, N.W.1.

September 20, 1940.

BANKS

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA, Incorporated by Royal Charter 1337 Paid-up Capital:

£3,000,000 Reserve Liability of Praprietors £3,000.00 Reserve Fund ........................

£3,000,0

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON, 38 Bishopagate, E.C.1. Sub-Agencies in London: 111/12, Leadenhall Sirent, E.03. West End Branchr. 14/38, Ceckspur Street 8.W.L *Stanchester Branch

12, Bosley Ktreet, Manchester, 1. AGENCIES and brancCHES:

Fiatavin Bombay Calcutta

Harbin Hongkong

Bangoon Balgun Semarang ¿Seremban

. Shanghai

Singapor

Sitikwas Sourabaya

Ipoli follo

Karachi

Klang

.

Agencles!

Clive Street

Kobe

Kuala

Lumpur FatFile Place

Taiping.

-Kuching-Mentaln

Madras

Tongkah

Manila

bukett

Medan

Tsingtao

New York Yokoli

Palping

Your Excellency-Probably again Alor Star and again your thoughts and those Amritur of British people in Hongkong are Bangkok turned towards the Mother Country in these critical days. Possibly some- times you hay wonder how St. Dunstan's is faring with the newly

care you Canton blinded men, for whose have given such generous support. Cawnpore

Cebu You may already know that with Colombo

battles over Dein the recent terrille air

Haiphong Hamburg the South Coast, we have had to

Penang temporarily abandon our Hospital in Hankow

FOREIGN EXCHANGE Sussex. At first we hoped that by moving convalescent and semi-con- Banking Business transacted. valescent cases to a safer area, might still be possible to retain our hospital, with all its specialised seriously wounded equipment, for men undergoing treatment. With the day of December, 1910, at 3 p.m.. intensification of the air attacks this! Local Currency, obtainable on application

has become impossible and

G.

R.

PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 9th

(eking)

_and" - General

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened aind FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year ar shorter, periods in Local or Other Cur

rencies at tales which will be quoted on. application.

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened to

and Sterling with interest allowed at to-day The Bank's fiead Office in London all our newly blinded men-some of undertakes Executor & Trustee business and claim recovery of British Income them received their injuries on the Tax overpaid, on terms which may shores nt Dunkirk and others under ascertained at any of sie Agencies circumstances of equal bravery--are Branches, being nursed back to health and learning the first lessons in conquer- ing blindness at an hotel in the west country.

at the Offices of the Pubile Works Department, by Order of Ills Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Blue Pool Roud, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of re- newal at a Crown Ront to be

1 was at this temporary hospital Axed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one fur-last week where I talked with three new lads, One, a young pilot, had had his jaw torn and been perman- ther term of 75 years. Intending bidders are advised ently blinded by a bomb exploding Lwo had in his plane. The other

Temporary Hospital

8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather that immediately after the dispo-been biladed-in addition one of

Report and Announcements.

8.03 Variely.

8.15 Sindle Local Newsletter.

9.0 London Relay-The News and

News Commentary.

9.30 London Relay "Germany's

Black Record-Past and Present" No.

by Sir Robert Vansittari, Talk Chief Diplomatic Adviser to British Government.

9.45 Leoncavallo's "I Pagitacel." 11.0 Close down.

Australian Broadcast

For East Asia

Listeners in Hongkong will pro- bably be interested in the broadcasts

on short wave

by the

Australian

Department of Information directed

to North-East Asia, of which

following are details:

Station,

VLQ Sydney.

31.2 metres.

the

Wave-

Frequency,

9.616 me/s. Time, (Shanghai and

Hongkong), 19.40 to 20.15.

The transmission covers the Philip- pines, Japan and the China

north of Hongkong.

Coast

The December programme includes the followng features-On Sundays, Australian

"The War Through

Eyes'"; on Mondays, What Britain

Stands For: on Tuesdays, "News Talk":

Wednesdays: "The Making of

Aus-

Aus-

Australia': Thursdays. "The "The

tralian War Effort: Fridays. Truth of It

being critical analysis of German and Italian radio propaganda; Saturdays, "Women's

1. A. CAMIDOK,

Maner

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED, Head Once-13, Gracechurch, Street, London, E.C.J. Authorised Capital Bubscribed Capital Pald-up Capital ...... Reserve Fund and Rest

་་

DANKERS --

£3,000,000

1,900,000

1,050,000 1,254,000

The Bank of England & Midland Bank, Lad.

BRANCHES ---

Bombay

in the ex- aal of the let the Purchaser (If them had lost an arm-

ploding of AA gun. New cases not the applicant) will be required like these are constantly coming to

authorised us, and now we have to be ready to Bangkok to deposit with un

receive civilian casualties with ser- Calcutta officer who will be present at the ously damaged sight from recent air Colombo sale, the sum of two hundred bombardment. dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

No. of Sain

Registry No.

Locality

Inland Lot

No. 6018.

North West of Inland

Lot No. 5747,

Blue Pool Road.

Boundary Measurements

K. S E. W.

feas tuettest teet

as per sale

plan.

NOTICE

Contents in

about

sq. feel.

Ann Rent

Upset Price

000*1

orst

$12,400

DEFENCE-REGULATIONS

The following rates will be Session", when Australian women charged for malling single coples

will talk to their sex overseas on things which have a special interest for their hearers,

Other broadcasts directed to Asia Perth. 31.09 metres, are VLW2 9.050 mc/s; VLQ7 Sydney, 26.25 11.880 me/a Programme metres, transmitted simultaneously on both Time wavelengths

(G. M. T.). 13.10-13.45, French; 13.45-14.15, Eng- lish; 14.15-14.45, Dutch.

French

This transmission covers Indo-China, the Netherlands East Indies, Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, Thailand, Burma and India.

Rolled in agony through INDIGESTION

A Nurse's Experience

Nurses know more than ordinary people about curing their aliments, but It wasn't until Nurse D. W. tried Marlenn Brand Stomach Powder that she found lasting

rellet for the troubled her.

Fevere

Indigestion

thai

of

the

abroad:-

Galle

.

Jofina. Kuantan

Kandy Karachi

Kota Bharu Kuala Lipis

"

Madras

. New York

Penang

Kangoon

Shanghal

Simia

Kuala Lumpur Singapore Kuala Trengganu

HONGKONG BRANCH-···· Every description of Banking. Exchange Business transacted.

Enemy assault has been brought Hongkong even to our doors. The other night Howrati a high explosive bomb was dropped ipah just outside my house and St; Dune- ion's ollees. Luckily as it occurred during the night out ofces were emply. The door of the shelter where my servants were sleeping was blown in, though I am glad to say they were unhurt. My wife and

re

TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSHIP UNDERTAKEN.

and

Current Accounts opened in Local Cur- and Fixed Deposits received in

I were in another shelter. I hop Local Currency and Sterling on terms that pened to be awake. The AA guns may be ascertained on application.

were putting up a terrine barrage. Two or three bombs fell. I could judge by the noise that the bombers were fairly far off. Suddenly with

noise like an on-coming

express

train our bomb crashed down. For-

'

D. BENSON,

MARAKE.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A total of $1,478,580.00 was reached

tunately, there were no casualties. yesterday by the War Fund inaugurated On the side of our buildings where by the d. C. M. Post, Laid." with the fol the explosion occurred, all the win-lawing donations:

Rae. No. 27 Coy. HAM.C, (216.

donation) Mr. W. C. Clark

110.77

100

dow glass was shattered, our roofs Mr. R C. Olive (4th, donation).... $ 80 were damaged, and quantities of European Y.M.C.A, thurther, sale of stones, concrete and debris were hurled about the buildings. We are, however, busily engaged in setting things to rights again and this in- eldent has, if anything strengthened morale generally.

W........ K.B.N. Copper Fund (2nd. donation) Miss C. S. Pierce (monthly) Bad Boy's Diary

A sweep, 2nd Battery, H.K.V.D.C. PKP (4th donation)

REFUGEE WELYARE

When we are ourselves faced with frequent air attacks, hombings and the possibility of invasion, we cannot 1940-be-tho-grateful to all of you who are

The Hongkong”Refigeo"and-Social-Wet--! helping us. A day will come, how-

"1041 Appeal ever, when these trials are behind fare Council gratefully acknowledges the

Fund": us and we hope it may not be far following gifts to their

Sir Robert To Trung 1100; Kwon Wah Yours faithfully,

Athletic Association $115; Mm E. Wil- (Sd.) IAN FRASER,

Bamson ; Calcutta Blind Scouts (per Chairman.

Mr. Amal Kumas Sheh) #10: Mrs. Pau #10, Students of Home Economics Dept. Lingnam University, 7: Mr. Pau Stu-kee 6: Miss E. M. Gibbins 460.79; Mint K. Bły Anderson $50.

following newspapers

South China Morning Post China and Macao

16 cents per copy British Empire and Foreign 25 cents per copy The Hongkong Telegraph China and Macao 14 cents per copy

16 conta Saturdays

British and Foreign 20 cents per copy 25 cents Saturdays.

CORRESPONDENCE

Sir, Our sallors are spending a great deal more time afloat now than they did in the days of peace, and the problem of the right use of leisure is ever before us. Many of them have joined up for the dura tion, and have been drawn trom various backgrounds and occupa

nat tions, and at the moment are doing their duty on this China Station.

ar constantly being asked for periodicals, magazines and and which I am unable to operation I had a most alarming attack supply, but I am sure that many of bly slater, who always has Maclean Brand the residents of Hongkong would Stomach Powder in the house, persuadet me to try a dose, and I would not have help in this matter if you will allow believed that just a single dose would this appeal to be made through your have had a instantaneous and marvellous

I have suffered for years," she weltes, "from what my mother calls 'spasm', a very severe form of Indigestion. I have rolled. In agony for hours, bent double with pain, not daring to move for fear of getting it worse.

"I tried countless remedies without success. Last

and All year after al

an effect. It anothed as I swallowed R.

and gradually sil pain went.

"It is useless to try and explain my it is very gratitude, but I assure sincero.

allack Each time a

however coming, or I get indigestion, alight. I fly to Maclean Brand. Stomach Powder."

You can always tell MACLEAN BRAND Ftomach Powder by the signature "ALEX C. MACLEAN' on Carton and bottle. Maclean Brand Stomach Powder is never sold loose, but only in bottles, The tablets are availabio iti dotiles or fit tin

newspaper.

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Any gifts of either new or old Hierature will be most gratefully acknowledged.

CHARLES STRONG, Chaplain, II, M. Dockyard, Hong- kong. ITALY CALLS MORE MEN

Rome, Dec. 4. The noon paper Piccolo announced to-day that the class of 1022, comprie- ing 250,000 youths aged 19 years, had been called to the colours. The only exemptions were priests and men al- JAPE ready enrolled in the Fascist Militia

or the Police, the paper added. United Press.

If you have any ameulty in obtaining it from your local chemist or store write to Banker & Co. P.O. Box 733, Hong Kong.

UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL The recent cöllapse of a giant span of the $0,000,000 Tacame Narrows Bridge, adleastor that startled America, ia vividly... phown In the latest Universal newsreel, which "la being acreened at the King's Theatro' to-day, in conjunction with “I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby "

ott.

Former Officers. On China, Station

London, Oct. 10.

officers The following naval presumed killed:

Donations received during November,

1940:

Four rympathisers $50; Mr. ZL. 1. Cheong 11 Mr. Chang Kwal-yan $3,

are 1940:

Donations in kind during November,

Two tons "Organo," Organic Fertilizer Ronald Co.: 400 pieces of firewood, Bandakan Chamber of Commerce; Freightage on is

firewood, Mosers, Jardine, Matheson and

co

KUNMING HOSPITAL FUND

the

The 5. C. M. Past has received following donation to the Kunming Hos- pital Fund:

"Sinophil" $10.

Lieutenant-Commander James Burch; D.S.O., R.N., who missing, presumed killed, in the loss of the submarine Narwhal, served in H 34 and the Parthian in China.

Stafford Lieutenant-Commander Radcliffe White, R.N., missing pre-

the sumed killed, in

submarine Narwhal.

DONATIONS WAITING Lieutenant-Commander (E) Brian

O'Brien, Eoghan

R.N.. missing.

Donations for the following Organiza- After a commission in China in the tona awall collection at the office of the cruisers Cumberland and Kent, he S. C. M. Post: Emergency Refugee Coun specialised in submarines in 1932, and in 1933-36 was engineer officer of the Perseus in China.

of St. Vincent de Paul; D.W.OF. Society Hongkong Benevolent Society, Society for the Protection of Children; Kunming Hospital Fund.

Under the patronago of

H.E. Lt. Gen. E. F. Norton, C.B., D.S.O., M.C.. H.E. Major Gen. A. E Grasett, C.B., D.S.O., M.C.. Rear Admiral A. M. Peters, D.S.C. ALL RANKS Of the carriSON

present

MUSIC HALL 1940

at the

China Fleet Club

on 13th and 14th Dac., 1940 at 9.15 p.m.

Seats at $4.00, $3.00, $2.00 and $1.00 can be booked at-Massrs. Moutrie & Co., Ltd. PROCEEDS. IN AID OF THE B.W.O.F. AND

·S. C. M. POST WAR FUND. Come and take a tonic:

guaranteed for the blues!

December 5, 1940.

$211

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A GOOD WATCH

IS NOT

LUXURY

IT IS

A NECESSITY

WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK

of

GOOD WATCHES

at

REASONABLE PRICES

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Investment Bankers and Brokers

Members of New York Cotton Exchange --

Chicago Board of Trade

Manila Stock Exchange

Winnipeg Grain Exchange

Commodity Exchange, Ind., New York Canadian Commodity Exchange, Inc., Montreal New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange Hongkong Sharebrakers Association Shanghai Stock Exchange

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Cable Address: SWANSTOCK

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DECEMBER GRAND OPENING

APS

COSMETIC SHOPPE) 10. Peddor St., China Bldg.

FREE GIFTS FREE MAKE-UP SERVICES

POST OFFICE

The Parcel Post Service to Canton as been resumed.

Small Pocket Post to all countries is suspended.

INWARD MAYES

Ale Mail by "British. Overseas Air- wars Service (except London)" by

sea from Singapore

Canton

Java and Manila.

Sandakan.

Australia and Manila.

London and Manila

Swatow

.Dec. B.

.Dec. 5.

.Dec. 5.

Dec. &

Dec. 8.

Dec. 0. .Dec. 7.

Air Mali by "Pan American Airways...

Direct Service" San

Francisco date, 1st December........Dec. 8. Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways

- Direct Bervice"-8an

date, 4th December. Cantonia

Java and Manila

Francisco

Dec. 11. .Dec. 11. Dec. 18.

US.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang

hal-(San Francisco date, 22nd November)

..Dec. 14. Canada, USA, Japan and Shanghai (Vancouver BC., 27th November.).. Dec. 16. U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-

Francisco date, 18th. hal--(Son

.Dec. 16. November)

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Mall are closed 15 minutes cariler than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertis- ed to close at or before 9 am. regis tered and parcel malls are closed at 6 pm: on the previous day. When are advertised to close after 8 pm, Registered and Parcel maile are closed at 5 pm,

mat

Thursday, Dec. 5 Air Mail by Sea to Singapore to connect with the "British Overseas. Airways"

G.P.O, and K.F.O. Ber......Dec. 5, 1 pm. Ord... ...Dec. 5, 1.30 p.nl. Straits, Ceylan, India, Mombasa and Beira, Lourenco Marques

South Africa via Durban, .2.30 p.m. Straits and United-Kingdom.

K. P. O.

Parcels, ..

Reg. Ord.

“Come on Ladies

and

Gentlemen

Parcels, Reg.

Ord.

Let's knock

it up to- !

1,500,000 by Christmas!"

Canton...

..Dec, 8, 4.09 p.m.

Dec. 8, 8.00 p.m. ......Dec. 6, 5.30 p.m. G. P. O,

.Dec. 5, 4.00 p.m. .Dec. 5, 5,00 p.m. Doc.

Friday, Dec. 4

5, 7.00p.m.

...7.15 am.

Air Mail by Air to Bangaan to con- nect with the "British Overseas Airways."

Ber. Ord.

G.P.O. and K.P.O.

.....Dec. 6, 4 p.m. Dec, 0, 4.29 p.at. Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, USA... Canada, Central and South America and United Kingdom vio San Francisco.

Parcels

Reg.

Ord.

Parcels Reg.

Ord,

Sandakan

K.P.O.

.Dec. 6, 4.00 p.m. ..Dec. 6, 5.00 p.m. .....Deo: 6, 6.30 p.m. G.P.O.

Dec, 0, 4.00 p.m. ..Dec. 0-5.00.p.m. ..Dec, 0, 7.00 p.m.

Saturday, Dec, 7!

„8.30; 0.7.

Shanghai, Canada, USA., C, and S. America and United-Kingdom via Victoria B.C.

G. P. O. and K. P..O.

Parcels

Reg

Ord.,

.Dee, 7, 4 p.m. Dec. 7, 5 pm. ;Dec. 7, 5.30 p.m. Note All malia for United-King- dom will be forwarded with or with- out superscription,

Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.B.A and Europe vis *Pan American Aleways and Trans- Aliantle Burvives."

KRO

.Dec. 7, 5.00 pm. Ord. ........Dec. 7, 6.30 p.mi.

G.P.O.

-.Reg.

L

Dec. ·5,00 1.213..

7,

Dec. §. Noon.

Ord: **

Tuesday, Dec. 19

"

.3.80p.m.

Manila, Batavia, Mauritiu Laurenco Marques East and South Africa

· · vin Durban' | Air Mall by sea tó Singapore to can- nect with the "British, Overstas AITWAYE.".

Straits

Dec, 10, 8.00

(Dec. 19, 5.30 p.m.

K. F. O.

Rox.,

Ord,

GPO,

Reg.,

Ord,

.Dec. 10, K.00

7.00 pm.

"Buperscribed" Correspondence On