1940-12-05 — Page 2

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

CLASSIFIED NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. St. Dunstan's

ADVERTISEMENTS

G.

R.

25 words $2.50

NOTICE

for 3 days prepaid

FOR SALE. "HONGKONG AS REVEALED DY THE

*Edition, CAMERA" Second Over

60 excellent views of the Colony. Price $1.60. Obtainable at Kelly & Walsh, Lid, Hongkong Travel Bureau or from the Publishers, Bouth China Morning Post, Ltd. 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. Stort Service of Inter- cresion.

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

1.03 Dance Mulo by Roy Fox and Its Orchestra,

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

1.45 Latest Vocal Variety.

WATER SUPPLY

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' districts from 10 p.m. to da.m. ovory night until further notice.

H. J. PEARCE,

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

G. R.

L

Work

Newly-Blinded Men Being Brought In

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

St. Dunstan's, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, London, N.W.1. September 20, 1040,

BANKS

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CIUNA. Incorporated by Raya) Charter 1893 Pald-up Capital

... £3,000,000 Hinserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,00 Reserve Fund

£3,000,0

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON. 38 Bishopsgato, E.C.. Bub-Agencies In Lotidan: 117/122, Leadenhalt Street, E.C.S. West End franchi 14/10, Cockapur Bertel, 5.3.1. Manchester Branch

12, Mosley Rireet, Manchester, 2. AGENCIES AND BRANCHEB:

Amritsar

Alor Star

TC Bangkok

alavis Bombay Caloust

Harblo

Jongkong

Ipah ilollo

Karachi

Ilang

Agencies:

Kobe

Clive Street

Kuala

Kuching

-Madras

Maslia

Medan

New York

Fairle Place Larapur Canton Cawnpore Colombo Deini

Cebu

atphone Bamburg

Hankow

Hanguon

Saigon

Bemarank

Shanghai

Singapor

Beremba

Sitiawan Sourabaya

Tientsin

Taiping

Tongkah

(huket)

Tkingtao Yokohama

Pelping

(heking) Penang FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted CURRENT ACCOUNTS arca, it

opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year- or shorter periods in Lacal or Other Cur

Your Excellency,-Probably again and again your thoughts and those of British people In Hongkong turned towards the Mother Country In these critical days. Possibly some- may wonder how St. times you Dunstan's Is faring with the newly blinded men, for whose care you have given such generous support.

You may already know that with the recent terrific air battles over the South Coast, we have had to temporarily abandon our Hospital in Sussex. At first we hoped that by moving convalescent and semi-con-

safer valescent cases to a PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS might still be possible to retain our

of the Sale by Public Auction hospital, with all its specialised rencies at Fates which will be quoted on

equipment, for seriously wounded application,

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in to be held on Monday, the 9th man undergoing treatment. With the Local Currency and Sterling with interest. day of December, 1940, at 3 p.m., Intensification of the air attacks this allowed as rates obiainable on application has become impossible and fo-day The Bank's Head Omce in Londen at the Offices of the Public all our newly blinded men-home of undertakes Executor & Trustes business. Works Department, by Order of them received their injuries on the and claims recovery of British Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be His Excellency the Governor of shores at Dunkirk and others under ascertained at any of its Agencies a

and one Lot of Crown Land at Blue circumstances of equal bravery-are Branches.

being nursed back to health Pool Road, in the Colony of learning the first lessons in conquer- Hong Kong, for a term of 75 ing blindness at an hotel in the west

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF years, with the option of recountry.

INDIA, LIMITED. newal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His

Ifend Ofce-15, Gracechurch Street, I was at this temporary hospitali

London, E.03, Majesty the KING, for one far-last week where I talked with three Authorised Capital ther term of 75 years.

new lads. One, a young pilot, had Subscribed Capital Intending bidders are advised had his jaw torn and been perman- Paid-up Capital....

ently blinded by a bomb exploding Reserve Fund and Rest that immediately after the dispo- in his plane. The other two

hnd one ΟΙ sal of the lot the Purchaser (if been blinded-In addition

them had lost an arm-in the ex- not the applicant) will be required ploding of an A.A. gun. New cases to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred Robert Vansittart,} dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum Chief Diplomatic Advisor to British will be refunded on payment of the

2.13 Close down.

0,30 Closing iveal Stock Quotations. 6.32 Half для hour of Popular

Classicn

7.0 London Relay The News. 7.15 London Relay Questions of the Hour.'

7.30 London Relay The World goes Br. F. II.

Drisewood brings people to the microphone.

0.0 Local Time Signal, Weather

and

Announcements. Report

8.03 Variety.

8.45 Studlo Local Newsletter.

9.0 London Relay-The News and

News Commentary.

9.30 London Relay "Germany's Black. Record Past and Present No.

5.

Talk by Sir

Government.

9.45 Leoncavallo's " Pagliacci."

11.0 Close down.

Australian Broadcast

For East Asia

Listeners in Hongkong will pro- bably be interested in the broadensts on short wave by the Australian Department of Information directed to North-East Asla, of which the following are details:

Station, VLQ

length, 31.2

Sydney,

Wave-

metres, Frequency, 0.615 mc/s. Time, (Shanghol and

Hongkong), 19.40 to 20.16.

The

transmission covers the Philip-

pines, Japan and the Chim north of Hongkong

Coast

The December programme includes the following features.-On Sundays, "The War Through Australian Eyes'; on Mundays, "What Britain Stands For"; on Tuesdays, "News

lle"; Wednesdays, "The Making of Talk"; Australia"; Thursdays, "The Aus tration War Effort"; Fridays, The Truth of It Is", being a

critical

Purchase price.

Temporary Hospital

R. A. CAMIDOE,

Mary

£1,000,000

1,000,000 1,030,000 1,254,CCD

BANKERS: The Bank of England & Mildland Back, Ltd.

Bangkok ke these are constantly coming to us, and now we have to be ready 10 Bombay receive elvillan casualties with seri Calcutta pusly damaged sight from, recent air Colombo bombardment,

Delhi Calja Hongkong

even to our doors. The other night ipoh

Enemy assault has been brought towrah a high explosive bomb was dropped just outside my house and St. Duns-

BRANCHES:-

Madrus

New York

Jattna Kusalan

Kandy

Karachi

Kota Bhani

Penang Rangoon Shanghai Staila Kuala Lumpur Singapore Kuala Trengganu

Kusia Lipis

HONGKONO BRANCHI

Every description of Banking

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. fan's offices, Luckily as it occurred Exchange Business transacted.

No. of Sale.

Registry No.

Inland Lot

Locality

No. 6076.

North-West of Inland Lot So. 5747,

Blue Pool Road.

Boundary Measurements

N.

E..

As per sale

plan,

NOTICE

Contents in

Ann, Rent.

DICK

17.000

000110

Upset Price

$12,400

DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940

The following rates will be women charged for mailing single copies

analysis of German and italian radio propaganda; Saturdays, "Women's Session", when Australian

during the night

empty. The where my

our offices were

shelter door of the

sleeping

and

TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSHIP UNDERTAKEN, mants were servants

Current Accounts opened in Local Cur was blown.In, though I am glad to renty and Fixed Deposits received in say they were unhurt. My wife and Local Currency and Sterling on terms that I were in another shelter. I hap- may be ascertained an application, pened to be awake. The A.A. guns terrific barrage, were putting up a Two or three bombs fell. I could Judge by the noise that the bombers were fairly far alt. Suddenly with

a noise like an on-coming

express

train our bomb, crashed down. For

D. BENSON,

Manager.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A total of $1,470.000:30! WAL reached yesterday by the War Find inaugurated tunately there were по casuallies. by the B. C. M. Past, Ltd., with the fol- On the side of our buildings where lowing donations:

10.27

the explosion occurred, all the win- Mr. R. C. Olive (th, donation).... #to dow glass was shattered, our roofs European Y.M.CA. (further sale of

old tins, etc.) were damaged, and quantities of

and debris were Rale, No. 27 Coy, R.A.M.C, (2nd. stones, concrete

donation) hurled about the buildings. We are, Mr. W. C. Clark however, busily engaged in setting M. W... things to rights again and this eldent has, if anything strengthened

morale generally.

in K.BN. Copper Fund (2nd. donation) Miss C. S. Pierce (monthly) Bad Boy's Diary Sweep, 2nd. Battery, H.K.V.D.C. PKF (4th, donation)

7.38

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11.13

250

When we are ourselves faced with frequent air attacks, bombings and the possibility of invasion, we cannot be too grateful to all of you who are helping us, A day will come, how-fare Council gratefully acknowledges the ever, when these trials are behind

will talk to their sex overseas on of the following newspapers us and we hope it may not be far things which have a special interest abroad:- for their hearers.

Other broadcasts directed to Asla metres, are-VLW2 Perth, 31.00 0.850 mc/s; VLQ7 Sydney, 25.25 metres, 11.880 me/s. Programme. transmitted simultaneously on both wavelengths. Timo (G. M. T.). 13.10-13.45, French; 13.45-14.15, Eng- lish; 14.15.-14.45, Dutch.

French East

covers

This transmission Indo-China, the Netherlands 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 allments, but it wasn't mutil Nurse D. W, tried Maclean Brand Stomach Powder that she found lasting tellet for the severo Indigestion that troubled her.

"I have suffered for years," she writes "from what my mother calls 'sposin', o very severe form of Indigestion. I have rolled in agony for hours, bent double with pain, not daring to move for fene of galting it worse,

and

all

"I tried countless remedies without success. Last year after an operation I had a most alarming attack. My sister, who always has Maclean Brand Atomich Powder in the house, persuaded me to try a dose, and I would not have belleved that jut a single dose would have had so instantaneous and marveljous an effect. It soothed as I swallowed it. and gradually all paint went.

It is useless to try and explain my gratitude, but I omurò you it is very sincere. Each time I feel an attack coming, or 1 get indlægestión, however alight." "I ny to" Maclean Brand Stomach Powder,"

You can always, tell MACLEAN BRAND Alamach Powder by the signature "ALEX, C. MACLEAN" on carton and bottle Maclean Drand Stomach Powder is never sold loose, but only in botlics, The tablets are available in bottles or flat tins,

If you have any difeulty in obtaining it from your local chemist or store write tay-Banker & Co. P.D. Lox 789, Bong Kong.

1

ROPOLE

South China Morning Post

Ching and Macao

16 cents per copy

British Empire and Foreign

25 cents per copy The Hongkong Telegraph China and Maeno 14 cents per copy

16 cents Saturdays

British and Foreign

20 cents per copy 25 cents Saturdays.

of.

Yours faithfully, (Sd) JAN FRASER,

Chairman.

Losses And Thefts

REFUGEE WELFARE

The Hongkong Refugee and Social Wel- **101 Appeal following gifts to their Fund":

Sr Hubert Ho Tung 2100; Kwear Vah Athletic Association $113; Miss E. Wil Hamoon $15; Calcutta Blind Scouts (per Mr. Amal Kumar Sheh)^ $10; Mrs. Pau SID: Students of Home Economics Dept. Lingnam University, 37; Mr. Pau Siu-kee 31; Mias E. M. Gibbins $50.70: Miss K. M. Anderson $50,

Donations received during November,

1040:

Four sympathiseri $50; Mr. H. I. Chcùng $1; Mr. Chang Kwal-yan $2.

Donations in king during November, 1940:

"Two tona "Organo,"· Organia Fertilizer Co.:1400 pieces of firewood, Sandakan

The loss of $48 at about 5 u.m, on Chamber of Commerce: Freightage on December 3 from his office the frewood, Messrs, Jardine. Matheson and

Co

at

Hongkong Tramways was reported

KUNMING HOSPITAL FUND

11:0

to the Police by Mr. H. W. Hammond, Miss D. L. Sage of No. 146 Argyle Street, Kowloon, has made a report following donation to the Kunming flow- to the effect that she, lost her over-pital Fund:

coat, valued at $80, in Happy Valley yesterday afternoon.

Three cases of vases valued at

The S, C, M. Post has received

"Sinophil," $10.

DONATIONS WAITING

Donations for the following Organika-

STOCK MARKET $350.50 were reported stolent from tone await collection at the oflee of the

REPORT

Hongkong Stock Exchange Oficial Summary issued yesterday, says:

A fair general demand having sel in buyers increased their bids and a fair business was done at improved prices, particularly in Providents, Watsons, Cements, and Telephones.

Buyers

H.K. Banks $1,270 Canton Ins. $185. Docks (old) 516.50 Providents $5.10 Lands $31.00

Sorries $22.50 ·

(old)

C.D. $7.10 (new) C.D. $0.70 Electrics (old) $38.30 Electrics (new) $38 Sandakan Lights $11 Telephones (old) $24.00 Telephones (new) $10 Cements $17.35 Hopes $6.00

Dairy Farms $20 Watsons $10 Entertainments $6.05 Constructions (old) $1.00

Sellers

Realtles $3.45′′ * Trams $17.25

Sandakan Lights $11.50

Sales

Union Ins. $301.

Providents $5.10/23 Trams $17

Telephones (old) $24.75 Talephones (now) $10 Coments $17.50. Watsons $10.15

S. C. M. Post: Emergency_Refugee Coun«

No. 173 Wellington Street yesterday.it; Hongkong Benevolent Sariety: Society

The report was made by the owner, Ho Tuk-kwang.

of St. Vincent de Paul: D.W.OF. Society for the Prolection of Children; Kunming Hospital Fund.

Under the patronage of

H.E. Lt. Gen. E. F. Norton, C.B., D.S.O., M.C.. H.E. Major Con. A E Grasett, C.B., D.S.O., M.C..

Rear Admiral A. M. Peters, D.S.C.

ALL RANKS OF THE GARRISON

present

MUSIC HALL 1940

at the

China Fleet Club

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

Seats at $4.00, $3.00, $2.00 and $1.00 can be booked at-Messrs, 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.

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SENNET FRERES 10

GLOUCESTER BLDG.

71383841

DECEMBER

A GOOD WATCH

A

IS NOT

A LUXURY

IT IS

NECESSITY

WE HAVE A

LARGE STOCK

of

GOOD WATCHES

at

REASONABLE PRICES

Swan, Culbertson & Fritz

Investment Bankers and Brokers

Members of New York Cotton Exchange

Chicago Board of Trade

Manila Stock Exchange

Winniper Grain Exchange

Commodity Exchange, Inc., New York

Canadian Commodity Exchange, Ins, Montreal

New York Coffes and Sugar Exchange

Hongkong Sharebrokers Association

Shanghai Stock Exchange

SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, MANILA and BUENOS AIRES

2,000000

1500000-

Cable Address: SWANSTOCK

“Come on

Ladies

and

Α

WAR

GRAND OPENING

APS

|COSMETIC SHOPPE

10. Poddar St., China Bldg.

FREE GIFTS FREE MAKE-UP.

SERVICES

POST OFFICE

The Parcel Post Service to Canton 13s been resumed,

Small Packet Pest to all countries is suspended,

INWARD MAILS

Air Mall by "British Oversens Air-

ways Service" (except London) by SEA from Singapore Canton

Sandakan...

Australia and Manila. London

and Manila

Swatow

Dec. 8.

Dec. 5.

Dcc.

.Dec.

Dec, 0. .Dec. 7.

Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Service"-Sam Francisco date, 1st December........Dec. 3. Air Mall by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"8am Francisco date, 4th December, Canton

Java and Manila

......Dec. 11. .Dec. 11. .Dec. 13. U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang- hal (San Francisco dute, 22nd .Dec. 14. November)** Canada, USA Japan and Shanghai (Vancouver B.C., 27th November.). Dec, 18. U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang- hal (San Francisco date, 10th November)

.Dec. 16.

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- ed to close at or before 9 a.m. regis- tered and parcel malls are closed at 6 puta on the previous day. When malls are advertised to close after. p. Registered and Parcel matte are closed at 5 pm.

Thursday, Dec. 5 Straits and United-Kingdom.

K. P. O.

Parcels, ..

Parcels,

Reg. Ord.

Canton

Dec. 6, 4.00 pm.

-Dec. 5, 5:00 p.m.

Dec. 5, 5.30 p..

Ord,

G. P. O.

.Dec. 5, 4.00 p.m. .Dec. 5, 5:00 p.m. Dec. 5, 7.00 pan.

Friday, Dec. 6

7.15 a.m. Air Mall by Air to Rangoon to con- nect with the "Brilish Overseas Airways."

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

..Dec. 6, 4 p.m. Dec. 6, 4.30 p.m. Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu, USA., Canada, Central and South Amerlen and United Kingdom, vie San Francisco.

.Dec. 6, 4.00 p.m. .Dec. 6, 5.00 p.m. .Dec. 6, 5.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

Dea, 6, 4.00 p.m. .Dec. 8, 5.00 p.m. Dec. 6, 7.00 p.m.

K.P.O.

Parcels

Reg. Ord.

Parcels Reg. Ord.

Saturday. Dec. 1

Sandakan

.8.30 am.

.Dec. 7, 4 p.m.

Gentlemen

Let's knock

it up to-

Shanghal, Canada, U.S.A., C. and S. America and United-Kingdom via Victoria B.C.

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

Reg.,

Ori..

Dec. 7, 5 p.m, .Dec.

5.30 p.m. Note-All mails for United-King-

dom will be forwarded with or with- out superscription,

Air Mall for Manila, Guam, Honolula,

U.S.A.

and Europe · via American Airways

and

Atlantis Services.

K.P.O.

.Dec. 7, 8.00 p.m. · .Dec. 7, 5.30 p.m.)

1,500,000 by Christmas!"

1000000

D

500000-

BENSONCT

"Pan

Trans-

Rer.

Ord.

G.P.O.

Reg.

.Dec. 7, 5.00 pm.

Ord.

Tuesday, Dec. 10

.Dec. 8. Noon.

Manila, Batavia, Mauritius, Laurenco.

Marques, East and South Africa vin Durban

Air Mall by sex to Singapore 18 con-

nect with, the “British Overseas. Airways"

Straits

3.30 p.m.:

K. F. 0.

Rex..

.Dec. 10, 5.89 pm.

Ord.,

nex..

Ond.,

.Dea. 10, 5.30 p.m..

G. P. O.

¡Deo. 10; 5.00 pan.: .Dec. 10, 4.00.p.m.

$7.00 p.m.,

JAPANESE AIR SERVICE

BPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHE HANOI, Dec. 4° (UP),--The first, Japatiess’Airways plane fischfeduled to leave Hanol to-metrowy morning, opening a weekly serries to Saigon), viaj Tourane