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SELLING

T.T. London

Demand London

T.T. Shanghai

T.T. Singapore

T.T. Japan T.T. India

U.S.A.

TT-Manila T.T. Untayla T.T. Bangkok

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1/3

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..24%

4 m/s France

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30.d/ India

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U.S. Cross rate in N.Y...4.0334

H.K. Stock Market

The

following

quotations

were

insued on the Hongkong Stock Mar-

ket this morning.

1.K. Banks

1,380 n.

.78% n.

.82 n.

BANKS

II.K, Banks £.

H.K. Banks (H.K.)

Chartered E.

.8% n.

Mercantile, A. & B. L

.27 n.

Mercantile, C. £

10% n.

East Asia $.

INSURANCES

Cuntons $.

Unions $.

China Underwriters '$.

H.K. Fire $.......

SHIPPING

Douglas $..

Steamboats $.

Indo-Chinas P. 3. Indo-Cirinas D.

Shell (Beureru) s/ Waterbusts

DOCKS ETC.

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

S'hi Dockyards S.

Kailan 5/-

Rauby $..

HI.K. Mines

Hotela-5 Lands S..

MINING

LANDS

Lands 4% Debentures Shal Lands Sh $. Humphreys $. H.K. Realties $ Chinese Estates $..

UTILITIES

Trams $... Peak Trums (old) Peal. Trams (new) Star Ferries $..

Y. Ferries $..

China Ligils c. rts. $. China Lights x. st. $.. China Lights Rts, Ș.

Sandakan Lights $.. Telephones (old) S. Telephones (new) S... INDUSTRIALS

25. b.

CHINA AUCTION ROOMS

AUCTION OF PONIES

CHINA PONY GRIFFINS, eligible to run at the forthcoming Hongkong Jockey Club Annual Meeting, will be put up for sale, by Public Auction, at the Jockey Club Paddock, Race Course, (by kind permission of the Stewards

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

BANK S

THE CHANTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA' & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853,

Paid-up Capital

******** £3,000,000 Reserva Liability of Proprietorn #3,000,000 Ieserve Fund

****..................* £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. 38 Bishopsgate, E.C.J. Sub-Agencies in London) 117/12, Leadenhall Street, E.CJ.

West End Branch: 34/16, Cockapur Streat, B.W.L. Manchester Branchi

62, Mosley Street, hanchetarë, 2.

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:

Amritsar

of the Hongkong Jockey Club) | Alor Star 'to-day, 10th January, 1941, at | Bangkok 5.15 p.m.

Conditions:-As Usual.

Further particulars .cnn be obtained from

Mr. E. V. M. IL DE SOUSA,

Auctioneer.

Hongkong, 10th, January, 1941.

NOTICE

DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940

The following rates will ba charged for malling single copies tho following newspapers of

abroad:-

South China Morning Post China and Macao

16 cents per copy

British Empire and Foreign

25 cents per copy

The Hongkong Telograph China and Macao

14 cents per copy 10 cents Saturdays British and Foreign 20 cents per copy 25 cents Saturdays.

Harbin

Slongkong Jpoh

Batavia

Iloilo

Bombay

Karachi

Calcutta

Klang

Agencies:

Kube

Clive Street

Kuala

Fairlie Place

Lumpur

Canton

Kueling

Cawnpare

Madras

Cebu

Manila

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Delt zialphonst

Hamburg

Hankow

Median New York

Pelping

(Peking)

Penang

FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Hangoon Raigon Bemarang Seremban Shanghai Singapore Sitiawan Hourabaya Taiping

Tientsin

Tangkan

(Bhuket) Tinglao Yokohama

and

Banking Builness transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS, opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year

Britain's

January 10, 1941.

Youth Invited To

Future

Join Air Army Of The

(By "Reuter's" Air Correspondent)

LONDON, Jan. 9.—The inauguration of a nation-wide scheme of training for the R.A.F., providing education and service training for boys between 16 and 18 years, was announced by Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary for Air, to-day.

"We are making a broad high- | way into the R.A.F." said Sir

Archibald, "which will be openi

every to young men who have kind of education and experience, even those who have abandoned their education at an early stage:"

It is estimated that there are in Britain about 700,000 boys of the age to whom the scheme will s open. Provided that they are physically

crows or

U.S. Defence Measures Include Canal Zone

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Reuter). — Further defence measures were announced to-day.

Following yesterday's Intima-

the

Bren Guns From Canada

POST OFFICE

BROADCAST RECEIVING

LICENCES

Holders of licences which expired. at the end of 1940 are reminded that if it is desired to retain possession of

the apparatus after the date of ex- piration of the lleence a renewal muat be effected without delay,

New Licences will be available at the Government Radio OMen, G.P.O, Building, First Floor, on ordinary business days, and will be issued against the receipt of a remiilance · of $13.00, between the hours of 0. a.m. and 6 p.m. except on SaturdayE', when licences will be issued between Dam. and 1 p.m..

Applications may be made:-

(a) personally.

(b) by messenger, (c) by post.

It is essential under (c) and. preferable under (a) and (b) that. applications should be accompanied by crossed Cheque payable to Ilong↔. kong Government. The new licence will then be sent by post or messenger as soon as It ready. Where actual cash is tendered a new licence should be received In exchange before leaving the Licensing Office.

In the case of renewal the old licence should be returned with the

it and desire to serve eventually in tion of naval re-organisation, the R.A.F. or Fleet Air Arm--elther us members of air

ground Mr Henry L., Stimson, Secretary staff to meet the requirements of of War, has stated that recruitment and to form a reservoir United States Army Commands General of reserves; they will be eligible to at the Panama Canal and in the New Contracts Placed ·

Join the scheme.

OTTAWA, Jan. 9 (Reuter).-Two Schoolboys from elementary. Caribbean Sen are to be consoli- er shorter periods in Local er Other Cur secondary and public schools, and dated in order to strengthen the contracts for the manufacture of application. rengles at rates which will be quoted on

young artisans from all walks of life defences of the Western Hemia-Bren guns have been placed by the application.

Canadian Government, states the Small Packet Post to all countries wli equally benellt by training in

phere.

"Ottawa Journal." newspaper

■ suspended. air subjects.

The contracts have been placed with the John Ingils Company after the cancellation of a single contract which the Company has hitherto held. The "Ottawa Journal" considers that this move indientes that the Company's factory will be

operated "under public ownership" and states

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application The" Bank's Head Ofice in Londan undertakes Executor & Trusted business and cialme recovery of British Income Tax overpaid, on terms, which may be ascertained at any of its Agencies and Bronchee.

R. A. CAMIDGE,

Manager.

FAR EAST PROBLEMS

No Change In U.S. Asiatic Fleet

Manila, Jun. 9.. The three fleet establishment up- parently does not affect the fighting strength of the Asiatle fleet, which at present is the largest in its his- tory despite the departure

of the Cincinnati for Honolulu.

The Asialle fleet's basic task in

the

Existing Foundations Foundations of the corps will be the existing squadrons of the Air De- fence Cadet Corps, air sections of the School Training Corps and the Unt- Alr Squadrons. These last versity squadrons are being re-established and increased in number to include universities In England, Scotland. Wales and Northern Ireland.

ome work" to en- The essential "home" able the young men of Britain to take "two great hurdles" as Sir Archibald Sinclair described them-high physi- cal and educational tests-before en- tering the air war, will be provided

The existing Fanama Canal and Puerto Rican Departments and the new Trinidad base, will be unified under the command of Lieut General Daniel Van Voorhis, Chlef of the Canal Zone.

Numbers Undisclosed

Mr Stimson sald that a unified command for the entire Caribbean Sea would increase efficiency, adding that centralisation of control of alr defences was particularly desirable,

Me Stimson declined to state when the new Caribbean command would

that the Government made the new

gun enter-

contracts, retroactive "to the very beginning, of the Bren prise."

Included in the contracts Brens bol for the British and Canadian governments.

both on the school and local county begin operations, what reinforce Japanese Delegation

or area basis.

on

J. A. Chamier will be Commandant of the Corps.

As Air Marshal A.G.R. Gajrod, Air the Air Member for Training Council, remarked to-day: "It may be the young men of 16 to-day who will tip the scales when they enter R.A.F. in 1942 if the wir goes the on that long."

ments would be sent to that area or what would be the strength of the units assigned to the new bases in Newfoundland.

"What's the use of telling Hitler how many troops we are sending to the Caribbean?" Mr Stimson asked, adding, "fitter may have the means

help him."

Hungary & Rumanía To Discuss Disputes

In Berlin

are

Canton

INWARD MAILS

**********.Jan. 10. United Kingdom, Stalls and Air Mail by "British Overseas Airways Ber- vice" (except London and Austra- Ila) by sea from Singapore Jan, 10.

Francisco..

13th

all by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-San dale 4th January....... Jan. 11. U.S.A., and

and Manila-San Francisco date, 14th December.)....Jan. 11. USA., Hon

Honolulu,

Japan and Shang- hal (San Francisco date, December)

Jan. 11. Swntow

Jan. 12. Calcutta, Straits, and Air Mail by "British Overeas Airways Service" (except London) by Sea, from Singapore

Jan. 14.

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Mall are losed 15 minutes earlier than the

me given below unl

unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertis.......

BERLIN, Jun. (Reuter).-The Japanese Military Mission is arriv Ing in Berlin to-night, according to a German radlo announcement.

Headed by General Yamashita, the Mission is expected to remain into close at or before 9 a.m. regis

p.m. on the previous day. When sive contacts in the military sphere afla are advertised to close after ure expected as provided under the pm. Registered and Parcel mails tripurite pact, the announcer added.

are closed at 3 p.m. The delegation arrived vla Russia.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS LATEST DONATIONS TO THE

Friday, Jan. 10 Air Mall by Air to Rangoon to con- nect with the "British Overseas Airways."

'Nine Months' Training The period of training will be nine months, after which the trainee re- turns to school or to his occupation and walls to be called up.

The new director of pre-entry training in the Air Ministry will be the event of war would be hurrying Mr J. E. Wolfenden, Headmaster of and delaying the Japanese. fleet, Uppingham School: Air Commodore of finding out, but I am not going to Germany' for some time, and exten-ered and parcel mall are closed at raiding mercantiic vessels and sever- ing Japanese lines of communication. Naval authorities here belleve that the Aslatie fect would not be a sul- cide squadron because of the belief that the Japanese would not send major portion of their battle leet southward because of the threat in home waters by the American Pacific fleet based at Honolulu.

It will even be, within the discre- The strength of the Asiatic fleet, tion of local committees to admit sufficient to

the protect until the arrival of

fleet of the unless the Japanese attempted a major landing, which most defence quarters discount because the deep waters

the Philippines permit The Controller of Water Transpori,

round 7 n. the acting Harbour Master at Hong-close-in operations of submarines kong, Cindr J. Jolly, has been given und long range bembers provide con-

centrated striking power. ...04 b.powers to requisition ships, accord-

"It is understood that the Navy, in 18.00 n. ing to a Government Gazette Extra-

18 . ordinary issued yesterday afternoon. the pas few

has distribut- monition petrol .5.83 n. The order alves the Harbour Master 35%. additional powers instead of creating throughout the islands in sheltered

.2024 0.

.405

105 b.

135 n.

11 n.

100 n. .80 3. 45/7 n.

Requisition Of Ships Empowered

Hongkong Regulations

according to navals Philbrones boys of 15 years.

rel

and

to stores

a Controller of Requisitioning. It bours, thus providing banbers

and also fleet 4 period

.16/3 n. states;

.9% n. 1% cts. n.

34.00 n.

stress-

with supplies of months, although the In exercise of the power conferred main supplies are based at Cavite on him by regulation 55 of the De-which is impregnable because of the fence Regulations, 1940, as amended army post at Corregidor. Manoeu- Güvertinent Notification No. 80 vies in the past weeks have str in the Gazette Extraordinary of Julyet the co-operation of underseas 100 n. 10, 1940, His Excellency the Offeer and surface craft, air units and wide 13.40 Administering the Government in the rango bombers in hit-and-run

7.05 interests of public safety, defence, the thrusts. 3.15 11eficient prosecution of the war and 100 n. for maintaining supplies and services

D.

Naval authorities anticipate that In the event of war the units will essential to the life of the communi- be scattered to assigned posts for 17.00 80. ty, do hereby order and direct as the conduct of raiding operations to

7.40 n.follows:

which the long Japanese lines of .34.n. .41 b.

The Schedule to the Order made communication will be most vulner- 24 bunder the above mentioned regula able, while the Singapore and East

tion 55 and published in the Indies bases will also be available.

It is understood that Japanese 0.00 Gazelle Extraordinary of July 22,

in 1.05. 1940, as Government Notification No. bases

Formosa, Indo-China, S36 is hereby amended

inseruing .4014 m.

Hainan and the Mandated Islands are Electrics (old) $.. ILK. Electries (new) $...

title

all within the range of nay "Controller

Trans-

Ravy bombers 39.85 the

of Water Macao Electrics (old) $....17 n. port," after the title "Controller of and naval authorities anticipate an Macao Electrics (new) $..104 n. Landrutt," in the first column American bombing offensive there. the words "Ships and Neither the Japanese nor Americans 11. thereof, 2514 a vessels and anything on board the are able to send pursuit planes to shine the requisition whereof is au- such, distant, bombing operations .10.20 n.thorised by regulation as above men- without aircraft carriers, which are Caki: Macg. (Ord.), Sh. $..14.80 n. in the second column thereof.

tioned," in the corresponding position most vulnerable to submarine at-

Lacks. However the crack Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh. $...12 n.

army Canton Ices

pursuit planes in Manila ore con- ....in.

sidered the best deferice possible, .18% n.

The American navy's nce-in-the- . b.

hole however is the five Dutch 20 submarines cruisers, 12 destroyers, 19.10 b. 11.40 s.

and 700 planes, in addition to the British strength at Singa- Increasing .0 n.

pore, .2.15 n. Hongkang Stock Exchange Official

.30 n. Summary, issued yesterday says 1.90 n.

There is small business passing with Trans n the leader, otherwise the 444 n. market is inclined to be dullish,

205 1.

Cements $. H.K, Ropes S

Ş

STORES, &c.

Dairy Farms S.. Watsons $...

Lane Crawfords $. Sinceres $. Wing On (ILK.)

$.

Powell Ltd.

COTTON MILLS Ewo Sh. $. S'hai Coiton Sh.

H.K. Govt.

MISC.

H.K Govt. 269.

(1034)

HK, Govt. 3% %% (1040)

.07% n. .94 n. ..94 m.

Ch Govt, 5% 1925 G$Bds: 42/47 n. II.K, Entertainments $........

Constructions (old) $.

Constructions (new) $.

b.

.1.85 b. .....1 n. Vibro Piling $..

.7,70 E. Marsmans Inv. (Lon.) at... ..7/0 n Morsmans Inv. (H.K.) s/- *.2/0 n.

Not Transferring

The Indo-China Government is not transferring to Salgon It was stated by the French Consul General in Hongkong to-day.

WEEK OF PRAYER

The Universal Week of Prayer was continued in St John's Cathedral yes- terday, the service being conducted by the Rev. J. E. Sandbach who took as the tople for his sormón "Missiona to the non-Christian World." Theró was a Surge con- gregation.

**LT0-dby's, service will be offelated 'by the Řev, Charles Strong,

STOCK MARKET REPORT

Buyers

Bank of East Asin $75

Union Ins. $400

H.K. Fire Ins. $105

Humphreys $7.05

Star Ferries $61

Yaumati Ferries $24.25 Electrics "N" $39.83 Ropes $8 Entertainments $7 Constructions "O" $1.65

Sellers

*Tranın $17.00 Lights X, Ri $8.00 Lights Rix. $1.05 Watsons $11.40 Vibro Piling $7.70

Sales

Docks "N" $18 Hotel $3.50 Trams $17.85/80 Lights Ris. $1

METROPOLE

which with

the

American

and-run

Japanese against power communications southward. United

forces, would give a tremendous hit-

Press,

DANGER POINT NO. 2

IN FEVER

►

י

Almost as serious as the raging fever, is the serious weakness it leaves behind. It is danger point No.

in your lines,

The only way to overcome the weakness is by, feeding up. But the stomach is just as weak as the rest of the body and turns against mast foods, There is a food, however, which the exhausted digestion.can take easily. It is Horlicks,

Doctors find that Horlicks places no sirain on a feeble patient's stomach. Its pleasant flavour stimulates the- appelite and it pours in's the weak- ebed nerves, muscles and issues all the food elements necessary for quick rebuilding. Convalescence is shorten- ed, vitality, completely restored. Get Horlicki ta-day frous your store. (8)

LONDON, Jan. P (Reuter),—Hun-! garian-Rumanian disputes are to be discursed at a conference to be held in the middle of January, slates a report from Bucharest to an offelal) German news agency.

The

be headed by

BOMBER FUND

A total of 81,536,979.60 was reached yes" terday by the War Fund Inaugurated by the S. C. M. Post, Ltd., with the follow- Rumanian delegation will the donations:

M.Able Seaman Parker" An appeal to members to raise presumably

St Paul's Glela' College Bazaar Fund 100 service activities Valerian Pop, with Iron Guard pressade of Scrap" (neventi donation) for their was inade by the President, Mr Hochter, M. Alexander Randa, as his Miles C. S. Pierce 170 memory of Flying Officer. J. Davidson) ...... Shlu-que, in his inaugural address at deputy. the weekly meeting of the Y's Men's The delegation IR divided into Mses Alleen and Daris Woods (In Club yesterday.

mores

THIS

seven sections,

IS THE MATCHLESS ADVENTURE

THAT

memory of a friend-Mrs C. Laurit-

SETS A NEW EXCITEMENT-PEAK

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FLYNN

in the thrill-swept story of "The

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The Sea Hawk

'A New WARNER BROS. Succ Wah Muie iban a Thousand"Players, Bichading “BRENDA MARSHALL CLAUDE RAINS DONALD CRISP • FLORA ROBSON

ALAN HALBE „‚“Directal by MICHAIL CÜRTEZİ

Banesa Play by Howard Lach and Humani

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At Road Show Prices

TO-DAY at the KING'S

ner.

Ord.

G.P.O. & E.P.0.

..Jan, 10, 4 p.m. .Jan. 10, 4.30 p.m. Air Mail by Ses to Singapore to con- neet with the "Brliish Overseas Airways."

K. F. O

..Jan. 10, & PAL

•* Jan. 10, 5.30 p.m.

10

Reg.

#

Ord.

G. F. 0);

B

Reg. Ord,

..Jan. 10, 6 pm. ..Jan. 10, 6 pm.

Straits and Parcels only for United-

Kingdom

K. P. O.

Par.

Reg

Ord,

G. P. O

Par.

Reg.

Ord,

Jan. 10, 4 p.m. Jan. 10, 5, p.m.

..Jan, 10, 5.30 p.m.

..Jan, 10, 4 p.m.

Jan. 10, 5, p.m. Jan; 10-7-p.m.. U.S.A., Central and South America,

Canada and United-Kingdom vin' San Francisco (No Parcels for Canada and United-Kingdom) Note: All Mails for United-Kingdom

will be forwarded with or without superscription

Parcels Reg. -Ord.

Parcels Ren. Ord. Canton..

K.P.O.

Jan. 10,4 p.m. Jan. 10, 5 p.m.. Jan, 10, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.

Jan. 10, 4 p.m. Jan. 10, 5 p.m. Jan. 10, 7 p.m. Jan. 10, 7.00 pm.

Saturday, Jan, 11 Straits.and Calculia

Parcels

Letters

Jan, 11, 11 am. ..Jan. 11, Noon.

Manila, Mauritius, Lourenco- Marques, and South Africa via Durban

.....3.30 p.m. Air Mail by Sea to Singapore' to

connect with the "British ÖversenY. Airways"

K.P.O.

...Jan. 11, 4.30 p.m..

Rex.

Ord.

G.P.O.

Reg.

Ord,

Jan, 11, 5 p.m.

Jan. 11, 4.30 p.m. Jan. 11, 5 pan..

Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Ilona-

luin, U.S.A. and Europe via "Fan- American

and Trans- Allantie Bervices"

Rex.

Airways

K.P.O

Jan. 11, 5 pm. Ord.........Jan. 11, 5.30 p.m.

G.R.O.

Пек.

Ord.

Jan, 11, 5 p.m. Jan, 11, 5.30 p.m.

Parcela only for Straits & Ceylon

6.00 pm. Straits, Ceylon, India East and South

Africa

....................6.30 p.m. Manila, Rabaul, Australia and New

Zealand via Brisbane

G.P.O, & K.PO.

Parcels,

Reg..

Ord.

....Jon, 11, 8 p.m.

Jan. 11, 5 p.m.

Jan, 13, 8.30 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 13

Straits, Rangoon & Calcutta 3.30 p.m. Manila, Madang, Salamoun, Rohaul, 3.30 p.m. Australia and New Zealand via Sydney

-

G.P.O, and K.P.O. Parcels...Jan. 1a, 1 p.m. Rest.

Jan. 18, 2.45 pm. Ord,

Jan. 13, 8.30 p.m. Slangbal, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., Canada, C. and S. America and *United-Kinadam vin San Francisco

K. P. O..

.......Jan, 13, 5. p.m. Jon, 18, 5.30 p.m..

Reg.,

Ord..

G. P. O...

Reg.,

Jan. 13. 6 p.m.

Ord.

Jan. 198, 7. p.m.

Einerseribed Correspondance Only.

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