1941-02-24 — Page 26

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH··

DONALD DUCK

HELLO, DONALD..... THIS IS DAISY! WHY DON'T YOU

COME OVER TO

MY PLACE THIS AFTERNOON?

HUNZ WHATE

SHE'S BEEN MAD AT Y

FOR A

WEEK! HOW COME

PIPE DOWN!

I'M DOPIN'.

SHE'S ASKIN' Y' OVER?

Geer 1941, 92 Toney Boduction

Weckl Raphic Row!

OH, YEAH...

OKAY!

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QQ

CLASSIFIED NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC

25 words $2.50

for 3 days propaid

FOR SALE.

CO., LTD.

NOTICE

It is hereby notified that the following increases in the Com Ipany's standard charges will be "HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY made for current consumed in THE CAMERA" Second Edition. respect of accouis Issued for Over 60 excellent views Colony. Price $1.30. Obtainable atmeters read on and after 21st Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., or from the March, 1911;- Publishers South China Post, Ltd., Wyndham Street,

TO LET

of the

Morning

MODERN HOUSE FOR SALE: 106, Boundary St., Kowloon Tong. Area 10,000 sq. ft, seven bedrooms, two bathrooms, Karden and garage. Apply Mr. Kui Kee, Telephone 58000.

AID TO ALLIES-Former Senator Ernest W. Gibson of Vermont, who replaced Wil- liam Allen White, editor of the Emporia, Kas.. Gazette, 33 chairman of the Committee to Defend America by Alding the Mr White resigned Allics.

-after—his—statement¬-were- criticised by the Committco.

LOOKA THEM!

THEY'RE

SOJERS

THE

They're in the

army now!

They're in a jami

and how!

The saltars

are glad

17 The soldiers

are mad

Cause they're

DEAD END KIDS

'ON

DRESS PARADE

- JOHN LETTL - FRANŠIE TROMAS - VISSTE. LUH TUS Phracted ko WILDTAM CTEMENS AWANNI HAOye byer Norra? Phoen

זט זיך ...

TO-MORROW at the

KING'S

THIS OUT!

RINGLIZ

RING!

OM. THERE

HE IS,

NOW!.

HELLO, DONALD! YOU'RE JUST

IN TIME TO

HELP ME... HUH?

BANK HOLIDAY

The Exchange Banks will open

noon

at 9.30 n.m, and will close at 12

for

of the transaction exchange business on Tuesday, the 25th February, 1941. (Race Meet- ing).

Hongkong, 22nd February, 1941.

THE "STAR" FERRY CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE FORTY-THIRD OR- DINARY YEARLY MEETING OF

1. For Lighting from 15 cents

to 16 cents per unit. 2. For Power and Heating from

5 cents to 5 cents per unit.THIS COMPANY will be held at

3. The discount of 10 on Power accounts in exceяy of 1,000 units per month will be discontinued.

order of the Board

By Directors,

the

Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., on Friday, the 28th February, 1911, at 11.00 a.m., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directora of together with a Statement of | Accounts for the year ended 31st

December, 1940.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.

Agents,

LIMITED

The Register of Shares of the Company will be CLOSED from Wednesday, the 19th February,

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, 1911, to Friday, the 28th February,

1941, both days Inclusive,

the By order of Directors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the TWENTY SECOND ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of this Company will be held at the Registered Oce of the Company No. 10, Des Voeux! Road Central, on Saturday, the 8th March, 1811, at 2.00 p.m. for the pur- pose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1010. „

The Register of Shares of the Com- pany will be closed from Saturday, 1st March, 1911 to Saturday, 8tli March, 1941, (both days inclusive) luring which period no transfer of shares can be registered,

tors.

Board

February 24, 1941.

By Walt Disney.

Exchange At RADIO

A Glance

SELLING

T.T. London

1/2%

1/21

Demand London T.T. Shanghai T.T. Singapore T.T.

T.T. Inn

TU.S.A

440

32

102

.824

TT

Manila

48°

T.T. Batavia

T.T. Bangkok

140%

T.T. Saigon

.104

Nom

.102

.1/0

BUYING

4 m/s L/C London

.1/3%

4 m/s D/P London

1/36

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

24%

4 m/s France

.Nom.

30 d/s Indla

8412

T.T. France T.T. Switzerland T.T. Australia

U.S. Cross rate in London 4.02 U.S. Cross rate in N.Y...4.034

H.K. Stock Market

of The following quotations

Issued on the Hongkong Stock ket this morning.

C. M. MANNERS, Socretary and Manager. Hongkong, 12th February, 1941.

BANK S

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

lacorporated by Royal Charter 1153.

£3,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £9,000.000 £3,000,000

Paid-up Capital

By Order of the Board of Direc-Reserve Fund

KAN TONG FO,

Chief Manager, Hongkong, 20th. February, 1941.

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

BEAD OFFICE-LONDON. 25 Nishopsgate, E.C.L.

Sub-Agencies in London: 117/122 Leadenhall #treet, E.C..

West End Branch: 14/16, Cockapur Street, B.W3.

Manchester Branch:

*82,” Mosley”Skeet,“Manchetaer, 7. Notice is hereby given that the

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: . Ordinary Fifty-second

Yearly Alor Star

Hongkong Ilangoon

Salzon Meeting will be held at the Com-Amritsar Ipoh

Bangkok

Semarang pany's Registered Office, 4th Floor, Batavia

Seremban Bombay

Shanghat P. & 0. Building, on Thursday, Calcutta

Singapore Bitinwan Agenclex: 20th March, 1941, at 11 a.m. for

Cilve Street

Sourabaya purpose of presenting the:

Taiping Tientsin Report of the Directors together

Tongkah with a Statement of Accounts to 31st December, 1910 and electing Directors and Auditors.

the

TANKS

H.K. Banks $ c.d. ILK. Banks 2 x. d. H.K. Banks (HK) £x. d. Chartered £

Mercantile, A. & B. £. Mercantile, C. East Asin $.

INSURANCES

Cantons $..

Unlon $.... Chini Underwriters $. IIK Fire $......

Douglas. S..

SHIPPING

Steamboats $..

Indo-Chinna P. $. Indo-Chinas D. $. Shell (Bearers) s/- Waterboats $.

DOCKS ETC. Wharves $. Docks (ald) S. Docks (new) 3. Providents $. SnalTM Dockyards“

Kailan s/- Roubs $.. I.K. Mines

Hotel $. Lands $

MINING

ZDW, 355 metras (845 kc.) and 31.45 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles)

"Hi, Gang!" and Other London Relays

Radlo Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 845 k.e's. and on Short Wäve from 1-2.15 p.m., and 8-11 p.m. on 0,52 m.c's. per

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

12.30 Selections from Verdi's

Opera.

1.0 Local Time Signal. and Weather Report.

1.03 Dance 3usic by Anfubrese God; His Orchestra.

and

Press, Announce-

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Weather Forecast ments.

1.45 Rafe Da Costa at the Plano. 1.55 Hawalan Vecal Selections. 2.15 Close down.

5.45 Indian Programme,

6.30 Closing local Stock Quota. tions

6.32 Musical Comedy Selcetious.. Swing Along Selection....Derby Somers Band with Vocal Chorus: Comedyland,.....Columbia 1.1ght Opera Company with Orchestra; Con- versation Piece-Selection; My Weak- ness-Selection Patricia Rossbor- Again- ough (Piano); It's Love were Selection: Queen of Hearts-Selee- Mar- tion....Sydney Kyte and His Ple- cadilly Hotel Band with Vocal Chorus.

1,400 n.

.73 n.

.76 n.

18

23

ก

7.0 Landon Relay--The_News. 7.15 London Relay-A- Talk. 7.30 Orleg Peer Gynt Sulle, No.

1 n.12, Op. 55.

10 drops

“LANEFORD”

FRESHLY GROUND

MOCHA COFFEE

$130

per lb. ENJOYMENT IN EVERY CUP

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

will pull

you round

when you're feeling down

There's nothing to equal a doso of Phosferine for bracing, strengthening and invigorating you when you feel you have drawn too heavily on your reserves. Phosferina puts back what you have taken out of yourself energy and vitality. "A regular dose Get will build up your health. some Phosfering now!

LIQUID or TABLETS Two Tablets equal ten drops of Liquid."

PHOSFERINE

THE GREATEST OF ALL TONICS FOR

Depewnien Headache Indigestion

Chemtim Dability Heurasthenia

Brain fox Sleeplessne Infants FROPRIETORS: Phostering (Ashton & Parsons) Ltd. Watford, England.

***** 2APB4

POST OFFICE

The Money Order Office Public Counter will be open from 10.00 a.m. to noon on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th, February 1941.

The General Post Ofce- will be closed at 8 pm, on Wednesday 20th, Thursday 27th and Friday 28th,

| February 1041.

The_Printed Matter Service to the following places in China is tem porarily suspended:-Yunnan, Sze- chuen, Kwelchow, Hunan, Fuklen (except Amoy and Kulangsu), Kwangsl (except Wuchow Yunghalen), North Kwangtung.

a

and

East

and of

The public are reminded that it is breach of postal regulations to enclose in a postal cover communi- catlons intended for persons other than the addresace.

Mail Service to Madagascar and Reunion la temporarily suspended.

Small Packet Post to all countries Is suspended.

INWARD MAILS Canton

.Feb. 24, U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan, and Shang- ha(San Francisco dalc, 7th February}

Feb, 25. Canton

.Feb. 20. United Kingdom and Straits Feb. 28. Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-San Francisco date, 22nd February......Mar. 1. Calcutta and Straits ...Mar. 1. United-Kingdom and Straits..Mar 2.

9.30 Variety. Two Pianos Tin Pan Alley Med- ley: Intro: And the angels sing;

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES What goes up inust come

down; What shall I say; Don't worry 'bout closed 15 minutes earlier than the *

Registered and Parcel Mall are me; Our love; You grow sweeter as time given below unless otherwise Ingrid's Lament--Arabina Dance- the years go by..Ivor Moreton and stated, and where mails are advertis-

bass The Return of Peer Gynt-Solveig's Dave Kaye with string 111/4 13.

ed to close at or before 0 a.m, regis. Song... New Light Symphony Or- drums: Comedian-Juliette: The Love tered and parcel malls are closed at chestra cond. by Eugene Goossens, Bug Will Bite You... Max Miller 5 p.m. on the previous day.

2.45 StudioAn appeal for Volun with Orch.; Ballroom Waltz Memories mails are advertised to close after teers for the Police Reserve by the Part 1: Intro: Invitation to tie 5 p.m., Registered and Parcel mails Hon. Mr C. G. Perduce, Acting Com-Waltz; Destiny; Merry Widow: The are closed at 6 p.m.

o'clock in the Morning.....Debroy

215 b.

missioner of Police,

31.

135 n.

and

Whee

7.50 Grieg-Elegiae Melodies, Op. Somers Band: Comedians-Keeping

Afonday, Feb 24 Up the Old Tradition....The West- Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., London Philharmonic Orchestra era Brothers;

Wallz Ballroom

Canado, Central and South Ame- Dn. conducted by Eugene Goossens, Memories Part 2; Intro: The Skaters;

rica via San Francisco. 100 n.

0.0 Local Time Signal, Weather The Choristers; The Cuckoo; After GD n. Report and Announcements. 40/71⁄2 n.

n.

8.03 This week's programmes. 8.07 Tangoes.

Do You Like Dancing? (Rosen); .08 n.Night of Love Divine (Dostal)..... 17.00 m. Dajos Bela Dance Orchestra,

845 London Relay-'I! Gang!" 6. 90 London Relay-The News,

*9:15TM LondonTMRelay="Questions of the Hour.*

17 n.

the Ball, Debroy Somers' Band; Vocal-Cryin' My Heart Out For You (Johnson and Hopkins).... Kitty Masters with Orchestra.

9.45 News in French (on 9.5% m.c's, only)..

10.0 London Relay News from Heme" by Howard Marshall,

1015 Danes Musto," 11.0 Close down.

Crossword Puzzle

.18 n. ..8 n.

.14 cts. n.

Jallo

Karachi

LANDS

Klang

3.60 s.

Kobo

.33

n.

Kunta

Lumpur

Lands 4% Debentures

.07

b.

1

Colombo

Fairle Place Kuching Canton Cawnpore Cebu Deini

S'hai Lands Sh. $.

11.00

.

Madras Manila

Humphreys $..

7.05 s.

Medan

(Bhuket)

H.K. Realties $.

3.40 S.

New York

Tsingtao

Pelping

Усковата

ilsiphong

(Peking)

Hamburg Hankow

Penang

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.

CURRENT

ACCOUNTS opened

and

The Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 8th March to 20th March, 1941, both FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year days inclusive, during which or shorter periods in Loent or Other Cur- rencies at rates which will be quoted on period no transfer of shares canappileation. be registered.

By order of the Board Directors'

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interest of allowed at rates obtainable on application The Bank's Head Offies in Landen. undertakes Executor & Trustee business and claims · recovery of British Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be Ascertained at any of its Agencies” and Branches.

I. A. CAMIDGE,

| GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.

Agents. Hong Kong, 21st February, 1941,

NOTICE

DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940

The following rates will be charged for mailing single coples of the following newspapers abroad:-

South China Morning Post China and Macao 16 conta per copy British Empire and Foreign 25 cents per copy

The Hongkong Tolograph China and Macao

14 cents per copy

16 cents Saturdays

British and Foreign

20 cents per copy

28 conta Saturdays.

METROPOLE

UNDLEDN

Manager.

Hoare Still In Turkey

On Way To Egypt

ISTANBUL, Feb. 23 (Reuter). -Sir Reginald Hoare, former British Ambassador in Bucharest, is leaving here to-- night for Ankara. Sir Reginald, who is on his way to Egypt, is expected to romain one day in the Turkish capital as the guest of the British Ambassador, Sir Hugh Knatchbull-Hugessen.

Japanese Youth Attempts Record.

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"

Chinese Estates $ x.d. UTILITIES

Trums -...

Peaks Trams (old) Peak Trams (new) Star Ferries $.. Y. Ferries 5.

Lights (old) Lights (new)

.98 n.

.1749.

.74 D.

1.

31⁄2 n.

57 n.

..243. ..64 sit.

.1.97% n.

H.K. Electrics (vld) $..42/42 sa, .42 sa. 11.K. Electrics (new) $. Macao Electrics (old) 17 n. Macao Electrics (new) $. ..10 n. 12 n. Sandakan Lights Telephones (old)

.24% n. .10.20 n.. Telephones (new)

INDUSTRIALS Cald: Macg. (Ord.), Sh. $...30 n. Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh. §..25 n. Canton Ice $.

.1 n. Cements $.

17 n. .8% n.

H.K. Ropes $.

$...

.19.20 n. .10.05 n,

.7% n

2.15 m. .39 .

ACROSS

Broad necktie

-Render corrupt It-Extra

12-Dotion (French)

18-Bury

16-That

17-Iarge ptder

20-Rsen French) 71-Terminate 73-Borden sala 24-1508

25-Chief actor

27 акт Джей

15-Writing table

29-Legal code

31-03 time (poello) 12—3raak'a tama 31-United

35-ish tarmer

(18) streami 29-Cosmetic 40-Young girl 42-Established equivalence

42-BOT

-Exclamation 46-East Indian weight 47-Mythical birds 45-dinul quantities of

B1-Chee covering

34--Unil

35.mall dog

57-flenting organ

B&Chinese measure 59-tioman amphitheater

.1.90 n.

.43% n.

16

,200 n.

.

121

.97 n.

,03 6.

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

COTTON MILLS Ewo Sh. $.

Sh. S'hal Cotton

puso. II.K. Govt 4% H.K. Govt 3% (1034) II.K. Govt 3% (1040) Ch Govt 8% 1020 GSDds. H.K. Entertainments $.. Constructions (old) $ Constructions (new) $.. Vibro Piling $..... Maramans Inv, (Lan.) n/.....6/3 n. Martmans Inv. (ILK.) «/-..2/0 m.

KOBE, Feb. 23 (Domel)-Seeking Soviet

.04 n. 42/47 n.

By LARS MORRIS

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE

1-Mell

-Famous botanist 84-Molst

3-Call Scottish)

Worthless rimbant -EI

6-Baked clay 7-Literary collection 8-That bing

-Pields of know 10-Elephant's nose

12- Badgered 13-ecord

Nirong

HNH16-Thing in law

10 Extinel wild o

-Triding 21-700

ADUM 26-Batbere strength

38-More stdenly, UNA 16-English Rentbete 305 31-Entrances

ONE 1-wapon Zotin 24-Compass point 16--Epoch BLED 17-ded

-Burrowing animate 67-Breaks DIT

66-Prench war plante

ד2

..7 n. 1.00 n.

29

30

94

...

7.70

シン

Soviet Denies Influence

to establish a new Japanese record for a sustained glider flight, Sellchi Yoshikawa, 24, took off at 2.07 pm. on Saturday for Akenogahora airfield, in Mie prefecture, from alop

Mount Rokko. The airlino distance between the two points is about 90 miles.

Yoshikawa and his assistants have been waiting at the top of Mount anything to do with the signing Rokko since February 1 awaiting favourable wind and weather condi- of the Turco-Bulgarian Pact as

reported by a Swiss nowspaper."

tion.

MOSCOW, Feb; 28 (Router). -The "Tas" agency is au- thorised to deny that Russia had

DOWN

1-Remains of dre a-Consumed

13

24

#1-Not wide 4-Supporter of Pope 45-Equin

47-mail brendi Vegetable

Delaware Jabbr.)

50-Observe

-Nominated 83-ALLITO 15-LATRY, Wights 88-Alcoholic drinks Aleadgear Co-Wiping device

-Georgia

#s-Note of sonia

42

45

1410

43

50

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152

153

49

148

155

94

C

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

.Feb. 24, 5 p.m. Ord. ..Feb. 25, 8.30 a.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 25 Sandakan Air Mail by nea to Singapore to con- nect with the "British Overseas Airways."

Reg. Onl,

Straits,

Canton.

K.P.O. & G.P.O.

.0.30 a.m.

Feb. 25, 11 am. Feb. 25, 11.30 ...

12.30 p.m. ...7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 26

Straits and Rangoon ... 8.30 am..

Haiphong

.10.30 a.m.

Manila, Australia and New Zealand

via Thursday Island.

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

Ken, ...Feb. 20, 1.45 p.m.

Ord

Sandakon,

Feb. 20, 2.30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28

8.30 am

Air Mail by Air to Rangoon to con- neet with the "British Overseas- Airways."

K.P.O.

Пек.

Ord,

Iter.

.Feb. 28, 4 p.m. .Feb. 28, 4.30 p.m. G.P.O.

Feb. 28, 4 p.m. Ord.......Feb. 28, 4.30 p.m.

Straits and Parcels only for United-

Kingdom

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

Rorcels Reg.

..Feb. 28, 5 p..

..Feb, 28, 5 pun.

Saturday, Mar. 1

Ord.

.Mar. 1, 8.30 am.

Air Mail by sea to Singapore, to con-

nect with the Airways."

Re

"British Overseas

K.P.O.

..Mar. 1, 2 p.m. Ord.......Bar. 1, 2,30 p.m.

G.P.O.

Rex..

.Mar. 1, 2 p.m. Ord.,.....Mar. 1. 2.30 p.m. Straits, Ceylon, India, and East Afrien 3.30 p.m.

| Manila, Batavia, Mauritius, Lourenco- Marques, and South Africa via Durban.....

3:30 pm. Air Mali for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A., and Europe via Pan Ame- rican Airways and Trans-Atlantic Services."

Rex.

Ord,

Reg.

Uru.

F.P.O..

.Mar. 1, ☎ p.m. ...Mar. 1, 6.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

.Mar. 1, 5 p.m..

..Mar. 1. 8.30 pm.

Sunday, Mar. 2

Martilo, Maensser and Sourabaya

Monday, Mar. 3

[Straits and Calcutta,

6.30 a.m

Parcels ........Mar. 3, 11 a.m. Lettera......Mar. 3, Noon.

Tuesday, Mar.

Air Mall by sea to Blogapore to con- nect with the British Oversean Airways."

K.P.O..

Reg.........Mar. 4, 10.30 .m. Ord..........Mar 4, 11 m.

G.P.O.

15

66

.Rex..

Ord.,

„Mar. 4, 10.20‘a.m. „Mar 4, 11 ́kr. Superscribed Correspondence Only