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Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 25, 1941,

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CHAPLIN REJECTS HONOUR

Film Critics"

Awards

Sometimes, not occupying a nicely-dusted-off chair of honour

as Charles Chaplin may have realised when he rejected the New York Film Critics' award for the best performance by an actor in 1940-makes better nows for all concerned than marching up to it and sitting down, states Cecclin Ager in "P.M."

For the N. Y. Film Celtics' ammual cocktail party at the Rainbow Room was quite gag over Chaplin's last minute telegram to Bosley Crowther, president of the organisation, declin-

NOTICE

ASSOCIATION

Notice

The Twenty-first Annual General THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI | Meeting of the Kowloon Residents'

HOTELS, LIMITED

Mr. Percy Herbert Suckling has been appointed Managing Director of the above Company as from the 18th February, 1911.

J. SCOTT HARSTON,

Chairman.

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

NOTICE

Association will be held in St Androw's Church Hall, Nathan Road, Kowloon, on Friday, 28th February, 1941, at 6 p.m.

mittee

Business

BLACK-OUT Bitter Weeks Drifting POST OFFICE

EXERCISE Experiments Lighting Streets

In

In Icy Atlantic

Chased in the Atlantic for five hours by an Italian sub- marine, outgunned and finally (orpedoed, the crew of 33 of the British atcamer Carleton (5,162 tons) cast away In two boats. That was a month ago.

For nearly three weeks they drifted in the Atlantic, in bitterly cold weather, undergoing incredible hardships.

In one boat, in which were 16 men,',

12 died from exposure.

Adoption of Report and Ac-

It is notlted that certain lighting counts for the year ended 31st trials connected with street lighting December, 1940

and the gating of premises will be

The first men to die were four Election of Officers and Com-currled out during to-morrow and

Thursday nights while the black-out Indian seamen, who chanted native

death songs jexercises ure in progress.

before

ore collapsing. Authority has also

has also been given to

The four survivors of this sea-epic, certain of tlie

restrie- which British traditions of the lighting Inid down in the

sea were upheld, were finally picked Order to certain dockyards and other up, and have been landed at an premises, the owners of which have Fastern Canadian port. been informed,

Any Other Business

out

Black-out

It is earnestly requested that members and all others interested In the welfare of Kowloon will endeavour to be present. An

The Fire Brigade will be carrying It is hereby notified that the opportunity will be given for

certain

tin exercises, and ftares, wifi following increases in the Combringing forward matters for the be lit in certain parts of the city to

Com-simulate not pany's standard charges will be consideration of the made for current consumed inmittee. respect of accounts issued for meters read on and after 21st March, 1941:-

1. For Lighting from 15 cents

to 18 cents per unit.

2. For Power and Heating from 5 cents.to 5 cents per unit,

on

3. The discount of 10%

Power accounts in excess of 1,000 units per month will be discontinued.

lly order of the Doard Directors,

of

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.

Agents.

CO., LTD.

ing the honour because he approved THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC neither of acknowledging the fact that actors are competing with each other," nor the "process of elec- floneering" by which he foll the awards were decided upon,

15 "The

Notice is hereby given that the Fifty-second Ordinary Yearly The following were the awards-Meeting will be held at the Com- Best Film of 1940: "Grapes of any's Registered Office, 4th Floor, Wrath."

P. & 0. Building, on Thursday, Best Performance by an Charles Chaplin,

20th March, 1941, at 11 a.m. for Dictator."

the purpose of presenting the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to 31st December, 1940 and electing Directors and Auditors.

Actor: Great

Best Performance by な actress:

Katharine Hepburn, as Tracy Lord in "The Philadelphia Story,

Best Direction: John Ford, for "Grapes of Wrath," "The Long Vo7- age Home

Best Foreign Film: "The Baker's Wife" (French).

TO-DAY

AT THE

KING'S

THE SAILORS-

ARE GLAD

THE SOLDIERS ARE MAD 'CAUSE THEY'RE IN THE ARMY NOW!

EYES RIGHT.

HERE .COME

THE

M

DEAD END KIDS "ON DRESS PARADE

If a the snappiest cops

since "Brother Ratt

..."

Kommand by VAHER PROS

JOIN LITEL

FRANKIE THOMAS

CISSIE LOFTUS

Also BRITISH WAR NEWS

The Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 8th March to 20th March, 1911, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.

By order of the Board of Directors

GIBĖ, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.

Agents. Hong Kong, 21st February, 1941.

THE "STAR" FERRY CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. THAT THE FORTY-THIRD OK- DINARY YEARLY MEETING OF THIS COMPANY will be held at the Ofice of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., on Friday, the 28th February, 1941, at 11.00 a.m., for the purpose of receiving tho Report of the Directors

Statement together with Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1940.

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+

F. C. MOW FUNG,

Hon. Secretary.

inte-ares.

They are now in-hospital,-thin and emaciated, Uttle more than living skeletons. What happened to the other boat is unknown.

Lying in hospital, their eyes

Water Spout Hits Hotel

Heavy Damage Caused

CONSIDERABLE damage was done to the extension of the E. and O. Hotel in l'enang recently when... nwater spout, moving

1t has also been dechied that dim-glowed as they told, in cracked voices, from the north channel just-be- med navigation lights may be used of their ship's duel with the sub-fore dusk, hit the extension. by

the Star Ferry, Hongkong and marine.

The damage is estimated to Youmati Ferry, and the Fire Floats. For nearly five hours Captain run into thousands of dollars.

In these exercises, the black-out Learmont, of the Carleton, zig-zagged Tiles from

flower the roof, will

automatically commence at sun- in an attempt to evade the submarine.

m.) on February 20, and

The (6.20

were Caricton armed only with stands and garden seats

Waa

modern equipment of the submarine, down hitting cars and the sides but she battled on until shortly be-

of the building.' fore noon on December 50 she was torpedoed and went down within six minutes.

Bet

FOR THE 1 MAN. remain in force until sunrise (0.48 a single Hotchkiss gun, as against the lifted into the air and whirled

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Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853,

Pald-up Capital

43.000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietorn £3.000.000 Reserve Fund

......................... 3,000,000

HEAD OFFICE:-LONDON, 38 Bishopsgate, E.C.L.

Bab-Agencies in London: 117/122, Leadenhall Street, E.CJ.

West End Branch; 14/16, Cockapur Street, 6.W.I.

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Hongkong

AGENCIES AND BRANCHEB: Alor Star Amritsar Bangkok

Batavia

Bombay Calcutta

of Cawnpore

Ipoli

Hollo Karachil KlanK Kobe

Hangoon Salgon Semarang

Seremban Shanghai

Singapore Sitliwan Sourabaya

Agencies:

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Lumpur

Fairie Place Kuching

Canton

Madras

Taiping Tientsin

Manila

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New York

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Pelping

Yokolinma

Haiphong

Hamburg Hankow

(Teking)

Penang

Colombo Delhi

(Ehuket)

dan,) on March 1.

The Government Black-out Order of 1040 will be strictly enforced dur- ing this period from sunset onwards, and the general publie should observe the following points.

whole

this

Mrs Gascoyne, wife of a military officer, had a miraculous escape when a tile penetrated the ceiling and fell

at her feet.

The Money Order Office Public Counter will be open from 10,00 am. to noon on Tuekday 25th, February 1941,

The General Post Office will be closed at 8 pm, on Wednesday 28th, Thursday 27th and Friday" - 28th, February 1041.

The Printed Matter Service to the following places in China tem- porarily suspended:-Yunnan, Sze- chuen, Kwelchow, Hunan, Fukien (except Amoy and Kulangsu), Kwongal (except Wuchow and Yunghsien), North and East of Iwangtung

The public are reminded that it is o breach of postal regulations to enclose in a postal cover communi- callons intended for than the addressee.

persons other

Mall Service to

Madagascar and Reunion in temporarily suspended.

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

INWARD MAILS

7th

USA, Honolulu, Japan, and Shang-

hol-(San Francisco date, February)

*******.........Feb. 25. Straits and

Air Mall by "British Overseas Airways Bervlod" by Bea from Singapore

Alr

.Feb. 27. Canton and

Feb. 20. Uulted-Kingdom and Straits Feb. 28..

Mall by "Pan-American Direct

Airways Service"-San Francisco- date, 22nd February ...... .Mar. Calcutta and Straits

.Mar. 1. United-Kingdom and Straits..Mar 2. Java and Manila Australia and Manila U.S.A. and Manila

.Mor. 3. .Mar. 3. (San Francisco- .Mar. 5.

date 8th February).

Sixteen men left the ship in a life Points to Observe

boat under the first ofllcer. Mr From sunset (0.20 p.m.) on Febru- George Robinson; 17 more went with Two other Europeans Mr'p. ary 26, 27 and 28 to sunrise (0.48 Captain Learmont in another. Phillips and an army officer, had nm.) on February 27 and 28 ind

nightfall The boats had their rooms poded. March 1, during the

The manages of the hotel said that separated. perlad

For 18 days the men in Robinson's he saw the spout gathering about 300 (a) External lights of every de-boat rowed and drifted, scanning the yards away and rushed upstairs by scription, both on land and in ships, horizon for help, until finally they lift to warn the boys to get all win-

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES must not be lit, except the naviga-were sighted by a merchant ship dows bolted but before he reached Registered and Parcel Mall are tion tights referred to in paragraph bound for Canada.

closed 15 minutes earlier than the the top the spout had bit the hotel. 4 (a) below.

He felt the lift tremble and the time given below unless otherwise All the men who died in the boat (b) All internal lights must be screened by shutters,

dark blind, were buried at sea, Robinson read-whole of the extension seemed to stated, and where malls are advertis

ing brief

shake, There was a terrible crash used to close at or before 9 bm, regis- dark curtains, or otherwise, so that

The four men in hospital are: First part of the roof was lifted out and tered and parcel malls are closed at no light, direct or indirect, is visible officer George Robinson, who lives

tiles were lung about In 1 p.m. on the previous day. When from above or from any other direc-

malls are advertised to close after directions. at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Amos Pearson, tion.

John Morris and James Patterson.

(c) Lights on all types of road transport must be obscured with two thicknesses of ordinary blue, close woven cloth or paint. The use of headlights on motor vehicles is pro- hibited; in other

the bulb hamps must not exceed 7 watts in power. Roads transport vehicles employed on Naval, Military, Air Foret, A.R.P. and Essential Services, may use the

authorised headlamp.

players.

Like a Nishimure

"The whole affair Was like a nightmare," Pearson said. "The submaring popped up alongside not more than 12 yards away.

"We turned our gun on her, but the bullets bounced off the hull like hailstones. She dived, but inter we could see her periscope, and she followed us all the morning.

"We zig-zagged trying to escape,

the

Coming And Going

all

Mr J. C. Carter, sanitary engineer

5 p.m.. Registered and Parzeel mails aro closed at 5 pm.

Sandakan

Tuesday, Feb. 25

........0.39 a.m. Air Mail by sea to Singapore to con- nect with the "Brillah Overseas Airways."

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

Re Ord,

Wednesday, Feb. 20

..............Feb. 25, 11 am. .Feb. 25, 11.30 n.m. and a representative of the Rockefeller

.12.30 p.m. Foundation, New York, arrived at Strnits Hongkong on a visit by the President Canton

7 p.m. Honolulu Coolidge during the week-end.

.......7 p.m... but the submarine held on. We tool Dr Marstall C. Balfour, physician,

..8.30 a.m.." pot shots the periscope. Finally, returned to Hongkong from Manila Straits and fangoon

Haiphong by the

10.30 am. same liner. the submarine surfaced, and the crew

Sir Eleazer Silas

Kadoorie was Manila, Australia and New Zealand came on deck, the commander shout-

Our among the passengers who left the vin Thursday Island. ing. 'Where's the captain?' We told Colony for Shanghal by the liner, on

G.P.O. and K.P.0. him to go to hell.

Reg. *** Sunday

Feb, 20, 1.45 p.m. Ord, Feb. 20, 2.30 p.m.

Friday, Feb, 28

.8.30 a.m.

neet with the "British Overseas. Airways."

setches and naked lights are prohibited, unless screened with two thickness of ord

ordinary

blue, close cloth or paint." Woven

Shipping (a) The harbour will be closed to the ingress and egress of shipping, movements of shipping or other craft inside the harbour will be permitted, except that a restricted ferry service with dimmed naviga- were relieved, us the men on the ilon lights only may be maintained by conning tower and the machine-guns ment. left for San Francisco on Jenye. Air Mail by Air to Rangeon to con-

looked none too friendly.

And

nu

the Star Ferry and the Hongkong and Yaunat Ferry between Hongkong and Kowloon. All other lights on all ships must be extinguished obscured.

or

(b) Light-houses and certain alds to navigation must not be lit, but to assist in the safe navigation of the ferries mentioned in paragrapli 4 (a) above, a navigation light may be displayed on the piers at Kowloon and Hongkong, provided that such light is so placed that it cannot be seen from above, and that it does not throw any light on to the water.

Air Raid Alarma-

(a) During the black-out, alr rald alarm signals will be sounded, and all road traffle must stop and pull into the side of the road, extinguish all lights, and remain thus until the "Raiders Passed" signal has been Lounded, when they may resume their their journeys, provided that lights are obscured, in accordance with the Government Black-out Order of 1040,

The ferries mentioned in paragraph 4 (a) above will cense running on the sounding of the Air Raid Alarm signal, and will pro- eeed to the nearest jetty, where they FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Will remain until the "Raiders Pass- Banking Business transacted.

signal is counded. On the FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year signal, they may resume their jour

ACCOUNTS opened and sounding of the "Ralders Passed" or shorter periods In Local or Other Curneys, provided the lighting restric- of application.

ons mentioned in paragraph 4 (a) above are complied with.

The Register of Shares of the Company will be CLOSED from Wednesday, the 19th February, 1941, to Friday, the 28th February, 1911, both days inclusive,

By order of the Board Directors.

C. "M. MANNERS,

Secretary and Manager. Hongkong, 12th February, 1941,

NOTICE

DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940

The following rates will be charged for malling single copica the following nowapapers abrond:-

of

South China Morning Post China and Macao

10 cents per copy

British Empire and Foreign 25 cents per copy

The Hongkong Telegraph China and Maceo .14 cents per copy 10 cents Saturdays British and Foreign 20 cents par copy

25 cents Saturdays.

METROPOLE HOTEL

MOST AN

CURRENT

rencies at rates which will be quoted on

undertakes Executor & Trustee business

General

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application (a) Movements of frame through-

The Bank's Head Office in London

out the whole period of the black-out and claims recovery of British Income employed by the Naval, Military, Air Tax overpaid, on terms which may be Force, A.R.P. and Essential Services, ascertained at any of its Agencies and will be permitted, but the provisions B. A. CAMIDGE, of the Government Black-out, Order

Manager. must be complied with.

Branches.

H.K. Society for the Protection of Children

WE ARE AT WAR. OUR ammunition

consists of HONG KONG

·DOLLARS AND CENTS It is running low.

Please send us new supplies.

The Netherlands Minister to China Mr. Hendrik Bos, who is normally

(b) Pedestrians should remain in their houses, and thereby avoid 'ex- posing themselves to the grave risks of personal injury which are inherent during a black-out, and also to accus- tom_themselves to conditions which would be enforced in-war-time.

(c) It should be particularly noted that, as far as the general públic is concerned, black-out conditions be observed throughout the whole period of the exercise, that is from sunset (0.20 p.m.) to sunrise (0.48 ja,m,) on each of the following_dates: -February 20-27, 27-20, and Febru ory 28-March 1, and must not be relaxed, even if the "Raiders Passed" signal is sounded, unless the exercise is terminated

ated earlier. (See Para. 7). Termination of the Exercise The exercise will automatically terminate at sunrice (0.48 a.m.) on March 1, when normal lighting, land and sea traffic movement may be re- sumed. If, however, the exercise is

considered to have been successful, It may be terminated after the second night of the black-out, and this in- the formation will be conveyed to general public by the rounding of the "Raiders Passed" eignal between the bours of 11 am, and noon on Febru- ary 20.

|CLARK KERR DUE

Chungking, Feb, 24.'

The British Ambassador to China, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr will leave stationed at Chungking, la now Chungking to-morrow by plane for visiting Hongkong,

Hongkong-Reuter,

"The submarine submerged.

We

The Hon. Mr H. R. Butters, Finan-. cial Secretary, Hongkong Govern-

The passengers leaving to-day in- "When we took to the boots we clude Mr W. L. Lewis of the pas. had only enough food to provide two senger department, N.Y.X., who has biscuits daily, and half a pint of been transferred to New York. water each."

Miss Caldecott.

Pearson described how his ship- mates died, among them being the third officer. Arthur Bedger, the wireless operator, Paige, the fourth engineer, Jerry Murphy, and two lads

The engagement was announced in 10. red

Colombo last month of Miss Joan The Carlton was a tramp steamer Caldecott, only daughter of the Gov- built in 1924 for R. Chapman and eror of Ceylon, Sir Andrew Calde Son, of Newcastle. Before being colt (former Governor of Hongkong), sunk she sent out a-radio message and Lady Caldecott, to Mr J. W. II. -that-she-had-been torpedoed by a O'Regan, of the Ceylon Civil Service, submarine about 250 miles off the private secretary to Sir Andrew Irish coast.-British United ·Press,

FOR

Caldecott.

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JEWELLERY

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At Lowest Market Prices

FOR GOOD WATCHES

SENNET FRERES

IS THE STORE

Saúdakan.

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

K.P.O.

ECK.

Ord.

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

4.1.0.

Reg.

Ord.

Kingdom

G.P.O. and K.P.0.

Parcels

Feb. 28, 5 p.m.

Reg.

.Feb, 20, 5 p.m.

Ord,

Straits and Pureels only for United-

.Mar, 1, 8.30 a.m.

Air Mall by ten to Singapore to con- nect with the "British Overseas Airways."

Saturday, Mar,-1————

K.P.O.

Reg

Ord.,

ReE.,

.Mar. 1, 2 p.m. ................Mar. 1, 2.30 pm.

G.P.O.

...Mar. 1, 3 p.m. Ord.,.....Mar. 1, 2.30 pan. Straits, Ceylon, India, and East Africa 3.30 p.m. Manila, Batavia, Mauritius, Lourenco

Marques, and South Africa via Durban

3.30 p. Air Mall for Manila, Guam, Honolulu,

U.S.A., and Europe via "Pan Ame rican Airways and Trans-Atlantic Services."

K.P.O.

..Mar. 1, 8 p.m. Ord...Mar. 1, 6.30 p.m.

Rex.

Reg.

Ord.

G.P.O.

.....Mar. 1, B p.m.

.Mar. 1, 5.30 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 2

Munila, Macasser and Sourabaya

Monday, Mar. 3

Siralls and Calcutta.

Parcels

· Letters

8.30 a.m..

.Mor. 3, 11 am..

...Mar. 3, Noon.

Tuesday, Mar. 4

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

.Mar. 4, 10.30 a.m.

K.F.O.

Rex.,

Ord...

KCK

Ord.,

G.P.O.

..Mar 4, 11 am.

.Mar. 4, 10.30 am. Mar 4, 11 am.

Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., Canada, Central and South America and United-Kingdom via San Francisco (No Parcels for United-Kingdom)

Note: All Malls

for United- Kingdom will be forwarded with or without superscription

K.r.o.

Hothow

Parcels Reg. Ordi

Parcels Reg. Orl.

Mar. 4, 4 p.m..

.Mar. 4, 5 p.m..

Mnr. 4, 5.30 p.m.

Mar. 4, 4 p.m.. ..Mar. 4. 0p.m. Mar. 4, 7 p.m..

Wednesday, March 5′′

.8.30 a.m.. Friday, Mar. 7 Air Mall for Manila, Guam, Hono- lulu, U.S.Aj and Europe via “Pan- American Airways and TranĖ“

• Allantic Services"

K.P.O.

.Mar. 7, 5 p...

Icg.

Ord.

aug. Mar. 7, 5.30 p.m.

Q.P.O.

Rex.

Ord.

.Mar. 7, 5. p.m. Mar. 7. 7 D.J

•Superscribed Correspondence Only.