1941-02-28 — Page 18

2

CLASSIFIED NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

ADVERTISEMENTS 25 words $2.50 for 3 days prepaid

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

NOTICE

It is horoby notified that the following increases in the Com- pany's standard charges will be consumed in made for current respect of accounts issued for meters read on and after 21st for March, 1941:--

FOR SALE. FINE opportunity acquite now Peking carpets at exceptionally low prices made possible by selling from my home, I save expenses--you benefit thereby. Are

you leaving America or elsewhere? Take along o carpet. They're expensive abroad. Large qunnilty available for wide selection. 10 Bayview Mansions, 3rd floor, Causeway Bay,

"HONGKONG as revEALED BY THE CAMERA" Second Edition. Over 00 excellent views of the Colony. Price $1.50. Obtainable at Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., or from the China Morning Publishers South Post, Ltd., Wyndham-Street,

BANKS

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA,

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1953.

Paid-up Capital

******** £3,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 Reserve Fund ......................... £3,000,000

HEAD OFFICE:-LONDON.

18 hopsgate, E.C.I. Bub-Agencies in London)

117/12, Leadenhall Burest, E.C.3.

West End Branch;

W/16, Cockapur Btreet, 8.19.).

Manchester Branch

52, Mosley Street, Manenotier, 2.

AOENCIES AND BRANCHES:

Alor Blar

Aminor

Bangkok

Batavia

Hongkong

Itangoon

7poh

Bolgon

Halto

Karachi

Bombay

Klang

Calcutta

Kobe

Agencies:

Kuala

Clive Streat

Fairie Place

Canton

Lumpur Kuching Madras

Semarang Beremban Shanghai Singapore Bitiawan Sourabaya Taiping Tientsin

Manila

Tangkah

Cebu

Medan

Colombo

New York

Taingiao

Delh!

Pelpin

Yokohama

Haiphong

(Peking)

Cawnpore

Jiamburg

Hankow

Penang

(Bhuket)

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSTFB received for One Year or sharter periods in Local or Other Gur- Foncles at rates which will be quoted on application.

BAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application The Bank's Head Omes in London

1. For Lighting from 15 cents

to 10 cents per unit.

2. For lower and Heating from 5 cents to 5 cents per unit.

3. The dincount of 10% on

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

Friday,

G.

HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH

R.

PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be hold on Monday, the 3rd day of March, 1941, at 3 p.m.,

RADIO

ZDW, 155 metres (645 kc.) and 11.45

metres (9,520 kilo.cycles) "Theatreland” and Other London Relays

at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of

Radio Programme Broadcast by His Excellency the Governor of z. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 k.e's, one Lot of Crown Land at Kau and on Short Wave from 1-2.16 p.. Pui Shek, in the Colony of and 8-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's. per

Hong Kong for a term of 75 secon: om. Short Service of Inter-

12.10 ccasion,

12.30 New Dance Music.

1.00 Local Time Slgoul and Wea- ther Report.

years, with the option of renowal nt a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of Illa Majesty tho KING, for one further term of

1.03 Variety with Drinking Songs. 75 years.

1,30 Reuter, and Rugby Press, Intending bidders are advised Weather Forecast and Announce- that Immediately after the disponents. sal of the lot the Purchaser (fs by Sergei Rachmaninoff (Piano) 1.45 Grieg Sonata to C Mluor, Op. not the applicant) will be required and Fritz Kreisler (Violin).

an authorised to deposit with officer who will be prosent at the salo," "the" sum of two hundred

2.15 Close Down, 5.45 Indian Programme. 0.30 20

Closing Local Stock Quota-

4.32

tions.

4,32 Carroli Gibbotts (Piano) and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans.

By order of the Board of dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum Directors,

will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.[0. M. Green.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.

Agents.

NOTICE

DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940

The following rates will be charged for mailing single copies of the following nowapapers | abroad:—

South China Morning Post

China and Macao

16 cents per copy

British Empire and Foreign

26 cents per copy

The Hongkong Telegraph

China and Macno 14 cents per copy 16 cents Baturdays

British and Foreign 20 cents per copy

25 cents Saturdays.

LECTURE AT

UNIVERSITY

Professor P. B. Wilkinson will give undertakes Executor & Trustee business lecture on "Coronary Syndromes" and claims recovery, of British Income on Friday, March 7, at 8.30 p.m., in Tux averpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of its Agencies and the Union Assembly Room, Hongkong Branches.

University. All Interested are wel- B. A, CAMIDGE,

Manager. I come.

Americans

Give

Freely

To British War Relief

No. of Sale.

Registry No

Adjoining Kowloca Inland Lot No: 4297, Ping Street.

Kau Pul Shet.

Locality

Boundary Measurements S

7.00 London Relay The News. 7.15. London Helay-Newslekler by

Arti

February 28, 1941

Lila and George Pio-Ulski, who will give a two-plano solo at the Band Concert in aid of the Bomber Fund to be held in the Peninsula Hotel Lounge on Sunday.

STAR FERRY PROFIT Annual Report Made

Hon. Mr J. J. Paterson, presiding this morning at the annual meeting of the Star Ferry Co., Ltd, reported n drop of just over $9,000 trame earnligs for the past year.

Present were Mr A. H. Compton, Mr S. 11. Dodwell, and Mr.T. B. (Directors), Major C. M. Secretary and Manager of the Company, and Mr C. E. Torry. Asst Secretary. Shareholders present were Mesars Gibeon Fahnestock, Edgar Abraham, W. Hansen, W. M. Groves, S. M. Churn and Q. B. S. Thomson.

Manners,

The Chaleman sald-Trame earn- ings for the year

are down by $9,645.83 or 1.117 per cent, as com- pared with 1939. This is largely due to the drop in first-class 10 cent

N.E.I.-Japan NAZI METHODS fetes, which decreased by $25272.00

Progress IN NORWAY

Feb. 27 Reuter)Cruelty To Boys

a message from Balavid to the

N. B. E. W. Sweet (Sans. Think on Me "Domel" agency.

teetsertectinet

.

As per sale

plan.

0.0

The purchaser of the lot will be required to pay to the auctioneer in cash the sum of $237 (being

three

mainly attributable to number of women and children evacuated from the Colony. In all other passenger traffle there was an increase.

1.30

Expenses Up

on Sunday

7.30 Norman Altin (Bass-Barlione)

TOKYO, and the Band of IL M. Coldstream "Sinooth progress" in the econointe

The fall in curnings is negligible, Mikado" Selection conversations between Japan and the

but expenses have increased by $90,- LONDON, Feb. 27 (Reuter). 506.58 or 25 per cent. over use previous ...The Band of H. M. Netherlands East Indies is indicated fresh example of Quislingite year. This is almost entirely duo to Coldstream

When Sang is

Min a

violence towards Norwegian coal bill being 500,744.02, or 69.3 per the Increased cost of coal and oil, the (Lady John Scolt-arr. Moffat)... Mr Yutaka Ishizawa, Japanese school-children is reported to-day cent. above that for 1930. During the Norman Allin (Bass-Baritone) with Consul-General, and Jonihicer Van by the Norwegian news agency. year the five-minute service was ex- Orchestra: Martial Moments (arr. Aubrey Winter)Band of H. Hoogstracten, head of the Dutch East

According to the Swedish news-tended over a further one hour and Coldstream

Indles delegation, Guards; Edward (Corder ference to had another con paper, "Social Democrat," a detach- 20 minutes dally, and additional fate and Loewe).... Norman Allin (Bass- they met yesterday for over

Iment of Quisling storn-troepers|="

ers ferries were put on the run from Baritone) with Plano; "Gelsin hours.

forced

am to 3.30 na their

way into Selection (Jones)....Band of H. M.

school mornings. These extensions come in- Sken and demanded to be taken to to effect on April 11, 1840, and have Coldstream Guards,

a class in which were several boys to Local Time Signal, Weather F.M.S. ENTRY who, they alleged had maltreated a increased the consumption of coal by

member of

of the Quisling Youth Guard. about 440 tons over the year. These Passport And Visa System The leader of the storm-troopers ferries, however, have been well

Jumped on the teacher's desic and patronised, showing that their intro Considered

ordered four boys to follow him to duction to meet a need of the travel- COLOMBO. Feb. 27 (Reuter)—an out-house where they were striping public was justified. The institution of a passport and visa ped naked and beaten with leather including cealle hire coaling etc. The cost of con during the year, system, together with a Bystem of straps.

two bills The school managers and staff have been able to por

Averaged $38.27

ton. We have 9.30 Request Classical Programme permits, is envisaged in

Orchestra; One Fine Day (from

4, aimed at March ture (Offenbach).. Lucerne Kursaal immigration of non-Ceylonese.

controlling the Ministry of Church and Education. Madam

Passports are not required 'nt pre- Butterfly"Puccini) Roselia Pampanini (Soprano) with to Ceylon from India, Burma, F.MS. sent in the ease of certain immigrants England-Dances

and the Straits. Orchestra Raymonde: On A Theme by Beethoven

Report and Announcements.

8.83 Humorous Variety.

8.30 London Relay-"Theatreland", *9.80 London Kelay-The News,

9.15 London RelayQuestions of the Hour".

fx

10% of the upset price), im--Orpheus in the Underworld-Over coming before the State Council on sent a strongly worded protest to the the year 1941 at $40.81 per ton which

mediately after the fall of the hammer, the balance of the premium being paid in accordance with the Conditions of Sale.

FOR SALE

SURPLUS NAVAL FLOUR

Tenders are invited for the purchase and removal from 1.1. Victualling Yard, Kowloon, of 350 bags Flour (17,300 lbs.).

The Flour can be inspected at any time during Yard working hours and tenders should

forwarded to the Superintendent by noon, Friday, 7th March.

Letter From Prisoners In Italy

Merric

....

(Kreisler)... Fritz Kreisler (Viola) Three Corpses Tied

with Plano

On with the Molicy Pagliacc!"-Leoncavallo) Enrico Caruso (Tenor) with Sym- phony Orchestra; Rustle of

The Spring, promptu, Op. 73, No. 2 (Grieg) .... Op. 32, No. 3 (Sinding), Scherzo Im- Eileen Joyce (Piano).

10.00 London Heay.By the Way"

Talk by Sidney Horniblow,

Together

bodies of three Chinese women, aged 27, 22 and 20 years,

phet, a Police report states.

Dividend Declared

Black-Out Penalties

Smoked Unscreened Cigarettes

with in the courts this morning.

a contract for

of course will result in a further rise fa working expenses, as coal ac- counts for approximately 50 per cent. of our total working expenses,

Pier Leases

For some years past the Chairman at our annual meetings has made reference to the Pier Leases which pre due to expire in 1949. The mat- ter is receiving the closest attention of your Board of Directors, and we hope soon to be able to obtain some definite news as a result of Sir David Owen's recent visit to the Colony and his study of the Leases and the future of the Port of question of Pier

Gment will

over

years.

Chan Kan, Bus Conductor No. 1008, were washed ashore at Kennedy of 5 Belcher Street, and Yuen Iu- Town yesterday. The bodies were sokong, Bus Conductor No. 98, of 40 tied together as to suggest a suicide First Street, were fined $5 each by Mr G. T. Lowry at Central Magis- 10.15 Request Classical Programme

I trust his report to tracy this morning for breach of the dontinued. Praeludium (Jarnefelt)

British Women Fly black-out

result Regulations,

a definits statement of policy and In expediting John Barbirolli and His Orches beira: Allelula (Mozart).....Elisabeth

From Thailand

Sub-Inspector Clarke said that at thus enable us to plan for the future. Schumana (Soprano) with Orchestra;

about 8.23 pm, yesterday Defendants SYDNEY, Feb. 27 (Reuter) were smoking cigarettes on Electric condition, but some of the

The Company's deel is in first-class Concerto in E Flat Major for Horn British women evacuees from Road, North Point district, and falling have been running for a considerable Ferries and Orchestra (Mozart); 1st Moy: Thailand arrived in Sydney by air to screen the lights shown by the Allegro (Candenza); 2nd Mov: Ro- to-day. They stated that a hundred cigarettes.

time; their ages are as follows: Although warned by "Golden Star" 10 years; "Meridian manze (Larghetto); 3rd Mov: Allegro more women and children are short- AP wardens Defendants con- Star" 10 years; "Solar Star" 10 years; ....Aubrey Brain (Horn) and the ly going to Australia.

tinued smoking without due care. "Night Star" 10 B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra cond, by

They were then arrested and brought Star"

years; "Northern Citizens of Dallan, U.S.A., donated US$12,373.76 in cash

Sir Adrian Boult; Let the Bright

13 years; to the Station.

*Electric Star" a during one week recently for the British War Relief Society,

Seraphim ("Samson-Hondel)

It was stated that the lights shown Elsie Suddaby (Soprano) with Or- Co., Ltd.,

The Directors of the Vibro Piling by the elgarettes, could be

I now beg to propose the adoption according to Dallas "Times Herald.” This amount brought the

seen 1 anve

of the Report und Accounts as pre- total contributions for the five weeks Dallas chapter has been in

recommended quarter of a mile away. chestra; Nocturne in E Flat Major, dividend of 50 cents per share in res

sented. Mr E. Grant Smith second- Three other cases In Hongkong existence to $41,615.19, which has been forwarded to the national

Op. 9. No. 2 (Copin).... Arthur peet of the year ended December 31, more than 70 in Kowloon, were dealted the adoption of the Report and LONDON, Ecb. 27 (British Wire-Rubinstein (Piano);

Minuett No. 1 1940. headquarters of the society in New York for immediate use to

accounts, which were carried unant- less).Flight-Lieut J. F. Leeming,

(Paderewski)....Marek Weber and

mously. ald war victims in England. This sum includes $5,100 raised

one of the founders of the Lancashire Chest Onaway! Awake; Be- by British war relief dances al local hotels on January 10,

Aero Club, who with Afr

loved ("Hiawatha Coleridge-Toy- Marshal O. T. Boyd was taken pri-10).uc

for)....Tudor Davies 1,707 Dallos who may ask for it at the branches soner when the aircraft in which

(Tenor) During one week

with people joined the British War Relief at 1601 Commerce Street, Knox Street they were flying to Egypt was forced

PART OFira; Waltz in C Sharp Minor Society, paying dues of $2 each. The and McKinney Avenue and at the to land in Italy, has written a typle Vivre Dans Ce Reve ("Romeo and Bronislaw Huberman (Violin) with Plano acc.; Je Veux total membership now Is 8,403 people Dallas Cutton Exchange Building,

ally cheerful letter, to and more than Afty Dallas business The number of women volunteers

Juliette"-Gounod)....Elde at home. and civic organisations are now con- who are sewing for British

war reliet

The letter is reproduced by the (Soprano) with Orchestra, ducting membership campaigns in increased from 98 to 220 during the Air Ministry news service.

11.00 Close Down. their various groups.

week. The sewing rooms The number of Dallas women who Knux Street and McKi are at

are of course very depressed Avenue are volunteer knitters for British war and at the Cotton Exchange.

at what has happened," Leeming More r reller almost doubled during seven volunteers are needed for both knit-writes. "However it might have days, the increase being from

turned out much worse, on Ung and sewing, 414

it was l

ald. A large

We are January 10 to 820 on January 18. shipment of both knitted goods and lucky to be alive and to be so well This Increase comes from the organt-sewed garments was forwarded to kind and we are comfortable,

treated. People here have been very sation of volunteer knitting groups England during the week. Over 100

Homemade Amusements among the various women's clubs and overcoats have been given for British employes' organisations. Wool is bombing victims and prepared for provided all knitting volunteers, shipment overseas during seven days,

FOR-

:.31--་

GROCERIES, BUTCHERIES, FRUITS,

GREENS & SUNDRIES ETC.

COME TO

THE ASIA COMPANY OI-KWAN BLDG. DES VOEUX ROAD. PHONE 20410

SPECIAL CABARET

&

TEA DANCE

ROOF GARDEN HONGKONG HOTEL. SAT, 1st MARCH 1941, 4-7 P.M.

in aid of

the funds of the Hongkong Overseas Chinese Ambulance Association, who are sponsering the despatch of Am-' bulance Units for service with the Chinese Troops in the field.

ALL CHINESE ARE EXPECTED TO DO THEIR PART

BEAUTIFUL HOSTESSES. HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR SERVICES FOR THE OCCASION

Tickets $3.00 each

BOOKINGS AT HONG KONG HOTEL

WO

an R.A.F. friend

We play cards and draughts-we have made ourselves a draught board, and we are teaching ourselves Italian, and we walk. It is 05 paces around the garden and it takes 50 seconds to walk them. Yesterday we calculat ed that we walked five miles."

Leeming is personal assistant to the Air Vice-Marshal who was on his way out to Egypt to take up duties ns Deputy Air Omeer, Commanding R.A.F. ln the Middle East when he was taken prisoner. He is the author of а well-known book for children "Claudius the- Bee."

The letter was written on Decem ber 1 and reached England a few clays ago.

U.S. Air Corps For Alaska

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (Reuter). Three additional US. Air Corps have just gone to Alaska and three more are scheduled to go there within two months. sald Mr Stimson, Secretary of War, to-day.

He added that the army's experi- ments with parachute troops had been so successful that the strength of this wing was to be increased four times.

Emergency Bill

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (Reuter). An emergency bill to provido $1,033 million for army and navy construc- tion and development programmes was to-day passed by the House of Representatives and has been sent to the Senate.

METROPOLE

TEL

His

Norena

LEE THEATRE

PERCIVAL STREET

LEIGHTON HILL ROAD..

Charlie

Chaplin

in his new comedy

The Great DICTATOR

with PAULETTE GODDARD

COMING SOON

ΤΟ

THE NEWLY RENOVATED &

MOST FULLY MODERNISED

THEATRE OF THE TOWN.

THE FILM SUPREME

for great enlargements

or extreme detail

• With its extremely fine grain, plus plenty of speed for most occasions, this Kodak Film yields enlargements of great site, or prints with very fine. detail or texture. Your Kodak dealer has it.

KODAK

PANATOMIC-X

8 EXPOSURES

KODAK

DANATOM

EXTRA DIRT GRLIN

FOR KOBAKSA

KODAK Panatomic-X

Always

Something New at

Maizee's

"ALEGUŠOKÁ BUILDING

Latest shipment includes:-

SPORTS COATS

SLACK SUITS

DRESSES

BAGS

Appointments..

The appointments of the Hon. Mr JJ. Paterson and Mr L. J. Davies to the Board of Directors in place of Mr. D. F. Landale and Mr H. V. WII- kinson, who had resigned; were con- Armed on the proposal of Mr G. Falinestock

seconded by Mr E... Abraham.

Hon. Mr S. H. Dodwell and Mr A. H. Compton were re-elected to the Board of Directors on the pro posal of Mr W. Hensen and seconded

by Mr W. M. Groves.

Mr C. Bernard Brown was ro- elected auditor for the ensuing year at a remuneration of $750, proposed by Mr S. M. Churn and seconded by Mr G. B. S. Thomson,

SOLDIER FACES

CHARGES

of

A European soldier was one three men who wem charged before Mr A. N. Macfadyen at Kowloon Magistracy to-day with demanding inoney with menacer.

Defendants were Tsang Wing-fuk altas Teong Fuk, 43, unemployed sea- man, Lo Lai-tong, '21, unemployed,. and Thomas John Milroy, 24, of the Middlesex Regiment Shamshulpo Barracks.

You

Lo

All three men were charged with demanding $30 with mentices from Lo-

at Kowloon City on February 27. and Milroy were further charged with demanding $20 · with menaces from Kan Lo at Kowloon City on. February 27.

Further charges against Trong and Milroy were that they demanded $30 with

menaces from Au Kim on

bruary 7 and $30 from Chim

on the same day, Del-Sergeant Dowman asked for á week's remand and said that I Milroy was to be remanded in Mill- tary custody then he would like an assurance that Milroy would be placed under close arrest. "The charges are serious, declared the Sergeant.

Capt. W..H. P. Chattey gave... the Court the requested assurance.

Defendants were remanded for week.

Burma Rd Bombing KUNMING, Feb. 27 (Reuter). | Japanese-heavy bombers attacked Salween Bridge on the Burma high- way this afternoon in two waves of 15 and 21 planes,

Two waves of dive-bombers also allacked the tin-mining district near- Kochlu.

The "All Clear" was sounded at. Kunming at 6.10 pm.