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for 3 days prepaid

FOR SALE.

CROSS SPILINGER SPANIEL Pup-

HONGKONG CRICKET

CLUB

TENNIS TOURNAMENT 1941

Closing date of ENTRIES has been extended to SATURDAY, 8th March, 1941, at 0 p.m.

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC

COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ari Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held in the P. & O.. Building, Victoria, in the Colony of Hong Kong, at 11.15 o'clock in the fore- noon on Thursday, the 20th day of March, 1911, or as soon thero- after as the Ordinary General

ples (seven) for galo in aid of the THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC Meeting of the Company shall Bomber Fund. Please apply Mrs. Hogg, Jockey Club Stables.

CO., LTD.

NOTICE

"HONGKONG AS REVEALED DY THE CAMERA" Second Edition, Over 60 excellent views of the

It is hereby notified that the Colony. Price $1.60. Obtainable at Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., or from the following increases in the Com- Publishers South China Morningpany's standard charges will bo Post, Ltd., Wyndham Street,

GERMAN AIR ACE

-Now Said To Be

In Canada

mado for current consumed in respect of accounts issued for melera read on and after 21st March, 1941:-

1. For Lighting from 15 cents

to 16 cents per unit.

2. For Power and Heating from

5 cents to 5% cents per unit.

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

order

Board of the

of

MAJOR Helmuth Wick, 25, 1a German air ace, who has

By been reported missing, is among | several hundred Nazi airmen Directors, prisoners landed recently at an GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO, LTD. cast Canadian port, American

Agents. newspapers declare.

LIMITED

Major Wick is believed to have THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, been shot down off the Isle of Wight (English Channel).

Bremen radlo announced da Pec. 3 that he had not returned from a raid on England on Nov. 20,

He was in commund of the Rich tofen Squadron. The Germans credit him with having brought down 50 plaites.

NOTICE is hereby given that the TWENTY SECOND ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of this Company will be held at the Registered Omce of the Company No. 10, Des Voeux Road Central, on Saturday, the 8th March, 1911, at 2.00 p.ni. for the pur- pose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year Ended 31st

The Nazi prisoners landed are being December, 1910. interned in central Canuda.

Two of the airmen who escaped after they were landed have been re- captured,

Chaplin On Track

Of His Critics

Charlie Chaplin is to visit Brazil and other South American States, where his film "The Great Dietator" is being subjected to pro-Nazi opposi- tion.

►

"I feel I can do more good there than by going to England." he says. according to New York "Variety."

The Register of Shares of the Com- pany will be closed from Saturday, 1st March, 1941 to Saturday. 8th March, 1941, (bott days inclusive)

during which period no transfer of

shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Direc- tors.

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager.

Hongkong, 20th February, 1941,

Canberra-Tokyo Relations

have terminated' for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit. passing the following resolu- Lions:-

"1. That the Directors be and "they are hereby authorised to "enpitalise the sum of $3,000,000 "Hongkong currency, part of the "undivided profits of the Com- "pany standing to the credit of "the Company's Reserve Fund, "and to allot to the members "holding shares of the Company "as on the first day of April "One thousand nine hundred "and forty-one in respect of the "net amount capitalised fully "paid shares of the Company "of equivalent nominal value in

PROMOTED ON FIELD AT 13.

شد

of

the

March 6, 1941.

Japanese Withdrawals From Central China

May Be Ruse

Special to the "Telegraph”

CHUNGKING, Mar. 5 (UP)—Chinese authorities are of the opinion that despite the withdrawal of a few Japanese troops from Central China, Japan is still anxious to settle the China campaign before the large-scale southward push...

They said that the rumour of the evacuation of four provinces in Central China for the southward push was probably a smokescreen for an offensive somewhere else in Freo China in view of the present concentration of mountain climbing units in French Tonkin,

Kwonghoi Occupied

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" CANTON, Mar, 5 (Damei)—Land- ing at Kwonghol, a port about 60 miles west of Macao on the southern coast of Kwangtung Province, Japan- eso Army forces have occupied the outskirts of the city while the main body pushed north and took Tushan- ku, eight miles north of Kwonghol.

On the evening of March 3, Japan ese forces captured Taishan, a town 20 miles north of Kwonghof on the

west bank of the West River.

Hoppo Under Control

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" PAKHOI, Mür, 5 (Domel).—Hoppo, about 20 miles north of Paidiol, was

Husband's

Mistake

Wrong Co-Respondent Named in New A.D.C. Show when Saral Bendish left her hus- band eight years ago, she wrote him

a farewell note. But her handwrit- In was so difficult to read that it caused him to name the wrong man, Nicholas Flack, as co-respondent.

Nicholas' Flack had been on his amunt elephant slaying expedition at

"the proportion of one share for Greek war in Alkania-Anastasios Placed under Japanese military con- the time and William Bendish lost

Io followed his father to the front, hiding in the troop train, and was Instrumental in capturing a number of Halian sples who were using a secret radio,

hero Thirteen-year-old Charalamhopoulos — wan promoted "every three shares of the Com-tance-corporal on the field and was "pany held by them respectively congratulated by the Greek Prime "and that such shares so allotted Minister. "shall rank for dividends as "from the 1st day of July, 1941. 2. That if on such distribu- "tion as aforesaid any person "would be entitled to a frac- "tional share the Directors shall, "In lieu of issuing fractional "certificates, cause the whole "ahore to be allotted to a person. "or persons to be named by the "Directors and such share shall, "at such time as the Directors "think fit, be sold and the pro- "eceda distributed amongst the "persons entitled to the frac "Lions making up such share." By order of the Board of Directors,

RADIO

trol on Monday afternoon.

The promontory south of Pakhoi has also been occupied by Japanese

forces.

the case.

As he did not know where

to find his wife and learn the namel of the true co-respondent, the matter was allowed to drop until William met the widow of the late Canon Bell Mason.

Epochal Achievement

CANTON, Mår. 6 (Domel).

He was making considerable pro- Colonel Sakuma, Chief of the Japan- ese Expeditionary Forces to South Kress in the conquest of the mature China, has issued the following state-charms of Mrs Bell Mason when his wife suddenly reappeared. Since she

ment:

"The present operations in which ||, aurprise landings were effected at numerous points while silti maintain- ing close communication along a ZBW, 355 metres ($45 kc.) and 31,45 | 440-kilometro constline, resulted in

metres (0,520 kilo-cycles)

"Yes, Madam?" and Other Variety Programmes

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on n Frequency of 845 kcs. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and

8-11

p.m. on 9.52 m.e's. per second. 12.15

the capture of an important transport route to Chungking and constituies

ed on the annals of war, ...

an epochal achievement unprecedent-|

"Furthermore, the Hongkong-Sh130- kwan route, the latest of Chungking's transportation avenues, has also been closed resulting in the seizure of large supplies of war materials and inflicting a further heavy blow upon

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD., cession. Short Service of Inter Chungking.

Agents. Hongkong, 21st February, 1941.

NOTE:-

the

12.30 Spanish Progranime. 1.6 Local Time Signal and Weather Report.

"With all transportation avenues closed, the American loan becomes of little consequence for with Chung king's exports and Imports complete- ly cut off the doom of that regimė is

1.03 Sam Browne (Vocal) and The London Plano-Accordeon Band.

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea-scalect." ther Forecast and Announcements.

1.45 1.49 Selections from C. 33. Cochran's Shows.

2.16 Close down.

Sam

Under the powers conferred upon them by Article 12 of the Articles of Association of the Company, the Directors have decided to offer to TOKYO, Mr. 5 (Reuter)-Com- Sharesholders on the Register on the menting on the recent speech of Mr. 1st day of April, 1941, one share R. G. Menzies, the Australian Prime par for every complete three shares Minister, a Government spokesman held by thein (excluding the Bonus said: "This time I think Australla is } Shares to be offered to them under "Pressure from Fascist groups" is being very fair. Until now they have the preceding solution) upon reported from several. countries, discussed problems with Japan only terms that payment for such shares including Mexico, where the British from a logient viewpoint. Now Mr shall be made to the Company's Cook. anti-Nazi lim, "Pastor Hall" has just Menzies has indicated a readiness to Bunkers, The Hongkong & Shanghai

withdrawn, been

following Nazi approach matters from a 10ore realis- Banking Corporation, Hong Kong on protests.

the point of view."

or before the 30th September, 1911, and that Shareholders be given power to renounce their rights under such offer and that no rights attach to any fractions. The shares taken up ver the above offer shall rank for dividends as from 1st day of July. 1941. Formal letters of offer, accept- ance and renunciation will be sent to Shareholders as soon as possible after "Apritˇist"next.

Help the men who are hitting HARD!

by helping to provide

and yet more

more

BOMBERS

SEND YOUR DONATIONS TO:

WAE FUND-SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LTD.

DONATION TO DATE:

$1,596,619.31

REMITTED TO LONDON

£98,389.19.64.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED

NOTICE

We have been informed that; attempts are being made to sell Green Island Cement at rutes

above the Government Control prices which are:- In gunny bags of

250-lbs....... $7.50 per bag.

In paper bags of

94-lbs..

In paper bags of

90-lbs.

$2.30 per bag.

}

and His Orchestra.

By

COMMISSIONERS POWERS ORDINANCE, 1886.

Notification

Whistle Fourt at the Organ. inent will be held shortly on

{

A. A. Milne

had left her husband, Sarah had be- come a very successful designer of nts in New York, using the name of "Sarah Simple."

Complications

to

the

5.45 Indian Programune. 0,30 Closing local Stock Quotations. 6.32 Compositions of Dellus, 7.0 London Relay-The News. 7.15 London Relay-'Meet Uncle

It is hereby notified for general Edwin Murrow interviews Alistair

information that the first publici

The entrance of the poised and the 7.30 Dance Music by Harry Roy [session of Commissioners very attractive "Sarah Simple" into appointed to enquire into the William Rendish's Hfe led to a series 8.6 Local Time Signal, Weather affairs of the immigration Depart of complications naci difficult situa- Report and Announcements,

tions, His young, twin nephew and 8.03

niece added

complications The

and Ilis Dog (Pryor); date to be announced by pro-while acting as his own co-respon- The

Blue Hawaiian Waters (Ketelbey); The Vision of Fuji-San clamation in the Gazette and dent, in a precarious disguise and the (Ketelbey),

all persons wishing to testify village inn, was not the least of

the difficult situations. before the said Commissioners ure

Such is the comedy written by requested to give written notice to A. Milne, the famous "Punch the undersigned at the Colonial writer.

The play, with Leonora Corbelt as Secretary's Office by the earliest Saran Simple." A. H. Whatmore as possible date together with William Bendish, and Ames Lauch- brief memorandum of the evidencelian as Mrs Bell Mason after receiv which they propose to offer.

ing excellent notices from the eritles The examination of witnesses in London had a long run at the

Garrick Theatre. will be hold in public but the The Hongkong A.D.C, are present- 10.15 Billy Thorburn at the Piano. Commissioners may, if requested ing the comedy at the China Fiest 10,25 Musical Comedy 'Yes Madam?

to do so for good cause, direct that Club Theatre on March 19, 20, 21 Binnie Hale,

Bobby Howes and the whole or part of any witness's Company with the Hippodrome evidence may be taken in private, Theatre Orchestra cond. by Joseph Any request to this effect should be included in the above-mentioned meniorandum.

8.15 Studio Local · Newsletter.

Ginger Rogers,

8.30 Variety, with Fred Astair and

9.6 London Relay The News, 8.15 London RelayQuestions of

the Hour."

9.30 Dance Music.

News in

French (on Short

9.15 Wave only),

10.0 London Relay-To Talk Many Things."

of

Tunbridge.

110 Close down.

Aid Britain · Bill

WASHINGTON, Mur. 5 (Reuter). -The Senate approved of an amend- $2.70 per bag.ment terminating the operation of the Aid to Britain Bilt on July 1, Application for Delivery Orders, ¦ 1943, or earlier, if approved by the at above prices, should be made to majority of both Houses. our Registered Office, 2nd Floor, Exchange Building, 14 Des Voeux! Road, Hong Kong.

R. TAYLOR, Manager and Secretary.

NOTICE

CRUEL SHOCK FOR STOMACH SUFFERER

"Only an operation can save you”

A cold shudder went down the spine of gralleman recently, Ia had been suffering from stomach ulcers and, with 'a shock, heard the DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940 verdiet that only an operation would save him. As a preliminary his doctor sent him into hospital where The following rates will be they put him on Maclean Brand. charged for mailing single coples Stomach Powder, a frequent practice in big hospitals treating stomach the following newspapers trouble. abroad:-

of

South China Morning Post China and Macno

10 cents 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 por copy

20 conts Saturdays.

COUNT THE "TELEGRAPHS" EVERYWHERE

по

K. M. A. BARNETT, Secretary to the Commissioners,

B.ANK S

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853, Paid-up Capitai,

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

£3,000,000

HEAD OFFICE:-LONDON. 35 Bishopsgate, E.C.L.

Bub-Agencies in London: 117/122, Leadenhall Street, E.C3. West End Branchi 14/10, Cockspur Street, B.W.I. Manchester Branchi

32, Miley Street, Manchester, 2. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: liankow Penang Hongkong Rangoon Ipoh

Balcon Semarang Seremban

Amritsar

·

In his letter to Macleona, this Ator Stor gentleman says: "In six weeks Ilangkok walked out of that hospital a new Batayia man." And

operation, either Bombay Calcutta You

can Imagine the jump-for-joy

Agencies: feeling

ot the stomach Bufferer Clive Street threatened with an operation who Fairlie Place finds he has been cured without one. Canton

Cawnpore Well, you don't need to go very far Cebu to get the benefit of Maclean Brand Colombo Stomach Powder. You can buy Domi

Haiphong bottle from your chemist for use in

Hamburg your own home.

Shanghai Singapore Sitiawan. Bourabaya. Taiping Tienialn

Iloilo

Karachi

Klang Карт Kuala

Lumpur

Kuching

Madras

Manila

Tongkat

Medan

(Bhuket)

New York Tsingtao

Pelping Tokohama

(Poking)

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Be sure to ask for MACLEAN | Banking Business transacted." BRAND Stomach Powder,, which la CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and only genuine if the signature "ALEX. FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year or shorter periods in Local or Other Cur- MACLEAN" appears on carton rencies al rates which will be quoted on and bottle. Maclean Brand Stomach application. Powder is never sold loose, but only In bottles. The tablets are avaliable In bottles or flat ting.

It

BAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with Interart allowed at rates obtainable an application. The Bank's Head "Ogles in London you have

any dimculty in undertakes Executor & Trustee business obtaining it from your local chemist and claims recovery of Britian Income ar store write to:-Banker & Courtined at any of tis Agencies and Tax overpaid on terms, which may be P.O. Box 785, Hong Kong.

* Branchoe,

SAPELI *****

W. II. EVANS THOMAS,

Manager.

and 22.

The booking is now open at Ander- son's Music Co., Ice House Street.

English HarvestTM

LONDON, Mar. 5

(Reuter).No-

one will be called up from forms for service. until after the military

harvest.

This was announced by Mr R. S. Hudson, Minister of Agriculture, to- day. He sold that this announce- ment was made in view of the im- portance of food production during the next few months.

Filipino Club Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the Filipino i Club will be held at the Club House, King's Park, on Sunday, March 9,; nt 3.30 p.m. ·

SAFEGUARD FOR FEVER

VICTIMS

fever

You are not finished with when your temperature has gone down. Your body is undermined and not till you have built it up are you really out of danger.

show

The truth is that fever weakens the stomach and makes it und1 to take solid food. Very many doctors are overcoming this dimculty by feeding fever victims on Horlicks, Horlicks has two remarkable proper

First, it is easily digested by the feeblest stomach. Second, It is a complete balanced food, suficient in elf to rebulid the tiody Into robust health.

Bles.

Abundant energy soon fown through your veins. Your nerves are anothed, Horlicks your muscles sirengthened, khoriens convalescence and wards ofT complications. Iis delicious flavour helps to restore normaal, cager appolito, Start taking Horlicks to-day. Get i from your store.

(1)

Exchange At A Glance

SELLING

TT. London

Demand London. T.T. Shanghai T.T. Singapore T.T. 27. Japan TT. India TT. USA. T.T. Manila

Batavia

:

1/33%

1/2%

.490

62

8214

2436

481

.45%

.1401⁄2

.104

102

.1/01

BUYING

.1/3/2

4 m/s D/P London

.1/3

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

...64% U.S. Cross rate in London 4.02

U.S. Cross rate in N.Y..........4.03%

TT. Bangkok T.T. Salgon T.T. Franco T.T. Switzerland T.T. Australla

4 m/s L/C 'London

4 m/s France

30 d/s India

H.K. Stock Market

The following quotations were. Issued on the Hongkong Stock Mar- ket this morning.

BANKS

H.K. Banks $... H.K. Banks £. H.K. Banks (H.K.) Chartered £. Mercantile, A. & B. Mercantile, C. £.. East Asia $.

INSURANCES

Cantons $.

Union $....

China Underwriters $. H.K. Fire

SHIPPING

Douglas. $. Steamboats Indo-Chinas P. Indo-Chinas D. Shell (Bearers) Waterboats $..

DOCKS ETC.

Wharves Docku (old) $. Docks (now S. Providents $..

S'hai Dockyards $.. AUNING

Kailan. /-- Raubs $..

H.K. Mines

Hotel $...

-Lands $ x. d.

LANDS

Lands 4% Debentures S'hai Lands Sh, $. Humphreys $..

H.K Renities 8: Chinese Estates $ x.d.

UTILITIES

Trams $ x.d. Peaks Trama Penk Trams (new) Star Ferries $..

cama (old)

Y. Ferries $.

China Lights (old)

China Lights (new)

1,345 ca.

.74-n. 70% n.

.8% n.

60

90 n. .17.60 n. .17 n.

.53⁄4

b. & sa.

20% n.

H.K. Elcetrics (old) $.

H.K.

.177— n.

....8 n.

14 cts. n.

.3.30 n.

32 n.

.07% b.

11 n.

.6.70 kа.

.98_n.

16 8.

3:20

,74% n

212

-3 n.

54.

.24% n.

.6.15 b. .1.97% 11. ..412 n Electrics (new) 0....41.40 n. Macao Electrics (Old) $...17 n. Macno Electrics (New) $..16% n. Sandakan Lights S.

Telephones (old) 0.

Telephones (new) s..

INDUSTRIALS

.12.

.24 n. .9 8.

Cald: Mag. (Ord.), Sh. $...30 n. Cald: Macg. (Pre), Sh. $..25 n Canton Ices $

.....in. Cements $.

HK. Ropes $

STORES, &c. Dairy Farmin $. Walsons $.... Lane Crawfords $.. Sinceres $...!!! Wing On (H.K.) Powell Ltd. S

COTTON MILLS Ewo Sh. S. S'hai Cotton Sh.

10.05 БО. .8% n.

18 n.

10.70 50.

73

.2.15 n.

.39 n..

1.90 n.

40% n.

200 n.

MISC.

H.K. Govt 4% H.K. Govt 34% (1034) H.K. Govt 3% (1040)

.97 n.

.05 n.

04 n.

Ch Govt. 6% 1925 G$Bds. II.K. Entertainments

42 n.

$..

.7 n.

Constructions (new)

Constructions (old) $

1.60 n..

.1 m.

7.70 n

Vibro Piling $..

Marsmans Inv. (Lon.) 8/-..0/0 n. Marsmans Inv. (HK) s- ..2/8 n.

Darlan And Laval Friendly In Paris

an

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" VICHY, Mar. 5 (UP)-Admiral Darlon and M. Laval lunched in Paris, where tho Vice-Premier is continuing his conversations with the French-German authorities in effort to calabilah mere active con- tacts with the occupation authorities,

Laval's wife has arrived at

at Chatel- itun Castle by automobile from Paris and It is reported that Laval avill Join her in

a few

for days a guler holiday In his estato

12 mile

miles south of Vichy in the Auvergne mountains. He was to have accompanied her to- day but remained in Paris because of Admiral Darlan's luncheon invita tion.

Laval is at present taking no part In political activities,

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