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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
March 24, 1941
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CLASSIFIED NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. CHINA LIGHT & POWER
ADVERTISEMENTS 25 words $2.50
for 3 days propaid POSITIONS VACANT.
IMMEDIATELY a thoroughly cap- able temporary No. 1 Boy. Must speak good English and have good references. Apply after Mrs. R. Hancock, 286 Peak.
FOR SALE.
p.
CROSS SPRINGER SPANIEL Pup- pies (seven) for sale in aid of the Domber Fund. Please apply Mrs. HDEE, Jockey Club Stables.
"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 Publishers South China Morning Post, Ltd., Wyndham Street.
Food For France From Africa Supplies Go To Paris
LONDON, Mar. 23 (Reuter).---A statement that both Occupied and Unoccupied France are to be sup-
A. S. WATSON & CO.,
LIMITED.
CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS.
Notice is hereby given that tho Company's standard charges will NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN be increased as from 17th March, that the FIFTY-SIXTH ORDIN-1941, by adding a 10% surcharge ARY YEARLY MEETING of the to the amounts charged for elec. Company (since registration) will tricity consumed for lighting and be held at the Hong Kong Hotel, power as per meters read on and
after 24th April, 1941. Hong Kong, on THURSDAY, the 3RD APRIL, 1911, at 11.30 am. for the purpose of receiving the Rupart of the General Managers together with Statement of Accounts for the year ended 318T- OCTORER, 1910.
24
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the 24th MARCH, 1911, to THURSDAY, the 3RD APRIL, 1911, both days inclusive, JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers. Hong Kong, 18th March, 1941.
HONG KONG TELEPHONE
COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
The existing senle of discounts will remain in force. By order of the Directors,
HEY YOU
BANKS
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Rayal Charter 1853, Paid-up Capital
.... 13,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietora 23,000,000 Reservo Fund
..... £2,000,000
HEAD OFFICE LONDON. 3 ishopsgate, E,C.1.
Sub-Agencies in London; 117/122, .Leadenhall Blreet, E.03.
West End Branche: 14/16, Cockspur Street, B.W.A.
Manchester Branch:
-----
52, Mosley street, Manchester, 2.
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: Hankow Penang
Board
of
Alor Star
D. W. MUNTON,
Amritsar
Manager. Hongkong, 8th March, 1941.
HONG KONG ROTARY.
CLUB
Object
FLAG DAY
March 29th, 1941.
To obtain funds
to purchase Motor Ambulances and Mobile Canteens for China and Britain.
plied with fruit, vegetables and mut-that the SIXTEENTH ORDINARY THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC ton from North Africa in increasing YEARLY MEETING of HONG amounts is credited to M. Roch, KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY,
CO., LTD.
Director of Vichy's Ministry of Sup- | LIMITED, will be held on Issue of 600,000 new ordinary ply, in an interview quoted by the FRIDAY, the 28th day of March,
official German news agency.
To fhellitate the distribution, suld M. Roch, the destination of the food would be determined before it left
Algiers One third of the supplies would go to Paris and the remainder
to the rest of France.
The arrangement, he added, was the result of recent talks between Vichy and, the Governments of Al- geria, Morocco and Tunis.
Flour From U.S.A.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
19-11, at noon, in the BOARD ROOM of the Company, SECOND FLOOR, EXCHANGE BUILDING,
shares of $10 ench
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
HONG KONG, for the purpose of that the Register of Members of receiving a Statement of Accounts the Company will be closed from and the Report of the Board of 1st to 5th April, 1941, both days Directors, for the fluancial year inclusive, during which period no ended 31st December, 1910, and Transfer of Shares can be regis- re-electing two Directors Auditors,
and
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be closed froin the 14th March to the 28th March, 1941, both days inclusive.
Dated this 1st day of March,
LONDON, Mar. 23 (UP)-11 la learned from authoritative sources that the arrangement which Mr Summer Welles, Under Secretary of 1941. State, nanounced last Saturday re- Aarding the sending of two shiploads of tour to occupied France does
not indicate any intention on the part
By Order of the Board,
J. P. SHERRY, Managing Director.
Hong Kong.
of the British to relax the blockade. 11, Des Voeux Road Central,
However, the discussions are pro- bably continuing over a widder fteld.
Monster Raffle
in aid of the
Bomber Fund
over
$46,000 value of prizes
SALE OF TICKETS = CLOSES APRIL 9
DRAW
AT PENINSULA HOTEL 2-9 p.m. APRIL 10
[tered,
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,
Agents.
21st March, 1941.
THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN COMPANY LTD.
Notice to Shareholders
THE FIFTY-FOURTH ORDIN- ARY ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. on WED- NESDAY, the 26th MARCH, 1941, nt NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Direc- tors and the Statement .of Accounts for the year ended 31st | DECEMBER, 1910.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 15th MARCH, 1941, to WEDNESDAY, the 26th MARCH, 1941, both days inclusive,
By Ordor Directors.
of the Board of
C. M. MANNERS, Secretary and Manager. Hongkong, 7th March, 1941,
NOTICE
DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940
The following rates will bo charged for malling single coples lof tho following newspapers
Abroad:-
South China Morning Post China and Macao 10 cents per copy British Empire and Foreign 25 cents por copy The Hongkong Tolograph China and Macao 14 cents per copy 18 cents Saturdays British and Foreign
20 conta por, copy
-25 conts Saturdays.
Bangkok
Untavia
Hongkong Rangoon
Ipoh Hollo
Bombay
Karach
Calentin
Agencies:
Kiang Kobe
Clive Street
Kitals
Fairlie Place
Lumpur
Canton
Kuching
Cawnpore
Modras
Cebu
Manila
Colombo
Mcdon
Delbi
Haiphong
Hamburg
Semarang
Salgon
Seremban
Shonghal Singapore Sitiawan Sourabaya
Tolplog Tientsin
Tongkali
(huket)
New York Tsingtao
Telping Yokohama
(Peking)
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.
CUILRENT ACCOUNTS opened, and FIXED DEPOSITÄ received for One Year or shorter periods in Local or Other Cur- rencies at rates which will be quoted on application,
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application.
The Bank's Bend Offer in London undertakes Excevior & Trustee business and claims, recovery of British Income Tax overpaid on terms which may be ascertained at any of its Agencies and Branches,
W. II. EVANS THOMAS.
Manager.
Exchange At A Glance
SELLING.
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4 m/s L/C U.S.A.
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US. Cross rate in London 4.02% U.S. Cross rate la N.Y...4.03
STOCK MARKET
REPORT
Hongkong Stock Exchange Officia Summary, Issued Saturday says:
Only a few transactions were re- corded at quotations.
Buyers
H.K. Govt., 316% Loan (1934) 94 Bank of East Asin $70 Cation Ins, $217
Union Ins. $425
.H.K. Fire Ins. $170
Indo-Chinas (Pref.) $80 Providents $5,20 Holely $3.10
Lands $31,75 Humphreys $0.70 Henties $2.95
Se Estates $100
$10.25
Lights "O" $0.20
Electrics C. Rta $30,00
Macno Electrics "O" $17.80
- Macao Electrics "N" $10.00
Ropes $7
. Watsons $11
Ropes $7.40
Sellers
Salos
II.K. Danko $1,340
Electrics, C. Itts, $40.05 Telephones "O" $24.30 Docks (Old) $15.40 X.D.
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SEND YOUR DONATIONS TO:-
WAR FUND-SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST; LTD. DONATION. TO DATE:
REMITTED TO LONDON £104,889,19,6d.
$1,745,499.60
EWO BEER
As of to-day, March 24, 1941, the prices of EWO Beer, Pints and Quarts, have been increased by $3.00 per case.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,
Pedder Street, Hongkong.
POST OFFICE
The Printed, Matter Service to the following places in China is tem porarily suspended:-Yunnan, Sze- chuen, Kwelchow, Hunon, Fuklen (except Amoy and Kulangsu). Kwangsi, North and Enst of Kwangtung.
The public are reminded that it is a breach of postal regulations to enclose in a postal cover communi- cations intended for persons other than the addressco,
Small Packet Post to all countries: Is suspended.
› INWARD MAILS Air Mall by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service-San Francisco date, 18th March
.Mar. 25.
Australia and Manila......Mar. 25. Canton, an
.Mar. 25, U.S.A, and Japan (San Francisco
date, 7th March)
Mar, 25. Australia, Rabaul and Maniin Mar. 27. Straits and Air Mall by British Over- Airways Service" (except London) by Sea from Singapore. Mar. 28.
-Canton.ermmierer-Mar-20.
Haiphong
Monday, March 24
7.00 p.m.
Manila, Australia and New Zealand
vin Brisbane,
G.P.O, and K.F.O. ·
Parcels
Reg,
Mar. 24; 5 p.m.
.Mar. 24, 5 p.m.
Ord...Mur. 25, 8.30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 25
Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Hono- lulu, U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan- American Airways and
Atlantie Services,"
K.P.O.
Trans-
,Mar, 25, 5.00 p.m.
.Mar. 25, 5.30 pm.
Reg.
Ord.
G.P.0.
Rex.
Ord.
Canton
Mar. 25, 5.00p.m.
.Mar, 25, 7.00 pm: 7p.m. Wednesday, March 20
Air Mall by sea to Singapore to coil- nect with the **British Overseas Airways"
Reg
G.P.O, and K.P.O.
.Mar. 20. 10.30 am. Ord.......Mar. 20, 11.00 am.
Straits and Calcutta.
Parcels
Letters
11 a.m.
Noon.
Straits, South Afrleo, and Parcels
only for United Kingdom.
K.NO.
Porcele... Mar. 26, G.00 pm. Reg. ... Mar. 20 5.00 p.m. Ord, ...Mar. 27, 8.30 a.m.
G.P.O.
Reg.
Parcels....Mar. 20, 5.00 p.m. .Mar. 26, 6.00 p.m. Ord. ...Mar. 27. 8.30 o.m.
Friday, Marel: 28
Air Mail: by Bea to Singapore."to connect with the "British Over- scas Airways,”
K.P.O.
Reg.
Ord,
....Mar. 28, 2 p.m. .......Mar, 28, 2:30 p.m. G.P.O.
Reg. Ord.
...Mar, 28, 2 p.m. .....Mar. 28, 2.30 p.m.
Ceylon, India, East and South Africa 3.30 p.m. Straits, Rangoon and Calcutta
3.30 pm. 'Superscribed Correspondence Only
Soldier Injured
A Police report states that about midnight yesterday as Bus No. 816 was proceeding along Nathan Road toward Star Ferry, Pie J. Cawley, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, alighted from the vehicle, near Cumeron Road, and fell down. Ho was later removed to the Whitfold. Barracks Hospital, suffering from abrasions.: Hin condition is serious,
not
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