1941-03-27 — Page 10

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

R.

CLASSIFIED NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A. 8. WATSON & CO.,

ADVERTISEMENTS 25 words $2.50 for 3 days prepaid FOR SALE.

by

UNION WATERBOAT CO., LTD.

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LIMITED

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS that the FIFTY-SIXTH" ORDIN- ARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company (sinco registration) will- bo hold at the Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, ön THURSDAY, tho 3RD APRIL, 1941, at 11.30 a.m. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31ST

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

The Thirty-sixth Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of Mesars NEW PEKING CARPETS can be Dodwell & Co. Ltd., Hongkong and

horo inexpensively acquired people going abroad where they're Shanghai Bank Building, on Tues- expensive. Wido selection possible,day, the 15th April, 1941, at 11 10 Bayview Mansions, Third Floor, a.m. for the purpose of receiving the report of the General THE HONGKONG NATURALIST Managers together with a State-OCTOBER, 1940. Vol. X nos. 3 and 4. Price $ment of Accounts for the year (postage extra). Now on sule at

ended 31st December, 1940. South China Morning Post, Lid. CROSS SPRINGER SPANIEL Pup-

Causeway Bay.

ples (seven) for sale in aid of the Bomber Fund. Please apply Mrs. Hogg, Jockey Club Stables,

"HONGKONG AS HEVEALED BY THE CAMERA" Second Edition. Over 80 excellent views. of the Colony. Price $1.08. Obtainable at Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., or from the Publishers South China Morning Post, Ltd., Wyndham Stroci.

The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from 1st April to 16th April, 1941, both days inclusive.

DODWELL & CO., LTD. General Managers,

24th March, 1941.

HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK

Exchange Ato

A Glance

SELLING

TT. London

Demand London

T.T. Shanghai

T.T. Singapore

T.T. Japan

T.T. India

TIT

U.S.A.

T.T. Manila

Batavia

TT. Bangkok

T.T. Saigon

.1/2% 1/27%

+450

423/

100%

.82%

32414

.13 14

.149/

.10414

T.T. France

T.T. Switzerland

.1021/1⁄2

T.T. Australia

.1/04

BUYING

4 m/s L/C London

m/s D/P London

1/3%

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

4 m/s Franco

30 d/s India ..

.844

U.S. Cross rate in London 4.02

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

H.K. Stock

The

Market

following

quotations were Issued on the Hongkong Stock Mur- let this murning.

BANKS

IK Banko $...

H.K. Banks £.

ILK. Banks (HK)

Chartered Exd.

Mercantile, A. & D. £ x.d.

Mercantile C. £ xd.

East Asia $......

INSURANCES

Cantons $..

Unlun $....

China Underwriters

H.K. Fire $....

SUIPPING

Douglas $.... Steamboats $.

Indo-Chinas P.

Indo-Chinas D

Shell (Bearers) 5/-

Waterboats .....

DOCKS ETO.

sx.d.

Wharves $ Docks (old) $. Docks (new) $. Providents $.

S'hai Dockyards

Kullan /- Raubs $ x.d. H.K. Mines

Hotels ... Lands $ x.d.

MINING

LANDS

Lands 4 Debentures

S'hai Lands Sh. $. Humphreys $.

H.K. Renities .. Chinese Estates Trams s

UTILITIES

Peaks Trams (old) Peak Trams (new)

Star Ferrics $.

Y. Ferries

$

China Lights

(old)

China Lights (now) 11.K. Electries & c.r. Macao

Electrics (old) Macao Electrica (now) Sundakan Lights 5. Telephones (old) $.

Telephones (new) $..

INDUSTRIALS

1,335 b.

CO., LTD.

Notice is hereby given that the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of Share- holders will be held in the Office of the Company, No. 2 Queen's Building, Hong Kong, on Monday, 31st March, 1911, at noon for con- sideration of the Directors' Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1940.

The Sharo Register and Trans- fer Books will be closed from the 18th to 31st March, 1941, both days

•Inclualve.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD

OF DIRECTORS

E. COCK, Chief Manager. Hongkong, 10th March, 1941.

HONGKONG TELEPHONE CO., LTD.

of the Bale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the Bit day of March, 1941, at 2.p... at the Ofces of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Island Road, Tytam Bay, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with a option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one, furthor term of 75 years.

Tho TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from.

Intending, bidders are advised MONDAY, the 24th MARCH, 1941, that immediately after the dispo to THURSDAY, the 3RD APRIL,sal of the lot the Purchaser. (if 1941, both days Inclusive,

not the applicant) will be requir JOHN D, HUMPHREYS & SON, ed to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the General Managera.

salo, the sum of two hundred. Hong Kong, 18th March, 1941.

dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the GREEN ISLAND CEMENT

Purchase price. COMPANY, LIMITED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 52nd Ordinary Annual Meeling of Shareholders will be held at the offices of the Company, Exchango Building, Des Voeux Road, Victoria, Hong Kong, ou Tuesday, the 22nd day of April, 1941, at 11.30 o'clock, n.m, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ended 31st December, 1940.

THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from WEDNESDAY, the 9th April, 1941, to TUESDAY, the 22nd April, 1941, both days Inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

R. TAYLOR, Manager and Secretary. Hong Kong, 25th March, 1941.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC that an Extraordinary General

Meeting of the Hongkong Telo-

►

CO., LTD.

shares of $10 each

phone Co., Ltd., will be held in the Issue of 600,000 new ordinary. Board Room of the Company, 2nd Floor, Exchange Building, Des Voeux Road

Central, Victoria,

longkong, on Friday, the 28th day of March, 1911, at 12.15 o'clock in the afternoon or so soon thereafter as the Annual General Meeting 74 n. convened for noon on that day .77 11.

shall have terminated, when the .0% 11.

subjoined resolution will be pro- 10% n. posed as a special resolution:-

21

..70 0.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Register of Members of the Company will be closed from tst to 5th April, 1941, both days inclusive, during which period no Transfer of Shares can be regia-

tered.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD

That the Articles of AssociationOF DIRECTORS,

of the Company be altered in the GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD., .2224 b.

.430 s. manner following:-

186 5.

.135. .0 p. 80 b. 60-n

.40/7 n.

(a) By the deletion of the existing Article 95 and the substitu- tion in liou thereof of the following Article:-

"95. The Directors of the "Company shall not be

"less than six and not "more than ten in num- "ber."

.7 n.

.88% b. .10 b. .15.05 b. (b) In Article 101 the word "six"

.51⁄4 b.

shall be substituted. for the .23 1.

word "four" where such word occurs in the third and firth 15/- n.

.8 n.i

respectively. of such

.1% cts. n.

.3.15 b.

31 b.

.971⁄2 n.

,12,10 n. .0.70.

.100 n.

.16.30 b.

.7% D. .3% n.

.54% D.

line Article. By order of the Board,

J. P. SHERRY, Managing Director. Hongkong, 5th March, 1941,

CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO CONSUMERS

.249. .0% .0 a. Company's standard charges will

.1% b.

bo-increased as from 17th March, .89.00% 0. $...18% b, 1911, by adding a 10% surcharge

Notice is hereby given that the

$..17% b. to the amounts charged for elec- Ptricity consumed for lighting and

21st March, 1941.

Agents.

HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the SIXTEENTH ORDINARY HONG YEARLY MEETING of KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY, will bo heid na LIMITED, FRIDAY, the 28th day of March. 1911, at noon, in the BOARD ROOM of the Company, SECOND FLOOR, EXCHANGE BUILDING, HONG KONG, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Board of Directors, for the financial year ended 31st December, 1940, and two Direstora and re-electing

Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be closed from the 14th March to the 28th March, 1941, both days inclusive,

Dated this 1st day of March, 1941.

By Order of the Board,

J. P. SHERRY, Managing Director.

.24 b. power as per meters read on and 14, Des Voeux Road Central,

after 24th April, 1941.

Cald: Macg. (Ord.), Sh. $...30 n. The existing scale of discounts Caid: Mack (Pret.), Sh. $..25 n will remain in. force,

Conton Ices S.

Cements $..

11.K. Ropes $ xd.

STORES, &C. Dairy Farms Watsons S....... Lane Crawfords $ Sinceres $..... Wing On (HK) Powell Ltd. $....

Hong Kong.

NOTICE

.1 n.

of By order .10% s

.7.40. Directors,

the Board of

10 a. 11.10 b. .7% n. .2.18 n. .39 n. .00 n.

D. W. MUNTON,

Manager. Hongkong, 8th March, 1941.

DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940

45 n. 200 n.

The following rates will be charged for mailing single coplas of the following newspapere

Gloaming Wins abroad

Lincolnshire

4% n LONDON, Mar. 26 (Reuter). .94 Gloaming (100-7)

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

MISC. H.K. Govt. 4% H.K. Govt 34% (1934 H.K. Govt 344% (1940) Ch Govt. 5% 1926 G$Bd. HI.K. Enterininments $. Constructions (old) $ Constructions (new) $. Vibro Piling $ `x.4. Marsmans Inv. (Lon.) a/- Maramana Inv, (II.K.) #/~ ..3/0 n.

.42 n.

.7 b.

won

tho Lincolnshire to-day, three 1.60 .lengths ahead of Gaston (50-1), .. n. while Monopole (100-6) was .7.20 n. third.

.0/6 n. There were 19 runners.

THE BOMBER FUND A total of $1,745,740.00 was reached yesterday by the War Fund Inatt- gurated by the 8. C. M. Poet, Ltd., with the following donations: Police Club, Boundary

Street (fourth donation). $13 Cheero Club (sale of eld

Lins) ....

In memory of Fegan and Garland, Jervis Bay and Albert Bridge

. "Navigation" Tables

3.32

South China Morning Post China and Macao

10 conte por copy British Empire and Foreign 20 cents, por copy The Hongkong Telegraph China and Macao 14 cents per copy 10 cents Saturdays

British and Forolga 20 cents per copy 25 conta Saturdaye.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Rural Building

Lot No. 462.

Island Road,

Tylam Bay.

19, of Sale

Registry No.

Locality

Boundary Measurements

N

A. E. W.

as per sate

plan.

$7,500

Contents

sq. feel

Ann. feet.

Upset Price

about

000000

C$

Tho purchaser of the lot will bo required to pay to the auctioneer in cash the sum of $750 (being 10% of the upset price) im- mediately after the fall of the hammer, the balance of the premium being paid in accordance with the Conditions of Sale,

TRANS PACIFIC FREIGHT BUREAU

on

NOTICE TO SHIPPERS

Shippers are hereby notified that effective April 25, 1941 the rates Barrels, Casks or Drums to Pacific Coast and Overland delivery will be US$19.00 per 2,000 lbs.

Oll, non-casential in bulk,

TRANS PACIFIC FREIGHT BUREAU. Hongkong, March 24, 1941.

NOTICE

As from to-day the prices of H.B. Beer (Pints and Quarts) will be increased by $3.00 per case.

THE HONGKONG BREWERY & DISTILLERY LTD.

27th March, 19117

HONG KONG ROTARY CLUB

Object

FLAG DAY

March 29th., 1941.

་

To obtain funds to purchase Motor Ambulances and Mobile Canteens for China and Britain.

BANK S

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CIHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1859, Pald-Up Capital

300′000°C3 ********

Iteserve Lishliity of Proprietors $3,000,000 £3,000,000

Reserve Fund

HEAD OFFICE:-LONDON. 3 Bishopsgato, E.G.1.

Sub-Agencies in Londoni 119/122, Ländenhol Street, B.C3.7

West End Branch:

14/16, Cockapur Street, S.W.1.

Manchester Branchi

52, Mosley Street, Manchester, 2.

AGENCIES. AND BRANCHES,

Alor Star Amritsar

Batavia

Dangkok

Bombay

Agencies;

Calcutta

Clive Street Vairle Place Canton Cawnpore Cebu Colombo Delhf Haiphong Hamburg

TOREIGN

Hankow Peneng Hongkong Rangoon Ipoh

Balgon

$Carachi Seremban

Singapore Sitowan

Iloilo

Semarang

Kleng

Shanghal

'Kobe

Icuala

Kucking Madras

Manila

Medan

Lumpur

Sourabaya Taiping Tientsin Tongkali

(Bhuket)

Yokohams

New York Taingtao Pelping

(Peking) EXCHANGE and General

| Banking Businosa transacted,

CURRENT · ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Yosz, ar shorter periods in Local or Other Cur- rencies 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 Office in London undertakes Executor & Trusice business and claims, recovary of British Income Tax overpaid on terra, which may be ascertained at any of its Agesicion and Uranched,

W. H. EVANS THOMAS, `

Manager.]

March 27, 1941.

For Distinctive

Jewellery

FOR DIAMONDS

At Lowest Market Prices

FOR GOOD WATCHES

SENNET FRERES

IS THE STORE

FLASH-0-GRAM

ZORIC

„GARMENT ELLANIKS SYSTEM

The system that provides QUALITY AIR CONDITION DRYCLEANING for all types of Clothing and Household Accessories

CARPET SHAMPOOING-UNDERTAKEN-PREPARATORY TO STORING

THE STEAM LAUNDRY CO.

Head Office & Works 57032

Hong Kong Depot, Gloucester Bldg., 2nd Flr. Tel. 289381

Tel. 58545 Peak Depot, Kowloon Depot,

THE PENINSULA HOTEL

will present a

POST OFFICE

The Printed Matter Service to the tollowing places in China la tem- Jorarily suspended?--Yunnan, Sza. chuen, Kwelchow, Hunan, Fukien (except Amoy and Kulangsu),

North Kwangsl,

and East Kwangtung.

ΟΣ

The public are reminded that it im a breach of postal regulations to enclose in a postali covor.communi- cations intended for persons

than the addressee,

other

Small Packet Post to all countries

$ suspended,

INWARD MAILS

Strails and Air Mall by “British

Overseas Airways

(except London)

Singapere R

Servico❞—

by Bea from

.Mar. 27.

Australia, Rabaul and Manila

Mar. *20.

.Mar, 20.

Mar. 29.

.Mar. 29.

Java and Manila...... Canton.

U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan, and Shang-

hal-(San Francisco March)

date, 7th .Mar. 29.

Air

Air Mail by "Pan-American

ways Direct Service"-San Fran- ofsco date, 23rd March Mar, 30th,

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Malls are :losed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advértia- ed to close at or before 9 am..regis- cred and parcel mails are closed at p.m. on the previous day. When mails are advertised to close niter 3 p.m., Registered and Parcel malls

re closed at 5 p.m.

Thursday, March 27 Straits, South Africa and Parcels only

for United-Kingdom. K. P. O.

Parcels Reg. Ord,

Parcels

Reg.

Ord.

.Mar. 27, 4 p.m. Mar, 27, 5 p.m.

.Mar. 27, 5.30 p.m.

G. P. O.

.Mar. 27, 4 p.m.

Mar, 27; 5 pm,

Mur, 27, 7 pan,

Friday, March 28

Air Mall by Air lo fangoon to con- nect with the "British Overseas Airways.

G.P.O. and K.P.O, Re...Mar.. 28, 4.00 p.m.

Ord.

.......Mar. 28, 4.30 p.m. Saturday, March 29

Air Mail by Sea to Singapore to connect with the "British Over- seas Airways,"

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

......Mar. 29, 12.30 p.m. Mar. 29; 1,00 p.m. Straits and Rangaon

.2.00 pm. U.S.A., Canada, Central and South America and United-Kingdom via San Francisco

Note: All Mails for United-Kingdom will be forwarded with or without superscription

Gr.0, and K.P.O. Parcels

Reg.

.Mar, 20, 4 p.m. .Mar, 29, 5 pm. .Mar. 29, 5.30 p.m. *Superscribed. Correspondence Only

the

Ord.

India C-in-C Inspection

Saw All Services

NEW DELHI, Mar. 20. (Reuter) - With his return to Delhi to-day, Commander-in-Chief, General Claude Auchinleck has completed an extensive tour of the country in which he saw most of the troops and the production of equipment and multions

Custern in

and south- western India.

Vestern

The Inspection embrace many sea and air establishments and every phase of training and production, At Hyderabad, Bombay, Karachi. and Johdpur trainees for the Royal Tel. 21279| Air Force were seen at work. Tel. 23325

BAND CONCERT

on

SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1941.

at 9.00 p.m.

IN THE LOUNGE

by the

Combined Orchestras of the

Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels

IN AID OF THE

BOMBER FUND

Reserve

this date!

A special visit was paid to the rapidly completing aircraft factory In south India where the frat “Made In India" plane will be ready by the middle of the year.

Woman Decapitated By Aeroplane

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH" PENSACOLA, Fla., Mar. 20 (UP). The Novy Department to-day look into, custody Ensign J. C. Thompson and Student-Plot Paul Brown who yesterday Robertdale, Alabama, and swooped low over a turnip feld near

decapitated a woman worker.

Commander W. D. Hample said that Mrs Robert Phillips was killed by a naval training plane "being flown directly contrary to navy.

orders."!

Meat Rations To Be Reduced

26

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Mar.

(UP)-The Ministry of Food to-day announced that the ment ration will be reduced from 1s 20 per person per week to Ia per person per week beginning March 11. Children's ratlohs will be reduced from 7d to 6d per chili per week.

Petain Favours Collaboration

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHY VICHY, March 20 (Dome!) Count de Brinon, French Ambassador to Paris, announced that Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, President of the French Stale, favours participa- ton in the creation of Europe's now. order. He sold that Marshal Petain considers that France should resume. collaboration with Germany and take a clear position against the do Gaula Bat Movement.

A Chinese Junk fokl, Shek Po-so, 30, has been brought to hernital here- from Cheung Chow where he arrived suffering from gunshot wounds in the leg. He said he had recolved the wounds a month ago from Japaneso who robbed his craft,

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