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Friday:

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

March 28, 1941.

C

UNION WATERBOAT

CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

The Thirty-sixth Annual General Mooting of Shareholders will be hold at the Ocon of Messrs Dodwell & Co. Ltd., Hongkong and Notice is hereby given that the Shanghai Bank Building, on Tuen Company's standard charges will day, the 16th April, 1941, at 11 be increased, as from 17th March. 1911, by adding a 10% surchargem, for the purpose of receiving to the amounts charged for elec tricity consumed for lighting and power as per meters rend on and after 24th April, 1941,

The existing scale of discounts will remain in force.

THE HONGKONG NATURALIST, Vol. X s. 3 and 4. Price $4 (posinge extra). Now on sale at South China Morning Post, Ltd. CROSS SPRINGER SPANIEL Pup-Directors, ples (seven), for sale in nid of the Bomber Fund. Please apply Mrs. Hogi, Jockey Club Stables,

"HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY THE CAMERA" · Second Edition. OVCE 00 excellent views of the Colony. Price $150. Obtainable at Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., or from the Publishers South China Morning Post, Ltd., Wyndham Street,

PROTECTION OF

CHILDREN

Month's Record

By order of the Board of

D. W. MUNTON,

Manager. Hongkong, 8th March, 1941.

HONG KONG ROTARY CLUB

Object

FLAG DAY

March 29th., 1941.

To obtain funds to purchase Motor, Ambulances and Mobile

At the monthly meeting of the Canteens for China and Britain,

Executive Committee of the Hong- kong Society for the Protection of

childer hell on March 20, the Case THE

Report showed that 200 new cases, involving 378 children, had attended

the Society's Centres. During the

HONGKONG ELECTRIC

CO., LTD.

of the

General

report Managers together with a State- ment of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1940,

The Transfer Books of the

Company will be closed from 1st April to 15th April, 1941, both days inclusive.

DODWELL. & CO., LTD.

General Managera.

24th March, 1941.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 52nd Ordinary Annual Meeting of Shareholders will bo held at the offices of the Company, Exchange Building, Dea Voeux Iload, Victoria, Hong Kong, on Tuesday, the 22nd day of April, 1941, at 11.30 o'clock, 1.m. for the purpose of receiving a Statement

of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ended 31st December, 1940.

A vacancy exists for a Second Engineer Officer in a ship under Board of Trade Rules.'

Particulars of service, otc. may be obtained from the Naval Store Officer, H. M. Dockyard, long Kong, and application, in writing, for the post, should, reach that Officer by noon, Monday, 7th April, 1941.

Britfah

be Applicants must subjects and of British race.

R.

PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 31st day of March, 1911, nt, 3 p.m. at the Oilcea of the Public Works Department, by Order of Ils Excellency the Governor of ong Lot of Crown Land at Yaland Road, Tytam Bay, in the Colony torm of 76 of Hong Kong, for years, with a opilon of renewal at 'n Crown llent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 75 years.

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo- sal of the lot the Purchaser (if THE TRANSFER BOOKS of not the applicant) will be requir the Company will be CLOSED to doposit with an authorised from WEDNESDAY, the 9th April,officer who will be present at the deilars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the

month, 0,427 visits had been made to Issue of 600,000 new ordinary 1941, to TUESDAY, the 22nd sale, the sum of two hundred

the Centres by persons needing assist- ance.

The Finance Report showed an ex- Henditure of $3,100 for the month of February, he continued increase in expenses being due to the higher price of milk and other necessities.

nine and

It was reported that an unwanted baby siri of two mentis had been placed in the B.C.M.S. at Faling, Two orphan boya nged seven respectively had been accom- modated at the King's Park Camp. and another of twelve years sent 10 the Kwong Wah Hospital for medical treatment prior to being placed in the Bethel Mission.

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The Society was also instrumental, on behalf of a member of the public, In arranging for three boys to he atmitted to the St Louis Industrial School where, in due course, they will be taught a trade.

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Mr C. C. Sollis, Chairman, tended a welcome to Dr Gratum Cumining who had occepted an invi- lation to serve on the Committee.

CONSTABLE WANG TEH Police Executives Attend Officer's Funeral The funeral service for Constable Wang Teh, who died of knife wounds

thleves in a brush with tree March 24, took place yesterday at the Tung Wah Yee Chong. Repository. The remains. will be sent back to Wang's village in Shantung.

at Chief mourners

the funeral were the widow and two daughters,

Others

Present

un

included many members of the Pollee Force and Police Reserve, including Hon. Mr Perdue, Mr W. P. Thompson, C.

Air E. C. Luscombe, Chief Inspector W. a Chester-Woods, Inspectors L. K. Whant, F. D. B. Tuckett, J. R. MeWalter.

The death has occurred of Mr John Barr Affleck, former British consul- Reuter general in Tientsin, reports from London. He was 02 years old.

Make a

shares of $10 each

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Registar of Members of the Company will be closed from 1st tp 5th April, 1941, both days inclusive, during which period no Transfer of Shares can be regla. Lered.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,

Agents.

21st March, 1941.

NOTICE

DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940

The following rates will be charged for malling single copies of the following nowspapers

brand:-

South China Morning Post China and Macuo

16 cents per copy British Empire and Foreign

25 cents_per_copy_

The Hongkong Telegraph

China and Macao

14 cents per copy

.

10 cents Saturdays

British and Foreign

20 cents per copy 25 conta Saturdays.

Monthly Donation

The SIMPLEST and SPEEDIEST way YOU can help WIN THE WAR is to give regular CASH DONATIONS to the Government.

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NO SUM TOO SMALL.

Fill in the form below and HELP WIN THE WAR.

Donations to 27.3.41: Remitted to London:

$1,747,581.32 £104,889.19.68.

Hongkong,

1941.

The Manager,

Sir,

Bank,

÷

Hongkong.

Commencing 1st April, 1941, and until further notice, please transfer the sum of $.......... Monthly to "War Fund, South China Morning Post Ltd." and dobit my current account.

Yours faithfully.

April, 1911, both days inclusive, By Order of the Board Directors,

of Purchase price.

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

BANK S

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHÍNA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853,

£3,000,000 Paid-up Capital .... Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 000,000 Reserve Fund

NEAD GYNICE:-LONDON, 38 Bishopsgate, E.C.L.

Sub-Azeneles In London: 117/122, Leadenhall Street, E.CJ,

West End Branch: 14/16, Cockspur Street. 8.W.L

Manchester Branch:

52, Mosley Street, Manchester, 2. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES Alor Star

iinnkow Penang Amritsar

Hongkong Rangoon

Sairon Ipoh

Semarangt

Batavia

Sereinban Shanghai Singapore

Bangkok

Zinila

Bambay

Korachi

Calcutta

Klond

Agencles!

Kobe

Clive Street

Kuala

Sunwant

Fairlie Place

Lumpur Sourabaya

Taiping

Tlentath

Manila

Tongkah

Medan

(Bhuket)

New York

Tsingtao

Fething

Yokohama

(Peking)

Canton Cawnpare Cebu

Kuching

Madras

Colombo Delhi Hatphong Hamburg

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted,

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

No. of S

Rural Building

Lot No. 442.

Island Road,

Tytam Bay.

Registry No.

Locality

Boundary Measureinenta

D. E

ns per sale

plan.

about

Contents 1

sit, feet,

Ann. fret..

Price

Upset

57,300

The purchaser of the lot will be required to pay to the auctioneer in cash the sum of $750 (being

20% of the upset price) im- mediately after the fall of the of the hammer, the balance premium baing paid in accordance with the Conditions of Sale. *

Ambulance & Canteens

- For Britain And China The Rotary Club of Hongkong is holding a flag day to-morrow, when it

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RIP NAZI EMBLEM-While thousands watch from a down- town San Francisco street, five youths rip the Nazi-flag from the German consulate. Two sailors in the group wore held.

COLONY'S TRADE IN FEBRUARY

According to an official report relensed for publication by the Superintendent of Imports and Exports, the combined values of the Colony's imports and exports of merchandise as declared during the month of February, 1941, totalled $93.3 millions (£5.8 millions) as compared with $95.2 millions (25.9 millions)

in February, 1940.

In terms of local currency the total visible trade of the Colony decreased by 2 per cent. In February, 1941, as compared with February, 1940; and by. 1.7 per cent. In terms of sterling.

Kowloon Grievance

Maternity Cases Not Admitted To Hospital

Imports of merchandise in Feb- ruary, 1941, totalled $55.3 millona (£3.4 millions) ns compared with $53.0 millions (£3.3 taillions) in February, 1040, and exports 538.0 millions (£2.4 millions) as compared

with

POST OFFICE

The Printed Matter Service to the following places in China is tom- potarily suspended:-Yunnan, Szo- chuen, Kweichow, Hunan, Fukien Kulangsu), and (except Amoy Kwangal North and Eust of Kwangtunit.

The public are reminded that it is a breach of postal regulations to anclose in a postal cover commun!- callons intended for persona then the addressee,

other

Small Packet Post to all countries a suspended.

Syntow

INWARD MAILS liollow

Mur, 25. Australia, Rabaul and Marlin Mar. 29; Java and Manila ........Mar. 20.

Canton:

,Mar, 29. Mar, 29.

USA., Honolulu, Japan, and Shang-

hal-(San

7th

March)

Air

A by "Pan-American (29.

Air-

Francisco date,

ways Direct Service"--San Fran• cisco date, 23rd March Mar 30th. US.A., Honolulu, Japan, and Shong-

San

Francisco date, 定

hai

March

Rangoon

Alt fail by "Pan-American Airways

Direct Service"--San

date. 27th March Sandakan Swntow

..Mar. 30.

Mar. 30.

Francisco

.April 3.

.Apr. 5.

April 5.

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Mails are dosed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertis- ed to close at or before 9 a.m. regis- tered and parcel malls are closed at 1 p.m. on the previous day, When malis are advertised to close niter 1. p.m.. Registered and Parcel malls ire closed at 6 p.m..

Friday, March 28-

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

G.P.O. and K.1.0. Neg.

Orl

Straits, South

Mar. 28, 4.00 p.m. Mar. 28, 4,30 p.m. Africa and Parcels

only for United-Kingdom

K.P.O.

Mar. 28, 4 p.m. .Mar, 28, 5 p.m. Mar, 28, 5.30 p.m.

Par

Reg.

Ord.

.P.O.

Par

Reg.

Ord.

Air Mail by connect with Airways"

$42.2 millions (£2.6 millions). Imports of merchandise in Feb- ruary, 1941, increased by 4.3 per cent. Canton

Exports of merchandise

Reg.

Ord,

Ref.

Ord.

Mar. 28, 4 p.m. .Mar. 28, 5 p.m. ‚Mar. 28, 7 p.m. Sea to Singapore to the "British Overseas

K.P.O.

.Mar. 28, 5 p.m. ...., Mar. 28, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.

..

.Mar. 28, 5 p.m. .Mar. 28, 6 p.m.

Bolurday, March 29

South Africa

..6.30 p.m.. ,.5.30 p.m. India, East and

Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honchilu,

"Par Airways and Trans-

K.P.O.

.5.30 p.m.

U.S.A., And

Europe via

American Atlantle Services's

Reg.

Ord.

Mar, 29, 5 p.m.. ..Mar. 29, 5.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

Reg.

Ord

Mar, 29, 5 p.m. .Mar, 30. Noon.

in terms of local currency, and by Straits and Itangoon 30 per cent. In terms of sterling. Manila, Ceylon,

in February, Tite årst meeting of the new Genc-1941 decreased by 10.0 per cent, in

of in terms per cent, in

sterling. ral Committee of the Kowloon Rest-terms of local currency, and by 7:7 During the first two months of 1941 dents' Association took place in St

totalled recently. imports of merchandise Andrew's Church Hall

inililons (7.1 millions) as Among the items referred to the

corresponding period sub-committees for investigation and

in the report, were the matters brought up of 1940: and exports $80.0 millions at the annual general meeting. These (£5.0 millions) as compared with included the

£6.4 millions).. need for steps to $104.2 millions ( taken which would tend to greater Imports of merchandise decreased safely from fire with regard to the

ma", with

$112.0 millions (£7,0

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

old type of tenement houses, the by 5.9 per cent, in terms of local feasibility of installing the dust currency, and by 6.0 per cent. in Note: All Malls for United-King- terms of sterling: exports-decreased sanitary system in every Kowloon,

house

or shorter periods in Local or Other Cur- the purchase of motor ambulances of factories in residential areas, the currency, and by 12.5 per cent. in

rencies at rates which will be quoted on and mobile canteens. The sum unsuitable location of certain offen. oppileation,

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in raised will be divided equally, one sive trades, and the allegation that Local Currency and Sterling with interest half being sent to Rotary Internet some of the Air Raid shelters had

not been properly constructed. allowed at ratex obtainable on oppileation. al in England, and the other lo The Dank's trad Office in London Chinese headquarters. One mobile

Some traffe complaints were also undertakes Executar & Trustee business and claima recovery of British income canteen has already been bought and

mentioned, and were handed over to Tax overpaid on larms which may be is now operaternight local Rotarians, the sub-commitice concerned to be

Within a raised $6,000 and have added con- dealt with,

by siderably to that amount since. other means. Thus a Rotary Dinner, a Cabaret Dance, a footboll match

ascertained at any of its Agencies and Branches,

W. H. EVANS THOMAS.

Manager,

Demand For Bicycles

England.

Maternity Wards

have all ylelded considerable sums One of the questions brought up at

for this good cause.

first

the.

1041 as

terms of sterling.

The following table shows compara- tive imports and exports of merchan- dise during each of the two months of

compared with the corres pending months of 1940 and 1930, in $'s and 's sterling (in millions):

IMPORTS EXPORTS 1939 1940 1941 1930 1940 1941 ..$40.7 69.7 60.1 $40.3 01.0 32.0 £ 2.5 4.3 3.7 2.8 3.0 3.3 .$30.8 53.0 55.3 $30.5 42,2 30.0 £2.3 3.3 3.4 2.3 2.0 2.4

Monthly Fluctuations

Jan.

Feb.

Sineo February, 1940, monthly

dom will be forwarded with or without superscription

G.PO, and K.P.O. Par Reg. Ord.

...Mar. 29, 5 p.m..

.Mar. 31, 0.45 nm. Mar. 31. 10.30 ́n.m.

Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa and Parcels only for United Kingdom

Air

G.P.Ö. and K.P.O.

Par.

Ret.

Ord.

.Mar. 29, 5 p.m.

Mar. 31, 9.49 a.mi.

.Mar. 31. 10.30 a.m.

Monday, Mar. 31

Mall by Sea to Singapore to connect with the British Overseas Airways"

G.P.O, and K.r.O.

Iteg.

Ord.

.Mar. 31, 2 p.m. .Mar. 31, 2.30 p.m.

the annual meeting, however, was The Club has secured the whole-discussed forthwith and received con- This was the various siderable attention. hearted Co-operation of organisations and of the ladles of the matter of the maternity wards for values of imports of merchandise into Manlia, Batavia, Mauritius Lourenco. Colony in order to ensure the success

where

HKS value of 48.0 millions in Sep- Due To Petrol Rationing of this ag day, which will be the Kowloon Hospital Patre private Hongkong fluctuated from

final, and it hopes the biggest finan-medical practitioners have hitherto tember, 1940, to a ligh of 79.3 mil- Ceylon, India and East Afrien

been allowed to attend their own lions in May, 1040; whilst export With the introduction of petrolcial success of all.

being temporarily abolished. rationing in Singapore, there

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and

with the

or

been greater than the demand re are in urgent demand in both ↑ Hospital during the period of emer

for men's.

21

Admirals On

Merits

low

Marques, und South Africa

3.30 p.m.

3.30 p.m.

3.30 p.m.

Australia and New Zealand via Sydney.

K.P.O. Parcels ....Mar. 31, 4 p.m. Reg.

...Mar. 31, 5 pun. Ord.......Mar. 31, 5.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

.Mar, 31, 4 p.m.

The need in Britain and in China bsequent to the annual meeting, values fluctuated from a low of 37.8 Struits, Rangoon and Calcutta has been a great demand for for these motor vehicles is obvious. Subs

Cities are being bombed daily in letter was received from the Hon millions in August, 1040, to a high of, Manila, Madang, Salamaua, Rabaul, pedal dicycles.

both

result Director of Medical Services, in which 02.4 millions in July, 1940. countries,

lon with the better utilisa- Importers state that the de- that thousands of people are all he explained that the proposal was

connection rendered wounded mand for women's cycles has ed

homeless.

tlun of hospital facilities at that Motor ambulances there-

the continuance of

tha canteens countries. Mobile

serve Bruicy, and

evacuation scheme. The "An unusual feature of the sates thuse who have been bombed out of compulsory evac

been accommodated in these private In the past few days is the large their homes as well as soldiers keep-yory few maternity cases, which have

The system of promotion to number of purchases by Europeans," ing watch in lonely posts.

Str Atholl MacGregor, one of the biggest dealers said:

Chief wards since the evacuation, could be Although themselves affected by Justice, will broadcast an appeal on admitted to equally satisfactory, if rear-admiral, which has been in Queen Mary Hospital, one ward the reign of Queen Anne, is to petrol rationing, motorists have not behalf of the fund this evening at not superior, accommodation in the vogue in the Royal Navy since hesitated to offer lifts to members 7.40 p.m.

being reserved for the very few emer- be radically changed. gencies likely to occur.

Merit is count instead of mere seniority,

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the public.

Petrol-driven buses of the Singa- pore Traction Company have been withdrawn and the services opemted with trolley and diesel-enginedi buses. During "peak" periods, these buses will be reinforced by more trolley buses and petrol-driven buses.

Browder Starts Term

New York, Mar. 20.

Peak School

Women May Not Return

In the course of the discussion it

was pointed out that these eight pri

The Admiralty has decided to vate wards for maternity cases havel proved a boon to

during the past promotion so that captains of} It was authoritatively learned yes mother and child duda Kowloon widen the field of selection for terday morning that the main reason seven or eight years, and Goverment outstanding morit may rise to for the re-opening of the Peak School tong ago recognised that there was Flag rank earlier than is now was the fact that about 17 forelim real need for granting facility

the

children have been making use of attached to them, that of permitting possible.

Under the present system, proino-

unted in tices

the premises for some time now under the patient's own doctor attending

It tions to rear-admiral are made half- private tuition, and, as there were her throughout her confinement. Mr Earl Browder, ex-Secretary of several British children included in was only to be expected that fewer yearly from the top of the captains the Communist Party in the United this group, it was suggested that maternity cares have been accommo- list.

Wont two teachers.

the The new scheme will permit the! words since Government appoint two States, entrained to-day for Atlante, Georgia, to begin serving four year

It was also learned yesterday that evacuation of British women in July Admiralty to select captains from the sentence in the Federal Penitentiary several, applications for permission last, but everyone hopes that this upper five years of the list for pro- for passport frauda-United Press,.

for Government women teachers now evacuation will be temporary, and motion to rear-admiral without con- theso skleration of their place on the list. away from Hongkong, to return in nobody enn say how soon order to All essential services posts, women of Kowloon will be back in had been refused by the Evacuation their homes again, Tribunal.

YOUR DESTINATIDES

METROPOLE HOTEL

DRIVATE BATH IN EVERY POOH

Roosevelt Signs

Washington, Mar. 27.

Drastic Change Unwise

word only for emergency cases is tar from adequate, even during the present evacuation, as there are still It was the general opinion at tho a very large number of women, in- Committee meeting that it is unwise cluding Chinese, who have not been President Roosevelt signed the and unjustifiable to make any drastic evacuated, and who can afford to Lend and Lease Bill to-day-United change regarding these wards, and, and would avail themselves of the Press.

In any case, the reservation of one facilities referred to.

Parcels Reg.

Ord.

.Mar. 31, 5 p.m. Mar. 31, 7 p.m.

Canada, Central and South America Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu USA

via San Francisco,

G. P. O. and K. P. Q.

Ord.

RCE

.Mar. 31, 8 pm.: .Apr. 1. 8.30 am. Stralis and Parcels only for United-

Kingdom.

Par..

Reg.

Ord:

Par. Reg. Ord.

K.P.O.

.Mar. 31, 8.00 p.m. ...April 1, 9.43 a.m. April 1, 10.30 am. G.P.O.

.Mar. 31, 00 pm. April 1, 9.40 am. -Anell. 1. 10,30 a.m. Tuesday, April 1

Canada, Central and South Shanghai, Japan, Ilonolulu, U.S.A..

America and United-Kingdom via San Francisco (No Parcels for United Kingdom)

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

superscription,

Par.

K.P.O..

.Apr. 1. 4 p.m. ¡Apr. 1. 6 p.m. .Apr. 1, 5.30 p.m.

Πεκ.

Ord,

Par.

.Apr. 1. 4 pm.

Hag.

.Apr. 1..5 pm.

Ord.

Apr. 17 p.m.

*Buperscribed Correspondence Only