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HONGKONG

April 12, 1941.

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CHURCH NOTICES

ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL (GAUDEN ROAD)

Holy Communion - And Festal Evensong

Easter Day Holy Communion at 0.15 am. 7 am.. 0a.m. (with hymns).

Festal Matting and Bermon. I am, Preacher, the Dean.

12.10 p. 1oly Communion,

6.30 pm. Festal Evensong and Sermon. Preacher, Hey A. P. Robo.

The Social Hour will be held immediata- ly after Evensong all will be welcomed. Notices for the Week

Easter Monday-10 am. Holy Com- Jaunton.

Eanior Tuesday.-7.30 am, Holy Com

munion.

"Thursday—7,30_am. Holy Communion. Friday 7.45 am. Holy Communion (in Cantonese).

queen Mary Hospital 0an. Ioly_Communion,

Peak Church

6.10 am. Holy, Communion,

an. Holy Communion.

CHRIST CHURCH

{KOWLOON TONG).

Easter Services

Easter Day, April 13-Services in Eng- Hish; Holy Communion at 1.15 am.; Chil- dren's Service (for the younger people of the Sunday School) at Din: Choral Eucharist and Sermon, 0,45 am. Preacher: The Vicar lyman: 133, 134, 327, 025.

Bervices in Mandarin.-Holy Communion atam. Morning Prayer at 11 am.

Monday, April 14-Christ „Church Fel- towship Plenie to Shalin. Particulars Hom the Vicar or Secretary,

Thursday, Apr 17-y Communion of 7 an. Guild of Marthn and Mary incela at 10 am, in the Vintage. Choir practice at 6 pm.

Friday, April 19-Vicar and Fellowship "AL Elomo" in the Vicarage from 0.30 JLM

EMMANUEL CHURCH

(218 NATHAN ROAD)

Sunday, April 13-11 *J. Morning Worship. Speaker: Rov. J. Johnson of the Presbelerlan Mission of Now Zealand. Communion Bervice following: pin. Sunday School. Classes for Young Men and Young Ladies nt @ Ut Wood Road. 7.30 p.m.. Speciul singtog and Gospel Mraango.

8. A. C. A.

Monday-1.30 pun. Tuesday-10.30 aan. Women's Biblo Study class at 0 Ihil Wood Rond. Teacher: Mr Lechmere Cift. Study: Book of Ezekiel 3 pts. Meeling for Amats at 9 Hi Wood Rond; 7.30 p.m. Young People's Club.

Wednesday.-2.30 pt. Women's Bewing Circle at Mrs Chung's 702 Nathan Road; 8 p.m. Mid-week prayer meeting.

Friday4.45 Chlidren's story hour at V

Wood Road. 6 pm. Prayor Meeting

at Hill Wood Road,

Monday and Friday evening Bible Study Classes as usual.

UNION CHURCH (KENNEDY ROAD)

Morning Service 10,30 a.m. Evening Bervice, U p.m. Preacher at both services, Rev. K. Mackenzie Dow.

The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be celebrated at the close of Morning and Evening Service.

METHODIST

CHURCH

(QUEEN'S ROAD EAST) Holy Communion and Morning Parade on Easter Sunday

Services on Easter Bunday, April 15. Preachers--Morning, Rev. E. Moreton; Evening, Rev. J. E. Sandbach.

dam Holy Communion; Morning Parade Service at 10.15 am. ftymns 204, 124, 450, 210, 213,

Evening Service at 8 pm, Sotolat: Me Wilym Jenkins, Hymne: 200, 211, 217, 213. Notices for the Wook In connection with the early Com- munion on Haster Sunday morning, atten- tion is drawn to the fact that breakfast will be served at the 8 & 8 Home for the convenience of those who wish to remain for the morning service at 10.15 am.

Following the Evening Service Social Hour will be held at the S&B Homo at 8.30 p.m. All Servicemen and civilians Warmly welcomed,

Monday and Thursday at 7 pm. Bad- minton Club at Uie B&B Home.

Tuesday a 8.30 pm, Mooting for Prayer and Fellowship at 8 & 8 Home.

Wednesdiny at 6.30 pm. at the S&8 Home, Film Show, Admission Free.

MAKE BEAUTY A DUTY !

APS

UNION WATERBOAT CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS:

The Thirty-sixth Annual General Mooting of Shareholders, will be hold at tho Offlees of Mesars Dodwell & Co. Ltd., Hongkong and | Shanghai Bank Building, on Tues- day, the 15th April, 1941, at 11 am for the purpose of receiving the report of tho Gonorni Managers together with a State- ment of Accounts for the year anded 31st December, 1940.

The Transfor Books of the Company will be closed from 1st Apr to 15th April, 1941, both days inclusive.

DODWELL & CO., LTD. Gonoral Managers.

24th March, 1941.

NOTICE

It is hereby notifled that Wong Kit Yan is the Chief Manager of the Kwong Ngài Studio of No. 211, Queen's Road, Central and that he alone can sign all foreign and Chinese contracts and guarantees in his Chinese signature with the All principal chop of the firm. contracts and guarantees other- wise signed and chopped shall be |null and vold and the firm shall

not be held responsible.

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KWONG NGAI STUDIO. Hong Kong, 12th April, 1941.

NOTICE

DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1940

The following rates will bo charged for malling single copies of the following newspapers abroad:-

South China Morning Post China and Macao

10 cents per copy British Empire and Foreign

25 cents por copy

The Hongkong Telegraph

China and Macao 14 cents per copy 10 conta Saturdays

British and Foreign 20 cents per copy 25 conta Saturdays.

Death Dive

From Roof

聽

who

To Escape Escort While in charge of a military escort, stockbroker had failed to report for service made a dash for liberty and dived 60ft to death from the. roof of his flat in Duchess Street, Marylebone.

......

AMPHIBIAN-Interesting visitor at Pirates' Day ceremonies in Tampa, Fla., was the U.S. Navy's now amphibian tank, making its first public appearance. The tank, equipped with a propeller, moves through the water. Then by aid of tractor cleats it climbs the bank and jogs overland,

Drive

Belgian Sabotage On Germans Is Reported

Hungary's Stab

==> FROM PAGE ONE

between

the

present Hungarlart

POST OFFICE

EASTER BOLIDAYS On Friday 11th Apell, Saturday frontier and the Danube and Drava 12th April and Monday 14th April, Rivers.

the: General, Post Office and Branch Those

territories contain the richest Post Offices will be open as follows cornfields in Europe with hugo wheat

BYL Bat. Mon. and maize fielda and Very extensive General Post Office livestock breeding. The area con 8-Noon J-10 am 8-Noon tains twelve nationalities mixed to- Kowloon C.P.O. gether Hungarians, Germany, Serbs,

9-Noon Cronts, Slovakiahs, Czechs,

Ruman

Sheungwan Branch P.O. Inns, Ruthonfans, Jews, French and Spanish who settled that In the 17th century, and are now such an inter- mixture they cannot be disentangled, State of Emergency BUDAPEST, Apr. 11 (UP)It has been decreed that a state of emer gency exists throughout Hungary. Meanwhile,

the Chi

Chief of Staff of the Hungarian armies announced that "under orders from the Regent, Ad- the Hungarian armies

8-10 am, 8-Noon

6-10_a.m. 8-9 a.m. 6-10 a.m22. All other Branch Post Omees and Money Order Office will be entirely closed during the

Holidays, There will be one collection from the pillar boxes cach day as on Sub days and one delivery of reglatered and

ordinary

11th April 11.30 am. Friday Pondence at 10.00 a.m. Saturday, 12th April 11.30 .m. Monday, 14th April There will also be one delivery of ordinary correspondence each day at algsed the Trianon' frontier 11 am, from the Branch Post Offices".

to-day between thie Danube and Tisza Rivers, as well as the opposita triangle of Baranya and the Danube.

Bulgars Withdraw

at Stanley, Taipo and Un Long,

The Printed Matter Service to tho following places in China is tem-

ANKARA, Apr, 11*(Reuter} -Bul-porarily suspended-Yunnan, Ste- garian troops have withdrawn from chuen, Kwelchow, Hunan, Fuklen the Turkish frontier, according to an (except Amoy and Kulangsu), announcement on the Ankara radio Kwangal North and East of quoting well-informed Berlin circles. Kwangtung.

Nazi Advance Proceeds

The public are reminded that it is LYONS, Apr. 11 (Reuter)-The a breach of postal regulations to Nazi advance on Belgrado is pro-enclose in a postal cover communi- ceeding from the captured town, of cations intended for persons other Nish In central Yugo-Slavia, says than the addressee. the Lyons radlo to-night. Other

German troops are reported moving Small Packet Post to all countries towards Lubljana to Hike up with the is suspended. Italian forces that have invaded north-western Yugo-Slavia.

Vichy Report

VICHY,

Apr. 11 (Reuter). Stavia this morning near Horgos in the direction of Zbotien, saya south of Szegedin and are advancing

Hungarian news agency dispatch.

Nazi troops which reached Zagreb and those which entered Yugo-Slavia from Maribor (Marburg) have joined each other, continues the

INWARD AIR MAILA

Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Servico”- San Francisco date, 8th April.........................Apr. 15. Direct Servico" — San Francisco dato, 15th April

.......Apr. 23. OUTWARD AIR MAILS Tuesday, April 15.

Details of a widespread campaign of passive resistance and active sabotage being carried on by Belgians against the Nazi occupation of their country were re-Hungarian troops entered Yugo- Air Mail by "Pan American Airway ceived in New York by cable from the Belgian Government in London. The report was based on letters sent to neutral countries, according to the cable, and on evidence of individuals who have recently arrived in England from Belgium.

Various specific acts of sabotage are listed in the report. Large conflagrations were said to have broken out in oil refining plants at Hobokenlez-Anvers and in a rubber factory at Saven- tham-lez-Buxelles. At Juprelles and at Fauvilliers. At Juprelles and at Fauvilliers, telephone lines have been cut. Popular de- monstrations against the Germans, which reached a climax on Armistice Day, have continued. Finally, the report said, Ger- mun efforts to secure even limited Belgian co-operation with their occupation measures have met little success.

tions.

Germany's Prisoners Must Work

A German policy of avoiding, lets approving of popular demonstra-

GERMANY is preparing to ucts which might offend the

As a result of the Armistice Day use British and other prisoners patriotic feelings of the popula- tion is said to have had small demonstration in Brussels, when the of war as agricultural workers.

German Army, broke up meetings of! results and to have bcen Belgian students, eight persons have economic paper, points out that The "Volkswirt," leading Nazi followed by open reprisals. been given sentences ranging from |

At Waterloo, the cable stated, after three months in prison to five years it is permissible to use prisoners of war for work in the country repeated depredations, the Germans hard labour. recently forced the burgomaster

which has captured them. (mayor) to mobilise all able-bodied men into a special guard service

Prisoners set to work will be insured against death or acci- against hostile acts.

dent under a scheme sponsored by the Nazi authorities.

The districts of Liege und Verviers each have been sentenced to a fine of 3,000,000 francs. The fines were later reduced to 2,000,000 francs in each case because of the financial situation of the districts.

Boats Seized From Danes

A

Nazi Act of Violence

grave violation of the national honour of Denmark was committed recently when the Danes were pressed to turn their fleet of torpedo boats over to the German navy. The Stockholm

Officers Arrested Fifteen reserve officers who had been sent back, to their homes in Mons from prison camps were ar rested recently after repeated acts of sabotage on telephone wires in Mons.

Besides fines, the Germans have newspaper "Svenska Dagbladet" used widely their power to prevent

No Compensation "Since prisoners of war are being fed and housed," the "Volltswirt? says, "they cannot claim compensa- tion for these items,

the money which is being paid to "All they lose in case of accident is them for their work, and that is all they will get."

There are over 1,000,000 Polish has reported that the Danish but they will not be included in the prisoners of war in Germany now, the return to cities where resistance Government protested vigorous-Insurance scheme. Neither will the has continued to Bare up of Belgian ly-against-the-transfer, where 2,000,000 French prisoners soldiers captured last spring.

At Dixmude, according to the re- upon the Germans changed their! port, Burgomaster Titeca has been original formula and stated that dismissed by the Germans, but his they were merely going to lease

been unable to sum- the ships. successor has been mon enough counsellors to form a

When the Danish Cabinet protested quorum. The German-appointed against this circumvention of pro- governor of Limburg Province, the mises made at the time of occupu- former Nationalist deputy Romsee, tion, the Germans lost patience and Stern had been remanded to await has complained in a circular of the simply took the torpedo boats. a military escort.

Jack of co-operation he has found among burgomasters all over his province

He was Robert Bertram Stern, and at the Paddington Inquest a verdict that he took his life while the balance of his mind was disturbed was re- corded.

Roof Chase

A sergeant who was in charge of the escort said that Stern asked to go to his fint for his gas-mask and somely papers. At the flat he said good-bye to a woman and then went in a lift with the escort.

Suddenly Stern dashed up some stairs

on to the roof, across which ho ran. The sergeant chased him and Stern walked along the parapet and dived over the edge,

It is understood informed

is the

circles in Budapest that Hungary shortly to raise the status of Consulate in Zagreb to Legation status. Thus Hungary would be the first state to give de jure recognition to the so-called independent Croatia,

Massawa Entry

FROM PAGE ONE!

these three routes has been seriously damaged by the Italians.

Generals Dine After receiving General Bonetti's | surrender,

British

arms.

Air Mall for Manlia, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan American Airways and Trans-At lantic Services.”

Reg.

Ord.

Teg.

Ord.

E. P. O.

.Apr. 15, 5.00 p.m.

Q. P. O.

Apr. 15, 5.30 p.m.

Apr. 15, 1.20 p.m.

Apr. 15, 7.00 p.m.

Tuesday, April 22

Air Mall for Manlia, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A., and Europe via "Pan-Ama- rican Airways and Trans-Atlantic Services,"

Reg. Ord.

K. P. 0.

Apr. 2, 5,00 p.m. .....Apr. 22, 5.30 pm.. G. P. Q.

Her...Apr. 28, 5.00 p.m. ..Apr. 25, 7.00 p.m.

Ord.

General TENSION IN DEL

FROM PAGE. ONE

brought him back to Asmara, where

the he invited him to dinner,

Throughout the afternoon and evening, the Italian troops, mostly from the battlefield, all still carrying day that Japan is watching develop- naval ratings and marines, poured in their

Each group of 700 was ments of the Manila conferences on guarded by a single soldier of the account of the fact that the partl large in Eritrea except for some ally concerned. Foreign Legion,

cipating countries are closely located No Italian troops now remain at to Japan, wherefore Japan is scattered troops in the south which

natur He declined to reply the question our patrols are busily rounding up.

whether he believes the conference Frusci, it seems likely that the neigh-lands East Indies statesman parti- If resistance is to be offered by the was almed against Japan, although he forces led from Asmara by General asserted that a "conspicuous Nether- bourhood of Dessie-will-be chosen.

BIG BATTLE

elpated-in-the-conference."

Leave United States YOKOHAMA, Apr, 12 (Reuter), With a capacity load of 711 passen- gers, many of whom are evacuated

According to Law Ofcers, according to International law, cannot be compelled to work.

German prisoners of war in British ABOUT TO START dependents of Japanese businessmen only on camp jobs, such as hair- hands have so far been employed | cutting, laundry and tailoring.

report from Geneva that conditions International Red Cross delegates prisoners camps in Germany

in

He Collected Old Coins-

FROM PAGE ONE

In the United States, the Tatsuta Maru arrived here yesterday.

Passengers Included Mr Saburo Kurusu, former Ambassador to Ger- to Portugal and 30 families of Japan- many.

ny. Mr Kikujl Yonezawa, Minister so bus csc businessmen.

are retrenching

Japanese m

flrms

In an editorial dealing with the have greatly improved.

which wave after wave of German transfer of Danish war-

bombers darted from vessels ta

the high German command,

clouds, shut off their motors the Stockholm

and Flemish Resistance protected the activities of Flemish

daily

glided low over targets in the har-following the increasing difficulties of Svensk Socialdemokraten" Although Germans have consistent characterises it as "an act of force."

bour. The searchlights caught them carrying on business as a result of eng extremists, resistance is reported as Swedish newspaper, "fresh evidenes

13,"

and the anti-aircraft guns drove the American embargo, says this well-known strong in Flemish as in Walloon re-of an alarming lack of understanding

them off without damage to the harbour.

Matsuoka in Moscow: gions of Belgion. The bishoprie of by the Germans of the honour and

The main Greek army and the Matsuoka, the Japanese foreign Minis-

MOSCOW, Apr. 11 (UP)-Mr- Bruges recently forbade all members sense of obligation which is ingrained

Leslie John Latham is 27. He B.E.F. are drawn of His teaching staff to attend-mect in the very heart and south of the has been plumber's apprentice, defence positions from the Aegean M. Molotov at 4 P.m. to-day, this up in strong ter, resumed his conversations with their newspapers, ings of Flemish extremists or to read Nordic peoples"

builder's inbourer and jobbing Yugo-Slav border towards Albania,

Sea, west of Saloniku, thence to the being their third meeting since his The Swedish press views the pre-gardener. At Ghent, it is claimed, a German sent Nazi trend with alarm, openly The sergeant caught his coat, but milliary tribunal recently condemned voicing its fears that Germany in-the science of coins. His collec- yet. The decisive battle ground is leave for Tokyo on Sunday."

and neither are believed to have arrival. His hobby is numismatics-made contact with the Germans as Leningrad at 11.20 am, and will

Mr Matsuoka could not prevent his going over.

returhed from two Belgian Lejour, to ten years tends to force the Northern countries tion has been valued at £300. hard labour for distributing pamph- into its concept of Pan-germania.

Peer Threw Plates, Complains Wife

Lady (Sybil Mary) Penrhyn was granted a decree nisi against Lord Penrhyn, Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire, in the Divorce Court recently.

She charged her husband with cruelty and the sult was not con- tested.

Lady Penrhyn married

Hugh Napier Douglas-Pennant in April, 1922, at Holy Trinity Church, Bromp ton, S.W. There are no children.

According to the wife's case, Lord Penrhyn started drinking excessively affected her health.

¡COSMETIC SHOPPE in 1920, and his treatment of her

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Secret Nazis'

Millionaire War Profits

Messages reaching New York from neutral sources in Berlin show that though the Nazis' social policy and war and rearmament taxes have done much to level and "adjust" incomes, they have not apparently wiped out the chances of accumulating private

fortunes.

spectacular profits during the

In general there have been no

war, but several classes have In April, 1940, her husband came benefited. A remarkably candid home from Nowmarket very drunk survey obtained from official and threw plates about. She left him sources mentions four such gon- the following day..

eral groups. It even refers to some of them by a phrase that

Quadruplets Born To American Woman

Mrs Nick Brown, of Fargo (North Dakota), has given birth to qua druplets.

They are three boys and a girl. Their total weight is 17 lb. 0

Doctors expect them to live, P Asked how he felt when he saw the quadruplets, Nick Brown, with a istful of cigars, saki: Boy, I didn't say a dang

Ijes looked"

The Just Cs were born to Mrs Eva Swanson of Michigan City (Indiana). They all died in a few tours.

can only bo translated as "mil-

lionaires in secret.”

as:

The survey describes there groups

*~

He has done good work in cavating Roman cols and is a Fellow of the Numismatic Society,

Alas, he was too enthusiastic, One day he asked the curator at Brighton Museum to show him the collection of antique Greek and Roman coins.

Some Coins Missed Some of the coins were missed after he left.

expected to

be lower Macedonia where the main British armies ore being strengthened while the Greeks fight a delaying action.

Germans Strafed

("REUTER" WITH BRITISH FORCES IN GREECE)

ATHENS,

R. A.F. BUSY

FROM PAGE ONE

enemy

Apr. 11-Hell-diving | weather conditions, so the RAF. through the sleet and cloud, British operated throughout the day in Oghter planes, their wings appearing northern Greece and southern to scrape the rocky sides of ravines, Slavia harassing the Germans

Yugo-

columns the length and breadth of gun are swooping low over the German repeated bombings and machine- by attacks. An the Balkan fronts, machine-gunning column between Bitol and Prelep armed and bombing

was bombed. Sixteen miles south of Monastie, AL

Jonst

eight

enemy armoured vital communication arteries in the vehicles were destroyed In the Florinn area were heavily plastered. Gazala area, and other motor trans Troops endeavouring to dash through ports were wiped out in the Acroma became an acting sergeant.

He joined the Army in 1933 and the Greek lines near the Yugo area. In all these operations, two

Slav frontler suffered terrific punish-fighter planes

sentenced to a month's hard labour. And later at Brighton, Leslie was A detective said Leslie sold four low-down to a local jeweller" of the

trick," the chairman of the magistrates described it. re-aspect of Leslie's downfall.

The detective also revealed another

L

from foreign competition as a sult of the Nazl trade polley;

Owners of large agricultural tates, especially those devoted to. wheat production.

grotips,

Additional Groups

es-

In 1030 he was court-martialled ment. for conduct prejudicial to military discipline, and was reduced to the Tanka ond sentenced to 85 days'

The survey adds to these two other professional men who have been pro-

One comprises business and detention. With additional opportuni. "Hush-hush Heroes

videa

the

of

ties through Jewish competilors or who have

conditions."

Cirenaica.

were lost over Greece,

railways and were attacked; the Kocane petrol Blores dump ten miles southwest of Prelep was rot aftre. Heavy

vyensunities were enused to enemy troops,

In Cirenalca our aircraft continued The first draft, or an early one, of ceaselessly to attack the enemy the manuscript of Scott's famous troops concentrations and serodro-

£142 Paid For Scott MS.

songhe Bonnats of Bonnie Dun-mes. At Dérna, eight aircraft on the

dee

been "enabled to purchase Jewish Win George Cross businesses under very favourable Armament manufacturers whose

Two hush-hush heroes

belonging to the late Mr George ground were destroyed, and one were Huntly Gordon, to whom Scott had Junkers bomber was shot down in profils are rigidly controlled but Of the other the

the report says: "I recently awarded the George Cross entrusted the cataloguing of the flames. whose turnover has been vastly cannot be denied that a large por for conspicuous bravery in carry-brary at Abbotsford, brought £142 increased;

tion of

of Germany's new, wealth owering out dangerous duties."

st Sotheby's recently. Smaller manufacturers and its inner conditions.

Iron Crosses Will Be bullding contractors whose profile

origento de pollaborators Have Croydon Corporation engineer, Theater, blet Laboravan or the Web Fired Back At Germans

Roy

purchaser, was Mr A. 8. are less rigorously rafted and placed a large number of their fol- other is Lieutenant John MacMillan Dundee, Whose beneils have flowed In- lowers and party members in leading Stevenson Patton, Roy Canadian Scott in his diary for December barosols and the tall in of Heinkel Iron, Crosses, German rifen and directly from, the demand for economier positions. As they neliher Engineers. honyy, gooday.

22, 1823, says The air of Bonnie are among 4,865 gitta Frostved ; at Merchants and manufacturers, ship nor of privato Incomes, they award which is next to the V.C I wrote a few.veric to before They will be handed back

by reject the

principle of private owner. The deeds which won them this Dundee running in my head to-day. Edinburgh Corporation salvaggi strop.. not directly connected with war have no objection to these men are not likely to be revealed until dinner. activities, who have bem relieved, earning lots of money.

I wonder if they are Germand after

..