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APPEAL FOR FUNDS FOR ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRES

IN FREE CHINA

At the request of Madam II, II. Kung and with the support of His Excellency the Governor and under the auspices of the British Fund for Rellof of Distress in South China, an appeal is made for funds for the purpose of maintaining establishing and Orthapaedle Centres for disabled soldiers and civilians in China.

Cheques and donations may be roomed furnished house on Peak.sent to the Hon. Secretary, Mr. M. Large garden. Write Bux

TO

PREMISES TO LET.

LET-From

August 1,

six-

000,

"Hongkong Telegraph."

FOR SALE.

K. Lo, British Relief Fund for Distress in South China, Alexan- dra Building, marked Orthopaedic

THE HONGKONG NATURALIST,Appeal or to the British Relief Vol. X nos 3 and 4.

Price

Fund for Distress in South China,

(postage extra). Now on sale at Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Bouth China Morning Post Ltd.

Commons In Lords' Seats

There is a possibility that the Commons may meet in the House of Lords,

That conjures up the intriguing prospect of men like Communist "Jimmy" Gallacher and "Willie" Maxion, lender of the I.L.P., occupy ing seals on the red benches which for years have borne the weight of hereditary peers.

the itica Lord Moyne put up recently in the new House of Lords, when he moved resolution of sympathy with the Commons on the M.P.3' historic destruction of the destruct

chant consideration," he

ro to

sald," how to reorgauise the

Palace of Westminster. I

can

any

nothing definite before the necessary consultations have taken place."

Lord Moyna thought the Peers should

everything their power

in do to make easy the position of "another place," and he added that if it seem ed the best way out he would ask the King's permission for the Lords to mava into the Royal Gallery, leaving the old House of Lords to M.P..

The

Hongkong Telegraph Eleventh Annual

marked Orthopaedie Appeal.

NOTICE

bo

DEFENCE REGULATIONS 1010 Tho following ratca will charged for mailing single copies of the following newspapers abroad:- South China Morniar Fost China and Macao

16 cents per copy British Empire and Foreign 25 cents per copy

The Hongkong Telegraph China and Macao 16 cents per copy British and Foreign 20 cents per copy 25 centa Saturdays.

Story Of

Yi Hsing

A

Pottery

on

Amateur Photographic malting tea-pots, vases, tea-cups and

Competition June-September, 1941, Two Silver Trophies Awarded by ILFORD LTD.

For the best and second-best entries

Three Silver Trophies Awarded by EASTMAN KODAK CO. First Prizes in each of the

three Sections..

$250

CASH PRIZES

$250

SECTION ONE Interior scenes. Table Top and Still Bife Studies. (Exlnding portraiture, plants and and flowers). 1st KODAK SILVER TROPHY 2nd $40. 3rd $30. 4th $10

SECTION TWO Portraiture. 1st KODAK SILVER TROPHY 2nd $40, 3rd $30. 4th $10

SECTION THREE Plants and Flowers, 1st KODAK SILVER TROPHY 2nd $50. 3rd $30. 4th $10

RULES

The following Rules wiit govern the Competition:

2.-The Competition is open to all

photographers,

-The entrlen awarded the Ilford

Trophies for the best and second- best pictures in the Competition, will not be entitled to any other prizes. 3.--The prizes will be awarded to the competitors wending in what aro adjudged to be the best photo- graphs in each Section. Each entry must be accompanied by a form which will be published during the period of the Cam- petition, and which must be pasted on back of entry. 4-The right to publish any or all of the entries is reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph.

-All photographs entered ___ murt have been taken in the Colony of Hongkong. Photographs which have been already" entered in ollier Competitions are ineligible. -No responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery of, loss of, or damage to entries. 7-All entries to be either black, repla, or toned pletures, and must bo mounted. Coloured photo- graphs are ineligible. B-Pictures submitted in sepia tones should be accompanied by a smaller print in black and white. -No picture to entered in mOTO

than ons Section.

10.-Mounts to be only white or cream, must be of one of the following alzes:--20×12, 18X.

II. No correspondence will be entered Into, in connection with the Com- caution. 12-Members of the Staffs of the Hongkong Telegraph and tho South China Morning Post are not permitted to compete. 13The decision of the Judges shall

be anal

14-At the conclusion of the Com- petition, entries will be returned fo, competitor on application at the Telegraph offices within seven days.

to strictly

1. The 185 of allases

forbidden.

NAME

ENTRY FORM

SECTION

ADDRESS

Please use block letters and paste

one of these forms on back.

of each Entry.

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 25, 1941.

HURRY-UP JOB-To show what U. S. Army can do in hurry, 30 Army bombors carrying 240 man flow non-stop from Langley Field, Va., to Miami in six hours, landed, sot up tents and prepared camp. Mobile air unit was under command of Brig. Gen. Krogstad. Here's landing scone at Miami municipal airport. It was first demonstration of its kind in U.S. Army activities.

Aliens Pose As Vagrants DONATIONS TO To See Our War Work

TRAMPING enemy alien's, speaking good English, who

roam through Britain's industrial areas as vagrants, are caus. ing local authorities to make serious complaints to the Government.

The laxity of the vagrancy laws, permitting destitute, men to put up at casual wards with the minimum of questions. is causing a great deal of concern, they 'declare.

These men may be building up a picture of the Industrial reorganisa- tion of Britan-of vital Importance to the enemy.

matter WIS

ques-

Axis Metals

Supplied By Finland

German Officers In Every Harbour

He sald 45 per cent. of the ship ments were nickel, 25 per cent. cop- per, and the rest miscellaneous.

BOMBER FUND

Acknowledgments

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

Loss for Year Reported At S.P.C.A. Meeting

Sir Atholl MacGregor, President of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, presided at the annual meeting yesterday,

Moving the adoption of the reports and accounts, Sir Atholl said the Society had always been selective,

-conspicuous

ita being

for moro quality than quantity. It was more so this year than in previous years, 能想 there was barely enough for a quarum,

"We have not had a year of pro- gress," Sir Atholl continued, "but it Is inevitable in days like these with two wars raging not so far away from us, that human anllctions and interent have bad to take first place, and

that our I think, rightly so, policy has been not to worry the public.

In

"The year's working has resulted a loss of $1,850.40, expenses exceeding revenue by that amount. On the other hand we have been able to keep our activities going and you have only to look through the headings of our annual report to notice the multiplicity of work that. has been done.

"I think the most sensational event of the year has been the uncovering of an extremely lurge and lucrative trude of valuable dogs stolen from and Canton.. We Shanghal, Macao have managed to recover some very beautiful dogs, loss of which must terday raised the total of the Bomber their owners. We shall succeed very Government ap- Fund by over $15,000. Messrs A. 9. Watson

Two splendid' donations received yes- en

hove been a tremendous blow to

BANKS

THE CHANTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHIINA.

Incorporated by Noyal Charter 1833, Paid-up Capital

£3,000,000 Reserve Fund...

*****£3,000,000 Reservo Liability of Proprietors 43,000,000

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West End Branch: 1-18, Cochupur Street, 8.IWA.

Manchester Branch:

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AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:

Hongkong

110110 Ipoh Karachi

Kiang Kobo

Alor Star

Rangoon

Amritsar

Salgan

Bangkok

Kontarang

Batavia

Seremban

Bombay

Shanghai

Calcutta

Bingapore

Agencies

Kuala

Sitiawan

Citve Street

Lapur

Sourabaya

Fairlie Place Kuching

Taiping

Canton

Madros

Tientziņ

Cawnpore

Manila

Tongkah

Cobu

Medan

(huket)

New York

Tringiao

Delhi

Pelping

Yokaharas

Haiphong

(Peking)

Colombo

frankow

Penang

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted, **

and CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened FIXED DEPOSITS received for One XORT or morier periods in Local. or ther Currencies at rates which will be quoted on application.

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interOrt allowed at rates obtainable on application, The Bank Head Ofice in London undertakes Executor and Trustee bust-

of ness, and claims recovery,

Brisb Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of its Agencies and Branches.

W. IL EVANS THOMAB, -

Manager.

POST OFFICE

1 Co., Ltd, sent their second donation of shortly in getting

donation of proval in further restricting reguin- $10.000. while the mixtla $5.000 was received from the Fellowship tiens so that anyone or any animal Fund now totals shop in the city will have to have a licence for every dog which is put up for sale, an entry permit signed by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon $10,000 if it has been imported, the name Correspondence for despatch by air

of the Bellows. The $2,410,003.91,

A.S. Watson & Co., Li

donation,

(second

Miss L. N. Wentworth (Afth dona-

tion)

"Bale of Old Magazines" Fellowship of the Bellows (sixth

donation).......

In Memory of the late Mrs A, E,

Contes

From Dinah and Mac

One Chow Pup (per Mrs Hogg) ...

GRTHOPAEDIC CENTRES

in

and address of the owner or the 20 previous owner with a full descrip- 3tion of the age, sex, breed etc. of

the dog.

5.090

Bird Shops la Order.

"The energetic women on the a committee have seen to it that the bird shops are in excellent order, and I do not think they are likely to The British Fund for Relief of Distress have any more of the trouble that

the we used to have acknowledges

with those who China gratefully

July 24 for the Orthopaedic Centres of the "The Blue Cross Magazine began

war ates:

Several local councils have written to their M.Ps on the subject.

raised Mr Rupert de la Bere, M.P., of anclent story

Chinese the question in the House six months ceramies was related by Mr Lil King-ago. He was told the hong, noted artist, at the weekly tilin "under review."

NEW YORK-Finland is supply- When a reporter spoke to himing Germany with 1,000 tons of es of the Y's Men's Club yesterday when he spoke "Y! Hsing Pot-he said: "Many members have sential metals a month, Henrich undermentioned donations received up to traffic in animals. tery."

ceived letters from district councils Mannerfred, director of a metals firm on this subject. I have had hun- Reviewing the early history of the

Chinese Red Cross. It is earnestly hoped In Gothenburg, Sweden, sald on his that Ure response will be sufficiently under very Innuspicious conditions as Invention of the Y! Hsing tea-pots, dreds of letters from my constituents arrival June 4 aboard the new generous for the goal of $200,000 10 the Shanghai dollar crashed just Mr Li said that in 1805 a monk in

Laws Not Altered

Swedish liner Remmaren.

be achieved, wilch will make possible the establisliment of an Orthopaedic Centre when the magazine came into being. the Kam Shan Monastery, Klangau, discovered that the clay was for I shall certainly raise the

for disabled soldiers and civilians in each all estimates of profits went by the board and the magazine is now tion in the House again. The

laws governing vagrancy

casual

His Excellency Sir Geoffry Northcole, probably run at a considerable loss, $10 but I do not think that matters as S. II. Batty-Smiths. $500: Captain wards are obsolete. So far as I know

"In every Finnish harbour to-day! British Fund for Rellet of Distress the magazine has shown how great they have not been altered to deal with the war

there are German officers investigat- China, 820.000; 0, 5. Lleu, $10: Lawrence is its value.

Kadoorie, $30: J. Scott Harslon, $50; E. D. emergency. These men, speaking and looking ships cargoes," he said. "The Sassoon Banking Co., Ltd, and lia As- "We have all that to show for our Uke Engilshmen, may wander only explanation I can give is that apciated Companies, Christian (NC. work and we can afford to lose the

big industrial

the Finns are so afraid of the Rus-200) $36,38; Professor Cordon King, 30; deficit. We have enough in hand to through our

sions that they want to become the Bank of Canton Ltd. $3,000nei get more money if we need it.

"Atide us over this year and we can without being challenged.

"At the casual wards they are ask better friends with the Germans."

Mr Munnerfred said he came here father-Evans. $100; Hon. Mr D, J, Sloss, where

"want to thank Mrs Loseby for $300; Kwok Chinn. $50; A, Manuel Fox, ed their name, destination,

to buy copper, nickel, and tin be- $100: M. H. Lo, $100; Albert Raymond. 150: the work she had done in connection they have come from.

"All those answers can be faked. cause Sweden was unable to buy it wangtung Provincial Bank, $1,000; the with the Dogo Home.

Bank of East Asin. Ltd. $5,000, Hon. Atr Even klenilty cards can be borrowed from Finland.

Sir Atholl was re-elected President Li Tse-tung and Mrs Li The-fong, $500 The Remmaren brought in papers are necessary. There their be no check-up

other articles. Soon after this, o scholar went to the nonastery with his servant who learned the art from and these two men were later

thes ploneers of the Y!

Hsing

The speaker went on to say that the Yi Hsing tea-pols were better than the other ten-pols because they were able to preserve the original taste of the tea, which metal pots, and even the world-famous Klungsi

china would harm went quallly as Hsing lea-pots as remarkable continued Mr

Besides their containers, the YI were looked upon

No

seems to movements.

arcas

artistico ety of shapes, their movements watched."

"I suggest that all vagrants should be kept under strict supervision, und

Li. Their coupled with the Inscriptions of poetry and signatures by eclebrated scholars, have placed them in many museums throughout the world.

The speaker concluded by saying that the value of these pots was de- monstrated by the fact that recently. a Chinese refused to sell a Yi Hsing lea-pot for $30,000.

Broadcast To Australia

Messages To Wives

Britain And Spain

Mr Eden Answers Franco's Hostile Speech

of N.C.$1.0001. 163: "A

Sympathiser", $600; Hon. Me J.

17 Information Office of the Farmers ankand Chairman of the General Com-

of

after voyaging through a North Seana (fead Office) I.K., $3.000; 110:mittee. The Officers and General | described by crew men as filthy with. Tam, $100; Dr K. W. Chaun $250,

loose mines."

The voyage was made with the permission of the helligerents.

He Defrauded 91 Clergymen

Min W. T. Stanton. 250; Hon Mr W. N.

SALVATION ARMY

The S. C. M. Post has received U10 following donation to the Salvation Army

Crofton:

Anonymous, $50.

with the addition of Mrs Mackinlay as a member of the Commitice.

to memory of the late Dorothy A.N.S. Proficiency

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

The following members of the Auxillary Nursing Service have now

Air Mail Service by British Over- scas Airways Corporation to Eust and South Africa, United Kingdom and beyond has now been resumed.

via Rangoon must be superscribed by "C.N.A.C,"

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 addressee.

The Printed Matter Service to the following places in China is tem porarily suspended:-Yunnan, Sze chuan, Kwelchow, Hunan, ukien

Amoy (except

and Kulangau), North and Kwangsi,

East

of Kwangtung.

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

INWARD AIR MAILS Air Mali by "Pan American Airways

Service"-San Direct

Francisco date, 22nd July...........July 29. Air Mall by "Pan American Airways Direct Servico-San Francisco ....Aug. 18.

date, sih August.

OUTWARD AIR BAILS Monday, July 28 Air Mell by Air to Rangoon lo con

nool with the "British OversCAS Airways."

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

July 28, 4 pm. Reg.

Ord... 28. 4.30 p.m.

Tuesday, July 29

Air Mall for Manila, Guam, Hon

Iola, U.S.A., and Europe via "Pan- American Airways and Trans- Atlantio Services

Reg.

Ord.

Reg.

Ord.

ILP.O.

July 20, 5.00 pm

July 20, 6.30 pm.

G.P.O.

....July 29, 5.00 Dis.

July 29, 7.09 p.m.

Tuesday, August 12

The, S. C. M. Post has received tiza following donation to the Society for the completed-their-SG-hours-hospital Air Mali for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, Protection of Children in memory of the training in the wards and gained late Mr Gladys Coates:

Mrs M. Stecí, $5.

to the

Arnold Kelvin Dowham is 29 and

their proficiency certificate, Florence Allison, Helen Aycock, n clergyman's son. He has studied

Vivienne for the ministry, and received train- EMERGENCY REPUGER COUNCIL

Blackburn, Doris Brooks, Florence London, July 24.

ing to be a monk.

Cartwright, Winifred Deane, Alice But he will spend the next 18 following donation

The 5, C. M. Post has received Asked in the House of Commons

the Gibson, Louisa Holloway. Henrietta Emergency Jernakoff, Mary Kailey, Jessie Knox. to-day if he had any statement to

months In prison,

working out a hard Refugee Council in memory of the late Clare Marsh, Milizta Rackovsky and make on the recent speech by Gen- labour sentence and for three years Bir Gladys Caster: eral Franco, the Foreim-Secretary supervision, because, in the words of afterwards will be under police Mr Anthony Eden gald:

"Since

the conclusion

Mr and Mrs B. H. Iranco, $11.

DONATIONS WAITING

Soccoros Mutuos; Lord Mayor's Fund

Mabel Sully.

}

Sir Archibald Bodkin, chairman of Tho of

Denations for the following Organisa On December 31, 1940, Australia's Spanish

civil war the British Gov-Devon Quarter Sessions, "clergymen Hans await collection at the office of the population was estimated by the ernment has been anxious to do are particularly susceptible to de-. c. M. Post: Associacao Portuguesa de Acting Commonwealth Statistician to everything in its power to promote predations by humbugs the econorale recovery of Spain and ham."

like Dow for the Relief, of Air Victims, word be 7,008,080-71,383 higher than a

Emergency Retugeo Counell; B.P.CA year previously, Twenty-five bachelor husbands to assist the Spanish people in their

He was convicted for defrauding Food Kitchens Fund; New Territories The gain was made up of 67,963 .work of last night heard their names

Heller Association: St Vincent de Paul; Ninely-one reconstruction. It con- clergymen.

cases, in-

Salvation Army: Society for the Protection natural increase and 13,400 from nounced over ZBW 1.3 being the aidered it could best contribute to volving £55, were considered.

of Chlidren.

migration. lucky ones to broadcast to their this object by encouraging the re wives in Australia at 9.13 p.m. on vival of Anglo-Spanish commercial July 31. The message, limited to 50 words each, will be picked up by the

an-

ernment an

in March of last Australian Broadcasting-Commission, year it signed with the Spanish Gov- and relayed.

Anglo-Spanish Trade and Payments Agreement and an Anglo-Spanish Loan Agreement pro- vidling for an advance of to be spent in liquidating arrears in of £2,000,000 Anglo-Spanish before the civil war, and a further

clearings

from dailng £2,000,000 for the purchase of food- stuffs and

raw materials necessary for Spanish reconstruction.

Admission cards will be sent to the husbands concerned and admission to the studio on the night of the broadcast will be confined to them.

The 25 names are: Lieut. 11. Jessop, Royal Engineers Frank R. Furgle, Prison Depart- ment.

Tak.

B. E. Sugar, Government Stores Deportment.

"On July 30 last year the Minister of Economic Warfare stated it was

the

coun

H. Soolt, Waterworks Department. 11. E. Strange, G. Ventris Road. A. F. Evans, R.A.F. Station, Kai Sgt-Major II. L. Deane, Royal En-not British policy to extend gineers.

blockade neutral countries so long as supplies could reach those tries without risk of their falling into the hands of the enemy, that Bri- Royaltain was prepared to grent navicerta on such a scale as to allow imports adequate for domestic consumption, and, further, that. It was the policy of the. British Government,

L. E. Lammert, 1, Chatham Road. QALS. A I Buick, Engineers.

Master Gunner R. Berry, Lycemoon Barracks.

F. C. Cleme, China Light and Power Co. Ltd.

George. Labrum, Ye Olde Printerio, L. A. Jordan, Royal Engineers. H. Brokenshire, 134, Argyle Street, T. J. Hemsloy, Central, Police Sta-

tlon

Staff Sgt T. R. Ward, Detention Barracks.

Henry Hall, P. W. D. Quarries, Quarry Bay.

F. Dantel, Royal Engineers. O.PL. Nowman, 5, Magazine Gop Rond.

Staff Bat W. R. Peters, R.A.O.C. A. C. Ford, 13, Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay.

P. Ú. Parks, Kowloon Dock. C. 11. Dodson, JIMS, Tamar. C. de Salle-Robertson, Gilman & Co. Ltd.

Staff Sgt John Haskins, Ordnance

Depot.

Boston's Police Department will be the first In the nation to use coupes exclusively, instead of sedans, AЯ cruising cara. Twenty-three aluminum-coloured coupes have been ordered in an economy drive.

not j

to allow such supplies to pass ough the British controls, but alsoj to assist neutral countries to obtain them.

On April 7 inst the British Gov- Government at its request a supple- ernment concluded with the Spanish

raentary loan agreement providing for an additional loan of £2,500,000. The British Government has now noted to the Falange National Cour-

that

in his

ell on July 17, displayed completo general war situation but also of: misunderstanding not only of the British economie polley towards Spain. It economic arrangements will on nre to succeed there must be good

both sides and General of such goodwill. His Franco's speech shows little evidence statement makes it appear that he does not desire further economic assistance for his country.

ment will be unable to proceed with "If that is so the British Govern- its plan and its future policy will depend on the actions and attitude of the Spanish Government,"-Reuter.

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Bold at alt Groceries, Drug and Dept. Stores.

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Reg.

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.Aug. 12. 5 p.m. ....Aug. 12, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.

¡Aug. 12, 5'p.m. ....Aug. 12, 7 p.m.

HIGHER PAY FOR COAL COOLIES

The Hongkong Coal Labourers' Association held a celebration yes- terday in the Confucius Hall, follow ing the fixing of increased rates of pay for coal handling in the harbour.

As result of conferences between representatives of the importers, the principal stevedoring contractors, the

sub-bourers" the "chief coolics and

the

Association, it has been arranged that importers will pay 25 per cent, more for day work than existing rates, and 80 per cent. more than existing rates for night work

This will give the sub-contractors something to meet extra costa for boat hire and other incidentals, and leave sufficient to meet the workers' demands for a percentage increase to cover the high cost of living.

The ten-cent meals hitherto served to the workers will henceforth cost 15 cents. For night work 50 per cent is added to the new daily rate,

Notices giving details of the new rates have been authorised by tho Labour Omeer for posting in the boarding houses where the workers 11vo.

A letter was read at the colebration. from Mr M. F. Key, Secretary of the Hongkong General Chamber of Com- merce, in which he expressed the hope that the Association will resist' any efforts which may be made to disregard the agreed scale and to

Zor hold-up the Importers

special rates of payment whenever there happen to be more colllers than usual in port. "As was explained at our meetings, it is useless to negotiate with an nasociation of workman if, whenever it suits them, the agrée- ment reached is to be broken,” he added.

Three Shanghai Police Omcers, Messrs Leonard Thomas Roberts, Reginald Lloyd Bloor, and William Robert Home, have passed through the Colony recently. en route 10 Singapore-to-enllat.—