1941-08-01 — Page 2

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August, 1941.

CLASSIFIED NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

ADVERTISEMENTS 25 words $2.50

for 3 days prepaid

WANTED KNOWN.

FLOWER and Vegetable Seeds: New Shipments have noir been received. "Book your order now. Special prices will be quoted for vorciable seeds in bulk. Ask for our Catalogue. The Clover Flower Shop.

FOR SALE.

THE HONGKONG NATURALIST, Price $4 Vol. X nos. 3 and 4.

salo at (postage extra). Now on South China Morning Post Ltd.

Farewell Presentation To Treasury Official

At an Impressive ceremony at the. Ticusury Department, Windsor House, yesterday, the staff of the Treasury bade farewell to Mr Wong Shlu-kl, who retires from the Government after 35 years of continuous service with the Treasury.

Mr E. W. Pudney Accountant- General, presided and presented a Rolex wrist-watch and Parker fountain pen set to Mr Wong, as gifts

from the staff.

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Mr Wong thanked Mr Pudney and the staff for the handsome presents; and said that he would always treasure them. "They will be constant reminder of my long and happy association with you all in this Department," he added.

BANK HOLIDAY

In accordance with Government Ordinance, Tho Exchange Banks will be closed for the transaction of Public Business on Monday, the 4th August, 1941. (The first Monday in August)..

Hongkong, 30th July, 1911,

G. ER

R.

PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day of August, 1911, at 3 p.m., at the Omees of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land ut Cheung Sha Wan, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, commencing from lat July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for-ond far- ther term of 24 years less the Inst thrco days thereof.

AUFS

PAY DAY—It's pay day in Tobruk, North African town defended staunchly by British against many attacks by Axis forces there. Here are troops of the Imperial Armý lining up at pay,

master's table.

Wodehouse "Playing Jeeves Tag Day For

To Germans"

Say Londoners

"Playing Jeeves to Germans,” about sums up the criticism of P. G. Wodehouse, which is appearing daily in the corres- pondence columns of London newspapers,

Wodehouse was

Relief

Prizes for Collectors At Chinese Tea Party

were

at ต

BUILDING

STOPPED

Plans Abandoned Owing

To High Costs

of

in

The very great increase in the cost of building materials, added to the uncertainty of getting delivery goods ofdered, has resulted numerous plans for building projects in the

both large and small- Colony being cancelled or abandoned for the time being, by their sponsors.

hotel

and testaurant on the Connaught Road West, and plans for 10 blacks of 40 European flats in Castle Peak Road,, have

now been abandoned, according to the archi- fects; while other architects report that plans which were drawn up some age for dwelling houses, schools, fats and houses have been post- poned or cancelled entirely.

The project for avatarfront In

BANKS

THE CHANTERED NANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Moyal Charter 18:S: Paid-up Capital Ieserve Fund .....

£2,000,000 ***** £5,000,000. Reserve Liablilty of Proprietors x3.000.000

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON, 38 Biksapsgate, R.C.1. Bab-Agencies in. Londan. 117-122, Leadenhall Street, 1.0.3,

West End Branch:

1-16 Cockipur Street, 8.W.).

Manchester Branchi

12, Mosley Bt. Manchestar, X.-

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:

Ijongkong Rangoon Follo

Alor Star Amritsar

Langkok Ilatavia Bombay Calcutía

Agencies;

Ipoh Karachi

Kobe

Kuala

*Clang

Cllw Street Lumpur

Fairito Piacouching

Canton Cawnpore Cabu

Colombo Delhi. Haiphong Hankow

Saigon

Semarang

Seremban

Shangha Singapore

Bitiawan Bourabays

Taiping

Madras

Tientsin

Manila

Tongkah

Medan

(Phuket)

New York

Tsingtao

Telping

Yokohama

(Peking)

Penang

EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for Ono_Year or shorter perioda in local or other Currencies at rates which will be quoted on application.

It is also revealed that in cases where land has been purchased from the Government, owners have writ ten ooking for an extension of the tinte

FOREIGN for building, owing to the prohibitive cost of construction. The covenant stipulates 24 months. Enquiries made regarding the pro- osed building by and Investment and Agency Com- the Hongkong pany, on the St Francis Hotel site, of modern structure extending to Ice House Street, elicited that the plans are still under considerailon, but as the cost of construction has not yet

been ascertained, nothing dennile can be revealed at present.

Pre-war cost of materials com.

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo sal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to deposit with authorised a officer who will be present at the recently released from a prison camp in Germany, and is now Medical Reller held on July 19 by the pared with present day prices, are

living in the famous Adlon Hotel on the Unter den Linden, Berlin. He is broadcasting weekly to America.

(Jeeves Is the perfect "gentie- man's gentleman," hero of several Wodehouse novels, and the name has irreproachable man-servant.)

The most outspoken critles include the authors, A. A. Milne and W. A. Darlington.

sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of Although, he said, he did not de- the Purchase price.

serve the nice things which Mr

his 35 PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Pudney raid about bim, in

years service he had always done his utmost to serve the Government faithfully, conscientiously and to the

best of his ability. (Applause).

Mr

Mr Pudney announced that Tsang On-wing will succeed ME Wong as chief of the branch.

Besides Mr Pudney and Mr Wong, others present included Messrs A. J.

G. Taylor, L. A. Burion, H. S. Martin, HI, M. Cockle, P. J. A. Hamilton, Tsang On-wing and J. F. da Shiva."

The

Hongkong Telegraph Eleventh Annual Amateur Photographic Competition June September, 1941. -Two Silvor 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

SECTION ONE

$250

Interior scenes. Table Top and St

Life Studies,

*

(Erluding 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,

2nd $50. 3rd $30. 4th $10

RULES

The following Rules will govern the Competition:

3-The Competition is open to all

photographers.

2.The entries awarded the Word Trophies for the best and second- best pictures in the Competition. will not be entitled to any other

No, of Sale

Registry No.

No. 2357.

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Locality

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between Hing Wah Street

Cheung Sha Wan.

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Upset Price

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Currency

Control

Notice

Results of the tag day for Chinese

an-given below: China Defence League

yesterday nounced

Bricks.--Before the war the price tea-party given by Mrs Violet Chan, Chairman was about $120 for 10,000. The price of the Tag Day Committee, nt her to-day is $250.

Cement Previously selling at a home, Po Shan Road. Mme Sun Tal- sea, Chairman, presided at a pleasant dollar per ban, It is now $8 per bag

Steel-Formerly $4 tributed by a number of Hongkong firms were presented by Mrs Chan to individuals and representatives of organisations participating in the tag day who collected the largest sums.

BAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with intern

allowed at rates obtainable on application, The Bank's Head Office in London undertakes Executor and Trusion busin rena, And claims reCOVERY of British Income Tax MAY DO Agencies and Branscher,

Breed on terma which

at any of itm

W. IL EVANS THOMAS,

Manager.

POST OFFICE

GENERAL HOLIDAY

On Monday, 4th August, the Gene- ral Post Offee and Kowloon Central

become symbolle in England of the informal ceremony when prizes con- of the same qua to $5 per picul, Post Office will be open from 8 am.

now over $20 per picul.

Teakwood is being sold at almost prohibitive prices; while Canton red utes, roofing tiles, China ar poles for scaffolding purposes, and bamboo poles, are practically unobtainable.

General hardware, Attings, etc.,

In one case at least, the high costs

to Noon, Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be open from a.in. to 10.00 a.m. and the other Branch Post omces will be entirely closed,

Thero will be ono collection from the pillar boxes as on Sundays and ordinary correspondence at 11.30 a.m. one delivery

registered and

of

Air Mail Service by British Over- eas Airways Corporation to. East and beyond has now been resumed. and South Africa, United Kingdom via Rangoon must be superscribed by Correspondence for despatch by alr "C.N.A.C.".

Both refer to Wodehouse's "irre-

Miss M. Dudley, Hon. Treasurer, sponsible" attitude to life.

announced that more than $0,000 had Darlington asserts that Wodehouse been cleared for. the International have also gone up in price tremen- remained in America during the last Peace Hospitals in Ching through sale dously.

There will also be one delivery of war, while, after the war, his taxes, of tags and subsequent contributions

City Sky-Scraper States which were still coming In. Prizes

ordinary correspondence at 11 am. In connection with the proposed among which the United

from the Branch Post Offices at control in the authorities demanded £62.500 "un- for individual collectors were award of construction have not so far inter-Stanicy, Talpo and Un Long. changes in currency Colony, it was notified

paid income tax;" chased him back-ed to Miss Mimi Lau (over $700), fered with an ambitious building in

The Money Order Office will be Extraordinary wards and forwards across the Al- Mrs W. T. Stanton, Miss Hilda Yen, scheme. Plans are being proceeded entirely closed. Government Gazette issued yesterday that, the following notic, until he found a sanctuary in and many others.

with for a modern 12-storey rein- banks are those at present authorised France.

Assisting organisations included forced concrete sky-scraper; it by the Governor to deal in foreign Milne adds pertinently that this the A.N.S., A.R.P. workers, Tung learned, to be erected in Queen's currency and that all other authoriso- French sanctuary must have seemed Wah nurses, St John Ambulance tions previously mude

Building Care cancelled: ill-chosen, when politics came surg-Association, and boys and girls from Road Central opposite the new Loke American Express

The plans have been designed by The purchaser of the lot will be for Ching. Bank of Company, Banking across the scene in the form of local schools, many of whom were

Communications, the German Invasion.

awarded prizes,

Mr J. 5. Gibson, architect, of Messrs required to pay to the auctioneer Chartered Bank of India, Australia Syrup To America

Some 50 guests attended the party, Gibson and Company, and the in cash the sum of $1,200.00 and China. Chase Bank, Thos. Cook

among them Mrs Rose Chow, Mes estimated cost at present is about JAZY Hoy, emphasing that the Chen Han-song, Mrs M. W. Kwan, $700,000. The proposed building will (being 10% of the upset price) and Sons (Bankers), Hongkong and Corporation, immediately after the fall of the Mercantile Bank of India, National broadcasts as a soothing syrup to Steele-Perkins, Mr A. J. Moss, Mr Central of 46 o no, wid floor pill Air Mail by "Pan American Airways

Germans designed the Wodehouse Mrs J. M. Tan. Wing Commander have a frontage along Queen's Road

with a depth hammer, the balance nf the City Bank of New York, Neder-

and America, suggests that Wodehouse is Robert Ward; and representatives of of about 111 landsche premium being paid in accordance

Handelmaatschappli

cosy-going and Incked ndvisers. the China Defence Lougue Committee be designed for use probably as with the Conditions of Sale.

Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank.

Accordingly, he should immediate and all organisation assisting in the dep to the Amendments

Defence

department store, and the

upper ly be informed through a friendly Medical Relief drive.

flours will be

be utilised for were

offices. (Finance) Regulations, 1940,

neutral that his brondcasts must

There also notfiled yesterday.

will be

Direct be quarters for a care- cense, of he will lose every friend

taker of the building on the roof.

Entrances to the offices will be either Irdin Chiu Lung Street or Douglas Lane.

NOTICE

Banking

In connection with Regulation 2, he ins.

Sir Stephen Gazelee, Librarian and which deals with the restriction of bel export of currency, gold and securi-Keeper of the Papers at the Foreign ties, etc, the proviso has been re- Onice, believes that Germany may pealed. This read "Provided that the have promised to assist Wodehouse's provisions of this paragraph shall wife, who is reported to be living in not apply to any securities if the a room at Calais, poverty-stricken. Governor or a person designated by

DEFENCE. REGULATIONS 1940

The following rates will charged for mailing single copies of the following newspapers abroad:

South China Morning Post China and Macno

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

The Hongkong Telegraphe China and Macno 16 cents per copy British and Foreign'

20 cents per copy

25 cents Saturdays.

HONGKONG CAMPS

Glamour Girl Weds! A Footballer

OFFICER KILLED

Fired Upon During Minor Trouble in Burma

45 It

The building has been designed an simple

lines,

the four top floors being

set

back both in the front and ren to provide further fighting facilities, 11 is understood that the present buildings on the site are very old and delapidated, this being a further in- ducement for the Chinese owner to new structure erected, have them pulled down and have the

JEWELS

is satisfied that all persons In- him terested in such securities, other than persons interested merely as trustees or merely by virtue of any mortgage

Rangoon, July 14. pledge or charge created before the

The following communique has eighth day of September, 1939, but

been issued by the Headquarters of including any persons beneficiallyAimerica's No. I glamour girl, the the Army in Burma interested in the securities under a multi-millionairess Brenda Frazier, "The General Officer Commanding CABARET GIRL'S trust, are not British subjects."

married a professional ex-footballer, regrets to announce that at 9.13 on John Kelly, in New York recently. the morning of July 0 Second- The ceremony was a quiet affair Lieutenant E. D. Unwin, one durwan and was solemnised before on impro- and a clerk were fatally injured and

A Singapore cabaret hostess, Mary vised altar at the apartment of the by two or three members of the mill she entrusted $3,000 casts, a cheque

another man wounded by shots fired Chow, alleged in -court

that ride's mother by Father Flannelly, ary guard at Tadagale (about six for $800 and over $3,000 worth of Administrator of St Patrick's miles from Rangoon). All members Jewellery with S. A. Dawood, ล of the guard have been arrested and

young English-speaking Indian ship- handed over to the Police, who are chandler, when she left the country continuing investigations."

It is understood that some minor returned Dawond did not give her for Hongkong, and that when she disturbances had taken place during back the property. the night and Second-Lieutenant Unwin was investigating the trouble

Dawood appeared on three counts crimina. breach of when the 'shots were fired-Reuter.test.

committing

Under Regulation 4, which placed restrictions on British subjects charg- ing securities, the word "person" is for the words "Brilish substituted subject."

A new Regulation has been insert-Cathedral. ed after Regulation 4 defining the Brenda was New York's leading special powers of the Governor re-debutante of the 1938-39 season, and Inting to accounts, sterling area, etc. is described as the most photograph- This new Regulation reads:

ed society girl in the world.

She came into possession of her father's legacy of several millions on her 18th birthday.

1st KODAK SILVER TROPHY Figures Show Increase Following are the figures, supplied by the Director of Medical Services, showing the number of refugees and destitutes accommodated in the vari- ous Government camps in Hongkong A The Governor, or a person act for the period ending July 20, the ing on his behalf, may impose auch gures in brackets being those for restrictions on the making of pay-| July 19:

ments and the doing of any other King's Park 1,382 (1,382); Ma Tau acts by bankers in the course of their Chung 2,000 (2,177); North Point business us appear to the Governor 1.561

(1.557) Morrison 1 523 to be necessary or expedient in con- (518); Tai Hong Squatters Connection with special, blocked and re- 2,542 (2,642); NERU Tau Kok Squat-gistered accounts and other matters ters Camp 838 (701); Kam Ti 2,470 ancillary to the inclusion of this (2,404); Fanling Children's Camp Colony in the Sterling area. 305 (387).

which deals with In Regulation 5, the nequisition by Government of. certain foreign currencies, the word "person" is substituted for the words "British subject"

and "untess the Governor otherwise directs" is add- ed to the fourth line after the word shall. The amended paragraph reads:

prizes.

--The prizes will be awarded to the

compatlior reading in what are 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 Com- petition. and which must pasted on back of entry. 4.—The right, to publish any or all of the entries is reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph.

be

-All photographs | entered – must have been taken in the Colony at Hongking. Photograplu which have been already entered in. ather Competitions are ineligible. 6--No responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery of, loss of, or damage to entries. 7-All entries to be either black, sepla, or taned pictures, and must be mounted. Coloured photo- graplis are ineligible. 8-cure submitted in sepla tones should be accompanied by a amaler print in black and white. -No picture to entered in more

than one Section. 10.-tounis to be only white or cream, must be of one of the following B:04-10X13, 16×30.

11.-No correspondenco, will be entered into in connection with the Coma- petition. 12,--Members of the Siake of the and the

Hongkong Telegraph,

South China stomming Post are not permitted to compete. 13.—The decision of the Judges' sill

be final,

14.-Ai tha conclusion of the Com

petition, entries will be returned to competitors on application at the Telegraph offices within seven days.

of aliases 11 strictly

13.-The use

forbidden.

NAME

.!

ENTRY FORM

BECTION

ADDRESS

Please use block letters and paste one of these forms on back of each Entru,

The total for July 20 is 11,806, compared with 11,727 on July 19, showing an increase of 70.

John Morris Married

Reno, July 31,

5-(1) Every person resident in the Colony who is, or hereafter be- comes, entitled to sell or to procure John R. Morris, Far East Mannger the sale of

any foreign

currency to for Unlted Press, and Margarette which this regulation

directs,

Tittmann, of Hillsboro, New Mexico. unless the Governor athies, shall,

were married here to-day by Judge offer it, or cause it to be offered, for William McKnight.

sale to the Government, or

or to a Mrs Millon

Helmick, wife of the person designated by the Governor American Judge at Shanghai and for the purpose of this regulation, ut aunt of the bride,' and Nick Bourne, such price is may be determined by of feno, were the attendants.

or on behalf of the Governor, The bride is the daughter of Mr Regulation 5 (3) is also amended and Mrs Edward Tillman, of Hills- to read "person" instend of "British boro.United Press.

Subject" in the first line,

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MAILS INWARD AIR

Direct Servico"--San Francisco date, 5th August.........Aug. 12. Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Service"San Francisco

date, 10th August. ................Aug. 20.

OUTWARD AIR MAILS Monday, Aur. 4 Air Mall by Air:to Bangoon to con- neet, with the "British Oversesa Always."

K.P.O. and G.P.O. |--- Reg. Aug. 4, 11.30 am Ord...Aug. 4, Noon.

Tuesday, August 12 Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.B.A. and Europe via "Pan Ame- rican Airways and Trans-Atlantic Services."

Reg.

Ord.

Reg.

Ord,

-K.P.O.

Aug. 12, 5 pm. ....Aug. 12, 8.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

.Aug. 12, 5 p.m.

Aug. 12, 7 p..

Tuesday, Aug. 26. Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Hono- lalu, U.S.A., and Európe via “Pan- American Airways and TranS- Allantlo Services.”

.K.P.O.

Beg. Ord.

Reg. Ord.

¡Aug. 20, 5 p.. Aug. 20, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.

Aug. 26, 5 p.m. „Aug. 20, 7 D.m.

Attempt To Dynamite Verigin Tomb Fails

NELSON, June 10-Pollee are in vestigating an unsuccessful attempt to dynamite the tomb at nearby Bril- liant, of Peter Lordly Verigin, former Doukhobor leader.

A guard at the tomb told police · he found 35 pounds of dynamite in a box on top of the sarcophagus on the morning of June 2 when he In- vestigated after hearing a dog, kept In a kennel at the tomb, barking, One of three fuses attached to the burned but the explosives had dynamite falled to explode,

Fellowship of the Bellows

JUNE

SCORE

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