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CLASSIFIED NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC

25 words $2.50

for 3 days propaid

CO., LTD.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Interim Dividend of 6-.60 per share has been declared in respect of the half year ended WANTED KNOWN. 30th June, 1941, on 900,000 OLD WANTED—Lodice to assist in Hong-SHARES and will be payable on kong's "V" Campaign by selling "y" and after Thursday, 11th Septem- labels. Please apply to

Dividend Warrants theber, 1941. Organiser,

"Hongkong 001, Telegraph or telephone 28502. All may be obtained on application the Company's Registered proceeds to swell the Bomber Fund. Int

Omee, P. & O. Building.

Box

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Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 29, 1941

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PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the lat day of September, 1941, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Publle -Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Kau Pul Shek, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 of option years, with the renewal at, a Crown Rent to be Axed by the Surveyor of lis Majesty the KING, for further term of 75 years.

one

Intending bidders are advised

kind STAMPS. FOREIGN

THE REGISTER OF MEMBERS needed by Fellowship of the Bellows who will make up..and sell tor of the Company will be CLOSED bencat of War. Fund. Send any you from MONDAY, IST SEPTEM- have or can collect or con sparo from your duplicates to F.OD. c/o BER to THURSDAY, 11TH SEP-that Imediately after the dispo

TEMBER, 1041,

daysal of the lot the Purchaser (if (both Hongkong Bank, Kowloon.

inclusive) during which period not the applicant) will be required no transfar of shares can be to deposit with an authorised registered

FOR SALE.

THE HONGKONG NATURALIST, Vol. X nos. 3 and 4. Price $4 (postage extra). Now on sale South China Morning Post Lid.

BRITISH LAND ON FRENCH AIRPORT

at

London, June 20. How dering British parachutists destroyed a Nazi airport, thirty acro- planes and took forly German pilots prisoner has been told In a cable from Zurich to the New York Post. They crossed the Channel in bo

bern and bailed out over the airport in the French town of Berck-sur-mer. They split into three groups, the first group rushed the control room and before the the occupants seized alarm could be given: the second attacked the barracks and took the scattered and the third prisoners over the airport ami destroyed the planes. They then went to a near- by port where torpedo boats walted to take them and the prisoners to England, and were home before the Nazis knew what had happened. Our Own Correspondent.

By Order of the Board of

Directora.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,

Agents. Hongkong, 5th August, 1941.

PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the Ist day of September, 1911, al }} p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of One Lot of Crown Land at Tai Kok Tsui, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 of years, with the option renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one

further term of 75 years.

officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Inland Lot

No. 4116.

Kau Pul Shek Road,

Kowloon City Road

of Sale.

Registry No.

Locality

be

Kau Pul Shek

Boundary Measurements

[N. REW.

Reet feet fentiteet)

as per aste

plan.

to

Contents in

sq. feet.

Ana. Rental

Upset Price

about

2.353

The purchaser of the lot will

required

10 the pay auctioneer in cash the sum of $177.00 (being 10% of the upset price) immediately after the fall of the hammer, the balance of that immediately after the dispo-the premium being paid in accord- got the applicant) will be requiredance with the Conditions of Sale.

Intending bidders are advised

Mr P. F. LeFevre, munaglog direc-snt of the lot the Purchaser (if lor of the Texas Company (China)

Limited, has arrive in the Colony trom Shangbul.

The

to deposit with an authorised oflicer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred This sum dollars, ($200) in cash.

G.

R.

Hongkong Telegraph will be refunded on payment of PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

Eleventh Annual

the Purchase price.

Amateur Photographic PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Competition

June-September, 1941.

Two Silver Trophies Awarded

by ILFORD LTD.

For the best and second-best entries.

Throo Silver Trophies Awarded by EASTMAN KODAK CO.

First Prizes in each of the

$250

three Sections.

CASH PRIZES

SECTION ONE

$250

Interior scenes. Table Top and Still

Life Studies.

(Exluding portraiture, plants and

and flowers). 1st KODAK SILVER TROPHY 4th $10 2nd $40. 3rd $30.

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

4th $10

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

RULES

The following Itules will govern the Competition:

4. The Competition is open to all

photographers.

1-The entries 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 sending in what are adjudged to be the best photo- Kraphs in each Section. Each entry must be accompanied by a form which will be published during the period of the Com- must be and which petition, 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 must have been taken in the Colony of Hongkong, Photographs which have been already entered in other Competitions are ineligible, 6.-o responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery of, loss of or damage to entries. 7-All entries to be either black, sepla, or toned pictures, and must be mounted. Coloured photo- graphs are ineligible. -Platures submitted in sepia tones

should be accompanied by smaller print in black and white, 9-No plcture to entered in, more

than one Beation.

10,--Mounts to be only white or cream. must be of one of the following BIC-10x12 10x20.

11--No correspondence will be entered into in connection with the Com- paustion, 12-Members of the Stake of the the and Hongkong Telegraph South China Morning Post are not permitted to compete. 13-The decision of the Judges shall

be sal.

14-At the conclusion of the Com

petition. entrion will be returned ta competitors on application at the Telegraph ouses within seven days. 15-The use of aliases in strictly

forbidden.

NAME

ENTRY FORM

·SECTION

ADDRESS

"Please use block letters and paste

one of these forms on back ·

_of_each_Entry)

No. of Sale.

Inland Lot

Registry No.

Locality

Inland lot No. 4281.

be

Na. 4317.

Tong M

Road,

Tai Kok Tsui South of Kowloon

Boundary Measurements

ส.ธ.

E.W.

(feet)foot]fert|feet

As per sald

plan.

Contents

10,000

#q. feet,

$154

inn. Rental

$50,000

of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 1st day of September, 1941, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at

INSTRUCTING INSTRUCTORS—Canada ex- pects to train thousands of young fliers for the Canadian Air Force, but first she must have instructors for them. So she is con- ducting the Central Flying School, at Tron- ton, Ontario, from which instructors will be sent throughout the Dominion. Top, future instructors on parado. Barracks in back-

Cheung Sha Wan, in the Colony Farewell

of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 1st years, commencing from July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to bo fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for further term of 24 years less

one

Ceremony

The exact date and time of the Governor's departure will be made known later.

His Excellency and Lady Northcote will leave Government House shortly before the time of departure from; Queen's Pier, and proceed to the Pier vie Garden Rond, Queen's Road, Jackson Road and Connaught Road. They will be preceded by motor-cycle escort of the Hongkong Police; the route will be temporarily closed to vehicular trome by

ground. Inset, Harold E. (Whitey) Dahl, contre, who gained prominence as American prisoner of the Franco forces in Spain, in- structs two students. He has beon at the airport sovoral months and is reported wall Bottom, various types of liked by the mon. planos that are used in training,

STOCK MARKET REPORT

Hongkong Stock Exchange Official Summary, issued yesterday is:

Buyers

H.K. Govt, 4% Loan 100 H.K. Govt. 3 Loan (1934) 88 H.K. Govt. 34% Loan (1040) 88 Canton Ins. $225

Union Ins, $425 H.K. Fire Ins. 5183 Wharves $00 Docks $10 Providents $0.20 Hotels $3.45 Chinese Estates $101

the last three days thereof. Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo Bal of the let the Purchaser (if The parchaser of the lot will not the applicant) will be required

required to pay to the

to deposit with an authorised auctioneer in cash the sum of officer who will be present at the $2,000.00 (being-10-of-the-upset sale the sum-of-two-hundred-ce Polite.

orrival at Queen's Pier His-Trams-$10.75- Lights "O" $0 price) immediately after the fall dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum Excellency will inspect a Guard of of the hammer, the balance of will be refunded on payment of Honour provided by the 1st Battalion the premium being paid in accord the Purchase price.

The Middlesex Regiment. After in- ance with the Cenditions of Sale. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. specting the Guard of Honour, His

NOTICE

DEFENCE REGULATIONS-1940

The following

rotes

will

be

charged for malling single copies of the following newspapers abroad:- South China Morning Post China and Macao

10 cents per copy

British Empire and Forelga 25 cents per,copy

The Hongkong Telegraph

China and Macao

10 cents per copy British and Foreign 20 cents per copy

25 cents Saturdays.

Bomber Fund Subscriptions

Yesterday's contributions to the Bomber Fund included $379, per bir Abbas Khan, representing part of the proceeds from the screening of the Indian film "Yamiit- 3nt" at the Alhambra Theatre, and $500 from Mtr P, K. Kwok. The total of the Fund has now reached £2,559,854.23. The following in the latest lint of subscribers:

Mr P. K. Kwok

... $300

Part proceeds of special screching of the Indian films "Yamill-Ja1" at the Alhambra Theatre, Bun- day, 10th August, per Mr Abbas Khan......

Crafgengower Cricket Club'{soventi

donation Mr, and Mrs W. II. Bailey ith les of Birthday presents) (fourth Sale of "V" Brooches, pins, etc.

donated by The Caravaṇ ... Sale of

Labels

by the

Caravan Members of the detachment Royal

Army Pay Corps

PRISONERS OF WAR.

670

75

50

12

No. of Sale.

Regutry No.

Aso

New Kowloon

Inland Lot

Junction of

Shun Ning Road &

Fat Tseung Street,

Cheung Sha Wan,

Boundary

Measurements iÜN

X. 8. E. { T.

feel feelfeet feet!

As per sale

plan.

Upset Price

The purchaser of the lot will

to be required Juny to the of auctioneer in cash, the sum $144.00 (being 10% of the upst price) immediately after the fall of the hammer, the balance of the premium being paid in accord- ance with the Conditions of Sale.

the

Excellency, and Lady Northente will say farewell to those assembled on Queen's Pier.

In addition to those to whom in- vitations have been sent, all personal friends of His Excellency and Lady Northcote will be welcome at the Pier, Dress is: uniform for those lounge suits entitied to wear it; for others. (summer)

After saying farewell, His Ex- cellency and Lady Northcote wil embark on the Governor's Barge. As the Barge leaves Queen's Pier, a salute of 17 guns will be fired by the Royal Navy from II.M.S. Tomar.

MENZIES QUITS Fadden Premier Of Australia

Canberra, Aug, 28, Mr Menzies has resigned his posi- tion of Premier of Australia. A joint Australian meeting of the United Party and the Country Party to-day unanimously elected Mr A. W. Fud- den as Prime Minister.

Electrics "X. Ris $21.00 Electrics Rts $10.00 Telephones "O" $23

Sellers

Hotels $3.65 Trams $17,05 Telephones "O" $23.50

Sales

H.K. Govi. 4% Loan 101 H.K. Govt. 34 Loan (1940) 99 H.K. Banks $1,425 H.K. Banks $1,mmmsz"SOTr ETA Docks $16.10 Hotels $3.00 Electrics Rts $11 Ropes $9

CHOCOLATE RAMP

IS TACKLED

Excessive profits on chocolates are being made by many London con- fectioners.

BANKS

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Moyal Charter 2893, Paid-up Capital

£3,000.008

3,000,000

Reserve Fund ********

Reserva Liability of Proprietors #3,000,00

HEAD OFFICE LONDON.

38 Jihoopsgate, E.0.3.

Sub-Aganeles in Tandon, 117-111,-Landenhall Street, E.CA.

West End Branchi

16-18, Cockipur Street, 8.W.1. "Manchester Branch:

12, italy Bb, Manchester, 2.

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:

Alor Star

Hongkong

Itolio Ipoh Karachi Klang Кофе

Amritaar

Langkok Belavia

Bombay Calcutta

Agenciest

+

Saigon

Itangoon

Semarang

Beremban

Shangha

Singapore

Kuala

Bitiawan

Lumpur

Sourabaya

Fairlie Place Kuching

Madras

Taiping Tientain

Manila

Tongkan

I

Medan

New York Peiplag

(Bhukal) Tsingtao Yokohama

--

Live Street

Canton

· Cawnporo-

Cebu Colombo Daiki

Helpheng

lankow

(Poking)

Penang

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted,

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year or aborter periods in Local or Other Currencies af rates which will be quoted

on application,

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interer allowed at rates oblainable un application. The Bank's Head Office in London undertakes Executor and Trusted bust- Dess, and claims recovery of Briti Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained Agencies and Branches.

Eny of ite

W. IL EVANS THOMAS,

Manager.

POST OFFICE

Purce! Post Service to Japan is temporarily suspended.

connect

Air, Mail to Rangoon to with the British Overseas Airways Service will until further notita be closed on Mondays and Fridays. Correspondence for despatch by this superscribed by route must be "C.N.A.C."

The public are reminded that it is fo a breach of postal regulations anclose in a postal cover communi- sations intended for persons other han the addressee.

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

and (except Amoy

__Kulangsu), North afid Kwangel,

East of Kwangtung.

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

INWARD AIR MAILS

Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Francisco Direct Servico"-Ban date, 2nd September ......Sept. 9.

B.W.O.F. Accounts A Ma by Tan American Airways

Receipts and Payments

During July

the British The following are War Organisallon Fund (Hongkong) accounts for July:

Receipts. Balance

brought for- ward at July, 1941, £5.0.0 and $19,012.01. Donations and subscrip-

Francisco

Direct Service"-San date, 10th September...Sept. 23.

OUTWARD AIR MAILS Friday, Aug. 20 Air Mail by Air to Bangoon to con- Overscan nect with the "British Airways."

K.P.O. and G.P.O. Reg...........Aug. 29, 4 p.m. ..Aur. 29, 4.30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 1

Ord.

tions, July, 1941, £10.0.0 and $0,897,- Air Hail by Air to Rangoon to con= 14. Sales, Sunday $10, postal labels

$1.40, badges $4, total $15.40. Grand totals, £15.0.0 and $27,924,58.

i-Payments:-Remittance-to-St-Dun-

stan's £109,8.4 at 1/2.31/32,

Root with the "Brittäk Overnoza

Airways."*

K.P.0, and G.P.O,

Reg.

Ord.

....Sept., 1, 4 p.m. ..Sept, 1, 4.30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept 0

U.S.A.

and

Europe American Airways

Atlantic Services."

Ref.

Ord.

K, P. 0.

via "Pan-

and Trans-

$3,037.80. Purchases: Wool, rubber Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, bed pans and buttons, $5,070.24. Packing, transport, freight, marine and war risk insurance, $370.55. Office expenses, salary and wages |$317,' printing and stationary $7.45,

telephone $32.25,

postage $18.00, travelling 32 cents, petties 50 cents, total $370.11. Expenditure for July 1041, $9,300.70.

Balance, monies in hand on July 31, 1941: Current Account, Hong- £14.0.0 kong and Shunghat Bank, and $18,482.01. Petty Cash, $81.07. Grand totals, £15.0.0 and $27,924,50.

Reg. Ord.

.....Sept. 0, 5 pan, ..Sept 0, 8.30 p.m. G. P. O.

...Sept. 3, 5 p.m. .Sept. A, 7 pm. Tuesday, Sept. 23 Air Mail for Manlia, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan-Ameri- can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Services,"

...Sept. 23, 5 pm. .....Sept. 23, 5.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

K.P.O

Reg.

Ord.

Reg.

Sept. 23, 5 p.m.

Ord.

.Sept. 23, 7 p.m.

Mr E. B. Franklin, Assistant Chief

method for putting heat-Insulating!

of the

Air Spaces Put Into Concrete Walls

BISMARCK, ND. (UP)A hovel of the Air Carrier Section

on

Prices in some cases are more than air spaces into a concrete wall Civil Aeronautics Authority Board, a short visit 100 per cent. higher than before the being used in the erection of a new has arrived here.

WPA warehouse here. Short lengths from San Francisco. war.

Owing to the shortage of the best of split green cottonwood logs are known brands, which have increased set, like bricks, into the wet con- by only 25 per cent. in price, un-crete. In a short time the green named sorts are being sold at be-wood will shrink and decay, leaving

the spaces practically empty. The announcement of Mr Menzles tween ds, and 6s, a pound.

Bolled sweets have risen to be- resignation came at the close of the

The method is very economical, parliamentary session to-day. Mr tween 2s. 6d. and 3s. 4d. a pound.

Reputable firms are angry at the constructors say, and produces a wall has decided to send to London a profiteering in sweets and choco-stronger than hollow title, and with better insulating properties. The other than the Prime lates

In originated Mr Sidney Pascall, chairman of Iden

Scandinavian was brought to this The first comment on the new the Wartipte Sugar Confectioners' lands, and

by Was 'mode Mr Association, said that such over-country by immigrants. It has been used in farm buildings in this region, Menzies at a press conference. He chargingt must be stopped, said although there is personal good- "We have put proposals before the but the warehouse here represents first introduction into public will amongst his colleagues, towards Ministry of Food to deal with the its him he seemed to be unpopular. with matter," he said.

buildings. certain sections. It was not for him

Menzies announced that the Cabinet

Netherlands Queen's Birthday Gathering Ministr

Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina of development the Netherlands, who with her Gov. ernment had to leave her country after the German invasion and who has taken temporary residence in London, will have her sixty-first to judge except to believe that his birthday next Sunday, August 31.

The Netherland community will celebrate this occasion on Saturday, 3.20 The Acting

Netherland Consul- General will not,

In as customary time, give an official re- praco ception, but Mr Middelburg has in- vited the Netherlanders in Hongtrong,

27

the

The S. C. M. Port has received following donation to the British Pri soners at War Fund: Mr G. White, $10.

DONATIONS WAITING

Donations for the following Organisa- tions await collection at the omeo of the 8. C. ht, Post: Lord Mayor Fund for the Relief of Air Victims: BW.O.F.; Emer- gency Refugee Council: British Prisoners of War Relief Fund: Food Kilchens Fund: St Vincent de Paul

Macao, and Canton to his residence for Saturday evening.

realgnation of the leadership of the Government would lend to a beller position. Mr Menzies will hand in his resignation to-morrow. Reuter,

GIFT TO MALTA

to

From Governor, Hongkong, to Governor, Malia, date August 25, A contribution of £1,000 is being made to the Malta Rellet Fund Arrangements have been made at through the Crown Agents for the the Consul's residence for receiving Colonies, Londen, as a gift from the and amplifying the worldwide radlo Govemment and people of this link-up to be broadcast by the B.B.C. Colony.

Governor, From

Mako, from 11 to 11.30 p.m. local time. London will be

be calling alternately Gor, Hongkong, date August 28.

Willemstad, Batavio, Paramaribo,

prople of Malta warmly ap Pretoria,

Washington, the Netherland prelate the gift of £1,000 from the people of Hong- Legions in Canada and England, Government and The Director of Medical Services gralo H. R. H. Princess Juliana in Canada, kong, I ned my personal thanks,

and the Netherland Navies in Nether It will be recalled that this gift tidly acknowledges receipt of a gilt of the-bundle of old clothing and 30 for lands Indies and European waters, was approved by the Legislative Chinese interned soidises-at Argyle Bireet Internment Comp, from the liongkong whereafter the answers villl be re Council as a token of appreciation Chinese Women's Club, ELANTRA

-forn sister_Colony............... ceived-and-broadcast.

Gifts To Internees

Swan, Culbertson & Fritz

Investment Bankers and Brokers

Members of New York Colton Exchange

Chicago Board of Trade

Manila Stock Exchange

Winnipeg Grata Exchange

Commodity Exchange, Inc., New York

Canadian Commodity Exchange, Inc, Montreal

New York Coffee and Surar Exchange Hongkong Sharebrokers Association

·Shangbal Stock Exchango".

SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, MANILA and BUENOS AIRES

Cable Address: SWANSTOCK

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