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Berlin, To-day.
In an endeavour to increase the productivity of the German economic system, the Commis- sioner for the Four Year plan, Field Marshal Goering, decreed yesterday that the central execution of all measures necessary for im- proving the efficiency of the system shall be in the hands of the Reichsminister for Econo- mics, Dr. Walter Funk.
The extent of the authority rested in Dr. Funk is
evident in a statement by Goering:
"The execution of the four year,
plan" he declares "has led to the highest demands
on the German
economic system and to a full em- BUILDERS' USE
ployment of all who are capable of working.
Further increase in German eco- nomic strength
OF DEFECTIVE
can, therefore, be MATERIALS
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achieved only through improvement of plant, means of production and production methods, as well
For using defective materials in through raising the achievement the construction of a building, in capacity of workers. The steps Aplichau, Messrs. Tung Fook of necessary 1quire central
No. 21, Yu Chau Street, were fined vision. The Reichs Minister for $300 by Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at Economics is authorised to dis-the Central Magistracy this morn- tribute the tasks arising from these ing.
super-
measures to the appropriate quar- On another charge of diverting ters and to limit the activity of from the plans he was fined an- different quarters.
other $100.
All organisations and concerns Mr. A. Brooksbank, of the Public participating in the total planning Works Department, said that dur- project are subject to his orders."ing a routine visit he found that
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SILENT SHANGHAI SPOKESMAN
Shanghai, To-day.
welded bars were used in re- inforced concrete work, while a column in the front of the house was being built. This was not in the plans.
He asked that a serious view, of the first charge, be taken. There were no cases found of the use of welded bars in concrete work for Questioned about the statement the past six years, and had he not said to have been made by the Ja- visited the place at the time the panese Consul-General in Canton work would have been cemented up. to a British correspondent that the
Pearl River would be opened to
foreign shipping within six weeks, SHAMEEN COUPLE
the Shanghai spokesman to-day said he was unable to comment.
The same answer was given con- cerning the statement, also credit-
MARRIED
ed to the Japanese Consul General The wedding took place at St. in Canton, that the Pearl River John's Cathedral this morning of could be opened immediately, but two well-known Shameen residents, that this was not done in order not Miss Brunhilde Slater Rolfe and to prejudice the negotiations re- Mr. Leonard Arthur Scopes. The garding shipping on the Yangtse. Rev. Cyril Brown officiated. Trans-Ocean.
The bride, who is the daughter of Colonel Victor Emmanuel Rolfe and Mrs. Rolfe, was given away She wore a smart suit in Windsor-blue wool, with an off-the-face hat and accessories to tone.
GERMAN RECALL by her father.
OF SERVANTS
DENIED
London, To-day.
Assertions that German servant
Miss Nina Quin, the bridesmaid, wore a frock of navy lace, with hat and accessories to match.
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The bridegroom is H.B. M. Vice-
girls working in England have re-Consul at Shameen. ceived orders from the German Mr. Erik Huttemeier undertook authorities to return to the Reich the duties of best man. have now been officially denied.
The reception was held at the
When queried yesterday in the Gloucester Hotel. House of Commons, the Under- Secretary, Mr. Butler, stated that he had received
The P. and O. s.s. "Corfu" left no report what-Shanghai is due here to-morrow at soever regarding the intendeď withdrawal
6 p.m. of German servant girls. Trans-Ocean.
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