THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 9, 1939
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Britain Submitting Plan To Arab And Jews Next Week
CEMENT COMPANY'S GOOD YEAR
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China had been reduced to minuto pro- portiona, with the result that we had. porforce to explore other avenues for the marketing of our product. It has, therefore, been the policy of Board to endeavour to consolidate the your position of your Company in the mar-It
kots thus gained rather than to re-en- ter a field of operation which would appear to hold itttle prospect of per- manency, apart from the fact that as I have already intimated our pre- sent. commitments are such as to ab.
Works.
VARIATION OF ORIGINAL SUGGESTIONS
London, To-day.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
Chungking, To-day.
Chinese women throughout the country celebrated International Women's Day yesterday.
Mass meetings were held in all
Chengtu, Kunming,
Kweiyang,
It is authoritatively announced that Britain is con-leading cities including Chungking, sidering definite proposals on the Palestine Kweilin, Wuchow, Shiukwan, Yuen- question which will be submitted to the Arabling and Nanchang, is understood that the British Government put
and Jewish delegations early next week. forward certain suggestions ten days ago and now have a clear idea of their reception by the Arab and Jewish delegates..
the naximum output of your Although there are still some details to be further considered, it is thought the British Govern- ment is now in a position to work out what might be considered a possible settlement.
I now bog to formally propose the adoption of the Report and Accounts.
Mr. B. Wong Tape seconded.
OTHER BUSINESS
Sir, Robert Ho Tang and Mr. T. E. Pearce were re-elected directors on the proposal of Mr. S. S. Harris, se conded by Mr. Wong Man-ching, while voted to considering what are des- The rest of this week will be de- Messrs, Linstead and Davis and Lowe, cribed as "the final British propos- Bingham and Matthews were re-elect- od auditors on the proposal of Lau Shiu-chuen, seconded by Mr. Kong Palestine question,”
Mr. als for all-round agreement on the Man-shing.
The following attended:
The British Government is under- Mr. J. H. Taggart, chairman, Hon stood to be anxious to have discus- Mfr. A. L. Shields, Mr. Li Tse-fong, sions with both Arabs and Jews in Dr. T. E. Pearce, Mr., J. Scott Harston the course of preparation of their (directors), Mr. T. C. T. Beck (secre-proposals, which when they come tary) and the following shareholders:
Fung Kwok Wah, Lo Yuk-tong, Mok before the Conference, will consti- Yu-yan, Wong Man-ching, B. Wong tute what the British Government Tapo, P. H. Suckling, Kong Man-shing, regards as the basis on which A. H. Potts, S. S. Harris, Lo Kai-wing, would like agreement, if Lau Shiu-chuen and F. E. Sitva.
ment is possible.
LUICHOW LANDING FEARS
Yungyun, Kwangtung, To-day. It is widely rumoured that the Japanese are preparing to land on Laichow Peninsula,
it
THREE DAYS
AFTER
Chan Loi, 30, was charged before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest this morning, with stealing $12.10 from Mr. F M. L.. Soares, at No. 38 Stubbs Road, yesterday:
Mr. Soares said defendant had
been employed as a coolie in agree-
Madame Chiang Kai-shek
The Chungking meeting was at- tended by several thousand women. the opening address and was follow- made by, the American chairman of
the International Women's Associa- tion. A mammoth torch parade was Central
held after the meeting:
News.
POLICE RAID
coolie, Cheung Hop, 32, alleg-, ed keeper of gaming den in Ha-i phong Road, who was arrested with ten other coolies during a police raid last night, had his bail of $35 estreated by Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy morning when he failed to appear.
this
The ten coolies, were each fined $1, while the table money, $4.52, was contributed to the Poor Box.
his THEFT FROM
ARMY STORE
house for three days. Yesterday defendant was in his bed room, MAIN PRINCIPLES
aweeping the floor. When witness entered the room, defendant went-fore Mr. R. A. D. Forrest
Li Kwong, 20, was brought be- While the British Government to the verandah, From his trous-morning, charged with larceny
this may possibly amend these proposers. $12.10 was missing, defendant 232 catties of firewood, from als in detail, it is understood the denied knowing anything about it, R.A.S.C. Depot. principles will be adhered to.
but the money was found in the garden.
The British Government still do not regard the position na hope- less, and the Conference will be continued into next week to see whether the British proposals can lead to a settlement.
Japanese troops on Hainan have. been increased to about 16,000 men. Repeated bombings of towns in
If the proposals do not then the peninsula point to the possi-give a basis for agreement, it is stated the British Government will Two Japanese warships appeared announce its policy on its own reg- off. Fongshing, west of Pakkoi yes-
ponsibility-Reuter. terday, but took no action.--Central News.
bility of such a Japanese move,
GREW HEAVIER AS HE GREW OLDER
His System was Becoming Stuggish
EVADING FARE
A fine of $10 was imposed by Mr. E Himsworth at Kowloon this morning on Fung Kam-cheung, 19, for avoiding payment of bus fare. The youth boarded a bus at junc- tion of Nathan Road and Fife It is the fate of many people to
Street, buying a five-cent ticket, on weight after reaching the age of which was valid to the Po Hing forty. This is usually a sign that the Theatre. internal organs are getting, sluggish and lazy in their work. The remedy is simple the little daily dose of other ticket when passing Austin Kruschen can be counted on to put Road. An argument started and mattors right, as it did in the case of the youth jumped out of the bus this man:-
and started to run away.
put
"As I advanced in years, my weight increased, and I was worried with full- ness and dizziness after meals. So I thought I would try Kruschen. Salts, and I have obtained surprising-results, My weight has gone down considerably, and I feel much more‘alert and vigor ous. The daily dose of Kruschen has
The youth was asked to buy an
CHEATED!
{
A Chinese who thought-he should
gradually eloansod my whole sys- have been given twelve months",
tom."B.
Imprisonment, told the Magistrato
this morning, when
The commonest type of, obesity is at Kowloon that caused by an accumulation of he pleaded guilty to three charges waste material, which sluggish elimin, ating organs have failed to exper from following a raid on his residence, the system. The si alte in Krunchen a heroin divan. assist the liver and kidneys to throw off each day, all undigested food sub- stances and excessive waite matter.
Then, little by little, that ugly fat goes ---slowly, yes, but surely.
lod 11 months, and accused, ex-| The three sentences passed total- claimed, with a grimace that he had been cheated of a month!
Sentence of four labour was passed.
of
the
Inspector A. V. Baker said de- fendant got over the wall and re- moved the wood, with another man. weeks' hard He was sentenced to four weeks*
hard labour.
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