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SHANGHAI, TO-DAY,
THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 3, 1939
ROYAL SCOTS ABOUT YOUR EYES-A Word to the Wise is Sufficient!
OFFICER SUMMONED
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N. D'OYLY, ROYAL SCOTS, WAS SUMMONED BEFORE HIGH OFFICIALS OF THE JA- MR. R. A. D. FORREST THIS MORN- PANESE - FOSTERED SHANGHAI |ING, FOR FAILING TO PRODUCE CITY GOVERNMENT, WERE THIS HIS DRIVING LICENCE WHEN MORNING CLOSELY STUDYING | CALLED UPON, AND FOR LEAV- PROPOSALS REGARDING THE PO- [ING HIS CAR UNATTENDED IN LICING OF THE DISPUTED EX- | CHATER ROAD. TRA-SETTLEMENT ROADS. WHICH WERE HANDED TO MAYOR FU SIAO-EN YESTERDAY AFTER- NOON BY MR. C. S. FRANKLIN, CHAIRMAN OF THE S.M.C.
The nature of the proposals has been kept a secret, but Fu Siao-en told pressmen that he hoped that the negotiations now proceeding between the parties concerned would lead to results.
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In the meantime, Settlement offi- cials point out that the Council is not attempting to reach permanent agreement, but only some temporary arrangement which may end the friction and ensure the preservation of law and order. Reuter.
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MUITSAI'S STORY
23-year-old Chinese woman, Chan Po-chan,
before was charged Mr. R. A. D. Forrest this morning, with keeping an unregistered multsai.
Defendant pleaded not guilty. Constable D148 said that he saw the car outside the C.P.R. at about 3 p.m. At about 4.30 p.m., he saw de- fendant return. When asked for his licence, defendant said he did not have it with him. He asked defen- dant to sign in his note book, but defendant refused and drove away.
Defendant said he was told to park there by an officer of the Automobile Association. A notice there stated that vehicles are allowed to park for two hours.
Defendant was fined $5 and $15.
TAXI DRIVER
FINED
Lam Shiu, taxi driver, was sum- moned before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest this morning, for dangerous driving.
Inspector F. J. Clarke said that at about 1.40 a.m. on October 12 he was called to an accident in Queen's Road East near Garden Road. Defendant drove past the wreck on the right hand side of the road. There was sufficient room for him to pass on the left. Defendant, called on to The case was adjourned for further stop, but kept on driving. enquiries.
He was fined $20.
The girl said she was given a dollar or two every month by defendant, but defendant's husband took her money away.
ST. JOHN MEDALS
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nouncing the award of Service Medals Mr. A. Morris has received a com- to Mr. I.. B. Trevor, Mr. Liu munication from the St. John Am-kwan, Mrs. R. Langley and Mr. Ma bulance Brigade Headquarters an- 'Luk.
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London, To-day.
"I am proud to have met such men," declared the King, after concluding his two days' tour of R.A.F. stations.
His Majesty received from the men themselves accounts of flights over Cuxhaven, Berlin, Potsdam and South Germany, and inspect- ed every type of aircraft.-Reu- ter.
H.K.V.D.C. CAMPS
The first camp of the Volunteers, in which certain units will be out for a week, commences next week. At the week-end, His Excellency the Gov- ernor, who will be at Fanling Lodge, proposes to see the Corps at work.
CHINESE ATTACK
WUNING
Siushui, To-day; :| attack on Wuning at daybreak yes- Chinese troops launched a surprise
terday. They broke through the Japanese defence lines and inflicted many casualties.
The Japanese withdrew into the city and closed the gates.--Central News.
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London, To-day. Major-General Swinton in a broadcast, referred to the report that General von Brauchitsch hás been superseded and said that the Army generals in Germany are reputed to have tried to exercise a restraining influence on Hitler and, if von Brauchitsch is remov- ed there is no saying what Hitler may not do ás passion is likely to govern his actions as his reason.-Reuter.
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Paris, To-day.
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A French commentator says that faced with the present un- certainty, the French General Staff has sent out patrols on the Alsace front, in an effort to dis- cover what the enemy is doing.
This is the first time this front has been active since October 15, on the eve of the German attack between the Saar and the Moselle. Small groups of French patrols are active along the whole of this front.
The Germans have started operating a powerful broadcast- ing station near Saarbrucken, broadcasting in French and chief- ly defaming Britain.-Reuter.
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London, To-day.
Three German seamen,~ ~after . being six and a half days in an open lifeboat, attempting to cross the sea from Scotland, were land- ed to-day in Scotland from trawler which picked them up in a distressed condition.
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Under cover of darkness, they managed to launch a ship's boat and battling with heavy seas, got several hundred miles before, be- - ing swept back to the Scottish coast.Reuter.
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