EMERGENCY
THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 25, 1940
COURTS
Important Amendment Accepted By Minister
Right Of
FUNCTIONS BURMA ROAD SHARP RISE
Appeal Against OF M.I. IN
Sentence
THE HOUSE OF Commons yesterday re- sumed consideration in committee of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Bill, which pro- vides powers for the trial of offences by spe cial courts in special areas.
As the Bill stands at present it is laid down that the proceedings of such courts shall be subject to no review.
Criticism had been advanced int this respect and yesterday Sir John Anderson, the Home Secre- tary, declared it had never been in the mind of Government to exclude review in a case for the prerogative of mercy.
In cases of capital or lesser "sentences,
had everyone
the
right to appeal to the clemency of the Crown and in the case of
the
BONG KONG
EXCHANGE
CONTROL
death sentence, before it A general report on ex- "could be carried out a review change control in Hong Course Kong during 1939, prepar- irrespective of any appeal. ed by the Assistant Finan- "He suggested that the insertion.
cial
was made by the Home Secre tary
as
A
matter
of
(Ex-
of amendments on the report stage of the Bill would go a long change), Mr. D. Kelvin way tu meet the misgivings.
Secretary
Stark, states:-
Question Of Reprieve Defence (Finance) Regulations
FAR EAST QUERIED.
The Far Eastern Bureau of the Ministry of Inform-
ation, which has its head- quarters in Hong Kong, was the subject of a ques- tion in the House of Com-
mons.
DISCUSSED
IN SECRET
When the House of: Lords met yesterday afternoon, says a Reu- ter cable from Lon- don, the House went
immediately into se-
cret-session and dis- cussed the Govern- ment's foreign policy.
The Burma Road decision was expect- ed to be one of the
key. points of the debate.
Sir Stanley Reed asked the Minister of Information for a statement on the furctions of the Bureau and asked him in what) respect these functions differed 100000 from those already performed by the Governors, the Ambassadors; and their staffs, including, in some coses, special publicity officers al-
in ready stationed
Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and other Far Eastern centres.
ate
Mr. Duff Cooper declared that
was
detected
.
DAIRY CASE
ADJOURNED
this
IN H.K.'S RATEABLE VALUE
The annual report of the Assessor published in Legislative Council to-day shows that the rateable value of Hong Kong.pro- perty rose during 1939 from $35,502,622 $41,915,072, an increase of $6,412,450.
to
Since the 1929-1930 re-valua- tion the total Rateable Value has increased by $11,459,556 or 36.24 per cent., taking the value at the 31st December 1939.
The shortage of accommodation of all kinds continued, but be- came a shade less acute.. towards the end of the year, due no doubt partly to the considerable building that was carried out The
was
the chief functions of the Bu- Admitting. that the milk he outside the City limits. reau which shared officers with sold to the Yuen Yuen Dairy on only noticeable effect, however, the Hong Kong Department of July 23 was not pasteurized but was a tendency for exceptionally Information were to co-ordin-saying that he had arranged with high rents to fall somewhat.
the activities of all Far the purchaser to pasteurize it,
The report adds that the Pre- Eastern posts and as enemy Tsang Wing-fuk, 36, of Diamond vention of Eviction Ordinance, propaganda
to Hill, was fined $50 by Mr. Q. 1938, which on 26th May, 1939, counter the propaganda with A. Macfadyen at Kowloon
was extended for a year, broadcasting, films etc.
morning for selling unpasteurized consolidated and amended on It had also arranged for the milk.
15th December, 1939, and con- Sir John added that he was were published on 8th Septem-local production of suitable ma- Pleading not guilty to selling tinued to exercise. its steadying quite willing to propose the in-ber, 1939, and exchange control terials and its distribution in the for caposing for sale unpasteurized cffect. Under this amended "Or- sertion of words to make quite came into effect the same day. |Far East-Reuter.
milk, Lee Shu-leung, 33. master dinance a landlord ΟΙ tenant clear that provision must be mude The regulations in Hong Kong
of the Yuen Yuen Dairy Farm, may, on payment of a fee, obtain No. 108, Prince Edward Rond. a Certificate from the Assessor was remanded until next Monday stating what in his opinion is the afternoon on $100 bail.
fair and reasonable rent of any Sanitary Inspector H. L. Lock-dwelling to which the Ordinance hart, prosecuting, stated that milk tes. must
and be pasteurized,
that Tsung himself was responsible Yuen Yuen Dairy, had sold un- despite any arrangement with the pasteurized milk on previous oc- rasions although the Dairy had Inspector Lockhart alleged that equipment for pasteurization.
by regulation for securing that followed closely those adopted in
to death sentence shall be carried England with the important ex- EMBASSIES
out until the question of a re-ception that no import and export in relation to currency prieve had been duly considered. control
After a considerable debate the was introduced.
Nineteen banks were authoris- Attorney-General appealed to the House to n.ke progress with the ed to exchange foreign currency. required for commercial, personal Bill.
He said: "We want the Bill to and contractual purposes and for- piss through the House to-night. ty two Chinese banks were regis- It is impossible to get a form of tered as permitted to deal simil- Words this evening to meet the arly in Chinese National currency. désire expressed, but the Home Banks are not permitted to con- Secretary will be
to duct exchange transactions falling
prepared
IN NEW HOMES
IN
CHUNGKING
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
All foreign embassies consider whether a form of words outside the categories described and consulates in Chung-- would be inserted in the Bill in the above, and such transactions.can king, with the sole excep- House of Lords." (Cries of "No"). only be undertaken subject to ex-
change control permits of which tion of the Soviet Embas- Attorney-General's 1262 were issued in 1939.
sy, are now functioning in Under the exchange control le- gislation British subjects resident Chungking's suburb on The Attorney-General said that in the Colony were required to the south bank of the Harvey's surrender certain classes of Cana-Yangtse, amendment.might be taken as in-dian and foreign currency dication that in the opinion of their possession. During 1939, The French Embassy was the Government a review ought to 158 persons thus surrendered cur-last to move to its new buildings. All houses of the British Em- operate over every case.
acceptance
Stand
Mr. of
rency.
in
"So long as it was clear this is In addition to the surrender of bassy and consulate are now com- not demanded, I am prepared to foreign currency the regulations pletely uninhabitable owing to the accept the amendment."
required that securities of certain repeated Japanese bombings. The building has The amendment was agreed to. selected foreign currencies should German consulate
-
Passes Commons
The Emergency Powers was finally read a third time out a division.-Reuter.
purchaser.
FIRE DESTROYS HOUSES IN CHINHAI
500
1.
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
*
be registered. The exchange con- also been abandoned on account trol officer registered 264 separate of bomb damage. Bill
THE SITUATION in the Ningpo district withholdings of securities during 1939.
French Embassy are crowded is still somewhat obscure..
BRITISH PURCHASES
The regulations also imposed restriction on the export of gold and foreign currencies and 102 permits to export were issued dur- in 1939.
The staff of the exchange, con-
་
The new quarters
of the
British
In the premises of a commercial, firm, while the Bri tish Embassy is housed in thọ| naval canteen..
The German Embassy is situat-
According to Chinese reports in Shang- hai this morning, over 500 houses were des- trol office consisted at the end of ed in a private house in the hills. troyed by fire in Chinhai and thousands of the year of one Cadet Officer, ong The remoteness, of the embassies officer of the Senior Clerical and and consulates from the centre Chinese and Japanese troops killed.. Accounting Staff and three officers of Chungking's life is causing Chinhai is stated, to be strongly IN AMERICA
pf the Junior Clerical Service, some inconvenience but all are held by the Chinese. General
No prosecutions or legal pro-settling down and are maintain- Figures issued in Wash-ceedings against any persons, took ing a good spirit in spite of the place in 1939 under the regulations cramped. accommodation. Havas. Ington yesterday show to and almost without exception, the what an extent United fullest co-operation was extend- to government by British, States exports to Great Chinese and other neutral banks, Britain have grown.
i
d
CHUNGEKING
y the public generally and by PROTEST
i
In June, the United States sent pms and individuals in carrying
to Britain_explosives, fire-arms out the various requirements of
tions.
Chiang Kai-shek has congratulat
ed the victorious troops.
Meanwhile, nothing is known of the situation In other localities in east Cheklang
COOLIE TRANSPORT TO SAVE PETROL!
4.
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")); Chinhal and Yungklang are
Highly promising efforts are being blockaded, by the Chinose being made in Chungking, to save. themselves who have scuttled gasoline by organising on an un- many ships to form a new boom precedented scalesa coolie -carry-.. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs) blocking the way to Ningpo. and ammunition to the total value the Defence (Finance) Regula-in-Chungking has Aled-another-It is supposed the Chinese-in-intrac
The Ministry of Communica [strong-protest with diplomatic re-tention was the reason for the presentatives of the foreign gov-sinking of the German freighter tions is setting up a special board for manpower träffle, entrusted. Ernments concerned against the Kursten together, with two other with the enlistment of a large.
and several junks.— handing over by, the. Shanghai steamers
number of carrying coolies, the land Havas. Municipal Council of the
establishment of relay stations, documents to Fu Siao-en,
and so forth, which, will enable a large incrense, and saving of existing gasoline stocks.-Havas,
of $23,000,000, or 76 times the value of those sent the month.be- fore.
for
LORD LLOYD SPEAKS CYPRIOT
Exports of war material
month the whole
were 7. over £875,000, or more than those off
the five preceding months put to- gether!
The Ministry points out that since the documents were en-
the inspected Land Bureau of
Japanese Ship Sunk #
Of this war material, £60,000 When Lord Lloyd, Secretary of trusted to its custody by the During the operations at Chin-
were sent to Australia, £808,000 State for
tër.
Colonies,
Greater hal, the Chinese troops captured |
lover. Chinese
to Canada, and £47,000 to Southwo detachments of Cypriot trans- Shanghai Municipality under a Japanese merchantman, which SALESMAN -- Africa-inostly in aircraft-Reu-port companies attached to the Mayor O.K. Yul, the S.M.C. had they sank at the mouth of the CHARGED WITH
| Northern and Southern Commands to right to hand them over to any Yung River.
yesterday, he delighted them by organisation other than the ori- Three Japanese planes circling EMBEZZLEMENT
own tinal Land Bureau.
positions were WEATHER REPORT addressing them in their
language.
Characterising the 'action ofybrought down by anti-aircraft fire, Mak Cheung-hing, 31, sales- The Royal Observatory reports He also inspected a Palestine the S.M.C. as unlawful, the Minis-nand crashed. into the sen.
man, was charged before Mr. R. tlist pressure is highest over south Corps, and told them how im-ry said that it not only seriously Japanese warships arrived off Edwards this morning with tho. Japan and the Pacific to the pressed he was by their bearing affected the Interests of Chinese Slchpu, ten miles.. northwest of embezzlement of $104.10, received.. south-cast; it is relatively low. In und discipline; he also congratu-and foreigners in Shanghai but Chinhat, at noon yesterday. Ja- by him on behalf of the Thoms
the|paneso..marines tried to reach. the Grocetoria, a trough extending. from Tongking lated. them on their effetency in so, betrayed.. the trust of
Central shore in steam boats but retired].. Defendant. was. remanded for across the China Sea and Luzon the recent campaign-in France,Chinese. Government.
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