KILL-JOYS AMONG THE
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 9, 1940
BRITISH EMPLOYERS
JAPANESE LIVING IN FOOL'S
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
A further warning to Japanese in Tieh- tsin not to frequent amusement centres in the foreign Conces- sions after midnight was issued yesterday by the Japanese con- sul-general. Any Ja- panese disobeying the order will be severely Falling punished. within the scope of the order are cafes, bars and ballrooms.
Havas.
SIXPENCE
PARADISE
HERO OF
DISCUSSING THE training of workers, CHANNEL
AIR FIGHT
decision to bale out from
...
BURMA ROAD ALLEGATION FALSE
Reuter's diplomatic correspondent learned authoritatively i'n London yesterday that the Japanese naval spokesman's suggestion in Tokyo that war materials are still proceeding by the Burma Road is devoid of foundation.
Mr. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour, declar- ed in the House of Commons yesterday there appeared to be a lack of appreciation in in-
A British fighter pilot, dustry generally of the enormous need for a rapid expansion of training to meet the re faced with a split-second quirements of the expanding munitions pro- his blazing machine or gramme and the maintenance of a satisfac- not, was one of the heroes tory export position.
of yesterday's Channel air It must be recognised, he said, that the battles.
His aircraft, hit by an enemy had paid special attention to this pro-fighter's machine-gun fire; caught enemy
was soon, in flames blem and if the Services were to be fully alight and
from stem to stern. equipped and the necessary exports main- Had the pilot baled out he 000000000
A DAY MORE tained, the whole industry must devote more
FOR ARMY
The increase, he said, was war- ranted by the additional taxes on tobacco and beer, higher postal and railway charges and the rise; in the general cost of living.
attention to the problem.
Government
small sacrifice]
and
Official Aim
FOOD SHORTAGE DANGER PASSES
It is also pointed out that medical sup- plies, which the spokesman mention- . ed, are not among categories the trans- port of which is for- bidden by the agree- ment.-Reuter,
MARRIED AT 14 TO SEVENTY
Inevitably must have crashed Into buildings in the centre of
south-east coast town. With gallant self-sacrifice he' controls as the Hitherto, as far as training in arise when this would have to remained at the workshops was concerned, Gov-be done.
machine lost height until it dived ernment had adopted the method] Employers should not wait for into the sea 50 yards from shore. of persuasion.
orders and regulations but co-- Reuter. The troops are to get If training were undertaken, it operate immediately in this pro-
meant that over a short period blem. sixpence a day more in there must be a wages, Sir
This Kingsley-of immediate production.
temporary sacrifice had to be Mr. Bevin said he had asked
OF HOW SHE THE STORY Wood, Chancellor of the faced and would be made good that the 19 training centres they
WAS MARRIED TO AN. OLD Exchequer, announced in in very quick time.
how had should be placed in the (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") MAN BY HER MOTHER'S AR- of priority to With the price of domestic flour RANGEMENT WHEN SHE WAS were satiofled highest 'category the House of Commons
and wheat still falling, reliable 14 YEARS OF AGE AND OF the war was not going to end get them equipped. yesterday.
in the immediate futuro
The present centres would, be quarters in Shanghai: stated this HOW SHE WAS LOCKED UP It was of vital Importance to
on full treble shift and output morning that the shortage crisis AND STRUCK WITH A CANE should exceed 100,000 trainees which faced the northern city a y HER HUSBAND, WAS initiate now the necessary steps
He was aiming at 40 few weeks
definitely TOLD
LI a year.
ago has
BY 19-YEAR-OLD to make good the temporary training centres and if this goal passed.
KING-FA, ALIAS-LI MEI- loss, and also greatly tỏ .ac.
was achieved, output would bel Following negotiations between YUEK. TÓ MR. Q. A. A. MAC- celerate production a little later,
doubled.
the authorities, import restrictions FADYEN AT KOWLOON The increase will cover war.
"IC the employers concerned were ameliorated and flour and MAGISTRACY THIS MORNING rant officers, N.C.O.s and men
are seized with the importance of wheat brought in in sufficient WHEN LAU KUNG-HON, 74, and will, it is hopod, be put into
training equally with my depart- quantities.. At present Shanghai RESIDING AT NO. 70, CHEUNG- effect by the end of the month. "I am afraid With the increase, every sailor, are to some extent living in aid of our Dominions
some employers ment, I am satisfied that with the need fear no shortage for at least SHAWAN ROAD, WAS CHARG-
and the three months. Havas;
ED WITH ASSAULT.: soldier and airman will be left fool's paradise in the matter of United States and the fullest use
Mr. G. S. Ford pleaded not guil free to decide to what purpose it skilled labour.
of our manpower and the re-
ty on behalf of Lau and the prose should be devoted,
"They must realise that the sources at our command, we can
cution was in the hands of In scarcity of various classes of overtake any disparity that may The Royal Observatory reports spector W. H. Fraser, of the skilled labour in the absence of now favour the enemy.
that pressure is highest over the S.C.A. extensive provision for train- "It is therefore worthwhile Pacific to the east of Japan, "und Giving evidence, Li said she ing, will be greatly accentuated making a supreme effort in this is relatively low over. China was married five years ago, her by other factors." RIOM COURT SITS –
Large numbers of skilled men
released (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") had been
from the The new French Supreme Court Forces to return to engineering of Justice was inaugurated at and recently 3,000 were so re- Riom yesterday in a ten-minute leased in one month. session in the presence of the Minister of Justice, M. ́Alibert. Havas.
The cost of this additional grant, said the Chancellor, will be about
£9,000,000 a year for each. 1,000,-) 000 men. Reuter,
to
Fool's Paradise
Mr. Bevin said he was reluctant
make training obligatory on] employers
but conditions might|
Mealtimes are happy times. with H.P. Sauce,
HP
SAUCE
You can be sure everybody will eat with healthy, hearty appetites.
This rich, mellow fruit sauce adde so much pleasure to eating and is such a valuabib_digestive.
It. improves agups and stows, goas deliciously with eggs, fish, poultry, boof, chops, stonka, and made-up dishes.
„And In-sandwiches, or with cheese, it Is supor.. Just listen to your family say How much nicer it Is with H.P. Sauge"
HP
SAUCE
Agente und Distributors :
field." Reuter.
WEATHER REPORT
Igenerally.
TOKYO NEWSPAPERS GIVEN WARNING
(SPECIAL - TO “CHINA MAIL”).
mother receiving $700 from de- fendant, who had four sons “and three married daughters." She was nicely treated for the first two years, but had not been allowed to go out alone since the mar riage.
During the past two years, she had been badly treated and had : been locked up in, a room by ac cused, who kept the key in his possession.
Between 9 and 10 o'clock on July. 31, she was, she alleged. struck with a cane on the legs
AN ADMONITION TO Japanese newspapermen and thighs by her husband when:
she refused to sign a paper
to think twice about scoops and to take greater care agreeing to divorce him.
in their selection of news so as not to help foreign es- Dr. H. S. Tai, of Queen Mary... pionage was voiced by the spokesman of the War Hospital, who examined her on August 2, said he found 25 Office according to the Tokyo “Asahi Shimbun" yes- bruises on her body. Some of the terday.
The spokesman charged newspapers with being primarily responsible for the supply of substantial information to foreign spies.
One foreign Embassy, he said, subscribed to no less than 90 Ja- panese publications. The spokes- man recalled that same time ago Ja Tokyo newspaper reported the suspension of service on a Tokyo electric railway line because of an accident in a certain power plant.
Such an item, 'the spokesman | added, might appear unimpor- tant but It told. foreign_spies)
bruises, added the doctor, might have been caused by a cane.
Crossed-examined by Mr. Ford, Dr. Tai agreed that the bruises
could have been self-inflicted.
The case was adjourned.
ITALIANS HALT IN SOMALILAND OFFENSIVE
that in case of war, bombard- A BRITISH MILITARY communique issued in
mant of that power plant would
whole railway line.
All Japanese newspapermen, ho
be sufficient to render useless a Cairo yesterday revealed that the Italians have halt-
ed in their drive across British Somaliland. concluded; should co-operate with The communique says: "As anticipated, the the Government in actively pre-enemy columns have halted after capturing Hargeisa.
and Odweina, and air reconnaissance reports little NEW POLICE CHIEF movement around these places."
venting espionage.--Havas, ‹
OF FRANCE
The communique' also states) that in the Western Desert Iron-
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") er all is quiet but enemy move-
BERLIN ARRESTS.
ments, particularly of motorised Forced to stay in hospital for transport, continue to be reportea, The Berlin police have made a eight days following a car acci- "Apart from an unsuccessful air number of urtests, including many dent, M. Marcel Peyrouton, Secre- raid of Albarú all was quiet · Inf
Jews, following the discovery of tary-General of the French State, the Sudan.ed
Police, arrived in Vichy yesterday-"In the Burao area and to the an-legal "anti-Slövaklan pros to tako up his duties: He was cast the situation is reported to paganda centre" In a Slovakian Ménart, Gilman & Cơi, Ltdậy đa, Des Voeux formerly Ambassador to Argens be normal and in Kenya and Pa-town, reports the official German
tina and had also bech Resident Testing there is nothing to report." news agency from Bratislava. General of Tunislaw-Havar,
Reuter.
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