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CENTENARY YEAR
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Our first publiontion to-day, aftor' a lapso of more than three years and oight months, ooincides happily with the official coremony of the formal surrender of the Jajanoso forces in long Kong to Rent- Admiral Coil Hareourt. Military Governor of the Colony, and Com mander-in-Chief of the relieving naval units. It is porhaps povuli- arly fitting that this should be so,
for our last previous appearan"
marked tiia day of
THE CHINA MAIL, HONG KONG, TUESDAY, SEI
MBER 11, 1945.
Hunghom Most Severely Hit On
REGISTERING CLAIMS
It is authoritatively learned
·that the British Chamber. of
Mainland
PHILATELISTS
SHANGHAI STREET THE New Fashion WILL BE OVERJOYED
PULSE OF KOWLOON
NOTES ON A RAPID TOUR OF KOWLOON ON SATURDAY
Commerce in Shanahan is of LAST HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED BY MR D. J. SLOSS
ready functioning again, and, to mention a word, claima, which
has acarcely yet been breathed in this Colony, the Chamber is already compiling a list of claims by British firms
for damages sustained during the wär.
The British Residents' As- soolation in Shanghai in also at work again.
OFFICE AS FOLLOWS:
Japanese Troops
For Shamshuipo
Airmen
WITH H.K. COVERS
The
Postmaster-General,
~A-lariju amount, if not pll, of the Tho tots Royal Air Force Hong Kong Stamps in the Gonorni Regiments, throd of which have Post Offisent the time of the Japan- book formed. In the United Hingese ontry on December 20, 1941, THE WORST DAMAGE IN THE BOMBED AREAS don since 1943, gro represented are still intact, as are soven bag IN KOWLOON APPEARED TO BE IN HUNGHOM, NEAR
in Hongkong at the moment by of mail dostined for overseas and KOWLOON MAIN DOCKS, WHERE VERY MANY BLOCKS
ono Bonior officer and ofght sénior!
posted on Docombor 33, 24 and 25, OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSES LLAVE BEEN COMPLETELY
1941. FLATTENED OUT, AND IN THE RESIDENTIAL. SEC non-commissioned officers.
They are to be distinguished TION WEST AND NORTH-WEST OF WHITFIELD BAR-
other R.A.F. personnel RACKS, WHERE SEVERAL LARGE BLOCKS OF HOUSES from
blue berotos. The
Mr. E. I. Wynne Jones, lost DEMOLISHED by their HAVE BEEN RAZED TO THE GROUND.
no time in re-sorting these BUILDINGS ARE TO
SEEN HERE AND THERE senior officer, Squadron-Leader 13.
James, is at present Assistant. wooden chop made with the seven bags and getting a IN VARIOUS OTHER DISTRICTS.
Provost-Marshal, serving 20- Kai Tak aerodrome has been der Captain Eccles, R.N., for
inscription "Delayed by JR greatly extended, especially, to
panese from December, 1941 Kowloon. wards the south and north-west.
to 1945. The first of the three regi- dispatched by Empresa of Aun- They were then The removal of large blocks of buildings, low hills and other menta was formed in 1942 for tralia, which left harbour "yes- features make it difficult to locate the purpose, in the first interday. Philatelist recipients of the boundaries of the pre-war air-stance, of defending air porte one of these covers will be in field. The whole area is covered throughout the British Isles in seventh heaven as they will be with long grass and looks very the event of invasion by the
Nazia.
quite unique, famous Hau Wong Temple'
Men of the regiment under Hong Kong, on December
The last big convoy to leave car Kowloon City in inbad.
six-months shape, The main shrine is intact, went, an intensive
1941, took all the mail that at four hours' the garrison of General Malthy. SHUMSHUIPO, WHERE THE BRITISH PRISONERS-OF- but a large tree, cut down by the training in gunnery, musketry, could be found te the overwhelming juggernaut WAR WHO FELL INTO JAPANESE HANDS WITH THE Japanese, foll an one of the wing and field work.
The regimenta' of the building and demolished it.
notice, and most of it was sur- of an army arrayed against them. CAPITULATION ON DECEMBER 26, 1941, WERE KEPT The whole temple looks shabby already entitled to inscriptions face mail to the United States, would not normally, go In the weary months of waiting THROUGH THREE YEARS AND BIGHT MONTHS OF A and neglected, but no doubt plous testifying to active service on which would
is the German front, in Holland,
taken by 8.8. for this inevitablo tinning of the PECULIARLY JAPANESE SYSTEM OF RICOUROUS IMPRISON-Chinese will soon see that
Ulysses, fabits, an important landmark in MENT, IS TO CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AS A PRISONER restored to its previous condition. the re-taking. of Crete
Most of
of the roads are badly in
The air mail letters for the our own history had, perforos, to OF WAR CAMP FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD.
neod of repair.
Obviously nothing operations in Greece, Italy and
United States were on board ps rocorded. Ha life in this
The WITH THE TABLES TURNED, HOWEVER, THE has been done to maintain them the Middle East.
the Clipper when Kai Tak was R.A.F. Regiment per- Colony precooded normally and
FERRY WHARF
sonnel in Hong Kong are the bombed and the plane destroy- seesmiling to plan, wo should havo] JAPANESE ARE TO DISCOVER THAT THE GENEVA by the Japanese.
Our reporter adds that the first members of the regiments CONVENTIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS-
ed. colubrata, in February this year, O-WAR ARE STILL IN EXISTENCE, AND WILL BE OU-holsting machinery at the Yauma to have
CURIOUS POLICY passed through the 100th birthday. lintil tho
Farry Wharf is undamaged but Panama Canal.
Not many Japanese stamps JAPANESE WERE that the need for new buffers will have seen service in the defence They were to China]
were left behind, but Japanose exption, tho
A FIRST PARTY OF 600
of the wharf for Mail Id hoon published in this
TRANSFERRED TO SHUMSHUIPO YESTERDAY EVEN-delay the use
of aerodromes in Okinawa and complete some time. Colony with unbroken continuity ING AND HAVE BEEN SET TO WORK PREPARING THE
A fair quantity of fish, pork, the invasion of Japan. Ninu Fabrary, 1845, being as CAMP TO RECEIVE A FURTHER BATCH OF 6,000 TO-
crab etc., are available from the uld, almost, as the Colony itwolf.
DAY.
stalls outside the Yaumati market, The irksome gloom of a Stanley
the pries per catty yesterday for the different commodities-being circumscribed anniversary was,
(in Military Yen):—
450, in the form of a Gotsteinurod bulletin. another surronlor, that of the exhungled, battle-stained heroes of
Lir.
Buch an aocus this, sim-
SERVED.
RAF Unit Commandors trave
TO-
for as, brightened by one little received instructions to the effect incntent. An officer friend, inoartint application can be made for corated at Shamshuipe, revealed! that some of our old reators had prisoner of war labour for ossential
military construction and remomborod the venusion, asud wo were the resipions of small gifte to construction work. Jamoso war console us while we motaphorically prisonors will probably also bo mashed our teeth at the umpty set to work unloading rollof ships.- Squadron-Lender D. P. Jenkins, plo in itself, is an encouragement D.F.C., has been appointed Camp for the future which we shall Commandant at Shumshuipo. ck r host
Wo to dosovo. begin our contenary your, there- foro, in gex hoart, it little lato. Our first offerts may not be all that wo should like them to bo. These aro daya, unfortun- ntely, when ciroumelancos dictato the answers Our chief consolation
in this. Whatever may happen in the maxt hundred years, the now sisters of the Far East will to malo unfo from interruption {
far as the Japanese aro con cornod. They al Just will niet! pass this way again
and
Pacific War Secret Disclosed
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Oxtail
Fork
Beat Prawns
86
480
220
480
90
200
150
•
The
colours are
STANLEY PLEASED
and
three
sets of the current issue are earmarked for His Majesty the King, who has the finest collection of stamps in the world,
A curious point about the Japanese stamps is the sur- charge they introduced on Stanley, yesterday. three stamps Y1.50 on 1 distribution of mustard sen, YB on 2 sen and Y5 on and pepper in the Camp, though 1 sen! Most postal authorl- a small item in comparison with ties would surcharge with a the many good things already lower figure than that of the given out, was, nevertheless," the Lack of transport is one of the culminating point for thoso in original stamp... major difficulties in getting more terested in the culinary arts.
Crab
Fish (chong
Macao solo
and
com-
for with the outside
INVALIDS IMPROVE
Mr. Wynne Jones told "The "The establishment of life produce to the markets.
The internen had long forgot China Mail" representative that Shanghai Street is the pulse often the meaning of a well-filled as soon As the new currency guard submarines off specific Kowloors, which is coming to life store cupboard and the urray of had been issued Hong Kong target
well-kept again. arens Wa
tins of milk, butter, corned beef, stamps will be on sale In Kowloon Tong the houses are tongue, etc., not to mention fruit complete facilitica secret of the war in the Pacific," Confirmation
official declared from
Lt. P. G. Satow, in varying state of preservation and vegetables which are coming sources has been obtained by the
munication RN navigator of H.M.S. and decay,
in so plentifully, have created an "China Mail" to the qfect that
the destroyer
JAPANESE SALUTE Kempemfelt,
atmosphere of contentment that world restored. no formel
has as charge
yel
Kowloon Conton Railway invests most welcome, which led the fleet into Hong been preferred
Col.
border, It would almost seem that Stan- Comman-Kong for the re-occupation of tigations, as far as the Tokunaga, former inst
of the prisoners-of-war the Colony, in the course of an wore carried out on Sunday whenley Internment Camp has be
ieut Pcomo a health resort; and already!
Sir Athol, MacGregor, who was camps in Hong Kong under the interesting talk "Rescue small party, under
loft Kowloon by the mental and physical affects of Morris, R.N., four other
Bay Hospital Japanese regime,
trolley.
freedom and good food are notice- sent into Tweed
after his breakdown in town, was at the Aircraft und Submarines," The ald Victoria Gaol, panding in from Z.B.W., last night,
be much trance to the Beacon Hill tunnel, ed should
reported yesterday to warm the hearts vestigation and collection
Improved. The Chief Justice in to leave the Colony as soon as pos which for a considerable length is those responsible. still shored with timber and until this is
sage is available. Sir Athol had replaced with masonry
been
doing the works of two men arching trains will be obliged to
and the strain proved too much for him under oxisting conditions. travel at a very low speed.
party proceeded to Shum
Another patient reported to be chun.
The various stations are
much botter is Mr. S. T. William- son, who was compelled to return to Stanley oh-Sunday after stronu- ous Inbours in town.
Japanese now being held at the Services At Sea By Destroyers mon party stopped at the en-able. The appreciation
evidence against them. Should the evidence, which is subject fully to the British conception of justice, be conclusive, it is probable that charges of mer der will be preferred.
EAT AT
JIMMY'S
Continuing, he said, "The sub marines were given certain post- tions in which to wait whilst air operations took place. Air crews had orders to come down and land in the sea by these submarines
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they could not get far after being still accupied by Japanese troops,
damaged over the target. Many who lined ap of these submarines surfaced in
daylight within a mile or so of enemy shores to look for rubber dinghies and their occupants. The Jóh was a dangerous one and their record has been noteworthy."
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the party. The railway line ap- peared to be in good order, and it was intended to run B train ty
Shumchun yesterday if possible,
to transport
The number of cattle seen
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come, appeared well-fed and proa More rice than ever is perous. ного
express- of
NOTICE. THE HONGKONG ₤AND
INVESTMENT Q AGENCY CO., LTD. Our Registered 'Offices have boon transferred to Glouceator Building, 1st floor.
B. C. Field,
Secretary, September 8, 1945.
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS OF
Concluding Lt. Satow said, the New Territories WAB verty "Rescue work is full of the chang-surprising, and the inhabitants ing scenes of life, but there is one who gave the party a warm wel thing which no one who has taken part in rescue work will éver for- in the first sight of a man it when you arrive to save him from under cultivation and the harvest,
which
is due in a few weels, perils of the sca, and the last
ELECTRICITY · sight of him de you say goodbye promises to be a good one.
A DIFFERENT PEAK and put him safely ushore again Another reporter too
took a trip up on dry land".
to the Peak
Consumers aro requested to pay the other day, via the It is with regret that we are motor road that comes down onto accounts in Military Yen as usual at unable to publish the full text of Bowen Road and then leads into the offices of the former Hongkong the talk, but space is strictly Garden Road. Here conditions Deakisho, 3rd floor, P. & O. Building, limited.
were appalling, not only insofar Ordinary Seaman W. Thompson, as the road itself is concerned, bar 100BO earth H.MS Urea, should have given a the mud, silt and talk on "The Front Line Battle caused by landslideo and neglect During Five Years of War", but made the trip (by, motor) his ship left Hong Kong yesterday uncomfortable, not to say hazar for relief work in Formosa.
IMFORMATION WANTED
dous.
loon, until further notice. Hongkong, and Argyle Street, Kow- Beptember 7, 1946,
Controller of Electricity,
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Peak Road itself was no better and the houses on tho Peak Enquiries will be received at Tem: showed unmistakable signs of porary Office in Alexandra Building, having been
con "carelessly handied" No. 5, Des Vecax Road Central by the Japanese. It was se (Office Appliance shop). quiet that it was almost uncanny We would be glad to receive and the place has become so over. newd of Pte, W. Young, of grown with grass, weed and small No. 3.Coy, H.K.V.D.C. Pte. Bushes that here too, much labour Young was a member of our will be needed before it will be Staff and was reported missing anything like the pre-war Pook. In the official Army list.
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BREAKFAST,
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The surrender of the Japanese 18th Army on New Britain will take place on Thursday at Wewak.
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EXPERT OUTTER » ALEXANDRA BUILDING.
REBUMING, BUSINESS VERY SHORTLY:
COAL SUPPLIES
-TO-DEALERS IN Pork, Poultry, Vegetables, Etc.
This Dept. has been approa- ched by a concem which pro- poses to place two motor vessels on the Macao-Hongkong run.
The
owners are desirous of meeting dealers and others with a view to the transport of cargo. Inquiries in the first instance to be directed to the Food Cón- Itrol Dept. (Mercantile Bank
Bldg., 1st. floor).
J. D. THOMSON, -Controller of Perishables,
'ABANDONED CARS
Any officer of Essential Services whose car breaks down should pintify Power Stations Shipyards-Fact-Cent. T, Farons, Hongkong Hotel ories and other Industries or Instit-Garage, Stubks Road, Tel, 27779: Any utions engaged on ewential services auch er found abandoned without no- requiring Coal sould subalit to the tidentian will be towed in and go Into Fuel Controller promptly their sp the common past. prox. cntimate of Coat required-for one month as from, bay, 20th Septi 1945, specifying the purpose for which It is required and Clam of Coul desired.
FUEL CONTROL
As from Tuenday, 111h Sopięmber, Thiel Controller.
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