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NOTICE
The British-American Tobacco Company
We are to-day placing certain brands of our cigarettes on the market at the following prices:
May Blossoin 10s 109 Royal Leaf
Ruby Queen 10s Pirate.
10s
15 cents
20 cents 25 cents
30 cents
These are not
our standard] brands and are packed in a temporary packing. We hope to return to our standard brands! and pucking in the future. These cigarettes will be on sale by all the regular shops and squatters. In case of difficulty please apply i direct to Ying Choong Hong, 50, Des Voeux Road, Central. Not more than two packets will be sold to a person at one time. September 25th, 1945.
POST OFFICE NOTICE
THE CHINA MAIL, HONG KONG, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1946.
COUNCIL OF FIVE CONFLICT NOTEWORTHY
Premier and Foreign Secretary Confer
HITLER
PLOT
FILM
A
BERLIN, SEPT. 23. NAZI-MADE SOUND OF THE TRIAL OF FILM GERMAN ARMY OFFICERS KILL WHO PLOTTED TO HITLER IN JANUARY, 1944, WAS SHOWN FOR NINE
DEMOBBING THE R.A‚F.
London, Bopt. 24. The groups to be released from the. R.A.F. under the latest demo- blantion plan have been on- nounced by the Air Ministry. Groundstaff roleases vary with the trades from Group 23 to Group 25, members of the. W.A.A.F.. are to be released up to Group 36, and air crews up to Group 24 except for moteorological exports. Router.
HOURS TO-DAY IN A PRI-CURRENCY
VATE CINEMA IN BERLIN.
The film, originally thirty-six PRICES. miles long, was taken from behind the president's chair of
Soviet Rejects Pessimistic View
LONDON, SEPT. 24.
THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. C. R. ATTLEE, HAS BEEN IN LONG CONFERENCE WITH. MR. BEVIN, THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, OVER THE WEEK-END AND CORRESPONDENTS BELIEVED THEY DISCUSSED THE DIFFICULTIES THAT HAVE ARISEN THE PEACE TREATIES FOR THE BALKAN COUN-
TRIES.
OVER
VARIOUS INTERPRETATIONS OF THE WORD "DEMO- CRATIC" ARE THE BASIC CAUSE OF THE TROU BLE. BRITAIN AND AMERICA HOLD THAT THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATIONS OF ROUMANIA, HUN GARY AND, BULGARIA DO NOT REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AND ARE, THEREFORE, NOT DEMOCRA- TIC.
CRICKET FEAT:
London, Sept. 24-A note- worthy font was recorded in London club cricket on Satur day. A player named Cle- monta bowled unchanged for the RAF took-7 wickets for. 36 runs, and then proceeded to make 102 not out in a total of 160. Clements during the Benson of club cricket has scored 1,000 runs and taken 100 wickets-Reuter.
Shark Victim's Funeral
ALTHOUGH STILL IN BED AT TWEED BAY HOSPITAL AND OFFICIALLY NOT PERMITTED VISITORS, THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR. AT HOLL MACGREGOR,
The closing gold quotation yes-
The Soviet Government takes would arise was evident from the FILLED THE ROLE OF terday evening was H.K.$580 per the People's Tribunal in the tacl sellers, an unspectacular ad the opposite view. This morn-questions to be discussed. But the CORONER YESTER- the DAY MORNING AT THE IN- Berlin Supreme Court in Aux vance of $10 per tool being regis ing the Council of Five resum-collaboration-experienced by ust, 1944 One German Field-tered against the price current the ed meetings at Lancaster House Great Powers during the war gave QUEST ON
German Gen- previous day. Marshal, three
following the talka between Mr. ground for the conviction that insurmountable difficulties' do not Gold-brokers had been predict-Attlee and Mr. Bevin.
Meal-exist. erals and three other army offi-
two hours after the
On Friday, 28th September, 1945, the prosont free local postal servien will be discontinued, and all letters and postenrds posted and hanged after 10, . on that date must the verdiet.
with the rales got out below,
Doli varies will be at 10 am, and 3 p.m. to the following districts only Contrul District. Wantsui, Sai Ying Pun Shan Ki Wan, Txin Sha Tsui, Yaunati, Shanshuipo, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon City, Mongkok and Hung Hom.
Mail should be pested at the Gonora Pust too and Kowlm Central Post Offico only.
cers were condemned to death ing a rise to H.K.$700 based on time there is wide comment in MEDITERRANEAN
Others had been cost-of-living settling down high-the
Court,
Lieut Col GODOWN Vin Wartenburg LOSSES
sensation
that
The "Daily Telegraph" Baya or that Italian colonies are British
that
no note of desperation need yet be sounded in view of territorien."Reuter. the vast sweep of the agenda, will outlook differences of cause inevitable delays.-Reu- :
GANG SHOW
It
POLICE SER- GEANT HERBERT WINK- FIELD JACKSON; ́ KILLED. BY A SHARK ON SUNDAY press on the slow
EVENING. pro- achieved and
On the Soviet aims in the Medi- the fact
Evidence was given by Fly- Money-changers wero
buying gress
F con- draft treaties with terranean, which caused
ing Officer C. Kelly, M.B.. last I properly stamped in scordance tried at another session of the the Australian pound yesterday that the
siderable
wook and Finland have been when
H.Q. and by for H.K.$12.80, which would place Italy
Eritria and Tripolitania M.O. at comp The German ministry had re-
the value of the pound sterling left in abeyance.
which are
straddling Britain's Captain S. H. Moore, in charge to a brisk" H.K.$10.00. the film
The "Newa Chronicle" com- short sea link with India and the of Tweed Bay Hospital. duced
Dealings in Military Yen were pares
that Jackson's pulse the situation with the Far East were freely mentioned showed seven miles which they hoped to show after their victory., running wild again but one man 1919 bids for spheres of in- as areas of interent to Russia, was still faintly perceptible
Among those shown are Co-found a buyer at a regular
FIO Kelly reached the fluence and says the situation "Prayda" made this comment: "No when stop who -paid hìm oud-General Hoeppner, Major-change
smacks of the pre-Atomic Age. geography book has stated
Beach, but death had superven- Lieutenant- ..$4.60 for M.Y3,400.
the Mediterranean is a British sen Stleff General
ed before his arrival in-hos- General von Hase, Lieutenant-
pith Capt. Moore described Bernadis. General
the terrible wound, and attri- Hagen. Captain Karl
buted death to shock and hae- von Count Yorck
morrhage. and Count Wolf Heinrich Heli-
The registration of loss or tor. dorf.
One part of the film showed damage suffered to goods kept
FUNDAMENTAL brutal behaviour of the in godowna in Hong Kong for The fundamental trouble is, of President of the Tribunal, the duration of the war is now course,
one of principlea. The
Members of the R.A.F. stationed vice being conducted by the Friesle Firate, who shouted at being undertaken by an Ass0-Western Allies are not in sym-
with pathy
Soviet policy in at Kowloon, were given a rare Rev. E.-W. L. Martin. Ulrich von Hassel, former Ger- eintion of Chinese Merchants.
was a large attendance. Ambassador
Italy;
The Director of this Associa-Western Europe and Soviet parts treat on Saturday in the form of a grand variety show presented of the globe. are tion, of a beant "What kind
Mr...Tung chung với,
R.A-F "Gang Show" the Until a common policy can be by Reuter.
and said yesterday that the Asachieved, an agreement the directed by the talented you?"
light comedian Douglas ciation would undertake only solution of territorial problems is subtle
whose
sketchca and claims against the Japanese by almost impossible and it is recogn- Robinson, members of the Association. ized in London that this accounts banter were greatly appreciated
a large extent for the tendency by the audience.
awkward question many coveries" opened the show,
A
sketch "Dis- very amusing far as trent So
trenties with the Japanese guards of prison and her eastern satellites are con- Joe Black, Dick Carlton, Toril IT IS ANNOUNCED THAT
in Borneo at Lintang corned, it
communi- Davenport, from their own prison, under- Aux ques that the-Conference has not Sandy
Rater for locul postago will, as from 28th Hoptember, 1945, ba ns follows:
Lotters: 4 couls for each onnen or part of an ounce.
The limit of weight is 4 Dhs. The limits of size are:
Two foot in length, 18th inches in width and 18th if inches in dopth; or
the
ZEITE
to
anade up in a form of a NEW CHIEF
rolf, 3 foot 3 inchos for
the longth and twice the FOR
diameter combined, and 2|
foot 8 inches for the HERE
greatest ditnongion.
Postcards: 2 conts.
U.S.
AS FROM NOON TO-DAY.
CHARLES CAPT.
OF
an
FENN, No card may axoved 57/8.S.M.C., WILL TAKE OVER inches in length by FROM COL. LLOYD A. COR. 1/8 inches in width or KAN, U.S.C.A.C., AS LIAISON OFFICER
CHARGE IN to less than 4 inches AMERICAN AFFAIRS IN longth by 2 3/4 inchos in
KONG. HONG
Fonn will maintain width.
Capt The material for privata office at the American Consulate. wards to be used as post-General, Hong Kong & Shanghai
2nd floor. Bank Building, cards must bo ordinary AD American Congul-General is cardboard or paper not expected in Hong Kong shortly, less than one-hundredth and also an American Red Cross Field Director, who is already of an inch thick, and not several days overdue from Kun
American Consular ming. New officers are expected daily.
United Col. Corkan, of the States Const Artillery Corps, is returning to his H.Q. at Kunming. He be accompanied by Capt. William F. Long, Jr., U.S.I.N.F., adjutant.
more flexible than tho postoards issued and sold by the Post Office. The Gonoral Post Office and Kowloon Central Post Office will be open to tho publia for the sale of stamps from 10 am to 9 p.m. daily as from 28th September, 1945. Mombors of the public aro re- minded that there is as yet no postal service to any destination outside the Colony, and no mail addressed to sugh destination can at present be accepted.
H.M. GOVERNMENT
MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT
will
During his stay in Hong Kong, Corkan has asswined the Col. duties of registering American citizens in the Colony, who number 212, and has taken charge of the feeding and repatriation of Ameri
can internees and prisonerolved
in the Colony. This work the allocation of milk to under- nourished American children and the distribution of special PX rations of cigarettes, candy, etc. to all Americans in the Colony.
WAR CRIMES
He has maintained liaison with the British authorities far: all American War Missions in Hong Kong and has been in charge of (MINISTRY OF SHIPPING) accommodation and billeting
Bofore the
Charles Errival of Major
United States!
Melbourne Radio
to
says that to
campa Barracks, Kuching, are now.in tralian guards.
rante
оп
IN KOWLOON
Captain and Mrs. Braude also gave evidence.
The funeral took place at Stanley at 4.30 p.m., the scr-
Contracts Cancelled
with
There
WASHINGTON, SEPT. 24.
Stirling and
stage of kept the
Thele antics CERTAIN
BRITISH CON-
In New Guinea, surrendered 10 kts become problematical encores Another "økotch “Vic-
is plain yet even reached the
with the JUST PRIOR TO VJ-DAY reference to deputies but tends to laughter. Rudi Mancinie, of TRACTS ENTERED UPON
item on the agenda as accordion received well deserved HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.
The sum involved is put at toria" with
Robinson, Dick Youg.
Ton about $75 million pounds ster- Adams,
onling.
Japanese are being transferred to Muscha Island, from Wewak. -Reuter
in
ад
article
In home and was very much
on the course of the discussions is Davenport, reminded the boys of An official British statement Jim Stirling, the light Bays the cancellations are due who also was the very pretty girl to desire not to assume more until the situation is in the pantomine was last seen debts. trying to evade the
to
GLOOMY PROPHECIES An influential Russian viewpoint Cariton, contained Three large Chinese confee- "Pravda." tioners will sell cakes to-day in
"Pravda", the organ of the Rus
They were wartime aid of a fund for the erection sian Communist Party, broadcast statue to Generalinaimo to-night by Moscow Radio:
were trys date men who clearer.
goods and might have been can- of a
"Pessimists not only engage in Joe Black, a grand comedian celled in any case. Chiang Kai-shek ahid "the" "Chi- Fund. nese Soldiers' Relief
gloomy prophecies. They try to lay and like a real trouper carried on No orders for food have been The jewellers' association have blame for difficulties on the Soviet with his act for 40 minutes after also asked their members to Union. No one denies that diff the lights had failed and thus cancelled, but orders for tobac certain manufactured That they allowed his colleagues to fix the co and culties have arisen,
articles subscribe to the fund.
damaged fuse.
have either The crooner, Jackie Wilson severely scaled down
the lads of home with celled..
Levington, ..compering
ADMIRAL HARCOURT
ON H.K. PROBLEMS
remain oring, of Irish melodies,
き
Sydney
made the acts follow so smoothly that the aud
audience hardly knew they had changed. Dick Carlton's trombone playing and dancing put him in the top cinsa..
Last
but not least Harold
Reuter.
been or can-
OCCUPATION SPORT
BERLIN, SEPT. 24. THE UNITED STATES EASILY WON THE TRIANGU
"AS YET WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DO MUCH Honcso, the musical director is eLAR MEETING AT THE OLYM MORE THAN MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER, PRO-marvelous pianist or hom the PIC STADIUM HERE YESTER TECT LIFE AND PROPERTY, AND ROUND-UP AND audience would never have tired. DAY WITH 94 POINTS FROM Unanimous verdiet A Grand GREAT BRITAIN (43) -AND Show. DISARM THE JAPANESE," SAID H.E. THE C-IN-C, REAR-ADMIRAL CECIL HARCOURT, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY:
HIS EXCELLENCY WAS REFERRING TO THE PRO- 80 M.P.H.
GRESS ACHIEVED BY THE MILITARY · ADMINIS- TRATION SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN THE CO- LONY, AND HE ADDED, "THE REAL TROUBLE IS THAT WE HAVE HAD NEITHER THE MEN NOR THE RESOURCES TO DO ANYTHING MORE."
TRAINS
LONDON. SEPT. 24. ENGLAND'S MUCH-BOMB
FRANCE
Twelve thonians spectators. BUW
the American team sweep the board
In the track and field events' in this "little Olympic contest, just as they did in the 1988, Olympiad.
Soviet Russia, who should have made the contest a quadrangular.. ED AND DAMAGED · BAIL-one, withdrew at the eleventh
OF. CESS.
REORGANISA- "We still have no staff to obtaining supplies of all kinds WAYS ARE NOW IN PRO-hour-Reuter.
ZIONIST The plans envisage faster MR. ALAN REID has been War Crimes Commission he was speak of. There seems to have from ports close at hand, Swa: TION. appointed as, the Representative also active in investigating war been an awful jam. A staff is tow, Macao, Kwangchowwan,
against coming out from Home, but as and Canton, were being investi- trains, maintaining averages of DEMAND. for South China of the Minister amrican Cl of the Hong Kong transport just cannot "cope |
crimes perpetrated
80 miles an hour on long runs:: far as I can see the available gated..
Regarding the
Jerusalem, Sept. 24. rice outlook, of War Transport.
With tho
Revolutionlat, political leaders in Police, who His office has been established in the basement of a garage on
located most of them with it. No-one was ready for ho said that he felt sure the Experiments are being made
Japan's collapse. We (the Colony could keep its head with diesel locomotives,
The companies are well ad-Palestine have been summoned to at Room 318, Third Floor, Hong the Island, he has recovered almost fert) were ready for opera- above water. Supplies at pro-vanced with the renovation of an urgent meeting on Thursday to discuss the latest developments aumcient and ships Kong & Shanghai Bank Building all the old
to express tions connected with the in- sent are
from London badly damaged.
the British especially to the vasion of Japan. You cannot with rice are expected this statione, many of which were in connection Telephone No. 25856.
Pollca and also to the switch at-a-moment's notice week.
The Colony was at present An official said: "You cannot Cabinet were opposed to
Zipaist demand for unlimited expect to see an immediata all- round improvement in services, Jewish immigration to Palestine.
The meeting will be attended How quickly we can get on deby members of the Zionist Gonoral pends upon materials and lub
Council Router. bour Reuter,
This can Consular 1
Col..
pablic
Telegraphic Address: SHIP. Hong MINDER, HONG KONG.
FAR EASTERN SHIPPING AGENCIES
Mes.
Hong Kong generally whom he has found in almost every instance both co-operative and hospitable.
VOLUNTEER DIES
-AT SEA."
The
feeding approximately 18,000
destitutes,
AUSTRIA'S FUTURE
the reporte
tho
"The old residents who came out from Stanley and
JAP. RATIONS tried to keep the flag flying. did splendidly, but a good
His Excellency further stated. many of them have had to go that he hoped to be able to ship
mal Paris, Sept. 24. home
away the 22,000 Japanese pri
Mlle. Claire Bressoles yesterday "Even if we had the staff, we aoners-of-war to Japan at an
broke the world's rècord (women's) Officer Commanding This Association of British
for the 400 metres, running the Shipping Agents, which will act H.K.V.D.C. regrets to announce should still be held up for the early date. Here they were the death of No, 4980 Pte, Ben- time being by lack of supplies. merely occupying valuable pro-
Vienna, Sept. 24. distanco at Carcassones in 61.0 socn.. The previous best time of as Agents for all vessels contamín, V. on board the Hos The major problem is coal perty and adding to the com
Seventy-two delegates met 62.0 was held by the Swedish trolled by The British Ministry nital ship "Oxfordshire whilst There is a ship on its way munity's feeding problem... of War Transport, has establish at een. - Death was due to T.B here from Australia and 1 Questioned concerning the in Vienna to-day in connection woman athlete, Anna Larasn cd offices temporarily at the
should not be surprised to see scale of rations issued to the with the plan to create a more Reuter. Union Building (First Floor,
hor in any day now.
Japanese, he said that they did representative government in South), Chater Road.
BORNEO WOOD not get more than whs required Austria Admiral Harcourt also dla by law. He wouldn't like to It is the first time pince cloud that stops are being have to live on their diet. They 1984 that members of democra
fully. Router. five points to soven points taken to obtain firewood from wore treated fustly, he said, but tie organisations have met law
Borneo, and that all means of firmly.
Telephone No. 27185. Telegraphic Addres: FESA HONG KONG.
Seventy
Dublin, Sopt. 24. thousand spectatori saw Cork bent Cavan in this Binal; of the All-Ireland Gaulid football
championships by two goals and
Router.
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