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DEFENCE REGULATIONS Hongkong's
IN THE COLONY
PROPAGANDA AND REQUISITIONING OF
PROPERTY OTHER THAN LAND
In exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Emer- gency Powers (Colonial Defence) Order in Council. 1939, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Governor makes the following regulations; which shall form part of the Defence Regulations, 1939.
They refer to the propaganda and the requisitioning of property other than land.
·(1) No person shall— ·
property as if he were the owner
thereof.
"Essential Services"
GENERAL
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WAR TIME
APPOINTMENTS IN COLONY
Taner following appointe His Excellency, the Governor. ments were notaried in 2 Sir Geoffry Northcote, in Gazette" extraordinary pub- Gazette Extraordinary published lished yesterday" afternoon, yesterday afternoon, has declared
when they came into effect: that the following services be re- garded as "essential services” un- der the Defenca Regulations. 1939:-
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All Government
ings.
undertak-
2. All undertakings, whether
public, or private, for (a) supply (a) endeavour, whether orally
of water, heat, power, light or re- or otherwise, to influence public (3) The Governor, it it appears trigeration; (b) the transmission! opinion (whether In this Colony to him to be necessary for the of messages by telegraph, tele- or elsewhere) In a manner likely effectual exercise "of his powers phone or radio; (e) the transport to be prejudicial to defence or the under paragraph (1) of this re- of persons by land, sea or air and emcient prosecution of the war, or gulation so to do. may,"by order (d) the care of the sick or -
the whole of jured. (b) 'do any act, or have any made as respects "article in his possession, with a this Colony or any part thereof- view to making. or facilitating the making of, any such endeavour,
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(a) dfrect that no person who, at the time when the order takes effect, has in his possession gri
CENSORSHIP
contravention of this paragraph under his control, at any premises IN FULL FORCE
A prosecution in respect of shall not be instituted, except with the consent of the Attorney, General
PUBLICATIONS
(2) The Governor may make provision by order for preventing or restricting the publication in this Colony of matters as to which he is satisfied that the publica-
in the area to which the order re- fates, any such articles as may be described in the order, shall re-.. move the articles, or cause ΟΣ
IN HONGKONG
permit them to be removed, from All Correspondence
the premises until the removal of the articles therefrom is permitted by such authority or person as may be specified in the order;
WRITTEN DECLARATION
Scrutinized
Britain's
Simultaneously with
Ger. declaration of "war against many on Sunday night, censorship
tion. or, as the case may be, the (b) require the owner or occu-on mails passing through the Post unrestricted publication, thereof would or might be prejudicial to pier of any premises in the said Offices in the Colony came into
area to send to such authority or effect. defence or the efficient prosecu- tion of the war, and an order un-person as may be specified in the All
or
A order
written
now
correspondence "passing declaration through the Post Offices to der this paragraph, may contam such incidental and supplement stating, or estimating whether or liable to be censored, and although
not, on such date as may.
be the authorities realise that it will ary provisions as appear to the
scrutinize all Governor to be necessary or ex-specified in the order, any such be impossible to
large volume of the pedient for the purposes of the articles as aforesaid were or will letters, a
now being order (including provisions for be on the premises, and, if so. the correspondence
staff specially securing that documents, pictorial number or quantity of those arti- checked up by a
cles which was or will be on the assigned for the purpose. representations, photographs
PRESS TELEGRAMS cinematograph nims shall, before premises on that date, according
Cables and radiograms are also as the order may diret publication, be submitted or ex-
(4) An order under this regula- being censored, and the censorship hibited to such authority or per-; son as may be specified In the tion may authorize any person, or on press telegrams has been far- any class of person, to perform ther tightened up Evidence of order).
shown in the fact that (3) Where any person is con- such functions in connexion with this is vleted on indictment of an offence the requisitioning, and may con- most of the press telegrams which tafri such directions, as appear to arrived in Hongkong yesterday against the regulation by reason of his having published a news- the Governor to be necessary or were practically in ribbons, very paper, the Governor may by order expedient."
direct, that, during such period as may be specified in the order. that person shall not publish any newspaper in this Colony.
article
PUBLIC OPINION
P. & 0. LINERS
WILL KEEP TO
USUAL ROUTE
little of the original messages hav- į ing been left by the censors.
In response to a "Dally Press" why
representative's query as to
so much of the news from Europe had been censored. one of the,
ocial censors replied: "Obviously
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Hon. Mr R. A. C. North to be Director of In- telligence.
Hon. Mr. Sidney Calne to be Stores Controller...
Hon. Dr. Percy S. Selwyn- Clark, M.C., to be Medical and Sanitary Controller.
Hon. Mr. Cecil Graham Perdue to be Controller of Land Transport and Chief Security Officer.
Hon. Comdr. George F. Hole R.N. (Retd.) to be Controller of Water Trans- port and Detaining Officer.
Hon. Mr. Alexander B. Purves to be Accommoda- tion Officer.
Mr. Eric. W. Hamilton, to be Controller of Trade.
Mr. Ronald R. Todd to be Controller of Food.
Mr. Evan W. Davies, to be Director of Evacuation.
Lt. Col. H. B. Holt, O.B.E., M.C., to be Defence Security Officer.
DEFENCE REGULATIONS His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the fol- lowing oncers to be competent authoritles for the purpose of the Defence Regulations, 1999, as set out against their names here- under:-
Postmaster General ---Regula- tlons 7, 10 and 73..
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Chief Security Officer-Regula- ttons 11. 15. 43 (Highways only) and 73.
Controller Di tions 50 and 73.
Trade-Regula-
Controller of Water Transport-- Regulations 31. 38, 43 (dock or harbour or inland transport only) and 73.
Controller of Food-Regulations
50 and 73.
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Stores Controller Regulations 50 and 73,
Manager, Railway-Regulations 43 (Railway only) and 773.
Accommodation Oncer-Regu- lations 51, 52, 54, 73 and 800
Censor: Controller of Land Defence Security Officer, Medical and Sanitary Oficer, Director of Air Raid Pre- cautions, Director of Intelligence and Director of Evacuation-Re- gulations 73.
I cannot tell you what has been Transport, cut off and why."
(4) In this regulation- (3) the
He added that Mr. C. G. Sollis, expression "public opinion" includes the opinion of Although it was reported recent-Director of Education, is the Chief any section of the public:
ly in the local press, in a message Censor, and that a notice, in the advertisement, has (b) the expression "cine-from London, that mall boats of form of an' matograph fim" includes a the P. and O. line had been in-appeared in the local press giving sound track and any other structed to travel East round the details of the censorship regula-
which sounds Cape, inquiries made by a "Daily tions in force in the Colony.
SENDER'S RISK have been recorded for the pur-Press" representative at Messrs.
It has been notified by Messrs. pose of their being reproduced in Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co., Ltd.,
Wireless that all tele- connexion with the exhibition of the local P. and O. Agents, elicited Cable and such a film;
the information that they had grams and radiograms are being (c) the expression "publication" received no advice from London accepted for transmission entirely means. in relation to a cinemato-to this effect, and that, to all in-at the sender's risk, and that no telegrams are being ac- graph film, the exhibition of the tents and purposes the ships would urgent film to the public and includes follow the usual route through the 'cepted for transmission to any
part of the world. the mechanical or electrical re-i production of any sounds in con- nexion with the exhibition of the alm as aforesaid; and
(d) the expression "newspaper" Includes any journal, magazine or other periodical publication.
REQUISITIONING
(L) Subject as hereinafter, pro- vided, the Governor, if it appears to him to be necessary or ex- pedient so to do in the interests
| Mediterranean.
REGULATIONS GOVERNING
91 Germans Interned In Kowloon
Germans have
A total of 91 been interned in the Internment Camp at La Salle College. number of these are understood to be Austrians ¦
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Contrary to earlier reports, was stated yesterday that so far no Czechs had been interned, and it is not known whether they will be.
CIVIL AVIATION OVER H.K. La salie College is now anclosed
The navigation of civil aircraft of every description. is pro- Inibited except in accordance with the following conditions, says an order in the Gazette Extraordinary published yester- day.
any
by barbed-wire fencing all around, the and pressmen who visited camp yesterday were not per- mitted to remain to interview the Commandant.
Brigadier AB. Thomson. Adjutant General, and Major J. F. Benoy, Deputy Assistant Ad-. jutant General, paid a visit to the Camp yesterday afternoon.
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(a) no aircraft shall fly between (1) no person shall take any any aircraft of public safety, "defence or the sunset and sunrise except with photograph from efficient prosecution of the war. permission granted by or on be- nor shall any camera or
photographic material whatever or for maintaining supplies and half of the Governor; services essential to the life of (b) every aircraft shall clearly be carried on any aircraft; the community, may by order and prominently display
(g) no person shall, except with provide for the requisitioning of nationality, registration and other permission granted by or on be- be allowed to receive visitors on (a) any property other than marks prescribed for that air-half of the Director of Air Ser-Wednesdays and Saturdays, be-
craft:
vices or as provided in paragraph tween the hours of 5 to 7 pm. land situated in this Colony;
(c) make
Buy signal (either
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It is learned that internees may
(b) any article on board any (c)(i) no aircraft shall enter visually or by means of sound or EXPORTS TO MACAO
vessel or aircraft for the time be- or leave the Colony except by such ing within this Colony or the ter- routes and within such boundaries by wireless telegraphy or other-
wise) from any aircraft; ritorial waters thereof; and
as may be prescribed by or on be (c) any ship or aircraft regis-half of the Director of Air Ser- tered in this Colony, wherever it vices; may be
ship or aircraft, and
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1939. -PAGE
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TRADING WITH THE ENEMY
It is notified by the Controller of Trade' that by virtue of the powers
In a Government Gazette Ex- vested in him under the Defence traordinary published yesterday:| Regulations, that, with the con- the public are warned that by
sent of His Excellency the Gover-performing any obligation to or nor the export of all cargo to discharging any obligation of an Macao as from moon yesterday enemy, whether the obligation was
troller of Trade. »
NO VOLUNTEER MOBILIZATION.
may render themselves able to the penalties imposed by section 7. of the Trading with the Enemy Ordinance, 1914, namely on con- viction on indictment, to Im
(h) every saircraft shall carry (1) except with permission
the following documents in addi- and may give such directions as given by or on behalf of the top to any documents which it appear to him to be necessary or Director of Air Services no at may be required to carry by any expedient in connexion with the craft shall leave the ground nor other enactment
except in emergency, alight in this (1) a list of the nationality of (Bept. 4) is prohibited except by undertaken before or after the requisition
ach passenger and of each mem-licence obtained from the Con- commencement of the war, thes Provided that this regulation
DISABLED AIRGRAFT
ber of the crew," shall not authorize the requisi
CLE) a list of the immediate tioning of anything on board & Provided that if an aircraft is United Kingitom or Dominion disabled or compelled to make aand nitimate destinations of each |
forced landing, it may enter the passenger:
(ii) a list of the conditions. PUBLIC SAFETY
Colony by any other route, or may land, if before so, doing it under which any cargo is being Although the Volunteer Ordin-prisonment for a term not ex- (2) Where the Govenor re maps known its intention and transported, including the names ance contains provisions giving ceeding seven years and a fine; or quisitiems, any property includ-identity by wireless telegraphy or and addresses of the consignors the Governor power to make an on summary conviction, to im= a term not ex- ing Beship or aircraft) under this such other means as may be of the cargo and its immediate emergency order for mobilisation, prisonment for.
no decree to this effect be as yet ceeding twelve months and a ne to and ultimate destinations regulation. he may use or deal available;
not exceeding ten thousand gith, or authorize the use of, or (d) every aircraft shall fly at fel no aircraft shall fly in such been made.
dollars dealing with, the property for all times at such a height as to a manner as to be likely to en such purpose and in such manner be clearly visible from the ground: danger or Interfere with any of as he thinks expedient in the in- (6) no aircraft shall carry any His Majesty's forces, ships or air-circularised a telegram to the en- terests of public safety, defence or sama, munitions of war or ex- craft the efficient prosecution of the plosives except such explosives as aar or for maintaining supplies may be authorized by or on be and services essential to the life half of the Director of Air Ber-
CIVIL AIRCRAFT
The Director of Air Bervices or
of the community, and may hold, vices for navigational and sig any person authorized by him in or sell or otherwise dispose of the nalling purposes only.
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Chinese residents in Macao have
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the police (Central Newa)
Stationery Dept., 2nd Flr.
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