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TABLE D'HOTE AND A LA CARTE-NO COVER CHARGE
Living Costs Rise
In Shanghai
PURCHASING POWER OF CHINESE DOLLAR
SHANGHAI, Dec. 18 (Router) -The cost of living in Shang- hai continues to mount steadily, as shown by records drawn up by the" Shangbal Municipal Council,
According to these records, the following increases in Nov., 1939 as compared with the average, for 1936, are noted:
Food, shows an increase of ...
149.63 per cent
Rent, shows an increase of
182.41 per cent. Clothing, shows an increase of
115.26 per cent. Fuel & Light, show an increase of 205.51 per cent
These figures relate to native products only, imported articles rising in direct relation to foreign exchange.
The purchasing power of the Chinese dollar, according to these statistics, is 39.29 per cent of value in 1936.
ANTI-GRAFT MOVE
IN SUIYUAN WUYUAN, SUTYUAN, Dec. 18. (Central).-Gen, Fu Tso-yi, Chair- nian of the Sulyuan Provincial Government, has launched a cam- paign to eradicate graft.
By his order an official named Ning was executed on December 14 on a charge of receiving a $4,000 tribe on his tour to the Jeghe Cho League to inspect opium sup- pression recently.
GENERAL
CARGO FLEET
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FOR BRITAIN WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Reu- ter)-Sir Ashley Sparks, repre- sentative of the British Minis- try of Shipping, will, it is understood, head the delega- tion in New York negotiating to purchase a Weet of Vessels.
Cargo
EMPIRE AIR TRAINING
AGREEMENT SIGNED IN OTTAWA
OTTAWA, Dec. 18 (Reuter) --The Empire Air Training agreement was signed yester- day Dy the Premier, Mackenzie King,
and Lord Riverdale, head of the British delegation to the Empire Air Training Conference.
Lord Riverdale also initialled the agreement on behalf of Aus- tralia and New Zealand.
Detalls will be announced later.
NAZI PLANES DRIVEN OFF
LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter)--- The Air Ministry announced that enemy aircraft appeared at several points off the East Coast Jate yesterday afternoon. Anti-aircraft guns fired for a short time in the Humber dis- trict.
Fighters engaged the enemy and pursued them out to sea.
No air raid - warning sounded.
WIN
FIRING PRACTICE Mr. & C. Leung will address the Light Gun firing practice will be Hongkong Y's Men's Club at their carried out between the hours of tiffin meeting at St. Francis Hotel 6 p.m. and 12 midnight today and on Thursday on "Recent Develop-tomorrow. ments in China."
Firing Area 'E' will be affected.
CROSSWORD
NO.
490
Sanyo Maru Released
GOODS COVERED BY GUARANTEES
LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter)-- The Japaese vessel, Sanyo Maru was released from the contra- band control base after a stay of twenty-four hours. According to the Ministry of Economie Warfare, it was only necessary to verify her cargo which did not include any other goods of German origin not covered by Japanese guarantees.
NEUTRAL PROPERTY
A British Wireless message adds that Assurances had previously been given by the Japanese Gov- ernment that all the goods of German origin on board had been paid for before Nov. 27.
It will
be remembered that official statements issued with the Order-in-Council on Nov, 27 stated that exemption, might be given for goods of German origin which had become neutral property prior to that date. It was consequently only necessary when the Sanyni Maru arrived in the Downs to verify that her cargo did not in- clude any other goods of German origin not covered by the Japanese guarantees
-ZIONIST LEADER MADE PRESIDENT LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter)-The Zionist leader. Prot. Zelig Bordet- sky, was elected President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, in succession to Mr. Neville Laski, who retired recently.
Over 1,000 people attended" a memorial service for the, late Mr. Ma Hsiang-po, centenarian state- man and scholar, at the Provin cial Government Auditorium in Kweilin on Sunday. Gen. Huang Esu-cho, Governor of Kwangs!, who officiated, gave the memorial speech.
M. George, Wilson, £ general foreman, who "served at Windsor. Castle in Ove.. reigns, retired on pension.
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8. Get at or put down for a
1st
12 Sport for sport's sake, he
4. Endless time
D.
Goodness, this should cer- tainly be recognized and encouraged
5. Take a rebuff the wrong
way from baker probably "Rubbed out
8. There's a grave suggestion
says
13
May be added in court of thrown off on course
.14. A parental way of feeling
about this teur
9.
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16. Do again, 1e, do
17. Landlady may not mince matters if boarders com-
plain about these
19. Colour
20. I defled to be improved by
so simple a change
24, Need it not become a soft
28
of confinement
Right In the middle
29. This one contains sever words, for example
30. Next is leap
32. He is in mess
34. No woman appears before
her
37. Stupid to finish, with one
over the eight
39. They start mending. how-
+
ever helpless they are
40. Nail with head knocked off 41. Sambo's safest polley for it might be sitting on it
42 To Construct though it's
half made to begin with
43. One may post one for post
if unemployed
44. To the point, naturally.
CLUES DOWN
1 Battering one may bring the
house down
2. Neat Mae will come out
when she's changed
3. You may wear out your
10. Does golfer want one at
the 19th?
11: Craft
13. Fiddler uses, though witn middle out it, interests
saddler mote
15. fty of 9 down worked by
miners
16. Ere fencer has changed, you
have an allusion
18. Illuminated-or just druns 21. Seriously, it's part of sketch
to bite copper
22. Problem ended by woman 23. A singular thing about
honesty
25. Though in no use. it nows
in many countles
26. The unmusical part of
screaming
27. Well this means a wide
acquaintance with books Lease for studie furniture 31. If in the Engineers, it's
everywhere
23
01.
32. The flavour of money?
33. Without a telescope he sees.
far ahead
35. By way of
30 30nd of deer found in kind
of shell-fish
38.
welcome if you stand on this
"Solution No 489
Backward numerically, but
made of 32 across
SOLUTION TOMORROW
LISTATES TENACTS
MOMENT 81HESETS 1 ASPIRET PT
L'ATE
ADAGE OPERATION DEANERY TELL PER RILLSTLIGAMENTE ATENTA OPERT MUTATIONTSPRYT EARRE AMYNINIITTANTON POSESTDALE
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