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Britain And The Palestine Problem
LONDON, Apr. 19. IN THE HOUSE of Commons to-day, Mr. Thomas Williams sions on Palestine recently hold (Lab.) asked whether discus in Egypt were a continuation of the conference in London.
April 20, 1939.
MINISTRY OF SUPPLY FOR GREAT BRITAIN
LONDON, Ápr. 19.
THE CREATION of a Supply Ministry will probably be definitely decided upon by the Government at the Cabinet's regu; lar session to-day, according to Informed quarters keres
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The Rhythm of Old Man Ri Commons yesterday afternoon is forecasting such a step. generally regarded as a hint Fined, But. Not Expelled And Romantic Adventure in the Deep South
The new Supply Ministry will, 20
For Passport Breach
the
A fine of $10 was imposed on Japanese, Kyutaro Makita, 40, clerit, by Mr. R. A. D.. Forrest at Central Magistracy yesterday for Tuesday from without valld
passport.
ald be did not know
11 is belloved, bo endowed with full Mr. Malcolm MacDonald replied in powers for the control and co- the negative, and added that since ordination of industrial production. the termination of the London con- Thus it will have tho
right ference, the British Government had jcompel Industrial concerns to reject been considering its future polley in orders by private firma, or it may catering the Colony on Palestine.
transfer such orders to other factorio In Informal discussions before not engaged in the manufacture of leaving London, the delegates of armaments. some of the neighbouring Stales expressed certain views which raised certain points in connection with the British Intentions, and informal dis- cussions which had taken place had been concerned with an elucidation of these points-Reuter.
DEMANDED MONEY
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departments of the Army, Navy and The co-ordination of the supply Air Force, and their amalgamation in a single orgonisation will not present grent dimculties, as the personnel of the present separato supply depart ments of the three services, and the
frameworks of their organisation will Įbe taken over by the Ministry of
Supply,
necessary. Mr. Forrest enquired of Sub-Inspector Ritchie whether Makita could have obtained the information from the British Con- he could have received the Informa- nulate in 'Shameen and was told that tlon and a passport,
Mukita
sita added that he was employed by a Japanese firm and had come to Hongkong to see what prospects there were for starting and he was
business.
·Sub-Inspector Ritchie
disfied with the explanation, offer- ed by Makita, but asked that an ex- Churchill In Command?
pulsion order be made. "I cannot Mr. Winston Churchill Ln still offer any grounds for this request: all belleved to be the most likely can I can say is that Makita is undestr- Cheng To, 28, coolie, was sen-didate for the post of the Supply able," he said.
"That does not appear to be tenced to three months' hard labour Minister, In view of his experience and recommended for banishment as Minister of Munitions during the sufficient reason, I am not prepared
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Mr. would be to make an expulsion order," when he was found gulity by Mr. World War, but no Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon greatly surprised if somebody else is Forrest replied." Magistracy yesterday on a charge of appointed,
since
Mr.
Woman in Court demanding money with mennees violent criticism of Mr. Chamberlain's. A Japanese woman, Mrs.
foreign policy in the past has not Woda, 44, was also charged with
Churchill's
Masa
from Szeto Wai-kat, a salesman, one forgotten, and several inembers entering the Colony without a valid April 13, at Battery Street.
ring, evidence of the Cabinet, who never had great passporrector Ritchle sold the wo-
are
At a
a previous was given by Szeto that Cheng had sympathies for Mr. Churchill threatened to break some of his ribs sill opposed to his inclusion in the man also arrived from Canton Dn if he did not pay him the Bum of Cabinet.
Tuesday. She was formerly a Hong-
A
$1. This was reported to the Police, That the creation of a Supply kong resident und, in fact, owned a and Cheng was arrested after a Ministry with the functions consi- small restaurant business in Wanchai. marked dollar was given to him, derably exceeding those of the Muni- She had left the Colony some time
After Delective Lum
Ministry directed by Mr. ago for Canton. Man had tons given evidence of arrest, Cheng gave Churchil in the World Wars Im- Mrs. Noda said she was not aware fine passport was necessary. A evidence in which he denied having minent, is also confirmed by several threatened Szeto. He admitted hav- papers in their editorials this morn of $5 was imposed. ing asked Szeto for $1, but claimed [Ing.
Illa George Vylegjanin, that it was half of the commission The "Daily Telegraph", as well as was charged with fall- due to him for a business transaction, the "Dally Mall" and the Labouring to register himself within 48 On Cheng being convicted, De organ, the "Dally Herald", stress hours of his arrival in the Colony on !ective Sub-Inspector C. Motts
Mottram, that the creation of a new depart- April 14, who prosecuted, asked the Court to ment co-ordinating the supply of the Sub-Inspector Riichte sald Vyleg- take a serious view of the case, as various services, is ал absolute Janin arrived on board the Corfu. he said it was hard for people to necessity in the present situation.~ end it was the first time he had: Vylegjanin pleaded guilty, but his Trans-Ocean.
pursue an honest business with this kind, of thing going on. He added that Cheng had a previous convic- tion about a year ago for the unlaw ful boarding of a ship.
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After facing death for five days, 18 officers and men who were marooned in the Wildhorn Hut, 0,000ft, upin me Bernese Oberlany, escaped re- cently from their snowbound prison... on skis.
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been to Hongkong, and he did not know he had to register himself. He was fined $10.
Armed Gangsters. Raid Garage
Tam Kip-sai, a shroff employed by the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank- ing Corporation, reported to the Police this morning that at 4.50 a.m. six or seven Chinese, four of whom were armed with revolvers, entered the garage on the ground floor of 33, Wong Nei Chong Road,
Tam and an assistant were gagged and bound. The robbers then cut the telephone wires and stole $250 fram the cash drawer,
was in the garage at the time.
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