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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 28, 1939.
NEW TYPE QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
'Quakes Shake K.R.A. And Children's Bus Facilities
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Casualties Known To Be High
ANKARA, Dec. 27 (Reuter). AI a.m. a severe earthquake hook Anatolia.
Details of casumllies and damage are not yet available but it is known that many were killed and injured and that much property was destroyed.
The Minister of the Interior has gone personally to direct the rescue and relief work, in Anatoila,
Ist impossible to assess the damage and casualties because com- munications with seme affected areas are interrupted.
are
The principal town in several eastern departments
partly. destroyed and many villages laid in culos.
Los Angeles Disturbance
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27 (Reuter). An earthquake shook the buildings ut Los Angeles and Long Beach at 11.30 m. local time.
The inhabitants hurried into the streck for safety.
Up to now no reporis of damage have been received,
NAZI BAIT FOR THE SWISS
GENEVA, Dcc. 27 (Reuter).-- Several leading Swiss newspapers to- day carry an advertisement of a Ber- Un company, alferini: la sell varjotas German palents to powerful enter- prises.
Industrial and
financial quarters
The monthly meeting of the General Committee of the Kow- toon Residents' Association was, held in St. Andrew's Church President, being in the chair. Hall on Tuesday of last week. Major C. M. Manners, O.B.E., the Among these present were: Hon. Mr. la D'Almada e Castro, Jr., Messrs. R. II. Wong, R. Baldwin, LA Chor-chi, 1. N. Murray, R. Pestonj, D. O. Silver, B. Wylie, C. E. Terry, Rev. Fr. A. Granelli and Rev. J. R. Higgs.
The President extended welcome to Mr. Wylle on his re- turn from home leave and ex-Britain And Soviet pressed the pleasure of the Com- mittee in seeing him back with them
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No Break Anticipated
London, Dec. 27.
After the minutes of the previous meelling had been confined, the Hon. Treasurer's report was presented prid This showed, Inter alla, approved. thut four new members had joined during the month, making a total for the year of 54 new members. Sub- seriptions collected to date amounted There is no truth in the report that to St and the credit butance of the the British Ambassador at Moscow Anspriation was $1,150.00,
has been instructed to advise repré- Correspondence dealt with includ~ sentatives · of British firms In the cil letters to the Kowloon Tong U.S.SA. to leave that country, or Garden City Association regarding the that an early diplomatic rupture in tuisance occasioned in Kowloon Tong relations between Britain and the by overhanging trees; to the D.A.A.G., U.S.S.H. I contemplated. Chi Command, in regard to nuisance occasioned to residents In the Jordan Road at and to the Hongkong & Yaumall Ferry Co. and the "Star" Ferry Co. in regard to life- saving appliances on ferries.
Schoolchildren's Bus Ticket
the
No change has occurred in relations between Britain and Russin.
British Wireless.
United States Also
London, Dec. 27.
The London Daily Mirror reports In reply to a letter from the of rumours alleging that the United Association asking for particulars of States and Great Britain are anticipa the proposed iteration in children's thug an early rupture in diplomatic bus tickets the Kowloon Motor Bus relations with the Soviet has elicited Co, furnished full detalls of the pro-from the authorities n denial as far pused scheme.
as Britain is concerned. They, stated that, in view of
The source of the story is said to established facts and other evidence have stated that the Embassies In alf pointing to the necessity of more Moscow told the workers in several
If possible, to wlopt the alternative of total this order particularly applying to cancelation of the levar of gehoòl.
Leningrad--United children's tickets, te limit the numbers, living in of rides to eight per day.
Consequently, instead of isatting one ticket an heretofore, a book of tickets)
(Sundiny with day of the month omided) printed thereon will Le lestedt.
in Switzerland are wondering whe-control over the use of these privilege works they should leave the Soviet
tekets they nd decided, rather than Unicy before January ther there may not be concealed
behind these advertisements a Ger- man project for inceting the allied blockade of Gernun exports by in-
the troducing
mmifieture of padented industrial
product in neutral countries so that such pro- duets may be exported as neutral greased.
It is in surgitested that the Ger- mats my hope to obtain in neutral countrie vertain raw materiala neretary for the manufacture f these patented good. These TOW material are no longer available in Germany'.
BIG INFLUX OF GOLD TO U.S.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON. Dec. 27 (UP).— The Department of Commerce an- nommes that golet imports during the week ending December 20 amounted to U.S. $193,000,709, of which $167,- 088,315 came from Canada and is beltered to represent transhipments from the United Kingdom.
The older will be required induce la entire book to the con- ductor for punching on each trip, and ftir additional trips will be provided |
Press,
THE BRAZIL MARU
New O.S.K. Liner for Round.
The World Service
Tokyo. Dec. 27.
on the vote of the brail: ti enntak! The Brazil Maru, 13,000-ton sister the holder to travel for renewing the ship of the O.S.K. luxury liner Heitel. Then thrkets would rome Arnentine koru, which was hunched into force on January 1st, 1940, and on August 2 this year at the Namsaki, the Bin Coropany further stated that Dockyard at the Mitsubiid Heavy the ele of family school children Industry Company, was completed on liches woukt. he discontinued from Saturday and is sailing froni Yokohama on January 11, next year, on her. maiden round-the-world voyar.
that date.
Considered Adequate
The proposed revised ticket was thoroughly considered by the Com- Destined after the same type as mitter and it was umuintously agreed the Argentine Muru, the ship is 16G that the allowance of eight sides per metres long and 31 metros wide. It day was adequate even for children hus a total accommodating capacity whe necessarily have to use two dif- of 10,500 cuble metres for freight and ferent rasites. It was felt. however, passengers,
Exclusively made that the withdrawal of the family
of Japanese teket privilege would constitute alinaterials, it is equipped with two and can develop a hardship to parents of large families Diesel engines s unofficially reported that up-
who were least able to afford it, and maximum speed of 22 knots, proximately $9,000,000 forelim goid has arrived on New York, reportedly from Scandinavia, Switzerland, India, Egypt and Mexic
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The report says that 79 cases come from Bombay, 32 from Switzerland, -36-from--Norway-and-six-from-Vera
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Big Ammunition Theft In Dublin
DUBLIN, Dec. 27 (Reuter) Dublin was surrounded by a military cordon this morning as the result of
the theft of a large quantity of ammunition from a magazine in Queen's Park.
it was therefore deckled to deplore It can accommodate a total of 801| this cancellation and to request fur-passengers, including 101 first-class, ther consideration thereof by the Bus 13 second-class, and 662 third-class. Company.
--Domci.
Hongkong is a port of call for the It was noted with pleasure that additional rolling stock was expected new vessel after if leaves Japan on to arrive from England soon which the Westward "run"
"Monkey Gland". Expert Joins Up
should materially reduce the present congestion. In reply to a suggestion from the Association that the berths be at the Ferry Terminus should numbered in proper numerical order, the Bus Company pointed out that this was impracticable inasmuch as the longest berths were necessarily
NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Reuter).- assigned to routes carrying the largest and most buses. A plan of the lay- Serge Voronoff. the famous "monkey has sailed for out was considered by the Committee Riand" specialist, and the Bus Company's explanation Europe to join the Allied forces.
M. Voronoff will direct bone and accepted as being correct and reason-skin grafting operations for wounded
soldiers in France.
Soldiers patrolled the streets and able all vehicles were searched,
Four men were arrested im- mediately the theft occurred.. So far about a quarter of a ton of stolen ammiinition has been recovered.
Totalitarianism
In India
NEW DELHI, Dec. 17 (Reuter).—— The President of the All-India Liberal Federation sild that the greatest danger to democracy in
Street Watering
The question of street cleansing by means of watering was again brought before the Committee. Reference was mode 10 recent proposals in this regard by the Hon. D. M. S. at are Urban Council meeting which failed even to secure seconder. It was unanimously agreed that the Association should renew its efforts, which have now extended over many year, to obtain the reintroduction of This much needed. amenity.
Indis was what he called the totali- FRENCH SANTAS
tarian spirit prevailing in Congress and the Moslem League.
international
In reference to the situation, he sold that India's safety depended on an intimate association with the British Commonwealth.
4,000-Year-Old Tomb
In Scotland
EDINBURGH, Dec. 27 (Reùter).----- An archaeological discovery, of im- portance was made by Scottish work- men excavating in Dumbartonshire to-day.
They unearthed a stone coffin con- taining the skeleton of a man,
Examination of the skull and bones shows the man to have been a stone- age.man and he must be at least 4,000 years old.
French Contraband
Seizures
PARIS, Dec. 27 (Reutor). The French Contraband Control brought sixteen vessels into harbour for ex- amination during the week ending December 24.
fons of mer
Forty thousand chondise were seized,
Since the outbreak of war the French Navy has brought 217 ships Inte port and has seized a total of 492,000 tons of merchandise.
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FOR KIDDIES
LONDON. Dec. 27 (Reuter).-- Many British children benefited at Christmas by the generous action of the wives of French seamen,
The children were those of British naval men who lost their lives in the presni war and each child received · from four to five toys, which were sent in 12 large crates,
A similar glit was made by a mem- ber of the family of the Sultan of Zanzibar, who is an Honorary Cap- tale of the R.N.V.R.
These two generous actions have been much appreciated by the Royal Navy as well as by the children themselves.
ANGLO-SWEDISH WAR-TIME PACT
LONDON, Dec. 27 (Reuter).—A; wartime trade agreement hus been] signed between the United Kingdom and Sweden.
The object of the pact is to ndop! exiting Angle-Swedish trade agree- meats to avar-time conditions with a view to maintaining trade between the two countries at a normal level.
A Joint Standing Committee will meet periodically in London Stockholm to assist in the smooth operation the arrangements con- templated under the agreement,
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