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SUCCESSES
Harbour Closed
For A While
Following an alarm by off. shore patrols, Ilongiong bar- bour was closed yesterday to shipping. A communique from the Department of Information stated:
The Naval authorlites state that the port of Hongkeng was closed this morning as part of the necessary defence precau. tions of the Colony, in time of This step was taken M the result of an alarm being given by the off-shore patrols. This cause of this alam is being investigated by the Navy."
WAN
When nows of the eclosure spread round the diy, many rumours began clrculating, some stating that enemy warships had been seen in the vicinity. IL is understood that these rumours Inve ne bas
affeet
The closure did not ocean-going shipping to a great extent as the harbour singularly quiet, outy one over- seas liner being at Howtoon.
CUSTOMS OFFICIAL
IN
THE NEW YEAR
The Finns continue their successful resistance to Soviet aggression and test reports claim that Petsamo has been reoccupied, although the Reds stll hold positions to the south of the town. The Russians have been repulsed in their attacks scries of violent on the Mannerheim Line notwithstanding a attacks by numerous reinforcements from Siberia and Caucasus,
Helsinki, Jan. 2.
Following the rout of Soviet troops; In Finland's "waist," the Finns now! claim to have repulsed the Russian attacks on the Minnerheim Line,
A communique saya the Russlans, strengthened by numeris relatorce- nents from Siberia and the Cauensus, launched a series of violent attacks!
CONSULAR SERVICE
SERIOUS
OUTLOOK.
Irish Saying May
Prove Truo
Landon, Jan. 2.
A repert in reliable quarters states that Ireland is looking forward to the posibility of grave civil strife early in the New Year.
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The future depends entirely whether Mr. Eamon de Valera can restrain the Irish Republican Army, which has been growing in numbers and daring, while the Premier's own political strength seemed to be on the want.
The legal Republican organiza- tion wants to take advantage of Bri- A short talk on the British Con-tairs's engagement in the war to un- nex the six southern countles, in Ulster. They would probably accept German aid if they could.
along the 40 mile front between Lake sular Service was given by Rotario Ladoga med the Leningrad-Viborg. C. Hutchinson, o, at the week railway, but all the attacks, which yn meeting of the Hongkong were preceded by a heavy artillery Rotary Club yesterday, barrage, were repulsed-Reuter.
Sovict Prisoners
The daring scizure by the Irish Republican Army of 20 tons of arms und ammunitions from the Eire Army's magazine In Dublin has forced Mr. de Valera to net. Leave of army oflcers has been cancelled The Govern- throughout Eire, and the Dail will meet on Wednesday,
powers Include ment's emergency
authority to intern without trial per- sons suspected of subversive activi-
les.
Rotarian Hutchinson pointed out that in China the Consular service embraced all three services of the British Foreign Ofe-the Diplomull Paris, Jan. 2. Service, the Commercial Diplomatic The Soviet commissar laken prl-Service and the Consular Service. soners by the Finns are proving most The Consular Service is the zenlor difficult. Some have been shot for service, and most of the personalities attempting to hide arms and continue who had contributed towards British their work of agitation, according to history in China have been promoted A Havas correspondent after a visit from that service. to the front north of Lake Ladoga ----- Mr. Hutcitinson described entrance
There is an old Irish saying that described the Reuter.
to the service, and curious system of marking which de- the year St. Patrick's Day and Palm ducted 23 per cent. for superfluous Sunday fell on the came date the will run with answers. The result is students fre-streets of Ireland
fight will take quently score no marks at a.. In blood and a great troops have been cut off by the Finns more than 40 out of a possible 2,000, This year Palm Sunday coincides on the Salla front in a battle which he said.
with St. Patrick's Day on March 17. may equal in importance the
Once having entered the service,nited Press, Year's Day Suomussalml front victory, students are detailed for two years' It is stated the Finns are tightening study of the Chinese language in their enctrelement and preventing the Peiping.
Candidates then sit for another Russians from flight by shooting unnil detachments making efforts to competitive examination. A consular
to Chinese excape
Russian territory.-leer had at different times to be United Press.
notary public, passport offler, Board
Captain Carroll Of Shanghai Passes Away
Shanghai, Jan. 2. The death occurred at 8 o'clock this morning of Captain L, R. Carrell, aged 55.
Captain Carell was a Customs Coastal Inspector.
Chinese officials lowered the re- formed regime's five-barred Day at half mast over the Customs House honouring Captain Carrell. The Ja- panese Director issued an order that the flag be raised to fall mast again, on the ground that Carrell was not
Russians Encircled
Copenhagen, Jan. 2.
Called For
COPENHAGEN, Jan; 2 (Reu- (er)-The Bertla correspondent of the "Politiken" says Stalin lins asked Germany for 200,000 technicians, engineers and ex- peris to reorganiso Russian economia
the life, especially fransport syslení,
The correspondent says Russia will not be able to continue the campaign againsi Finland unless a relay of skilled men arrives immediately,
All the German experts who go to Russia will be given an entirely free hand and be under Stalin's personal protection. I Is and they will receive good salaries,
The correspondent adds that the
of continuanca
Russo- German collaboration depends - Lite inmediato despatch of
this manpower,
The only question is whether Germany can spare such a big number of skilled men.
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New Health Officer
Urban Council Welcomes Dr. N. C. Macleod
Press reports xay 10,000 Russian His first year not one candidate scored place for the unity of the country Puly director of Health Services, t
New
New Year Activity
Viborg, Jan. 2. Heavy batteries of Finnish arti! ery heralded the New Year on the Korelian Isthmus with 24 salvos. a furious response These brought trum Russian guns, which blazed! away for nine hours, felog 40 or 50 at half-inasi shells a minute. They did negligible
entitled to the half-mast honour. However, before the fag was again raised the Japanese issues now
orders to leave it United Press.
Japan's Purchases
New York, Jan. 2. Department of Com Citing the merce statistics, the American Com- mitice of Non-participation in Japan. ese Aggression, says that Japanese purchases of United States serup Iron in the first 11 months of 1939 were 1,890,742 tons, compared with a totul In 1937, a peak year, of 1,801,000 Lons.
damage.
The eight-inch Russian guns fired) three shells into Viborg but only wrecked a football pitch.-Reuter,
Soviet Mass Attacks
Helsinki, Jus. 2.
The Berce Russian attacks yester- day on the Mannerhielm Line are ex- pected to develop to-day and rise in intensity.
Artillery preparations of more Dan ordinary violence has been
Accelerated buying since the Euro-pounding the Finnish positions for The Russions tried to pean war started averaged 202,000 36 hours.
masses of 1. the defences with tons monthly since September
men and material at several vital spots.
United Press.
Consul Returns
Shanghai, Jan. 2. Mr. Clarence E. Gaiss, American Consul-General, on his return from Manila yesterday. ld there was nothing significant attached to his re- cent stay in. Manils. The meetings only with Francis B. Sayre were coincidental and no special conversa- tions took place.-United Press.
America Praised
Chungit Jon. 2. Dr. Wang Chink-
Forchya Minister, in a sperini New Year America this morning. broadcast said January, in which the Japanese- American trade trenly expires; is a particularly algnificant month for China. He praised the United States initiative in abrogating the pact which was undoubtedly a step in the right direction.
Because of the traditional love of the American people for peace, the United States convened the Wushing- American ton Conference in 1922. statesmen, realising the importance of the Paciße, advocated the open door policy in China which was then threatened.
under General Stern is believed to
of Trade Ofleur, magistrate, registrar of births, death and marriages, catener and even his own counsel ändt, Jullert
Fight With Pirates
A welcome was extended 10 Dr. Nicol Campbell Macleod, new de-
Council the meeting of the Urban yesterday. The Chairman, Mr. W. J. Carrie, introduced Dr. 'Macleod to members, and said:
Dr. Macleod emen to us after a
distinguished long and
Career ir Uganda where he first Joined the Medical and Health Services in. 1024. He has had wide and varied ex- perience as Malarfologist, as Specul Medical Officer in charge of cam- paigns against plogue and sleeping
vote of thanks was proposed by Three Robbers Killed Inness and in other ways.
Ms. J. T. Bagram, for Slam.
Consul-General
The President, Mr. L. C. F. Del- lay, welcomed the following Ro- tarians back to the Colony. Messra. J. Fleming, E. Stone and J. Smith. The following guests were intro- Messrs. L. C. Davis, M. duced: Cardan, N. R. Ramsay, L. Starbuck, J. Linstead, 5. K. Hsu, Capl. 3.
Mullins and Capt. Millar,
Cloudless December
No Rain And Record Hours Of Sunshine
Chinese Wators
A fight between armed pirates and Ashermen near Sam Mun, Chinese waters, on December 20 was described by Yau Chau-shiu, master of a pirated junk, on his return to Hongkong on Monday, In the course of the fight, three of six robbers are believed to and drowned. A have been shot fourth was captured and handed to the Police,
You left Chinese territory on December 27 with a mixed curge and 20, 30 passengers. On December when all the Nine Plus early in the morning, boat approached and opened fire. The steersman of the junk, Yau Ping, fell overboard im mediately after the burst of fire and clisappeared.
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Four pirates boarded and forced You to
towards Sam Mun. sall Two fishing junks were sighted in the
way in their own vessel.
Three of the four swimming men rank beneath the water as shots were fired at them. The fourth was picked
up.
The cargo Junk suffered a loss of $100 silver dollars. The rest of the cargo was not touched.
The reorganised Russians army December was a month of almost afternoon, and opened fire. Four number at least 200.000 men in this cloudless skies and unbroken sun-pirates dived overboard and two cast sector. It is reported that a further she, owing to the persistence of a 50,000-are-expected-from-ningrad, strong anticyclone over China. The The Finns are supposed to have weather was very dry and "no one-third of their total army of 300,- measurable amount of rainfall was recorded from November 27 until the 000 in the Isthmus:
Behind the Mannerheim Line the end of the year,
The mean temperature for the Finns are understood to be hastily
defence month was 01.9, which is 1.1 below completing two subsidiary
A maximum of 73.2 was systems designed to prevent the normal.
recorded
December 17 and a on enemy breaking through.-Reuter.
of 52 December 25, The mean relative humidity was 62 per cent., which is B per cent, below
Lo Chung-ming, master, reported Copenhagen, Jan. 2. normal. Reindeer hunters at Eafar on the
The total sunshine was 209 hours, that he had 30 passengers and a crew northern Finnish site are reported which exceeds the normal by 98 of 12. Pirates stopped his craft off to have stated they found great num-hours, and is a record for December. Ku Ling, San Mei, on December 27, bers of Russian soldiers frozen to No rain fell during the month; this by opening fire with rifles and revel- death on the Finnish side frontier-United Press.
Frozen Russians Found
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Another piracy was also reported on Monday. Cargo valued at $1,000 was seized from a junk on a passage from San Chiu to Hongkong.
The record was equalled in December vers, but nobody was hurt. 1884 and 1909, which were also com- pirated vessel war, taken to Hau Mun where the cargo was transferred, and pletely rainless months. Report Persists
The maximum wind velocity in a where the captives remained prisoners
43 m.p.h.. just was
at in. on for two days. Copenhagen, Jan. 2. Stockholm has received unconlinn-December 21. ed news from Finland that the Finus have retaken Petsane, with several much war thousand prisoners and material,
The report says that the Finns in Dr. Wang praised Mr. Roosevelt's
when he this area have been very successful speech in October, 1937, referred to the present reign of with land mines.
Similar unconfirmed Scandinavian terror and international lawlessness which began a few years ago through reports have persisted in the past few acquisition of allen territory in viola-days but nothing has been received
complin Helenici or Svanvik to tion of treaties." He also mented Mr. Joseph Crew on speech in Tokyo.
HAD NO EFFECT
Unbalanced Chinese Not Worried by Tear Gas
Manila, Jan. 2.
Chinese district,
a demented San Nicolas
Go Hoc. indicate there is any truth in the report that resident of ls
Petsaint bas been, recaptured.-proved that he was apparently im
mune to tear gas when a Police sqand sought to arrest him after ho hat threatened his family with a huge
In conclusion Dr. Wang reviewed China's war time achievements. "Your material and moral strength has exerted; and I am sure it will continue to exert, on importance in- Ruence in shaping the destiny of the Far East," he said,-United Press.
Australian Volunteers
· Melbourne, Jan. 2. "Three thousand more Australian airmen will go abroad this year." said Mr. Fairbalm, Air Minister,, in an interview on bla return from attending the Empire conference in Canada.
nir training
United Press.
Neutral Intervenes
Stockholm Jan. 2.
An Amerleun broadcasting reporter
kalfe.
Go at various times had been in
is partly responsible for the start of terned in the psychopathic hospital, yesterday's attack on the Mannerheim but he was recently pronounced cured Line in the Karellan Isthmus, accord- mid released. ing to the Stockholm correspondent
of the Tidningen.
Bear
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After he had locked himself in room armed with a huge knife, the
The reporter, in order to provide man defed the Police and refused to New Year's Eve with local colour in lopen the door despite repeated tear his brondenst, placed the microphone gun attacks. The Pollee, with tears A Finnish battery which in their eyes, finally crashed lie door obligingly fired a heavy snivo, wherewith axes and found Go unperturbed upon the Russians, believing the by the gas. Flus were preparing to attack, open-
He surrendered quietly and won
Unlled Press,
Mission To Seamen
Activities Of Chinese
Last Year
Branch:
A sum of $3,400.48, out of an Income of $4,879.71. was spent by the Christian Mission to Chinese Seamen during the past year, when many workless and foodless seamen, as well as war refugees, were granted relief.
The Building Fund now amounts 10 $1,800, and $48,200 all needed before work can be started on the new headquarters
The annual Christmas dinner, held on December 22, was attended by a farge gathering, there being more than 120 people present. The Children's treat on Christmas Day. was also packed, many parents com- ing to witness the presentation of
ed an artillery barrage and them-ken to the paychopathle hospital-gifts to Sunday School scholars, selves attacked,—Reuter.
Swedish Voluntaars
The following donations were re- ceived up to December 30,--Austra lian-Oriental Line, Ltd, $25; Licut.-
will be an important one," he added. Col. E. J. R. Michell 10; Union The Helsinki radio broadcasting Trading Co., Ltd., $10; Mr. J. Fraser,
All communications and contribu
Helsinki, Jan. 2. Thousands of Swedes want to taka The members of the Australian Air part in the struggle and in the course the Interview pointed out that Gen-$5; Mr. T. Brown, 15 Mr. R. S. Force. abroad would be grouped into [of the last few days their wishes have feral Linder also commanded the Partridge, $5; Mr. M. B Dietrich, $3; squadrons. with Australian com- materialised," declared the Foreign Swedish volunteers who fought in the Mr. S. FL. Lnu, $2, and B.W.J., S. manders. Members of the RAF. Minister, M. Tanner; In an interview Finnish war of liberation in 1918-thons may be sent to the Headquarters, would go to Australia for exchange with the Swedish news agency to-Reuter.
Further Volunteers. duty 1. Mr. Fairbairn appealed to young Australians to enlist and not be dis- heartened. If they are nor called up "Immediately.
Mr. Fairbairn added. "There is an awful lot of ripe talked about Ger- many cracking up. She won't until we oxort full pressure-Reuter.
day,
This force of volunteers, under the command of. General Ernest Linder
Stockholm, Jan. 2.
04 Jordan Road, Arst floor. Cheque and money orders should be crossed ant made payable to the Christian which has come to participate ne a A further batch of volunteers left Mission to Chinen Stamen, Hong-
kong, either for Buliding er
or general unit of the Finnish Army against the bere last night for Finland. Soviet corps ako comprises on With the New Year celebrallon' at | funds,
The. Mission desires to thank all and, It Ja expected that the adequate number of omeers and non-an commissioned officers, and their role transport of volunteers will now be those who gave their generous sup-
port: during the past year. In the struggle for freedom and peace considerably speeded/Reuter
For the last two years Dr. Macleod has been a Provincial Medical Of-
was in charge of all Medical and fleer in Uganda which means that he
over province Health activities with an area much larger than this Colony- and with a population as great if not greater. He is now our professional adviser in all matters of a medical or health nature and knowing you all as I do I feel 1 can assure him that we shall at all times welcome his advice. (Applause.).
Formal Business Applications for a food preserving licence for 118, Tunglowan Road, second floor, and a laundry licence for 252 Hollywood Road, ground floor, were relused.
List of licences granted by the 19 and Council between Decernber January 1 Inclusive are as follows-- Food factories 13, food shops 7, milk
closed, Mr. shops (2), eating houses~1~*~*
Before the meeting Carrie referred to the recent broad- cast on the anti-tuberculosis co- paigu, and invited members to bring forward suggestions for ways and means to co-operate with the Direc- lor of Medical Services. The Ideas and proposals are to be brought up at the next meeting for discursion
UNREST IN MALAYA
Singapore, Jan. 2. Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, in n broadcast, and there were some in Malaya to-day who are doing all they can to stir up trouble and behaving themselves as if the Nazis were their friends
"I worn them that I regard them as enemies and shall deal with them accordingly," Sir Shenton said.
Hau, the alleged Chinese egitator, who was ordered departed, lett for China-United Press.
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