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Pan-American
Conference
Dologates Approve Chilean Proposal
HAVANA, July 20 (Reuter). The Economic Co-operation Commissim of the Pan-American Conference has adopted the Chilean proposal pro- viding that Latin-American countries shall take over the public utily con- cerns controlled by extra-continentul interest which are threatened with seizure by foreign Interests.
Kencrat The proposeni includes ti economic defence plan which will be submitted to the Permanent Economic Commission to determine the manner be in which such concerns shall Dequired.
To Be Regulated M. Schanke, head of the Chilean delegation, in subialfling the proposal suggested that the sequisition of such concerns should be regulated by the constitution of the nation concerned, It might be either by expropriation or some other systeni..
The majority of such concerns in Latin-America are British, French and Dutch.
M. Schminke said this step essential in order to prevent further
infiltration from overseas.
CLIPPER MAILS
Increasing Amounts Being Carried
nt
The amount of mail received Hongkong for despatch to England by Clipper is increasing each week. At present the amount of mall has averaged between 30 and 40 lbs. week, but this amount will rapidly increase as India has 1,000 kilos of mail a week for England.
This mail is at present being sent air. by surface routes and not by because if India were to send all her mall by air it would crowd out mails from Australia, New Zealand, Malaya and Hongkong.
Pan American Airways can easily carry 1,000 kilos of mail from India In addition to the, mall being received from Singapore, and Rangoon. This mail la at present being carried by it is Imperial Airways planes, but expected that permission will be granted the C.N.A.C. future to carry mails from India op Hs Itangoon-Hongkong service.
Soviet Women's Flight
Moscow, July 28.
in the ncar
to
July 29, 1940.
Big Japanese Air Raid
128 Planos · Attack
Wanhsion
CHUNGKING, July 28 (UP)-One of the largest fleets of Japanese bombers to take to the air raidyd Wanhalen, the prosperous Yangtse elty below Chungking, during to-day, twenty-eight One hundred and planes participated in the raid,
Only meagre reports of the damage and leas of life have been received. but carly messages indicate that the In their Japanese merellessly bombed the city, showing no discrimination targets..
Nanchuan, 50 miles south-east of Chungking, was also ralded.
ON THEIR WAY
FROM PAGE ONE
Evacuees Overjoyed
The Sovici plane Ukraine, hearing General, Mr. Wyatt Smith. its crew of three women Biers of the smooth and orderly. Red Army in a daring 5,000-mile non-stop fight from Haborovsk West Indies Position
Lwow in Soviet-cccupied Poland, LONDON, July 28 (Reuter)-Com-was reported approaching Sverdlovsk, menting on the decisions of the Pan-
near the Ural Mountains, at 1.00 Amerleau Conference at Havana, the o'clocks on Sunday morning.
suys that the
At 5.32 o'clock on Saturday after Trinidad Guardian" West Indies hid themselves in the noon, the Ukraine was reported over position of a patient on the operating Tuishet, 2,000 miles from the Ha- table, listening to the surgeons dis-barovsk airport in central Siberia.— cussing the operation but dealed any Dotel. part in the consultation.
So far as the British colonies are concerned, says the paper, there is this difference: the patient is not and never will be under the anaesthe lie because Britain is not going to be
defeated.
'PROBLEM CHILD'
FOR THE U.S.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
HAVANA, July 28 (UP)-Argen the has become America's "problem according to the Havana ebild." Post.
editorial, the newspaper better "Argentina had drclares: quil looking down her nose at twenty cther nations in the Americus, and donger that Jurica recognise the across the sea.
"Or maybe she is acting an certain Maybe she assuronets from Berlin.
it guessing Germany will win the
war and that she will be on good
terms with the victor,"
RUSSO-AFGHAN
TRADE PACT MOSCOW, July 20 (Reuter) Signature of the Russo-Afghan trade agreement is revealed in a "Toss agency message from Kabul, which gives a comment on the agreement by the official Afghan newspaper, "Islakh."
"Heuter" learns that the agreement was actually signed at Kubut three by four days ago.
The "islakh" says that !! should lead to a considerable Increase in trade between the two countries and help to strengthen their friendly re- lations,
STOCK MARKET
REPORT
Hongkong Stock Exchange Omcial Summary issued on Saturday says:
There was a good general enquiry during the morning, but beyond trade in Government 4% Loan, Cements and a few China Lights, buyers and sellers ideas could not be reconciled. Dayer
IK. Banks. $2.210 Unions Ins. $353 Lands JO
Land 4% Debentures $29.00 Taumall Ferries $21
China Lights (Old) 14.60
Chlon Lights (New) $1.00 Electrics (Old)
20
Telephone (010) $22.50
Cements $15.25
Lands $33
Bellers
Telephones (014) (23
Cements 13.50
Providenia
Hotels $3.40
Sales
Ching Lights (Old) $0.75
Cements $15/15.25
ELK. Govt. 4% Loan $102/101.50
VICHY PROTEST
DENIED
(Router).— LONDON, July 28 Reports that the vichy Government has protested against the R.A.F. dropping of leaflets over Vichy re untrue, "Reuter's" diplomatic cor- respondent learns from authoritative quarters in London.
fa
However, the Norand Mission London has raised the matter and it understood that the British Government is considering the sub- jeet.
NISHIHARA IS RECALLED
of
SHANGHAI, July 28 (Reuter) Major-General Nishthura, head the Japanese Inspectorate sent to Indo-Chinu to supervise, the French undertaking to stop supplies to General Chlang Kai-shek, has been recalled to Japan beenuse his attitude was "too conciliatory," according to a report from Hanol,
This report ddde that the Japanese Government will send some one else In General Nishthara's place.
Tientsin Agreement
TOKYO, July 28 (Reuter),—An agreement regarding the mainten- ance of, peace and order in Tientsin similar to the recent Anglo-Japanese Agreement has been signed by the French Ambassador and Mr. Matsu mya Acting Japanese Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, according to the. "Domel" agency.
WHS
"All the evacuees were overjoyed when they saw the accommodation that has been provided for them aboard the Dutch luxury Aner." the Consul General said.
Owing to the censorship the naine
The ve
vessel cannot be given, but
Air Service To Resume
Kwelin, July 28. According to the Japanese sources
French flanol, the regular air service and Indo-China between Hongkong will be resumed soon have Woh Ki Yet Po.
with
Maharajah's A.D.C. Leave An Imperial Airways plane left Hongkong yesterday for Bangkok were two passengers. They Capt. H. Nidan, the Aide-de-camp to the Mebarajah of Indore, who re- cently passed through the Colony after a visit to the United States, and Bland, one of the Mrs. G. R. Maharani's maidservants. Both are returning to India.
Mail Schedules The China Cipper is expected to arrive at Hongkong to-narrow from Manila,
An Imperial Airways plane is doe is afternach from Bungick.
EARL OF PERTH'S
RESIGNATION
it used to ply before the war on the service between the Netherlands East
and the Netherlands. Indles
Every person aboard the ship has an ordinary berth and there has been no makeshift arrangements. Cabing
been
ordinary allotted on passenger service-basis, and all the passengers to Australia are travelling under conditions which would rule on normal sailings.
"Other ships will provide cqually the Consul odation," good General
The vessel will call at the three and Australian capitals. eastern evneures will be disembarked on the basis of 10 per cent, at Brisbane, 45 per cent. at Sydney and 45 per cent. at Melbourne,
Passengers have the option of choosing which State they wish to disembark al.
THRILL FOR H.K. YACHTSMEN
FROM PAGE ONE
LONDON. July 28 (Reuter).~~~The Ministry of Information announces that the Earl of Perth, formerly Sir, Eric Brummond, and Secretary- General of the League of Nations he gave the alarm and Ah King's from 1919 to 1933, hus resigned from slipway sent out a special boat, which the Ministry.
The Earl of Perth, who has been chief adviser on foreign publicity to the Ministry of Information since the war, resigns earliest month of the consequent upon certain changes in the organisation of the higher stuff of the Ministry.
Pairs Result
Open In the third round of the Pairs Tournament, G. W. Deacon and J. G. Meyer defeated R. Morrison
and J. M. McKelvic, 21-15, at Kow-
loon F. C. yesterday.
LATE. NEWS
searched throughout the night.
Other yachtsmen will be relleved to know that the typhoon has now inoved to the north of the Colony.
Signal Lowered
The No. 5, typhoon signal was lowered at 3.65 a.m..tu-day, and the typhoon, which is believed to have entered the coast between Hongkong and Swatow at about 5 p.m. yester- day is shown this morning depression over South China. It is filing up.
អភ อ
The following omcial statement was issued by the Royal Observatory this morning.
the
"The typhoon developed in Pacific to the east of Luzon between July 23 and July 25, and entered the China Sea through the Balintang Channel on the morning of July 27. It was thought that the typhoon was moving rapidly but in fact it did not pass to the north of Pratas until yesterday morning. It pursued a regular west-nor'-west track, cross- ing the coast between Hongkong and Swatow at about 5 pm. yesterday, arsch Is shown this morning as u depression over South China, Ming up. The highest wind velocity was 50 m.p.h. at 4.50 p.m. on July 28, the lowest barometer reading was 20.208 Inches at 6 pm, and the total rain- Lali to 9.30, a.m. was 1.93 inches.
"Showery conditions will probably prevail."
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Saturday Night KOWLOON FIRE
Respite
London, July 28.
An Air Ministry bulletin issued
Furniture and Goods 'In Garage Damaged
Fire damaged a quantity of furni
SHANGHAI, July 20 (Reuter)-to-day stated-Enemy operations ture and miscellaneous goods stored
la reported in Shangha! that the over this country during the night
and were in a garage in Luna Buildings, Kim- was the result of were on a small 'scale Japanese swoop
It la be-
mainly restricted to areas of Wales berley Road, Kowloon, on Saturday pressure from Germany,
to the nine and South-west England. A few night.' In addition Ileved that
Brlion, bombs were dropped, but only slight | clearly mentioned another whose name is not known, has been damage was caused and there were
not known how the fire began. It is no casualties, detained...
"Early this morning an enemy believed Uis property was stored, by bomber was shot down by RAF evacuces now to Manila. fighters off the south-west coast and
Mr. E. W. James, who was arrested in Kobe, had returned to Japan from Canada only 24 hours before the palice swoop.
There are no indications as to how long the Britons will be detained. All will be submitted to police ques tioning, which may last for several weelca.
The garage was locked and it is
a second enemy bomber was brought The Fire Brigade at Tsimshatsui in South-east England." was called and extingulled the
blaze... down Petlet,
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