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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 12, 1940.
Tangier Sheltering Widespread Paradox of British
Raids On Exchequer Returns
Italian Submarines
LONDON, Dec. 11 (Reuter) --The British Government's watchfulness; on the situatión at Tangler where the Spanish authorities have taken, over the administration, was again made apparent:le answers to' questions in the House of Commons to-day.
The Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mr R: A. Butier, stated that the two Italian'subi marines which arrived in Tanglor some weeks ago are not yet Ina soaworthy state and the Spanish Government has given them a further.perlod to completo repairs,iud
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Japan's War Purchases
150 Different Materials
SPECIAL' TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 strategic war materials which (UP)-There are now over 150
Japan buys from day to day,
Reich
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAMO
LONDON. Dec. 11 (Reuter)-British, exchequer - returns. for the last week, up to December 7, reveal an apparent paradox.
The whole total ordinary ex-,
LONDON, Dec. 11(UP)-penditure rose to the record high level of £110- millions but the The Air Ministry unnounced to- day that R.A.F..bombers attack-expenditure of supply services ed a number of targets in largely for war necessities) was western Germany and enemy nearly £10 millions below the
previous week and
week at £80.5 millions. occupied territory last night,
The high record reached by total The announcement said: "The expenditure was, therefore, due to attacks included rallway jun-the fact that at the beginning of ctions, power stations nero December the usual, disbursements of dromes and Inland docks. The intercat ont stocks amounting to a the Channel invasion porta in Britain improved by RAF, also attacked docks at large wum were made.
The total ordinary revenue of
ОУСТ £10 enemy-occupied territory. Two millions last week to nearly £24 millions, but the deficit for the week R.A.F. planes are missing.". basic metals and ores; 16 basic manu-
increased to 60 millions. I Dealing with 's suggestion that thefacturing materials, and alloys, motor Spanish authorities are erecting per-fuel and lubricating oil; 32 types and manent fortifications at Tangler, Mr Butler said that his information did kinda of machine tools; 18 types of
explosives; 21 types of polson' gasca;. not indicate such a development,21 types and kinds of fire control
The British Government is watch-
instruments. ing the situation very closely and the Spanish Government has been left in no doubt na to the importance altached to the question,
In the meantime, the British Am- bassador hús.putnihe u British...... case regarding Tangier in, a very strong and definite Ught, ton the Spanish Thoy Include 10 basle chemlents; 13 Government. T
All types of arms, ammunition and implements of war; all plans, draw- ings and designs
also for motors,
and planes and parts, tanks, guns other war equipment and refining or
MORE LOANS BY cracking plants.
UNITED STATES
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
morrow a
WASHINGTON, Dec, 11 (UP)- It was announced to-day that the Export-Import, Bank has agreed to loan $60,000,000 to the Argentina and and $7.500,000 to Uruguay.
The
Treasury Department, is also prepared formally to announce to-
Isan of
of $30,000,000 to the Argentina from the
om the stabilization fund, Mr Jesse Jones, President of the Export-Import Bank, said that ne- gotiations ore under way for a $30,000,000 bank loan: to Cuba,
and that negotiations are proceeding be tween the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Chile for Chilean nitrates. He said he was consider ing the buying of copper from Chile, Peru and Mexico.
Duchess of Windsor
"In 'Good Spirits"., MIAMI, Dec. 11 (UP) The Duchess of Windsor is in "good spirits and feeling better",
However, the slight danger of com- vlications will not be passed until next Saturday,
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Donations to Charitable "And"Other" Causes ⠀⠀ *
GROWTH OF WAR FUND
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Two large donations received yesterday brought the War Fund inaugurated, by the S. C. M. Post, Ltd., much nearer the million and a half dellar mark which is simed it before Christmas. A lotter whitch appeared in the Hongkong Tele graph, accompanying an anonymous"dana- flon of $1,050 urged similar donations from olitors to make up the total sought going Within an hour of the Telegraph
out on the streets, a rexpanus came from Mr and Mrs D. C. Edmondston, who sent $1,000, being a second donation from them 1.454526.03, and $1, was reached yesterday to the Fund. Altogether, a total of by the Fund, with the following dona“ tions:
Noisy Oyster Bowls" ** Balance af the Account,
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Andrew's v. St George's Bowie Malch
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Mas N. Chandier (2nd donation) 100 Cheero Club (sale of old tins, etc.) Mr. D. Angus (3rd donation). Mr. Hamblin (and donation) .... Dr A. Hy Barweil Mr And Mr. C. Edmondson
(2nd donation) "Sammen
-1,000
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Driving
Offences
5. Mullins, of Chardhaven Hotel, was fined $10 for driving * :car 311 Castle Peak Road without a licence, when he was summoned before Mr Q. A. A. Macfadyen ni Kowloon Magistracy this morning.
Newspaper Qffends
Defence Regulations
The
South China Trounce
R. Navy 6-2
A COMBINED TEAM of senior and. junior players-of South China were mueli supérior to thế "Royal" Navy when they met in a filendly' Zamo' of football at Causeway Bay yesterday, South China won 6-2, four uf!" thờ Chineso total being to the credit ol Loe Tack-kec.
the
The Chinese were mostly on offensive, and gave the Navy defence a testing me. On two of the few occasions in which the sailors broke through; Hendy and Barber scored.
South Chiria led 3-0 at half timer and their other goal-scorers were Chee Wing-keung and Lee Din-ker,
Teams' wore the fai da
Sauth ChinaTam Kwan-kon: liui_Fok-
LONDON, Dec. 11 (Reuler).— first prosecution of a newspaper under the Defence Regulations; resulted in yuen Wong, Shiu-keo: The Kam-hung,
Lam Takipo, 'Ho' Lok-kee; Chin Chi-fai,
It was said Mullins was being pro- the Managing Editor and the publisher Lal Chung-yin (Choe Wing-koung in Ind In collision with ¦ of “Reynold's News" being fined" £30 | half), Leg Tak-kee, in 2nd half) and secuted as a result of a lorry in Castle Peak Road, some each and Instructed to pay £10 each Leung Ping-kunsid time last month.
Capt. H. L. Reeves, of the Royal Engineers, was cautioned for driving his car on the wrong side of Salisbury Rond hear. Star Ferry on November 18.
Defendent said that he did not
for
Coats
Rest Teams Chosen
NAVY! Robinson; Roughley, Britt: Honeywell, Groft, Hawkins; Phippens, Le The allegation was that the news-Pase, Hendy. Birch and llarbel. paper published matter which might have been useful to the enemy.
An article concerning the defence of certain parts of the Empire was
fully in some
some editions of published realise he was on the wrong side of the newspaper ignoring the deletions the rond at the time.
made by the official cerisor. 1.
The Magistrato trying the case, agreed that a mistake had been mada was no intentional anti-British action.
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BANKS ROBBED and that there
The brass sign boards of two banks in the city were stolen during the early hours of yesterday morning
Saki Mohammed, watchman of the National Commercial Savings Bank, has reported the theft of the bank's nameplate valued at $10, and S. Terayama, of the Bank of Taiwan, has reported the loss of their name plate valued at $20.
China's Northwest Road Kept Busy.
Traffic over the north-westem high- CHUNGKING, Dec. 11 (Reuter) →
way between China and Soviet Russia has greatly Increased during recent SHANGHAI, Dec. (Reuter), weeks, almost doubling the amount Sir John Latham and his party of traffic two months ago, according arrived here on their way to open athe the "Ta Kung Pao" quoting Ministerial' bureau in Toltys.
China communications quarters. **
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TWO CHARITY football matches Com- between teams representing bined Chinese and Rest of the Colony will be staged on Sunday, Dec. 22 atj 2.30 and 4 p.m. at Caroline Hill,
The following have been chosen for the rest: ...30 pm.-Reynold; Roughley (Capt.). Fraser Maxwell, Parnaby, North; Owens. Pelham, Fox, D'Regan and Bickford. Re- serves:Britt, Cook, Barbier and Fowler. _4_p.m.;—Robinson; Blackburn ·(Capt.), D. Leonard; Freshwater, Bright, Wilkin- son; · Phippens, Lo Paxe, Hendy, Howlett and Marablo. Reserves:—Honeywell Saw. | A. J. Hussain and D. Blake.
FRENCH EMBASSY
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CHUNGKING, Dec.
(Central News)-The French Embassy yester- day announced the removal of its offices in Shanghal to Chungking:
Administrative and technical affairs of the Embassy in North China, however, will continue to be handled by Ita representatives in Peiping.
The French Consulate in Chungking will remain at No. 0; Consular Lanc.
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| (Domel)—Favoured by fine weather.
Japanese naval aircraft to-day bomb-.
ed the Kunming airport and 'aviation 711 school.
The Chinese planes on the ground were machine-gunned and destroyed, while one plane which attempted to escape was shot down. Other naval units bombed the power-station at Ami, 40. miles north of Mangtze, in Yunnan. All the planes returned to their bhso.
Other-Raids CHUNGKING, Dec. 12 (Central News)Japanese aircraft subjected eltles in Szechwan and. Yunnan to severe aerial attacks, yesterday.
Six bombers dying from Hupch raided ani undisclosed place in Szechwan A A number of high explo- sives were dumped, but no casualties. were reported.
The air raid alarm was sounded in Chungking around noon
but the ralder failed to appear.
In Yunnan three raids, were staged over Kunming.
Kalyan, no the Yunnan-French Indo-China Railway mouth of, Kun- ming, was also bombed,
(Central
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