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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Many Die In Blizzard
U. S. States Blanketed In 8-Foot Drifts
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FARGO, N.D., Mar. 17 (UP), -Rescuers continued to find frozen bodies in snowdrifts to- day. The known dead now amounts to 57 in North Dakota and Minnesota.
"Bitter cold hampered the searchers, the temperatures ranging as low as 7 to 17 below zero. The drifts are eight feet deep lu many places.
Most of the victims were found frozen near automobiles or on ronds
European Officer Acquitted
Assault On Chinese
March 18, 1941.
Traffic Cases
17 Bus Drivers In Court
Cur
12. He
E. D. Teesdale, of Starlight Villo, Victoria Rand. Pokfulum, was fined 35 by Mr II. C. Macnamara at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning. when he was summuned for leaving kis
No. 0341, unattended In Salisbury Road near the Star Ferry from 1.2
1,20 p.m. to 4.25 p.m. on The summons against J. F. February
admilled Walters, Chief Engineer, 8.8. offence.
of buses Seventeen drivers Kau Tung, for assaulting an Im- migration Oficer, Mr Pau Polonging to the Kowloon Motor Bus Company were cautioned for falling kwan, was dismissed by Mr G.to stop their buses close to the left T. Lowry at Central Magistracy of the road when picking up or this morning when judgment setting down passengers. They all was delivered.
picoded guilty.
Walters was charged with assault-
the
be-
on which they were trying to reaching Air Pau when the latter tried, to RICE SITUATION
prevent him from leaving the vessel
unfely.
About 20 persons are reported to the morning of February 10. be still missing.
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SONG PARADE!
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SMILE PARADE
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It was stated at the last heuring that after Walters had left his abi and was on the wharf, Complainan NEW YORK, Mat. 17 (UP)-called out some abusive words after who was standing in the gangway storm centre has swung northeast him. The words so provoked Defen- stocks consisted of rice of different dent that he returned and hit Com- plainant.
ward over Canada after taking at least 60 lives in Minnesota and North Dakota. A cold wave with strong winds is expected along the Atlantic coast but the main brunt of the storm is expected to pass to the north.
British Firms Are Victimised
→FROM PAGE ONE such acts against neutral Interests with clearly defined rights."
Trade At Standstill Speaking of British trade in Han- kow, Mr Tuit asserted: "Apart from a few shipments previously arranged early in the year, there has been no British and
foreign participation any export trade unless the local sale of balances of accumulated stocks of wood oll, bristles, tea and cotton to interests rigorously con- trolled by the Japanese authorities can be so described.
Briti
one
In
"On the Inperi side, there was not British trade transaction report-
air Tail proceeded: "Looking down the river, the page of progress quite blank. Tenancy and use British properties continue to forcibly denied and even the chimera of re-opening the Yangtse to foreign trade and navigation 15 for 115 Nanking has faded so that to-day, out of the 1,400-miles stretch from Shanghal to Chungking, the British services operate only the last 170 mlles."
The Chairman stated that All
Mr. J. H. B. Lee, of the Immigra- lon Department, prosecuted, and the defence was conducted by Mr D. L. Strcilet
Blow Was Struck
qualities.
Silent About Stocks" He stated that by far the greater proportion of rice consumed in the Colony was of the poorer qualities. but he declined to release figures of the
atocis held
the Control under Scheme beyond saying that the post- tion was entirely satisfactory..
It will be recalled in this connec-
the
Is Worship in his judgment said: As I said the last time the case came up there was no dispute as to thei fact that a blow was struck, and tion that the original aim of also said that I was satisfied that it Government under the essential com- was struck not because the Defen-modities conservation scheme was to dant was trying to prevent Complain-acquire a reserve stock of 1,300,000 ant from doing his duly, but because piculs which, together with appro- used by ximately 200,000 plculs normally held of the provocative words
by merchants, is estimated Complainiunt.
The Datendant was undoubtedly sumcient for ve months' consump- guilty of common
bssault, but the on, basing the rate of consumption suminous angainst him was for ob-at 10,000 pleuls per day with an cs-
timated population of 1,300,000. structing Complainant in the execu ton of his duties. These two offences are entirely of different nature, and I therefore find Defendant not guilty of the summons made against him.
LATE NEWS
British and foreign tonnage, exclude Cholera Incidence
Ing Japanese, remained, Idle all the year long and even yet the full legitimate use of wharves and pon- toons had not been restored in spite; of fresh approaches to the Japanese who continued to enforce their pre- hiitions owing to military neces sity."
RETAKING OF BERBERA
Remains High
The cholera epidemic shows lttle! signs of abating. During the past 24 hours another 41 cases have been re ported. Of these 20 came from Vie- torla, ten from Aberdeen and Rural Hongkong, four from Kowloon and one from Shoukiwan.
Since the outbreak started a few weeks ago, 245 cases have been officially reported.
Airways Office
To Close Down
> FROM PAGE ONE
whole Imperial forces in north-east Africa-will-be-available-for-employCorporation (formerly Imperial Air- The British Overseas Airways ment where they can best be utilised.
ways) announce that are closing their Supply Route Open', Hongkong office at the end of this
CAIRO, Mar. 17 (Router)-With month.
the recapture of Berberu, another Any enquiries for passenger ac- threat to Addis Ababa is developing,commodation or other information can | a British spokesman stated here this he obtained after this date from evening.
Travel Agents.
Empire troops are now steadily closing on the heart of the Italian Empire from 13 points.
casc
recapture of Berbera, the spokesman odded, is also expeied to ase the supply problem considerably. It is reculled hére that when the Italians entered Berbera in-
August, 1910, Rome radio proclaimed that the
ose of the collapse of British Empire Inevitable, and that the Red Sea had been closed to the Royal Navy.
was
It is not yet possible to say whether the British successes on the Keren front are a prelude to an offensive or forin part of the steady fighting which has been going on for six weeks, but "Reuter" is told: "Things are boil- ing up at Keren again."
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