THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 7, 1988.
SHIPMENT THROUGH HANOI French Consulate-General Denies Local Report
Prohibition Only Applicable To War Materials
"The transportation through Hanoi of obvious war materials for the Chinese Government is de- finitely prohibited, but there are no restric- tions on ordinary merchandise," the "China Mail" was informed by the French Consulate- General to-day.
Inquiry was made as the result of information that a large consignment of motor tyres from Hong Kong to Hanoi had been rejected by a ship- ping company on the ground that it must be accompanied by an express permit from the Consulate-General, which had been refused.
GOOD TASTE BUT METHODS QUESTIONABLE
Suggestion was that the French authorities had given in- structions that no materials which might be adaptable for war purposes should enter French Indo-China ports for transportation to Yunnan or Kwangsi.
This, however, was denied at the Consulate-General, where it stressed that prohibition applied only to arms and munition and war materials simi-
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AMPHIBIAN ELEPHANTS. Elephants appearing at a show at Morecambe are given a daily dip in the sea, much to the amusement of holiday crowds. Crowds watch two of the elephants disporting in the sea. (Copyright).
FOOD SHORTAGE IN
FRANCO TERRITORY AS
Noteworthy proof of the popular to the military trucks left standing in Hong Kong by the larity of the 'Sunday Herald' came closure of the Canton-Kowloon from the Kowloon Magistracy this Railway.
TRADE DIVERSION morning, when a well-dressed
Meantime, the French Con- young man with neatly-brushed hair sulate-General is being besieged of Chinese was charged with stealing at Water-by large numbers
to enter loo Road yesterday no fewer than seeking permission
French Indo-China for the pur-1 34 copies of the paper.
pose of establishing branch offices. Inspector Rogers, prosecuting,. Chinese merchants are hoping stated that a seller outside. St. to maintain trade with South Teresa's Church at 6.45 a.m. was China through Haiphong and selling a paper to a European. Kwangchowwan, diverting Hong He had a large bundle lying Kong business normally passing about four feet away from him on through Canton to the round- the pavement.. He had hardly turn-about-route necessitated by Jap- A ed his back when many of the anese occupation of Canton. papers were in the possession of
another man who was with a stack under his
running, arm, to-
wards Boundary Street.
TOO LATE
FIRE NOZZLE IN NEWSPAPER
Li Tong, 47, was sentenced to Complainant, Kwan Tai, 19, a three months' hard labour by Mr. licensed newspaper hawker, gave R. Edwards this morning, for the chase. In Boundary Street, defen-theft of a fire-hose nozzle, from dant, Chan Wing, also 19, met a the Hong Kong Land Investment constable, and dropped the copies of the 'Sunday Herald,' but it was too late.
WELL AS IN BARCELONA
Geneva, Yesterday.
comprehensive report drawn up by two British experts who visited Republican Spain by order of the League of Nations with regard to the food situation has just been published by the League Secretariat.
The Barcelona Government declared last Septem- ber in Geneva that it was no longer in posi- tion from its own resources to feed refugees now numbering nearly 3 million.
Barcelona according to the still more acutely on the later Company, at Chung Hing Building, report accordingly asked for harvests) and to the great Det.-Sergeant Dewar said defen-a monthly amount of £476,000 stream of refugees from non- Spain augment- dant was arrested in Des Voeux for this purpose and declared it- Republican At the Court this morning Mr. Central at about 11.15 a.m. yester-self prepared to devote any suring the normal population by
The fire-hose nozzle was plus "to improving the general from 20 to 25 per cent. K. M. A. Barnett imposed a fine of day.
lot of that part of the civilian] For that reason the Govern- $30 or one month's hard labour. found wrapped in newspaper.
population which has sufferediment has established a system most in its standard of living." of minimum rations for the
whole population. The report now declares:
MUI TSAI WARNING
TWO MEN OF ROYAL SCOTS HURT Mr. R. Edwards
In attempting to stop a runaway pony, which bolted while being led
"The whole of Republican The supply is uncertain and A 26-year-old married woman, Spain suffers from the severest irregular and with exception of Kwok On-pong, was bound over by dearth of foodstuffs. This the daily ration of bread (250 Mr. R. Edwards at the Central shortage is attributable to the grammes), the supply of which Magistracy when charged with war, to the necessity of support-until now has apparently been keeping an unregistered Mui-tsal. ing and equipping the army in assured, the rations that can Inspector Fraser said defendant the field, to the fact that Re-actually be obtained daily are went to the S.C.A. on Saturday, to publican Spain is cut off from much less than they should be to a truck at the Railway station register the girt Kwok Mui, 18, as regions of supply in the interior, according to the regulations. yesterday, L/Corporal Nicholls and a mui-tsai. Defendant came to the to the air-blockade of its ports, A rationing system has also Private Godfrey, of the Royal Scots, Colony on September 27 from particularly Valencia and Bar- recently been introduced into both received injuries and had to Canton. The girl was well-treated, celona, to the great distance of Franco Spain, the first indica- be admitted to the Military Hos and wished to remain with her the workers employed on the tion of food shortage in insur- pital.
mistress.
land (whose effect will be felt gent territory-Trans-Ocean.
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