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London, To-day. 'The Air Minister pointed out in the Commons yesterday that all officers were now taken from the ranks and every recruit had chance of a commission.-British Wireless.

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NATHAN ROAD BURGLARS CAUGHT

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FREQUENT BURGLARIES IN NATHAN ROAD IN THE VICINITY OF NO. 532. DÚRING THE RECENT MONTHS WERE SOLVED ON SUN- DAY NIGHT WHEN MR. R. M. GUTERRIEZ, AFTER A STRUGGLE, OVERPOWERED AND ARRESTED A

SPORTS FOR BURGLAR ON THE ROOF OF HIS

COLONY'S POOR BOYS

On Sunday, at 1 p.m., the Boys' and Girls' Association are holding their Annual Sports on the University Ground.

At 5 o'clock, the prizes will be dis- tributed by Sir Atholl Macgregor.

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The cost of the Sports has been de- frayed by Mr. N. V. A. Croucher, and Sir Robert Ho Tung has kindly donated a shield for the Annual Competition between the Glubs.

The Association has in all 12 Clubs, and there will be present at the Sports 600 boys and girls, who come from the very poorest familles.

The Annual Report will shortly be ready and can be obtained from either:

The Bishop of Hong Kong.

St. John's Rev. A. P. Rose, c/o Cathedral,

J. Middleton-Smith, c/o H.K. Stock Exchange.

The Association is supported entirely by voluntary contributions and these

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always welcomed as there is a great need for expansion. Mr. Kwok Chan, c/o Bank de L'Indo Chine, is the Treasurer.

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HOUSE, IT WAS DISCLOSED THIS MORNING BEFORE. MR. Q. A. A. MACFADYEN WHEN THREE MEN WERE CHARGED WITH A SERIES OF BURGLARIES AND WITH RE- CEIVING.

Accused were Shum Wah, 34, and Lo Sing, 28, charged with loitering and burglaries, and Ng Kai-nam, 43, shop foki, charged with receiving.

Det.-Sgt. J. Johnston, prosecuting, said that Shum Wah was arrested by At the police station, Mr. Guterriez. he admitted responsibility for all the burglaries, with the second accused, in that vicinity.

Second and third accused were caught on Shum Wah's information.

"There were 15 burglaries in the block last month alone," concluded the Sergeant.

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First accused was given months' hard labour and recommend- ed for banishment, while his alleged remanded for fur- accomplices were ther enquiries.

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Paris, To-day. Last night's communique reports marked activity of French and Ger- man patrols on the eastern flank of the Vosges.--Reuter.

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Stockholm, To-day. Interruption of the telephone service abroad, coupled with many reports of important developments in Finland, give rise to wide speculation as to the possibilities of an armistice. The known facts are: firstly, Finland's aged former President Svin Hufvud, has ar- rived in Stockholm; secondly, M. Passikivi arrived in Stockholm few days ago; thirdly, discussions concerning the possibility achieving peace have undoubted- ly been going on for some days though Swedish officials have not confirmed that Sweden is acting as "broker" in the negotiations.

the was that Original belief Finns, to save further loss of life, might give the Russians vir- tually all they asked for before the war with the possible excep- tion of Hangoe.

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This offer, if made, was appar- ently insufficient. To-day the Russian terms are reported to in- clude some or all of the following concessions:-Firstly, the cession of Petsamo with the nickel mines and fishery rights; secondly, de-. molition of all coastal batteries by the Finns; thirdly, the cession of Viborg and possibly the whole of the Finnish shores of Lake Lado- ga, including Sortavala. turn, it is reported the Russians might be prepared to relinquish the claim to Hangoe. Swedish circles deny.. that any pressure is being applied to the Finnish Gov- ernment

terms to accept these

the either from the Swedish or German side.-Reuter.

In re-

Stockholm, To-day. Official explanation of the deci- sion to cut off telephone calls for the Press is that a non-British journalist sent an inaccurate re- port yesterday.-Reuter.

Macao, To-day. Communications between Shek- ki and Macao are disrupted.

Messages received this morning state that the Japanese forces have reached the outskirts of Shek-ki where sharp fighting is in progress.

entrenched town, Our Own

The Chinese are outside the Correspondent.

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Helsinki, To-day.

A feeling of consternation has been the unofficial re- action among the Finns to the reported peace terms said to have been offered Fin- land through the inter- mediary Sweden.

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expressed that Surprise is Sweden could be persuaded to accept the role of intermediary on such al- leged terme which have reached Fin-

·land from Stockholm in the form of New York press reports.

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issued The Government have statement which added that details of these demands hitherto are lacking.

There is much discussion fn diplo- matic circles of the reports.

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It is pointed out that on the one hand the Finnish Government takes note of Sweden's mediation and the other has immediately given. 'It to be understood that Finnish public opinion would not comprehend that negotiations should be based on such demands.

Public opinion regards the lack of success of the Russians" efforts over months of war as very far from justifying concessions Incompatible with the country's independence. Reuter.

New York, To-day.

It is denied that the “Queen Elizabeth" carried guns on her Atlantic crossing. No submarines were sighted....

The captain has confirmed that the liner is fitted with the new Gauss device for nullifying mag- netic mines. The crew for the voyage numbered 378.-Reuter..

Moscow, To-day.

A communique claims the cap- ture of Nautsi, 95 miles south of Petsamo, and four islands in the northern part of Lake Ladoga, Fifteen planes, it adds, have been brought down.-Reuter.

Berlin, To-day.

The official news agency denies reports that Nazi press chief Die- trich went to Scandinavia. It

stated he is in Berlin-Reute is

Santiago, To-day.

Four hundred miners have been buried by a fall in the Schawager coal mine at Port Corofiel Reuter.

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