THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 4, 1940
BRITISH TRADE WITH RUMANIA
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London, To-day. Anglo-Rumanian trade tiations are going on batween British experts and a delegation headed by M, Jordan, general se- cretary of the Rumanian Finance Ministry.
Representatives of the Ruman. Jan National Bank and the For- eign Trade Bureau are
partic)- pating. Havas.
GERMANY WARNS NORWAY
LONDON, TO-DAY. -ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS REACHING HERE FROM AMSTER- DAM, GERMANY HAS WARNED NORWAY OF SERIOUS CONSE- QUENCES TO FOLLOW IF NORWAY STOPS THE SHIPMENT SWEDISH ORE THROUGH TERRITORY TO GERMANY.
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RUSSO-JAP TALKS FAIL TO PROGRESS
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Moscow, To-day.
No progress has been no- ticed in the last fortnight in the Russo-Japanese conver- sations and no substantial improvement either in trade or the political field can be expected for some time, in the opinion of observers here.
Moscow desires to achieve some spectacular result in the negotiations with Japan, in order to reinforce her international position, but at the same time she does not appear ready to pay the high price Japan is ask- ing, especially in implicit recogni- tion of the status quo in China.
On the other hand, the border problems are by no means settled' and both countries still disagree on wide stretches of territory, thus leaving new Incidents, such Nomonhan, always possible.
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As to the trade situation, observers This warning is said to have been note it has been the constant Rus- given at a moment when the Norwe-sian practice to make improvement in gian Parliament was said to be meet- commercial relations dependent upon ing secretly to discuss the Allied a political understanding.--Havas. blockade. Nazi Foreign Minister Rib- bentrop is said to have told the Ger- man Minister to Norway to make these respresentations at a time which would coincide with the secret meet- ing.-Reuter.
SNAILS AND GULLS TO
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There is no reason why we should not All out our rationed diet with seagulls, snails and seaweed, says Professor L. Renouf, of Cork Uni- versity.
Snails used to be eaten in many districts in England, particularly by the glass-blowers of Bristol, he says.
Many kinds of birds not usually considered suitable for the table were fit to eat--for instance, gulls.
These birds, however, required careful preparation in the kitchen because they had large oil glands, and unless these were carefully re- moved they were apt to have musty taste.
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LANGUAGE PITFALLS IN FRANCE
While the men of the British Air Forces in France are making pro- gress with the French tongue, the to smoothe out any language difficulty French civilian is also doing his bit
that may be hampering the Entente Cordiale,
A school child passing an man in the street calls a
R.A.F. "Good morning sir," "Goodnight sir," cheerful
or sometimes even "Goodbye, sir." The children growing stock of phrases.
proud of. their
are
Each language, of course, has its pitfalls, and neither side succeeds in avoiding all of them.
For example, one local French pa- per translated the "Black Watch" into "Montre Noir," and a montre is not All round our coasts were large the kind of watch that wears trews. quantities of edible seaweeds,
The palm, however, goes to a Royal "Macon's" brief day of fame is Air Force officer who over. The Government has decided through a district
was passing where the blue
to cease producing this mutton sub-uniform was not a familiar spectacle. stitute for bacon. Supplies of bacon A curious French civilian asked him and ham are now plentiful,
DROVE TAXI TO GARAGE
Summoned before Mr.
Q. A. A. Macfadyen at Kowloon this morning, S. Monaghan, of No. 70, Nathan Road, was fined $25 for driving a public taxi without the owner's permission and without a valid licence."
Mr. M. A. da Silva represented de- fendant, and expressed regret for the incident.
why he and his companions did not wear khaki like the others. He ex- plained in almost perfect French that the people in khaki were soldiers, and those in blue "voleurs" Ilter- ally "thieves",
Such shocks will probably con- tinue until the French invent another verb in place of "voler,” "voler" to steal.
to fly or
WOMAN THROWS BOTTLE AT NO. 10
A bottle containing a message was thrown by a woman at the Prime
Sergeant Youe, who prosecuted; stated that at 1 a.m. on March 2, Monaghan engaged a taxi in Middle Minister's residence at No. 10; Down- Road. Upon reaching Cheung Loking Street, recently. Street he apparently for no reason at The woman, wearing a scarlet scarf all, struck the driver, who ran away over her head and a brown mackin- and made a report at Yaumati Station. tosh, ran into the road and threw the While the driver was making the bottle, apparently at one of the win- report, Sergt. You received a tele-dows. It missed, however, and smash- phone call from the Blue Taxi Com-ed in pieces against the wall. The pany, stating that the taxi had been bottle contained a peace slogan writ- driven to the garage by accused him- ten in red on a sheet of paper. self.
Imposing the fine, Mr. Macfadyen said: "Even if he was competent to drive the car, there was a potential danger."
Policemen were on duty, and a few moments later the woman, struggling and shouting, was led away by two police officers towards Cannon-row Police -Station.
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