THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 6, 1940
LORD WOOLTON TAKES OVER COLLAPSE CONTROL OF THE "BIGGEST OF NAZI SHOP IN THE WORLD'
was
London, To-day. "THE BIGGEST SHOP THE WORLD has ever seen”
the description given by Lord Woolton, the Minister of | Food, to his Ministry, with its staff of 15,000 men and
women.
He was talking to-newspapermen about his new post. The first question he asked when he took over, he said, was: Are the goods there? The answer was an emphatic "yes." The splendid work of his predecessor, Mr. Mor- rison, made sure of that.
SPITTING IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS AN OFFENCE
In this respest, we show the neu- trals how strong our position is, Lord Woolton said. That will not be a matter of window-dressing, but just a statement of hard facts.
Stating that he had now resigned from every commercial undertaking from which he had previously got his living, Lord Woolton appealed to traders to play the game fairly and co-operate fully with him.
While he would welcome construc- tive criticism, he appealed to the "as a new boy" to refrain public from destructive criticism of his staff.
DIFFICULT JOB
U-BOATS KEEPING TO PORT?
London, To-day.
Official circles aro unable to draw definite conclusions from. the fact that no British ships. have been sunk by U-boats for 10 days, but consider it possible that Germany is suffering from' a Jack of suitable personnel even submarines-Reuter.
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IN LOVE AGAIN-THE ARMY DID IT
The sight of her husband in uni- form made a wife fall in love with him again.
An Ordinance to amend the Summary Offences Ordinance, 1932, by making spitting an offence is publish-
"They are just ordinary human be- ed in the "Gazette" to-day. ings learning a very difficult job of Government control," Lord Woolton 2. Section 3 is amended by the in- said. He emphasised that if anything sertion immediately after paragraph went wrong he would want to knowed in battle dress. (1) thereof of the following para-the reason why. graph-
(1A) in or into a public place or vehicle or any building to which the public have access, spits except into a receptacle or channel for sewage, sul- lage or waste water;
Subsequently, he said that although we have enough food stored up "to make Hitler think, if he was a sensi- ble and level-headed man," we must make the most of it and prevent all waste. He appealed to the women of Pulmonary tuberculosis, it is point-Britain to try and find new methods ed out, is a serious menace to health of eliminating waste. and life in Hong Kong and indiscrim- inate spitting, a habit unfortunately prevalent among certain classes in this Colony, is an important factor in spreading the disease.
The present measure extends to pu- blic places the prohibition against in- discriminate spitting now enforced, in
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YANKEE CLIPPER'S
GREAT RECORD
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
New York, To-day.
dairies, milk shops, eating houses, res- The Yankee Clipper completed a taurants, food factories, food shops, run from New York to Lisbon and markets, slaughter-houses and laun-return in the record time of 43 hours dries, by by-laws made by the Urban 36 minutes, beating the former record Council.
held by the Dixie Clipper by 5 hours 19 minutes. Havas.
The had been parted two years. She had sworn never to return to him- until she saw how handsome he look-
He had hoped that joining the Arr would help him forget. Instead, it brought the union for which he had not dared to hope.
So Private Alfréd George Henry, of St. Luke's-road, Maidenhead, Berks, and his wife Cissy re-made their marriage vowe-over the tea table.
Private Henry is twenty-six and his wife twenty-three. They have been married five years and have three children, one born just, after they separated.
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Henry had written several times. pleading with his wife to return to him.
STANDARD OF LIVING
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Berne, To-day.
"The Allied blockade has had disastrous effect on Ger- many's economy and has re- sulted in the collapse of the standard of living through- out the country," writes La Nation, describing living con- ditions in Austria.
The absence of some foodstuffs has For in- caused a clandestine trade. stance, one pound of coffee is being sold at the exorbitant price of 50 marks. Only two eggs can be pur- chased by one person every five weeks.
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The lack of commodities is not ac-. cepted lightly by the population, German propaganda would make the world belleve. The Nazis are making efforts to raise the morale of the people by telling them that conditions growing worse in Great Britain and supplies are soon coming from Russia.
are.
Nazi promises have not gained the credence of the German rural po- pulation which is still waiting for the fodder that was to be supplied under the German-Russian agrée- ment.
Despite severe punishment meted out by the Gestapo, people are listen- ing more and more to broadcasts from
outside countries.-Havas.
CLOSED SCHOOLS
SEND BOYS
her She finally replied that, WILD
mind was made up: that she would never return.
VISIT TO HOSPITAL
When he joined up in November he thought he might never see his wife and children again.
When he was stationed at Reading he was laid up with influenza. When ish
was recovering in hospital he de- this regarded by the local health authorit-cided to make another appeal to his les as urgently necessarily if the spread wife-not that he had much hope of the lof tuberculosis is to be checked.
her changing her mind.
It is recommended by the Urban Council as necessary in the interests of public health and supported by the District Watch Committee and by a provision introduced by this bill large body of public opinion in Colony.
The gradual
enforcement of
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"Please come back to me," he pleaded. "I love you as I always
did."
It worked, "I was still in hospital when a visitor was announced," he told a reporter.
"It was Cissy, my wife. She had brought two of the children, Royston John, aged four, and Joan Alice, aged
three.
"I was discharged from hospital the same day and I went home with my wife to Maidenhead.
"On our way. I asked her if she would consider coming back to me, and she told me she would. She said she was proud of me."
"if I had not joined the Army I am sure Cissy and I would have re- mained separated, probably for good.
SOMETHING TO EIGHT FOR
"It was fine, to be with my wife once again, and I have the Army to thank for it.
"Now I have got something to fight for my wife and my children.” ........ Mrs. Henry said: "When I got the separation against Alfred I vowed 1. would never go back.
"I had my third baby while we were separated, but that made no differs ence to my decision.---
-"When I saw my husband in his uni- form) I had the feeling I was falling in love ag
"Boys are having to be sent to ap- proved schools,
have because they been allowed to run wild.
Mr. Fred Hughes, of the National Union of Clerks, made, this statement at a London conference, when the Na- Professional Federation of Workers carried a resolution calling for continuation in war-time of the full
tional
educational curriculum.
"Wholesale closing of schools is not necessary to win the war," said Mr. Hughes. "It is simply panic."
The conference also called for the withdrawal of defence regulations "vesting the Government with extreme powers for the suppression of free. speech and a free Press."
"If we are really fighting to safe- guard the principles of democracy and liberty," " said Mr. C. Bundock, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists, "we must have the right to express an opinion and not be sub- ject to regulations which at any time, on the whim of the authorities, would permult the suppression of a paper. a meeting or even an individual."
SIR H. MACMICHAEL) INSPECTS ANZACS
Jerusalem, To-day," The High Commissioner to Pales- tine yesterday made his first official visit to the Australian troops station- ed there. He inspected them and later visited their overseas base head- quarters -Reutér.
We patched things up. I would not have returned to him but for the war. my
strange to- think.
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