HONG KONG
GOLD STRIKE
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EVACUATION NEAR GREAT WALL REGISTER
The following notification has been issued by the Postmaster-General, Mr. R. A. D. Forrest:-
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Peiping, To-day.
Rich gold is reported to have been discovered somewhere between Pal- shuhleng and Likushan, near the Great Wall, east of Peking.
"It has come to my notice that in Large Chinese and Japanese mining many cases women and children of companies have jointly sent 50 tech- British nationality who were register-nical experts to the new mine to carry ed in connection with the above scheme out a survey and prepared for the ac- before the outbreak of war have since tual mining of gold.-Havas. changed their place of residence with- out notification; and there is also rea- son to believe that many who have since then removed into the Colony have not yet registered themselves or their children.
months.
"All women and children, that is to say, boys under the age of 18 and girls of any age, should be registered for this purpose with the Postmaster Gen- "It is considered desirable that the cral, G.P.O. Building, Hong Kong. register should be kept up to date by Particulars, which should be sent by routine notifications, in order that if post (no postage required), are: Name and when an emergency threatens the in full, full postal address of residence, task of the authorities may not be ren- name, sex, and age of each child, and dered more difficult by last minute whether the person registering has additions or alterations to the numbers been previously registered under an- for whom arrangements are to
be other address than that now given. made, and a routine revision of the register will be undertaken every six
"Any subsequent change of address should be notified early
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Sir Kingsley Wood (left) whose appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer provided the big surprise of Mr. Churchill's Cabinet nomin- ations. He is shown above leaving his home on his way to Whitehall · with an assistant.
RUMANIANS' LAND ARMY
HER SECRET HAPPINESS
BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
The Best Dressed Woman in the
So that export demands, especially from Germany, can be kept at a nor- mal level, the Rumanian Government are to recruit a "land army of agri-World told me some of her secrets. culture" of 4,000,000 young Ru- manians.
Diplomatic circles
view the pro- ject as answering Germany's re- quest which is said to have been made through the Nazi trade Am: bassador, Dr. Karl Clodius for de- mobilisation of half a million pea- sant soldiers from the Rumanian Army for work on farms.
The concentration of big Rumanian forces in the former Russian province of Bessarabia and on the frontiers, has depleted considerably the number of men available for agricultural and industrial work-Associated Press.
One of them affects all women-e how to be beautiful despite the war.
"I believe that all women should try to make the best of themselves In war-time — bright colours, suit- able make-up — and plenty of smiles," sald Madame Antenor Patino, wife of the Bolivian Minis- ter in Paris, who là visiting London. She was judged the ́ best-dressed woman by Parisian dressmakers, with the Duchess of Windsor second and the Duchess of Kent third.
Beauty, she believes, - comes from only one source-happiness,
"I don't think a woman being beautiful depends on time or money --she can only be that if she is happy," she stated.
"I never have to diet," she said.
"I drink very little except fruit Juices and never allow myself more than six cigarettes a day."
"It has been rumoured that I spend fabulous sums on my
clothes," she
said.
"This is really absurd tisually I think the total for a year is between
£1,500 and £2,000!
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"My suits, especially tweeds, I always get in London. They cost about fourteen guineas each, which is little against what some of my Parisi- an friends pay!
"All my evening gowns are now made by Lelong and Alix.
"I have been shopping to-day for my two daughters, Christine, who is seven, and Isabel, five.
LOCAL DOLLAR
The demand rate on the Hong Kong dollar to-day was 1/2 13/16.
Silver was quoted at 22-1/2 spot and 22-3/8 forward.
The en
cross rate London/New York was quoted at £-U.S.$4.0250 and
York/London
the New
-U.S.$3.20-174
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