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́THE CHINA" MAIL, JULY 9, 1940

BRITAIN

READY

FOR HITLER'S WORST Immense Task Of Reorganisation Done

Cabinet And Army. RUSH TO GET

Well Satisfied

FOR THE LAST FIVE weeks the War Office has

REGISTERED

corridors

the ground floor of the Supreme Court were crowded this morning when hun- dreds of women and children and

The been intensely pre-occupied with preparing for the "Battle of Britain.” During this period responsible circles in London have observed great re- ticence but it can now be stated that the Cabinet and their mili- tary advisers are satisfied with what has been achieved under stress and difficulty and are confident that the dislocations suf- fered in the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Belgium and North- ern France and subsequently in the great efforts made to bring 'the maximum possible resistance to Britain's ally France for the Battle of the Somme and the final evacuation of the B.E.F. have been rectified.

TO-DAY. THEREFORE, A reorganised army which APPEALS

has already shown its mettle face to face with the enemy stands ready beside its comrades who have not yet been in battle, but are all the more eager to prove their quality, to pulse any invading force that reaches the shores of Britain.

re-

TRIBUNAL

the IN SESSION

BEHIND THEM IS AN evergrowing force training THE

APPEALS- TRIBUNAL,

and preparing, and the whole army, from sea- JUSTICE, SIR ATHOLL

COMPOSED OF THE CHIEŃ

MAC-

B. THOMSON, SAT THIS MORN-

soned troops to the rawest recruits, is being GREGOR, THE HON. MR. S. H. imbued with the offensive spirit and with the ODWELL AND BRIGADIER A will to carry the war against the enemy where- ING AT THE SUPREME COURT ver he may be at the appropriate moment un- APPEALS til victory is achieved.

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorised Capital

.$50,000,000

Issued and Fully, Paid-up. $20,000,000 Reserve Funds pai

Sterling

Hong Kong Currency Re

6,500,000

$10,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

-$20,000,000

- serv

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

H. W. Wilkinson, Esq., Chairman,

Hon, Mr. J. J. Paterson, Deputy Chairman,

J. K. Bousfeld, Esq., K. S. Morrison, Esq. A. HE, Compton, Esq.,T. E. Fehrce, Esq.,

Hon. Mr. S. H.

C. O. Roberts. Eng..

Dodwell, Hon. Mr. A. L. {0. Miskin, Esq.,

Suleids,

Sir Vandeleur M, Grayburn, Chief Manager.

BRANCHES:-

Rangoon Balgon

ta Francine

Shanghai

Kanla Lumpur Singapore

Sourabaya

Sungel Patani

of

Amog

Bangkok Bataria

Ipoh Johora

Robe

Bombay

Kowloon

Calcutta

Canton

London

Chefoo

Lyons

Colombo

Mulacca

Daires

Manila

Tientsin

Foochow

Muar (Johore) Tokyo

Haiphong

Mukden

Hankow

New York

Taingtao Tokobama

farbin Iloilo

Peiping Penang

men

over the age of 55 rushed to be regis- tered.

The registrar's office was reserved for the registration of men.

The form, of which there was an abundance, was very simple but the tasks of the officials was made much har- der by having to answer num- erous sometimes ridiculous questions.

It would assist greatly if people took the form away with them, filled it up at their

and leisure,

returned the form properly completed.

JAPAN TO BUILD MORE SHIPS

Swalow

Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods In Locat and other currencies on terms which. will be quoted on application,

ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES in various sizes TO LET.

Hong Kong, 28th February, 1940,

HONGKONG SAVINGS

BANK.

The Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Rules may be obtained on application. FOR THE -HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,"

V. M. GRAYBURN,

"Chief Manager.

Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937.

Profits

$10,000,000.00 5,598,600,00

THE BANK OF EAST (Special to "China Mall") The Nippon Maritime Associa-

ASIA, LTD. TO CONSIDER THE DEFERRED fion, made up of Japan's six lead-

Authorised Capital IN CONNECTION ing shipping companies, have de-

Paid-up Capital WITH APPELLANTS WHO cided to build 200,000 tons of oil Reserve and Undivided WERE IN THE POLICE RE-tankers. Four vessels, totalling These great forces trained and cess achieved on mobilising man-SERVE OR AR.P

2,983,261.50 140,000 tons, will be built this training are reinforced by in-power with the least possible dis- Messrs. H F. Sullivan, W. A. year.. Incentive for the pro-

HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG portant contingents from the location is afforded by the fact Fox, C. Fisher, F. Medina G. gramme was provided by the

10, Des Voeux Road, Central, Commonwealth, proud to take that in recent weeks it has been Tavastjerna, B. Agafuroff, N. British decree forbidding Nor- their part in the protection of the possible to place in industry both Stradmore, G. A. Lee and W. A. wegian tankers

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:- to ply in the Hon, Sir Shou-son Chow, Chairman; Motherland, and by many Allied from, the ranks of unemployed Shea were permitted to remain Orient thus. curtailing oil im- Li Koon Chun, Esq., P. K. Kwok, Esq.. units, French volunteers under by training and from unskilled in the Police Reserve.

ports into Japan, Thailand, China Wong Yun Tong, Esq., Chan Ching General de Gaulle, Polish, Czech, labour force by upgrading num- The Superintendant of Police and Manchukuo.-Havas.

Shek, Esq., Li Lan Sang, Esq., Wong Belgian and Norwegian bers greater than those taken for Reserve had written in on behalf

Chu Son, Esq., Kan Ying Po, Esq. and soldiers determined to throw their the army at the present increas-of these men.

Fung Ping Wah, Esq.- weight against the enemy wher-ed rate of intake. ever and whenever they can con tribute to his eventual defeat and So avenge the

wrongs and hu- miliations inflicted upon their understood, is satisfied it will be,

Dutch.

Ahead Of Schedule

The Minister of Labour, it is

The appeals of Messrs. E. F. Shea and J. Moodle" who are engaged in A.R.P. work were allowed.

LASCAR SEAMEN DETAINED

י

Kan Tong Po, Esq., Chief Manager. Li Tse Fong, Esq., Manager.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-

Manlla Melbourne Nagasaki

Amoy Bonbay

Hankow

Shanghai Singapore Sourabaya

Seattle

Samarang

New York

Paris

Peiping

Swatn

Penang

Bydacy

Варкооп

Salgon

Tientsin Vancouver

Mr. A. E. Perry, of Messrs. Reu- own homelands and bring back possible to continue to meet army ters Limited, was congratulated! Three seamen were sent to the Batavia freedom to their own people. needs without depleting essential by the Chairman when he stated House

by Mr. R. Caloutin of Detention Adequate as the available re-war industries.

that he would find the time for Edwards to-day, when they were Haiphong sources of trained men appear to The building and civil engin-training and wished to withdraw charged with vagrancy.

Honolulu any challenge that lies imme-eering trades have been organis- his appeal.-

Accused, Ali Ben Omar, 32, Kobe Idiately ahead before further re-ed to such effect that there has

Haron Ben Said, 28, and Beli Kowloon inforcements of men and great been a great acceleration in the

Hussain,

London 30, left their ship on

San Francisco outpouring of material from fac-completion of war factories

Saturday last. When they re- tories

Every description of Banking and turned to the wharf on Sunday Exchange business transacted. Loans night. they found the boat had granted on approved securities. left. They gave themselves up at Hung Hom Police Station...

ment.

CONVERSION CHARGE

· Abdul Aziz Rumjahn, 37, com-

Current Accounts opened. in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies on terms

Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.

+

KAN TONG PÓ,

Chief Manager.

£3,000,000,

£3,000,000.

£3,000,000,

THE WING ON BANK, LIMITED.

gives back the military that many have come into pro- initiative, it is fully appreciated duction four to five months ahead that any attack on Britain will be of schedule. made in the greatest possible. Steps have been taken to faci- force and with every possible aid litate the geographical transfer- from surprise.

ence of labour while the trans- For that reason there will be a ference from industries working mission agent, of No. 4, Seymour THE CHARTERED BANK which will be quoted on application. most relentless pursuit of in-for some market or in some creases of material and equip cases for export to war industries Road, was charged before Mr. R OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA

Edwards this morning, with frau- It is for that reason, too, is being smoothed by an increase dulent conversion of 31 gold coins

AND CHINA. that the authorities welcome, then the Ministry of Labour's train- and 15 silver coins, entrusted to Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853. remarkable public response to the ing facilities and in other ways. him by Mr. Nervanji Palonji Ta-Reserve Fund

Paid-up Capital recruiting of Local Defence Vo-

All these adjustments are being lunteers who now number over made with the minimum of relati, merchant, of Ice House Reserve Liability of Pro-

Street, in January. one million. These volunteers are sort to the Minister of Labour's

Mr. M. A. da Silva pleaded not intended to perform duties which powers of compulsion. They have will afford to the field army sub-in fact been made possible by the guilty on behalf of defendant.

Mr. P. Wynter-blyth appeared) stantial relief from secondary pre-generous, relaxation of part of the for the prosecution. occupations.

Union of nearly all "trade prac-

coins! It was alleged that the tices an attitude illustrative of were given to defendant to sell The greatest possible emphasis the spirit of mutual trust in in-and that he converted them to is being laid upon the need for increasing the output of material contributed and which the Min-

dustry to which both sides have his own use. and equipment, and the Secretary ister of Labour has sought to cul- for War and the Minister of La- tivate by seeing that the Govern- bail of $1,000 was allowed, bour and other Ministers concernment made its contribution by ed are working in close concen-iving close attention to the con- tration to ensure that the de-

in [tinuance and reinforcement

mands of the army should not re- duce the labour force essential to forms adjusted to the sterner cir- the maintenance of the maximum at the welfare of workers and cumstances of the services aiming output from war'industries. /'

the maintenance of industrial cf- Aiciency.

Last Stage

Production' Council

prietors

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON: 38, Bishopsgate, E.C.2. Sub-Agencies in London: 117/122, Leadenhall Street, E.C.2, West End Branch:

་

14/16, Cockspur Street, S.W.1, Manchester Branch:

'52, Mosley Street, Manchester, 2.

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:

Batavia

Hearing was fixed for Thurs- day, July 18, at 2.30 p.m.,

and

Alor Star

Amritsar -

ARMS FOUND IN KIMBERLEY ROAD

Bangkok

Bombay

Hankow Harbin Hongkong Iloilo Ipoh

Paning

Rangoon

Saigon

Seremban

Huanghal

Calcutta

Karachi

Singapore

Agencies:

-Sitiawan

Cilve Street Robe

Sourabaya

Fairlie Place Kuala Lumpur Taiping Canton

Kuching

Tiantain

Tongkah

(Bhuket) Tsingtao Yokohama

*

Madrus An application for confiscation Cawnpore

Manila of a Colt 42 revolver, a 25 Calina

Colombo

Medan One of the first acts of Mr. It can be stated that the Min-Browning automatic pistol

and Delbl

Now York Peiping Churchill's "all party" administra-Ister of Labour expects shortly to 188 rounds of ammunition was Haiphong this Hamburg

(Peking) tion was the setting up of a Pro-issue an order providing for re- granted by Mr. R. Edwards duction. Council under the chair-gulation of wages and arbitration morning. manship of one. member of the in all disputes. This step may be The arms were found at No. 30, War Cabinet, Mr. Arthur Green- said to completo the mobilisation Kimberley Road, Kowloon, yes- wood, to determine priorities. of British industry for war, and terday morning. The Council has worked out such the fact that Mr. Bevin has had priorities over the whole field of the co-operation of the Trades industry.

Union Congress and employers

.

EXAMINATION

· FÖREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.

Head Office: Hong Kong. 26, Des Voeux Road, Central. Authorised Capital $10,000,000

LONDON BANKERS: Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every description of, banking, business transacted.

Current Accounts and Savings Accounts opened. Fixed Deposits' received at -rates which will be ¡quoted on application,

Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.

PHILIP GOCKCHIN,

FOR SALE

¡A selectión of the best varieties of RELIABLE and TESTED FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened, and Messrs. Suttons & Sons, Reading, FIXED DEPOSITS - received: for Ont Mesars Atles Eurpes & Co., Year or shorter periods in Looal" or

Philadelphia Other Currencies at rates which wil¦ Messrs. Arthur Yates & Co., Ltd. be quoted on application.

Sydney SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened inj

J

In the meantime. the Minister organisations In drafting these The Local Commercial Exam-Local Currency and Sterling with the The opportunity of serving you of Labour has been tackling the arrangements is the clearest pos-inations conducted by the Faculty terest allowed at rates obtainable on problem of skilled workers. The sible demonstration of the deter- of Secretaries, Institute of Com- application, S

will be a pleasure and your. problem is more difficult to-day mination of employers and men, merce and Faculty of Teachers in The Bank's Head Office in London commands will have our best even than in 1915/18, - . The in the hour of the nation's need, Commerce, London, were sup-undertakus Executor and Trustee bus attention. census of machine tools has re-to give of their very utmost in posed to be held in June at the ncome Tax overpaid, on terms which ness, and claims'.recovery, of British vealed the enormous unused ca- forging for the armles of the Brl-HK. Commercial Institute.

may be ascertained at any of the pacity to which labour and tish Empire and its allies the wea-Owing to the war, the papers Agencies and Branches. material will now « progressively pons of victory.—British Wire: wêre, late în arrival. The Exam-

be adjusted. The measure of suc-less,

linations will be held on July 15.

B. A CAMIDĠE.

Manager.

GRACA & CO.

No. 10, Wyndham Street,

·P."O, Box 620 Hong Kong.