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RUMANIA

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 9, 1940

OBEDIENT

Negotiations To Open With Hungary And Bulgaria

And With Carol Taking Initiative

ITALIAN SUBMARINE

ACCORDING TO A Bucharest telegram to the official German news agency the Rumanian Government, through its ambas- sador in Budapest, has officially invited Mun- gary to enter into negotiations on matters in

BASE BOMBED dispute between the two countries.

The despatch adds negotiations are to An R.A.F. communique take place at a later date between representa-

Cairo states tives of the two countries. issued in

Negotiations in regard to Bul-, has soft-pedalled its attacks on there was considerable ac-|

garlan territorial claims against Rumania as regards the Transyl-1 tivity on all fronts on Humania are expected to begin at vania question.

Craiova in the next two days. The Bulgarian delegation which!

The Wednesday, many valu-

delegates. is to negotiate with Rumania about! Bulgarian able reconnaissance headed by M. Popoff, the For the Dobrudja problem arrived in eign Minister, arrived In Bucharest yesterday. The nego- flights being undertaken.

Bucharest yesterday morning tlations will probably start to-day! and were. entertained at lun-jat Craiova.Havas. cheon by M. Gigurtu, the Ru-| manlan Prime Minister. Rumania will be represented inf While carrying out reconnais-the negotiations by M. Maniolescu,! sance work in the Tobruk area on the Foreign Minister, and Wednesday one of our flying boats Rumanian Ministers in Soffa and was shot down. One of the crew Belgrade. was killed and the others, three| of whom were wounded, were taken prisoner.

At Bardia, in Libya, shipping in The harbour and store buildings were attacked. One large build- ing was demolished.

Africa the

the

BICYCLE HIRING CASE

DECISION

It is understood that the pre- Ilminary discussions with Hun- gary which have been conduct- finished. arc ed in Budapest

Rumanian delegate, M. The

THE "EARLIER back in ORDINANCE" DOES Bosty. was expected

ΤΟ BICYCLE Bucharest last night.-Reuter. PLY

Budapest Reserved

NOT AP-

***INAZI WAR

CHURCHILL STATEMENT ON THE WAR

A debate will take place in the House of Commons the week after next, on the general conduct of the war, 'in the course of which Mr. Chur- chill will make statement on the posi- tion.-Reuter.

DAYLIGHT RAIDS BY R.A.F.

a

ON BRITISH SHIPPING

In authoritative circles in London yesterday it was stated the Germans have gloated that the Ger- man fleet and air arm have exceeded. the suc- cesses against Great Bri tain achieved by the Im- perial German Navy in

1917.

Actually, say these circles, this The Imper- is far from the case. fal German Navy in its peak per- iod succeeded in sinking no less of than 881,000 tons of shipping all nations in the single month of April: 1917.

The Germans in the peak this year-June-suc-

month

ceeded in sinking 377,360 tons of British, Allied and neutral chipping.

In July their combined efforts by submarine, speedboat and, air and mine attack against British.

com-Allied and neutral ships amounted

to 310,249 tons.-Rcuter.

An Air Ministry munique stated that on

FRANCE

In Itallan East submarine base at Massawa was

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") ralded

bombers on by R.A.F.

Aiming at off-setting the short- Re- Wednesday and Thursday. ports indicate that direct hits

the restoration and development were registered on a naval ves.

of her hydro-electric industry. As sel, the quay and a submarine. (SPECIAL TO_ "CHINA__MAIL" MR. Q. A. A. MACFADYEN AT At night our bombers, though a result of energetic measures the All our aircraft returned safely.

M. Raoul Bossy, Rumanian!

normal, returning to Enemy fighters approached Mal-Minister in Rome, flew to Buchar-KOWLOON MAGISTRACY THIS hampered again by poor weather, French electric power system is

MORNING WHEN HE DISMISS attacked the Homburg oil plant, speedily ta but turned away before our est yesterday to discuss the trans-ED A SUMMONS AGAINST THE the Kiel dockyards, store depots reaching between 50 and 75 per fighters could engage them.-Bri-fer of Transylvania to Hungary MASTER OF A BICYCLE SHOP at Hamm and a number of aero- cent of normal output. The State tish Wireless.

Officials in Budapest are very FOR CARRYING ON BUSINESS dromes in North-West Germany. programme for the development reserved regarding the result of AFTER 8 PM. ON JULY 11.

is also All our aircraft returned safely. of hydro-electric plants M. Boesy's conferences with

The summons was against Chan The Coastal Command reports progressing satisfactorily although Hungarian Government leaders

Yiu, master of Wai Cheong the loss of one aircraft engaged in in many instances it is hindered but political quarters welcome

the Norwe-by the transport of raw materials, the fact that Rumania has taken Bicycle Shop, of No. 105. Woo-reconnaissance over

sung Street.

gian coast on Wednesday.-Reuter. Havas. the first step "in the right direc- tlon." Apparently the Hungarian_press HEBENICIACHCHIN

Wednesday R.A.F. bomb- FUEL SHORTAGE IN ers carried out daylight CLOSING attacks on enemy-occu- HIRING pied aerodromes at Cher- SHOPS, AS THEY ARE NOT bourg and Hamstede, in age of fuel, France is relying upon COVERED BY THE REGULA- TIONS, WAS THE DECISION OF Holland,

Major R. C, Giles, of No. 177, Boundary Street, has reported thej theft of clothing from his resi- .dence. between 9.30 p.m. un August 7 and 7.30 a.m. yesterday.

ANNOUNCING

THE

ARRIVAL

OF

NEW SUPPLIES

OF

DAKS

THE PRINCE-

Delivering judgment. Mr. Mac- fadyen said:-

"By Sec. 2, Ordinance No. 5 of 1940, "Shop" includes any pre-1 Imises where any retail trade or

business is carried on; but does! not include clubs, hotels, public houses, restaurants, cating houses, tea rooms," or premises open for

OF SLACKS the sale only of medicines,

FOR MEN

THERE IS NOTHING SO PRACTICAL AND COM- FORTABLE IN THE WEARING AS DAKS

THEY GIVE THE MAXI- MUM OF EASE AS ALSO OF PRIDE IN THEIR POSSESSION, CUT & FASHIONED FROM MATERIALS,

SUPERB

WE ARE PLEASED TO WE ANNOUNCE THAT ARE NOW ABLE TO SUP. PLY

THESE IN ALL SIZES & IN A VARIETY.

OF, FABRICS, IN GREY, BROWN, FAWN AND GREEN, FLANNELS, GABARDINE, CRASH;' CORDUROY AND TROPĮ.

AL WORSTEDS.

IN A FULL RANGE OF SIZES

WE ADVISE AN EARLY VISIT

WILLIAM POWELL LTD

10, ICE HOUSE STREET.

nerated waters, sweets, chocolates, or other sugar confectionery or ice cream, tobacco or smokers' requisites; "retail trade or busi- ness" includes the business of a barber or hair dresser, but does not include the sale of petrol or newspapers or the sale, or dis- tribution of milk, or the sale of programines or refreshments at theatres and places of amusement. "It will be seen by this de- finition that all the exceptions in the first paragraph are of the nature of medicine or refresh- ments sold retail. By analogy with the jusdem generis rule I take it that "retail trade or busi- ness" similarly means retail trade" or "retail business," that is something material must in each case be retailed.

"Consequently, just as in Eng- lish Law there is no "fuitura usus"

(as in Roman and Dutch Law) that is as when a cur] is used without the permission of the owner, so I cannot conceive of the retail of such a use, as in the hire of a bicycle for a cer- tain time, Here the only thing for which a customer pays is the

STOP PRESS

time for which the bicycle is The prefix "Special to telegrams hired.

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used by the "Sunday Herald" "Even in the second paragraph "China Mail to indicate news which of the deposition, where one is strictly copyright under the provi specific kind of business is in- sions of the Telecommunications: Or cluded in the Ordinance, and dinance, 1936, and may not be reprint Proprietors, The Newspaper Enter-

ed under any circumstances, eltheprise Ltd. by others are excluded; there is an wholly or in part, without prior ar BURNETT, Windsor House, Vic- element of retail since a barber rangement.

toria, Hong Kong. sells hair lotions etc., retail, and| petrol, newspapers etc. are all the Iretails.

"Finally, since the legislature has taken the trouble specifically to include one kind of business In the.second paragraph which con- ceivably might not come under. the first paragraph, and to ex- clude other businesses, one of: which, the sale of petrol'(presum- jably by a petrol station or garage) bears some relation to the hire of la, bicycle, as both facilitate pos-

sibly urgent transportation "dur-. ing the prohibited hours, I am, quite sure that if, out of all the different kinds of businesses not. specifically retail businesses, the hiring of bicycles would have|| been specifically-included if the -legislature has-so, intended.”.

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