1940-09-10 — Page 16

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 10, 1940.

HUGE NAVAL PROGRAMME American Orders For Twelve 45,000-ton Ships

CHINA TEA EXPORTS HIT BOTTOM

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")|

Contracts

Placed for 201 Warships

THE U.S. NAVY Department announced in Chinese tea exports in Washington yesterday it had placed orders for 201 July hit bottom for the ships costing $3,861,000,000 the largest contract current year, with only in the history of the U.S. Navy. $7,000,000 compared with $13,000,000 which was the average for the first six months of 1940.

Reasons for this were the

The Navy acted immediately when President Roosevelt signed the Bill.

Simultaneously with the an- nouncement of signing of the contract,

the Navy Department STAR FERRY

officials

that announced tightening of the Japanese naval ditional expenditure amounting to signing contracts calling for ad- blockade and closure of the Suez, $31,653,000 for the expansion of route to the most important tea naval establishments.

markets of North Africa.

About $3,000,000 worth of tea was shipped in July to Hong Kong) whence it was re-exported

to various countries, while about two milllon worth was shipped directly to French Morocco.

and

INCIDENT

That timely interference by a Officials are also negotiating Chinese constable yesterday pre- contracts for approximately vented an assault on a Star Ferry *2,400 'planes.

Inspector by the No. 1.,coolie of |the Peninsula Hotel, was- men- It is stated that the completiontioned by. Inspector Johnson this of these negotiations will bring morning before Mr. E. Himsworth Smaller quantities went to the Burma via land, as well as to thevolved in

total amount of money in-lat Kowloon when Kwok Hon, 25,| the current series of coolie, was charged with disor- United States

Kwantung contracts to $4,000,706,000. derly conduct and, was fined $10. Leased Territory.

According to the prosecution, the coolie arrived at the Star Ferry Kowloon Wharf at 2 p.m.

carry baggage across the Harbour. He bought a number of tickets for the coolies and the baggage and, while passing the entrance, was asked to produce the tickets by In- spector A. J. Noronha, who wish- jed to have them examined before

Shanghai exported $3,500,000 worth of tea in July most of it

A New Navy

to Morocco. Shanghai's share of According to Navy circles the with a number of other coolies to tea exports increased with the 201 vessels ordered comprise decline in the total value of these exports. Havas.

JAPANESE COURSE

seven battleships,

eight aircraft-carriers,

27 cruisers,

115 destroyers,

43 submarines and one repair proceeding to the launch.

ship.

Apparently this annoyed ac- It was announced in Congress cused, who started using abusivel In the evening, that the seven language and, seizing hold of aj battleships provided for in the bamboo carrying pole, threatened newly-signed-contract were toto strike the Inspector." be of 45,000 tons each.

IN STRATEGY

*SPECIAL TO "CHINA MÁIL”)

Eight hundred cadets of the → North China Military Academy are to visit Japan for a year's course of study of Japanese mili- tary tactics and strategy, it was This brings the announced in Peiping yesterday. large battleships

Havas.

on order to 12.

ANNOUNCING

THE

ARRIVAL

OF

NEW

SUPPLIES

OF

DAKS

A Chinese constable, PSD-260, who was outside the Ferry Wharf, total of these saw the incident and arrested ac- being built or cused. Reuter.

THE PRINCE-

CORN PURCHASES IN

INDO-CHINA

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL”) The Chinese and Japanese au- thorities in Peiping, have contract-

OF SLACKS ed for 698 tons of corn from

FOR MEN

THERE IS NOTHING 80 PRACTICAL AND COM- FORTABLE IN THE WEARING AS DAKS THEY GIVE THE MAXI- MUM OF EASE AS ALSO OF PRIDE IN THEIR POSSESSION, CUT AND. FASHIONED FROM

Indo-China, through the Mitsu- bishi company. The corn will be imported into Tientsin and Peiping for distribution by the liaison office of the China Affairs Board when necessary at the end of the

Havas. present year:

BRIDGE REPAIRS

IN FRANCE“

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") A total of 150,000 workers are to start work immediately on repair- ing over 800 large bridges des- troyed either by German bom-' bardment or by retreating French: troops, it was stated in Clermont- | Ferrand yesterday. Havas..

DESTROYER CLAIMS

SIX U-BOATS

The crew of the Canadian des- troyer Restigouche, now in a destroyed six enemy submarines Dominion port, say that they have

while serving overseas. Reuter.

SHANGHAI MAN DIES IN ENGLAND

SUPERB MÄTERIALS. The death occurred in England WE ARE PLEASED TO yesterday of. Leonard Arthur! ANNOUNCE THAT WE Lyall, lately of Shanghai.-Reu¬

ARE. NOW ABLE TO SUPPLY THEBE IN ALL BIZES AND INA_VAR- IETY OF FABRICS. IN GREY, BROWN, FAWN AND GREEN, FLANNELS, GABARDINE, CRASH, CORDUROY, AND TROPICAL WORSTEDS, ALSO "DAKS” SHORTS IN NAVY, WHITE, GREEK AND BROWN.

WE ADVISE AN EARLY VISIT

WILLIAM POWELL, LTD.

10, ICE HOUSE STREET

ter:

THEFT OF PEN

Mr. Simpson, of the 9.5. Presi- dent Taft, has reported tha |about 2.35 pm. yesterday while |walking in Queen's Road Central án unknown Chinese stole his fountain pen, valued at $20..

STOP PRESS

The Berlin Radio announces that a large number of British planes bombed various points in North Germany during the night.

Bombs were dropped in the northern suburbs of Berlin, struck, according to a Ger- man announcer, a number of dwellinghouses.

About midnight, a heavy raid was made on Weser- musde, near Bremerhaven, but the bombers were driven off by anti-aircraft fire.--Reuter.

Twenty-two houses were demolished during the night's raids in the East End of London. There were num- casualties inchiding some trapped in the debris.

erous

Casualties are also re- ported in a Maternity Hospital which received a direct hit.

In addition to the attacks on London, isolated German raiders were reported. over

· various towns in England, Scotland and Wales. There. are no reports of casualties yet available, but damage ap- Reuter. pears to be slight.

A British liner carrying a large number of children at- rived in New York this morning-Reuter.

The second conference of the U.S.-Canadian. Joint de- fence Board is opening in Washington to-day. The dis- cussions are expected to last two days.-Reuter.

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