1940-10-04 — Page 8

SEE AND TRY THE NEW 1940

STUDEBAKER CHAMPION

World's Finest Car In The Low Priced Field!

HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE Stubbs Road

·Phone 27778-9

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 4, 1940.

AVERAGE AGE IN WAR CABINET NOW LESS

THAN SIXTY

ALTHOUGH SWEEPING changes are in-.. volved in the big Cabinet reconstruction an- nounced yesterday the leadership of the three papa de a da se sa e ka fighting Services remains unaltered →→→ an im- plied indication of the satisfaction which Mr. Churchill feels at the way the war effort is being pushed forward.

WE have pleasure in announcing that from

1st October an old established and highly reputable firm of market gardeners will operate a FRUIT and VEGETABLE concession in our Branch at Nos. 74 & 76 Nathan Road..

Under the arrangement entered into, cus- tomers of this Company will be able to secure their requirements of Highest Quality. Fruits and Vegetables, local and imported, at competi- tive prices. Vegetables grown by this Company at our Pokfulam Farm will also be available. through the same source.

For order purposes separate pass books will be required but all supplies sold on a credit basis will be billed by this Company.

It is hoped that customers will avail themselves of this added facility.

All departments of Kowloon Branch will be open until 8 p.m. nightly.

THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. Pure Food Specialists.

TO-DAY A KING'S

SE

AT THE

SHE'S IN TROPICAL TROUBLE!

Two sun-tanned: suitors in roman- tic Hawaii...and Deanna's in a dilemma!

Deanna Durbin It's a Date

with KAY FRANCIS WALTER PIDGEON

Lewis HOWARD-Eugenis PALLETTE Cecilia LOITUS - Henry STEVENSO HARRY OWENS 4lkis Begal News *JQE PASTERNAK

PRODUCTION

In the enlarged War Cabinet - increased from six to eight by the inclusion of Mr. Ernest Bevin and Sir Kingsley Wood—the Conserva- tives now outnumber Labour members by five to three and there is still no place for a Liberal.

There is now no reason to ex- pect any more. Government changes in the near future.·

Average age of the new. Whr Cabinet is 50%, Mr. Churchill at 65 being the eldest and Mr. Bevin at 56 the youngest.

Simultaneously with his re- signation from the Government, Mr. Neville Chamberlain has re- signed the leadership of the Con- servative Party.

It is a foregone conclusion that Mr. Churchill will succeed him. New Home Secretary Yesterday's Cabinet were as follows:-

Lord President of the Council Sir John Anderson (formerly Home Secretary)..

changes

Home Secretary and Minister for Home Security.-Mr, Herbert Morrison, (formerly Minister for Supply).

+1

7

Dominions Secretary-Viscount Cranbourne (formerly Paymaster General).

President of the Board of Trade.-Capt. Oliver Lyttleton.

of the Board of Trade).

JOURNALISTS' PROPERTY SEIZED

LORD HALIFAX TO LEAD UPPER HOUSE

Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, -is to be Leader of the House of Lords, in the place of Lord. Calde- cote, the new. Lord Chief Justice.

He will be assisted, it is announced from No: 10, DowningTM Street, by Lord Snell, who will continue as Deputy Leader-Reu- ter?

BILL OF HEALTH. Four cases of Cholera

loon

three

Amongst the latest properties to | from Victoria and one from Kow- be confiscated by the Vichy Gov-nine of typhoid, seven of dysen- 26 cases of tuberculosis, ernment are those belonging to tery, and one of diphtheria were the noted journalists, Tabouls and. "Pertinax."-Reuter. I partment yesterday.

Madame registered with the Health Dè-.

GATHERING EMPIRE EFFORT FOR VICTORY

THE WHOLE EMPIRE'S war effort is growing

.C

Minister for Supply Sir An- with ceaseless momentum. By the end of 5 drew Duncan (formerly President ber between fifty and sixty thousand men of the vo

Septem- Minister for Transport.-Lt-lunteer militia had completed camp training in Canada and during 1941 nearly 300,000 will be train- ed.

Col J, T. C. Moare-Brabazon,

Minister for Works and Build- ings and First Commissioners for Works.Sir John Reith (formerly Minister for Transport). The Ministry for Works and Buildings is a new department.

Steering Committee

It is understood that Sir John Anderson, as Lord President of the Council, will take over all duties performed by Mr. Cham- berlain, one of the most important of which is the steering commit tee which places questions- in their order of importance on the agenda of the War Cabinet, Reuter.

HOW ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER

In addition it is unofficially estimated that the total Canadian troops now in England is over 46,000.

As was announced in the first war savings groups. now number week of September, the Canadian 1,250,000, one sixth of the popu- Navy then numbered. 125 vessels lation. while the RCA.F. was expected early in October to have a strength of 26,500 officers and men where- of 10,000 were in the Empire air training project.

N.Z. Effort

There are now 1,000 New Zea- lander in the R.A.F. A total of

In other parts of the Empire,|8,204 men have volunteered for Canada's material resources re the N.Z.AF, as pilots and 8,189 present a highly important fac- for technical staff. tor. The current wheat crop is In South Africa, the Transvaal estimated by the Dominion gold output in August broke the Bureau of Statistics at 581 record at almost 1,200,000 fine million bushels which is about ounces...

five million below the record; The South African Air Force harvest of 1928. Oats, barlay continues to take part in many and linseed estimates are all successful raids on Italian bases above last-year

in Africa whore, the Rhodesian

In nine months Canadians have squadron of the R.A.F. has also bought about £130,000,000 worth made successful attacks. ***** of War-Bonds.

The Southern Rhodesian gold

..

In Australia the establishment of mining Industry achieved the anew. Infantry officers training highest monthly production in 23 It is remarkable how school will raise the output of years during August. the lack of a certain com-the number required for the A.I.F

officers to nearly 2,000 yearly

modity in Germany leads to a lack of the same com- modity in one of the occu- pied countries!

For instance, rubber. A day or two ago, it was announced in Germany than new bicycle tyres cannot be bought except for Ser- vice and school children were for bidden, to wear out their bicycle tyres on pleasure tripa.MA

Yesterday came news of an of- ficial decree in occupied-France forbidding the sale of motor car and motor cycle tyres except for official vehicles;

No doubt French, supplies will satisfy the Germans for the time being. If they do not, the French can expect the loss of their bi- cycles as well. Reuter

Australia's Defences

Indian Air Force

In India applications for ser vice in the LAF are being re- Plans. have been made for afceived between 7,000 and $2,000. great expansion of air defences in daily according to a recent an north-eastern Australia, involving nouncement. An advertisement of an expenditure of many millions 300 yacancies for pilots in

the pounds on establishments, aircraft IAF reserve brought in 18,000 and personnel. Proposed strength applications. The le of the air force will be at least Towards war industries India is, 0,500 officers and men,

producing about 20,000 different Seven Australian shipyards are items. A factory survey will buliding fifty patrol craft to the shortly be made to estimate pro- design of the Naval Board cluction capacity.NANIG whereof twenty are intended Hardly a day passes for the Admiralty.". Each ship further generous Indian gifts to- will be manned by Australians wards, aircraft purchase. and named after an Australian Kenya's manpower is now a hundred per cent mobilised. Two-Tribal class destroyers un Every able-bodied man not in der construction in Australia, will the regular forces is having part with the King's - approval,, be tling training in the Kenya De- named Arunta and Warramunga, fence Force A the names of two aboriginal

town

FIGHTER DONATION tribes,

The Commonwealth. Aircraft THE SUM OF £15,000 WAS Corporation has handed over to CABLED TO THE AIR MINIS- the - Australian Government the TRY YESTERDAY FROM THE hundredth Wirraway plane, nar WAR FUNDRAISED BY THE year after the production of the GOVERNOR OF MADRAS. fist... This means an output, or ** Total contributions, from this £1,000,000 worth of planes in the source now: amount, to £247,300: first year of production.

-Router

Members of 15,000 || Austrálian

without

From Canada's war "expen- <diture" of £120,000,000 since September, 1939, to a £60 gift fram alkland- slaland -sheep farm)e.from: "then Australian erial Forces :119,420-onijst- to the Seychelles, field ambujanos,, the Empirevistory. one of consistent; 's gonorous and above all a gathering effort. for victory.

British Wiratons,