1941-02-15 — Page 16

YUGOSLAV

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 15, 1941.

SENSATION

Most Important Event Since Rumanian Occupation

ITALIAN PRIZE

IN COLOMBO

The s.s. Montepiana, 5,890-ton Italian prize ship, was towed into the port of Co- lombo yesterday by a British vessel. Reu-

ter.

Nazi Troops Reported In Yugoslavia

A SENSATION HAS BEEN CAUSED IN SOFIA, THE BULGARIAN CAPITAL, BY NEWS THAT THE YUGOSLAVIAN PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER HAVE GONE TO

MATSUOKA GERMANY AT THE INVITATION OF THE

TO DO HIS BEST

JA PAN AND THE SOVIET UNION FOREIGN

RELATIONS BETWEEN

ARE BETTER, THE MINISTER, MR. MATSUOKA,; TOLD THE BUDGET COMMIT TEE OF THE LOWER HOUSE IN TOKYO YESTERDAY.

Mr. Matsuoka added he would make the utmost efforts for fur- ther readjustment of relations.

Negotiations were already under way for a settlement of the ques

tion of Japanese-owned ou

North Saghalien. cessions in

con-

as

well as the conclusion of a per-

manent fishery treaty following the recent conclusion of a modus!

Matsuoka added vivendi, Mr

Reuter.

WAYFOONG OFFICIAL

PASSES

The death occurred yesterday (says a Reuter cable from Lon-

REICH.

The event is considered the most import- ant since the German occupation of Rumania, and well-informed circles in Sofia connect it with the understanding implicit in the Ger- man-Soviet Agreement that Germany should keep off Soviet preserves, particularly where Bulgaria is concerned.

STOP PRESS

THERE WILL BE NO

THIS AFTER- RACES

of national claims peacefully It is considered in Sofia!"For neutrality and the realisation to be too early to assess There is no change in our attitude¦ NOON OWING TO THE towards our neighbours."--Reuter

the consequences of the reported presence of Ger- man troops on Yugoslav territory.

It is reliably reported in Sufia that there has lately been a con- of troops derable movemen! along the Balkan front.

Precautions In Thrace

Several Greek divisions have

from Albania) been transferred

Into Thrace, in case of a surprise move from that quarter.

The newspaper

NAVY NOW

ON THE

ATTACK

"The British Navy is

A large section of the Greek growing in strength and is on the attack in don) of Mr. E. J. Davies, sub-population of Thrace is reported now manager of the Hong Kong and to be leaving.

"Mir," asking every part of the world," Shanghai Banking Corporation in London,

where Bulgaria stands, answers: declared Mr. A. V. Alex- ander, First Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech at Bath yesterday.

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Never in British history, he con- tinued, had the Navy faced such an enormous burden.

But the fact was that although the Navy was tackling a task which in 1918 was undertaken by no less than five principal naval powers they had stood up to strain in Reuter.

a magnificent

the

way.-

TWO-FOLD INFLATION PROBLEM

Government had a two- fold problem to solve in its effort to avoid inflation, declared the Lord Chan- cellor, Lord Simon, speaking at Worthing yes- terday paying for the war and inducing people by saving to restrict the spending of money.

Referring to two popular forms of investment Lord Simon said he believed National Savings Certi- ficates subscriberl for so für reach- ed a total of. £220,000,000, while 3 per cent Bonds issued totalled

£218,000,000,

In addition there had been an increase of approximately £150,- 000,000 in the amounts of deposits in savings banks.-Reuter.

FIRST MOVE AGAINST RUMANIA

It was officially announced London yesterday, that the British Government has decided that from to-day Rumania be regard

ed:as under enemy occupation fo contraband purposes.-Renter.

Printed and Published for the Proprietors. The Newspaper Enters Bring Ltd. by - GoRDON GADI BURNETT, Windsor House, VK), toria, Hong Kong.

INCLEMENT WEATHER.

To-day's programme for the

Races will he held on Mon-

Tuesday. day, Monday's on and Tuesday's on Wednesday.

The Wednesday programme will switch to Saturday, and

next Saturday's to the follow-

ing Saturday.

A modification of the Order prohibiting the movement of rice within the waters of the Colony was Gazetted this morning, The modification allows the movement of rice between the island and main- land between a line joining Blackhead's Point and the western entrance to Causeway Bay, and a line joining the Military Camp Pier at Sham Shui Po and the China Mer- chant Pier at West Point.

The Governor has appuint- the following Board. to be called the Essential Commo- dities Board, for the purpose of assessing the Colony's re- rice, cement, quirements of coal, firewood and other es- sential commodities:-

The Honourable Mr. Stan- ley Hudson Dodwell, Chair- man; The Controller of Stores, (Mr. William John Anderson), and The Controller of Rice, Mr.

Frederick Charles Barry).

The "Gazette" this morning announces the award of the Volunteer Efficiency Medal to CQ.M.S. J. C. Polson and Cpl. J. T. Lacey.

The following appointments were gazetted this morning:

Mr. I, B. Trevor to act as Manage and Traffic Manager of the K.C.R.

Mr. W. H. Lock nominated as a member of the Court and Council of the University of H.K.

Major M. A. Johnson re- signed his commission in the H.K.V.D.C.

Mr. A. E. Gee to be Acting Sub.-Lieut. in the H.K.N.V.F. Misses Lam Chiu-ping, Ce~ sira Tsang and Nora Wing- wah Kwok to be Assistant In- spectors of Labour, Factories and Workshops.

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