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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 24, 1941,

MUTT AND JEFF

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BOTHER

ME!

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SIR!

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GENTS CLOTHES

EXTREME CAUTION CANALS TO

THE KEYNOTE IN JAPAN

THE SOVIET-GERMAN war was splashed in all the morning papers and also mono- polised all the editorials yesterday in Tokyo. Extreme caution is the keynote and sparse re- ferences were made to Japan with a complete absence of speculation regarding the attitude of the Government.

MOVEMENT

The Japanese High Command had a

conference with the key members of the Cabinet yester. day afternoon, and the Press at- titude towards the new belliger. ents seems to be nearly impar- tial, with speculation

the on ultimate outcome left as 1 question mark.

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OF ITALIANS

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE YESTERDAY FOR-

CARRY FOOD

Britain's vast network of 3,600 miles of canals and inland waterways, neglected for years, will as busy as they soon be were in the days of their Victorian prosperity and will be playing a vital part in speeding up the country's war transport system.

QUEEN'S

with

TO-DAY ONLY

At 2.30, 6.15, 7.20 & 9.30

THE 3-STAR LAUGH HIT!

Cary

Katharine

GRANT HEPBURN

Gamor

STEWART

Philadelphia Story

Ruth HUSSEY

John HOWARD - Roland YOUMO - Inăn

HALLIDAY – Glary RASH - Vizinda WEIDLER..

ALHAMBRA

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

Since his appointment by the To-morrow: Dennis Morgan in "RIVER'S END” Minister of Transport to investi- gate the canal system, Mr. Frank Pick, former L.P.T.B. vice-chair- man, has been getting a move on. Taking the Minister at his word that "speed is the essence of the case," he has been roaming the

the

usc-and country, probing disuse of our canals, only com- ing back to town at intervals for hurried conferences with his chief. waiting to sub- his inves- has handed the report con- of recommen-

the BADE ITALIANS LEAVING Now, without

he

The former Ambassador Tokyo, Mr. Togo, capture of Leningrad, Moscow THE U.S. "PENDING FURTHER mit a final report on and the Ukraine will not INSTRUCTIONS," A MOVE DE-gations,

Col. SIGNED TO PREVENT ITALIAN Minister an interim Akita, former Military Attache | CONSULAR OFFICIALS AND taining a number

dations. in Berlin, on the other hand, AGENTS CARRYING OUT predicts in the "Hochi" a Ger- FUNDS PREVIOUSLY SECRET- man victory by the autumn.

ED.

He draws a moral from the The State Department is new war in the following terms: | arranging the departure of Ital- "We have been taught how un-ians via Lisbon by American ship, reliable international treaties are with the British providing a safe and all we can depend upon is passage.

International News nation."-Reuter.

Dur own

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The "Daily Mirror" understands

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New wharf accommodation

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FEARSOME WORDS: T-TO THE - UNDERWORLD!

At 2:30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9:30 P.M.

CALLING PHILO VANCE

JAMES

STEPHENSON

MARGOT STEVENSON-HENRY O'REILL-EDWARD BROPHY SHEILA BROMLEY-RALPH FORBES)

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at various pointa along the Thurs: "The Wind & The Willow" A Chinese Picture canale to 0280 war industries of their transport difficulties.

Speedier means for finding skilled labour to operate hun- dreds of barges now lying idle.

Two-way schedules that will keep boats employed all the time and eliminate wasteful empty return journey.

Expansion and spoed-up, of canal system for bringing about quicker and more even distri- bution of nation's food.

The Minister of Transport is So much in agreement with Mr. Pick-recently he confessed him- self "becoming very bargemind- ed"-that he has already started putting some of the earlier re- commendations into practice with- out waiting for the completion of the inquiry.

FALSE PRETENCES CHARGE

Two weeks hard labour, was imposed by Mr. H. C. Macnamara at Kowloon this morning. Lam King-wal, 23, for obtaining $20 by false pretences from Sze Kam-kwong,.

shop master,

Accused

formerly employed by the Kwong Wah Hospital, sent a woman with a letter in which he asked for $10 as one of complainant's clansmen was sick in hospital. The shop gave the woman $10,~

On June 15, accused obtained a further $10,4

On June 10, however, arrested by the police.

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