1941-07-23 — Page 29

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 23, 19410

CHIANG

THANKS MALAYA

THE FIRM BELIEF THAT RE- LATIONS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA WILL BECOME CLOSER THAN EVER BEFORE WAS EXPRESSED BY GENER- ALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK

ERNOR, SIR SHEN TON

HIGH WAGES ARE

REPAIRING LONDON

CAUSING NEW WARTIME RAID

CRIME-WAVE

SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD errand boys, túrned into IN A CABLE TO THE GOV-demolition workers at £4 5s. 8d. a week, are spending THOMAS, THANKING HIM FOR £3 a week each on clothes, cigarettes, cinemas and THE HOSPITALITY SHOWN TO beer. They are the East End playboys behind Lon- THE CHINESE MILITARY MIS- don's newest wartime crime-wave.

Swollen-headed because of their 1s. 74d. an hour jobs, they are reversing the peacetime rule that poverty leads to crime.

SION

The mission recently made a tour of the British defence sys- tem in Malaya.

Chiang Kai-shek's reads in pari: General Shang Chen, the leader of the mission, and his assistants benefitted in- mensely from the visit.

All the arrangements made for them were greatly appreciated.

I firmly believe that relations between our two great nations will be closer than ever before." Reuter.

GERMAN STORIES OF RAIDS

With too much money to spend, ¦ wage-earning. She said. "He has many of

them are learning in a right to enjoy himself. He has but never gangs to drink and gamble, and an occasional drink, are finding themselves in themes home drunk." juvenile courts, accused by police- men who earn less than they do.

Three results:-

"Trouble is when the war is over

DAMAGE

Twelve thousand men who answered the appeal of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Works and Buildings to repair raid-damaged houses are now at work in the Lon- don area mending roofs, cracked walls and broken windows.

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HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION,

Issued and Fully Paid-up Reserve Funds:

Sterling

Authorised Capital

.$50,000,000 .$20,000,000

.£ 0,500,000

Hong Kong Currency Re-

serve

of Pro-

.$10,000,000

$20,000,000

Reserve Liability

prietors

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG,

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, Chairman.

W. H. Lock, Esq..

Deputy Chairman,

J. K. Bousfield, Esq.,

A.

II. Compton, Eng.,

L. J. Daries, Esq..

O. Miskin, Esq.,, H. 8. Morriros, Esq., Hon. Mr. T. E. Por,

Hon. Mr. 8. E. Dodwell, Hon. Me. A. IzqjBalsiche Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn Chief Manager.

BRANCHES:-

Bourabaya

Suugei Patand

Linoy Bangkok Betaria Bombay

Ipob Jobors

Rangoon

Baigon

Kobe Kowtoon

Be Francivos

Kusin Lumpm

Shangbai Blugspor

Londoa

Lyon

Malacos

Manila

Tientela

Foochow Haiphong Haukow

Muar (Johor) Tokyo

Mokden

Tetrigsso

New York

Yokohama

Peiping Pelang

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened

Since London had two "blitzes" in a week great strides have been Calcutta made in first-air repairs, and Orato

Chatoo were given Colombo Said a juvenile court official, many families who

temporary accommodation in Dairen these boys will not be able to ad-billets are now back in patched-up

homes. just themselves to smaller wages and they don't seem to be saving Three schemes are being operat-Harbis a penny for themselves or for the ed in London and the provinces

to speed up the work.

ONE: Remand homes have been crowded to such an extent that Sir Alexander Maxwell, per-country." manent under-secretary at the Home Office, has issued circulars. asking for more space. He esti- mates 1940's juvenile crime bo be 40 per cent. above 1939's.

TWO-London County Counell have evacuated their remand homes for children under eleven to make

for the criminals boys with men's wages.

100m

new

THREE: Juvenile courts. are silting twice as long as they did. "IN WATERS AROUND ENG-I saw a juvenile charge sheet that LAND GERMAN BOMBERS showed the position There were SCORED DIRECT HITS ON twenty-two cases, double the TWO LARGE FREIGHTERS. usual number Twenty dealt with OTHERS ATTACKED HARBOUR! boys in the wage-earning years |

IN SOUTH-] between fourteen and sixteen, and eight of them with sixteen- year-olds earting wages on which fondles time.

INSTALLATIONS.

EAST ENGLAND.” SAYS A GER- MAN COMMUNIQUE.

"In the Suez Canal bombs of all calibres were dropped on military installations,

"In attempted enemy sweepsj over the Channel coast six British fighters were brought down by German fighters.

were raised

peace-

£4. 5. 8 Spent-And

A sixteen-year-old boy, seven weeks a demolition worker, gave "British bombers dropped high me his budget last night. "I give explosive and incendiary bombs my mother 25s, a week and keep at various places In south-west the rest to enjoy myself," he said.

kiling and wounding Germany some civilians. It was mostly houses that were damaged und A.A. artillery shot down 0110 attacking bomber." Reuter

destroyed.

CZECH MINISTER TO MOSCOW

"I might have four glasses of bear a night-never enough to do any harm. I smoke about Then twenty cigarettes a day. there's the pictures about twice weck and sometimes dance."

2

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He Poked at his tweed suit, his new shoes, and said: "And I keep myself in clothes."

Here then in his approximate weekly budget-

Reuter's diplomatic correspon- that Zdenek Fierlin- dent learns ter, former Czechoslovak Minister in Moscow, has been appointed to the represent Czechoslovakia in Soviet

Union as result of the agreement by which relations be- Dances, clothes, fares

DUTCH ARE NOT

KNUCKLING DOWN

110

оп

to

The mutual aid scheme by Local Currency and FIXED DEPO. which one local authority goes to SITS received for One Year or shorter the assistance of another is work-periods in Local and Other Currencies terma which will be quoted on Ing satisfactorily; and mobile re- pair squads, numbering 5,000 application,

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES of various men, organised by the Ministry sizes To Let. of Works and Buildings are mov- ing from district to district to give further help.

Local authorities who hove planned to build satellite towns of cheaply-produced bungalows and houses for "blitzed" families will have difficulty in securing Government sanction.

"We can manage with existing accommodation,' a Ministry of Health offcial explained recent-

It has been revealed that the ly.

has increased romance

the the last two Netherlands during

10

months, and the work of the Ger- man military commander, Chris- tiansen, has become steadily more difficult

TRUSTEE and EXECUTOR business undertaken.

Hong Kong, 26th February, 1841.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONG KONG AND

SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rales may be obtained on application.

FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGILAI BANKING CORPORATION.

V M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong. 1st March, 1937.

M.P.'S WIFE LOST HER THE CHARTERed Bank

TEMPER IN STREET

Accusationa

against

Lady

OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.

Stringent labour conditions are now in force; failure to work for the Germans may be punishable by imprisonment up to 15 years, or if Lucas, 50, of Wellington-court, Paid-up Capital the work is in connection with Kensington, were withdrawn at Reserve Fund farmy needs, to which all vital | Bow Street the other day.

industries belong, by

Her husband, Sir Jocelyn Lucas, penalty.

M.P., has been seriously injured in a London raid,

into

the death

She had been on bail of £5, The well known Orange Hotell in Scheveningen has been made accused of obstructing a police-

footway. a prison for political offen- man and ders. The Hollanders consider When she saw a soldier she did drunk being ar- it quite amusing that those de-not know was fending the house of Orange are rested she thought he was being treated with indignity, lost her detained in the Orange Hotel.

temper and began shouting, it was stated.

Catholics v. Nazis

THE BANK OF EAST ÅSIA, LTD.

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3.000.000 £3,000,000

£3,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON: '88, Bishopsgate, E.C.2. 117/122, Leadenhall Streat, E.C1. West End Branch: 14/18, Cockspur Street, S.W.1. Manchester Branch: 52. Mosley Street, Manchester, 2

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:

Hacke Hong Kong

Ponan

Rangoon

Balgoti

Berea

Hhangha

Bingspare

Biiawan

Clive Strous Kuala Lumpur Surabaya

Alor Star

Amritsar

Bangkok

Iloilo

Eluto

Ipoh

Bombay

Karachi

Calcutta

Elang

Agencies: Kobe

Fairtio Place Kuching

Taiping

Canton

Madras

Teatria

Toogksh

3,590,600.00 | Cabu

Kolombo 2,903,20150) Dethi

Haiphong

Medan

(Bhukat)

Yow York

Tringto

Polplay

Yokohama

(Peking)

movement in a pastoral letter Authorised Capital $10,000,000.00 wor

Profits

Undivided and

£

S

d.

To mother

1

5

Beers, 28 at 51⁄2d, each Cigarettes, 20 a day ut

1s. 6d. a packet Cineina twice a week

12

The Catholic Church in Holland, i 0 according to Mussert, Dutch Nazi 10 leader, has

attacked

the Nazi

10

2

1

15

4 schools had to resign before

May 1.

0 secular, who head Catholic schools Reserve

6 All Catholic priests, regular and Paid-up Capital...

Nothing Saved

In

for

His mother confirmed this seemed to take a pride

Thorough, Dutch tombstones are and censored by

to in his cording

tween the two countries are re- sumed.

M. Fierinter, who is now London, will shortly leave

Moscow.

Reuter,

Wednesday Thursday Friday

July 23, 24, 25 25% and 332%

DISCOUNT ON A LIMITED NUMBER OF DAY AND EVENING DRESSES, HATS AND BAGS.

MAIZEE'S, Ltd.

ALEXANDRA BUILDING

the Germans ac- "Vrij Nederland,”

HEAD OFFICE-HONG KONG 10. Des Voeux Road, Central,

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:- Bon. Bir Shou-son Chow, Chairman Li Koon Chun, Esq., P. K. Kwok, Esq., Free Dutch newspaper published wong Yun Tong. Esq.. Ll Lan Sang. in London, No monuments or Esq., Wong Chu Son, Esq. and Fung headstones may be erected in Ping Wah, Esq. Holland until the Nazis have ap- Įproved plans and inscriptions.

Solidarity Emphaised

Kan Tong Po Esq.. Chlef Manager. Hon. Mr. Ll Tse Fong, Manager.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES)—

Manila

Seattle Melbourne Nogarnki

A min Batavia Bombas

London

New York

Paris

Pelping

Bamarang khanghai Stogapore Bourabaya Samow Sydney

Rangoon

Saigon

Tientaln Vancouver

Penang

San FrancisLo

Blanila

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted,"

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and. FIXED DEPOSITS received for „One Year or shorter periods in Local: or Other Currencies at rates which will be quoted on application.

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local' Currency and Sterling with terest allowed at rates obtainable on application.

The Bank's Head Office in London undertakes Executor and Trustee bust- ness, and claims recovery of Britain, Income Tax overpali, on terms which may bo ascertained at any of the Agencies and Branches.

W. H. EVANS THOMAS,

Manager.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE).

,000

254,039

Dr. Alexander Loudon, Nether-Calcutta lands minister to the U.S.A., speaks Haij bong

Hankow out firmly and clearly. In a radio Honolu address during his visit to Losobe Angeles, on which occasion he was Kowloon introduced by Dr. Adrian Hartog, Consul for the Netherlands with

Every description of Banking and the British Empire, and pointed Exchange business transacted. Loans out the fact that the war against granted on approved securities. the Nazis 'was not merely an eco- Current Accounts opened in Local 15, Gracechurch Street, London, E.C.B.

Authorised Capital-Pales nomic war, but was a war for the Currency and Fixed Deposits received Subscribed Capital very freedom of the human soul for one year or shorter periods in Local Paid-up Capital

Foreign Currencies on terms Reserve Fund & Rest ... It was a war that would stop at and

BANKERST no border; Holland had learned which will be quoted on application." Safe Deposit Boxes To Let Mak

The Bank of England and Midland : that lesson. If men desired free-

HAN TONG-FO,

·Bank," Ltd, dom of soul they must in these

Chief Manager. times be willing to fight and die for it. He believed absolutely in the ultimate victory of free peo-THE ples over the Nazis, We must, he said, rid ourselves of the habit of taking such supreme things as freedom of the soul for granted. We must safeguard this, not for ourselves only, but for our chil dren and grandchildren,

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Randy Hurachi,

· Now York Proang N Rangoon

WING ON BANK

LIMITED.

Bangkok

Tombny

BRANCHES Jafon Kuzgica

Madras

Calcutta

Colombo

Delhi

Gilla Hoag Eoar Howrab

Head Office: Hong Kong.

26, Des Voeux Road, Central, Authorised Capital - $10,000,000 |Ipah

LONDON BANKERS Westminster Bank, Ltd.. Foreign Exchange and every The juridical basis for the "Free description of banking business Netherlands" Is twofold; first by transacted: Fun

T

of the Netherlands was constitut- || Current Accounts and Savings ed, not as a nation in Europe with Accounts opened. Fixed Deposil colonies in the East and West received at rates which will be Indies, but as a combination of quoted on application, sister provinces, scattered over three continents and uniting to form the Kingdom

Safe Deposit Boxes for hire. WE PHILIP GOCKCHIN,

JMERA: Chief Manager.

Hota Bharu Bhanghai

Kuala Lumpur Hima Kuala Lipis: Bingapore. Kusla

Tronte nà

HONG KONG DRANCH Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.

TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSHIP

"""). UNDERTAKEN. CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened

Local Currency and FIXED DEPOSITS received in Local Currency & STER- LING on terms that may be ascertained ́en, application..

DENSON,

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