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BUTTER

MIMI LAU'S BANK ACCOUNT

Questions At A.R.P. A.R.P. Contracts For Concrete Blocks

QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BANKING ACCOUNT OF MISS MIMI LAU WERE PUT TO MR. CHAN CHIK-CHI, MANAGING PART- NER IN HONG KONG OF THE CHIAP HUA COMPANY, AT THE RE- SUMED PUBLIC HEARING TO-DAY OF THE COMMISSION OF IN- QUIRY INTO MATTERS CONNECTED WITH A.R.P. CONTRACTS.

ATTACHES KILLED IN AIR CRASH

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Two of the ten killed in

Mr. Justice Cressall, chairman of the Commission, stated that in the course of six months on a salary of $200 a month, she had been able to save $5,000. When he asked Mr. Chan questions concerning this sum, Mr. G. G. N. Tinson, representing Wing- Commander A. H. S. Steele-Perkins, objected on the ground that this had not appeared in evidence.

Earlier, a partner in the firm of Sang Lee, con- tractors, was questioned regarding various contracts with government and regarding the making of con-

Investigation

WIEDEMANN EXPECTS TO

GO TO TIENTSIN

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Captain Fritz Wiedemann, close friend of Hitler and recently expelled from the United States, where he was Nazi consul-general at San Francisco, yesterday left Berlin to take up the post of consul- general in Tientsin.- International News Service.

HEAVY

RUSSIAN BLOWS

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

The Red Army High Command last night re- ported new and success- ful Russian blows against Nazi panzer divisions,

Intensity of the slaughter, is, il- lustrated by the claim that no less than 57 of the best-trained Ger- man divisions have been smashed.

Between August 1 and 22 the armoured divi- sions, 37 infantry divisions and eight motorised divisions, 17 in- fantry regiments and several Storm Troop divisions.

›0000000000 German lost 12

crete blocks for the A.R.P. Department. He said he ""ANOTHER

the crash of an R.A.F. could not explain why his firm had received a con-

ferry plane were Ameri- tract to supply concrete blocks at 492 cents each KERENSKY"

cans, it was revealed in when they had been offered by another firm at 38 London yesterday.

According to the Air Ministry the 'plane was flying to England from Canada.

R

cents each.

Lee

Before the

Sang proceedings com-, connection with the

"Yes, absolutely menced this morning the Chair-Company?" man announced that Messrs. none." Deacons had been instructed to "Are the Tung Shan Company was attend all future meetings of the and the Sang Lee Company busi.. flight Commissioners

in an advisoryness rivals?"___"No."

the U.S. Embassy

where he

was

to have been assistant naval attache.

do

Air Reinforcement

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") DENT OF THE LONDON “NEWS

THE MOSCOW CORRESPON-

CHRONICLE” REPORTS THAT THE NAZI PRESS YESTER-STRONG REINFORCEMENTS THE RED AIR FORCE DAY RIDICULED PRESIDENT FOR

'HAVE ARRIVED “GIVING SUB- DAY

STANCE TO AMERICAN AND ROOSEVELT'S

DE-, BRITISH PROMISES OF AID." :

"The

LABOUR

то

SPEECH PLEDGING

The correspondent adds:

One of those killed Charles A. Spence, engineer, who was on route to capacity to the Commissioners. "Competitors?""No. Although STROY HITLERISM.

Mr. H. J. Armstrong appeared we are in the same trade we

while Mr.not_compete.”

The President is accused for Messrs. Deacons,

of quality and types of the material G. G. N. Tinson, who had pre- Mr. U in reply to the Chair-trying to be "another Kerensky are obviously military secrets and Another on board the ill-fated viously entered an appearance on man, said that a man named playing with the Bolsheviks and; when it makes its bow

on the aircraft was Count Guy de Baul-behalf of Wing-Commander A. H. Lam Yet-king worked in the lat the same time using them for front the Germans are due to get let, military attache at the Bel-S. Steele-Perkins, Director of Sang Lee Company some

six his own ends." International a shock." International News gian Embassy in London. This was revealed in Marion (Mass) yesterday by his wife, who is the daughter of Mr. Charles Dunn, of the U.S. State Depart- ment. International News Ser-

vice.

Henri Haye Fever

A.R.P. Department, was also pre- or seven years ago. sent.

News Service.

he the

The Chairman: "When formed The first witness called was Mr. left your firm. he Yak-kwai, of Messrs. Sang Lee, Tung Shan Company?"--"I do Contractors. In reply to the not know." Chairman, Mr. U said that his "Do you know that he is the firm was composed of over 40 managing director of the Tung partners some of whom were in Shan Company?"-"I the interior. He could remem- | know." ber only four names of the part- ners, most of whom belonged to the same clan as himself.

Tung Shan Company

do not

Government Contracts

Mr. U said he could not remem- ber when his company received the first contract. from Govern-

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The firm was formed with a capital of $100,000 half of whichment. had been subscribed. His share in the firm was to the extent of $7,500.

The Chairman: "Do you know.

the Trung - Shan - Company?"

Company! POSTAL

"No".

Do you know, ahy of the part- SEIZURES

"No."

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") | ners?"

"Have any of them any interest

"No."

...

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA "MAIL"]

M. Henri Haye, Vichy in your company?!

"Do you know a woman by the IT 18 REVEALED IN SHANG-

Ambassador in Washing-name of Yeung Yu-ha?" "No."HAI THAT THE JAPANESE ton, yesterday charged After explaining to Mr. U that CENSORS IN THE LOCAL POST the woman was the mother of .OFFICE FOR SOME TIME HAVE that a deliberate cam one of the partners of the Tung BEEN SEIZING AND RETURN. paign is being waged to Shan Company, the Chairman ING TO THE SENDERS SINGLE rupture diplomatic rela asked Mr. U whether he was COPIES OF MAGAZINES, IN

quite sure this woman had no CLUDING THE "READER'S tions between the United money, in his firm (the Sang DIGEST, MAILED TO BUB-

Lee Company); Mr. U replied SCRIBERS IN CHINA. States and Vichy.

In the negativenes

Bundles of orders arriving as Mr. U admitted that the son freight were not interfered witli Denying reports that he and of a man named Ma Yu, of the and are on sale at bookstores. members of his staff were en Tung Shan Company, had former- No official reason is given for gaged in underground pro-Nazi ly been employed in the Sang activities, M. Haye said he would Lee Company. protest to Secretary of State

Cordell Hull over the "insulting

Do Not Competo"

nature of the stories."Inter The Chairman: So you national News Service,

the Tung Shan Company

the seizures, but it may be retalia- tion for the confiscation some months ago of large consignments of Japanese propaganda material by the U.S. Polt Office Interna tional News Service,

Service.

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