1941-09-22 — Page 12

BLUE FUNNEL LINE

TO

UNITED KINGDOM PORTS

For dates & ports of call apply to agents. Information regarding INWARD CARGO and all matters relating to freight and passage will gladly be given by

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Tel. No. 30332

Agents

1, Connaught Road.

AUSTRALIAN-ORIENTAL LINE

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AUSTRALIA

For particulars regarding Passengers, Cargo and Sailings apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Tel. No. 30332

Agents

1. Connaught Road.

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

TO NEW YORK & BOSTON Viɑ Manila. Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay,

FOR

Capetown and Trinidad

LAST WEEK IN OCTOBER

To UNITED STATES

LAST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER

FURTHER PARTICULARS APPLY AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND-WORLD

SERVICE."

AGENTS FOR TRANBCONTINENTAL AND WESTERN AIR AND UNITED AIR LINES

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INDO-CHINA

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OPERATING SERVICES FOR

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TO-SWATOW, SHANGHAI, TSINGTAO,

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THE CHINA MAIL SEPTEMBER 22, 1941.

RADIO H.K. GOVERNMENT'S

8.00 p.m.-Indian Programme.

6.45 pm. Closing Local Sipck Quota-

tions:

0,47 p.m.-Anton and The Paramount Theatre Orchestra and Les Alien. 7.17 p.m.-Billy Thornburn nt tho

Plano.

7.30 p.m.-Dance Music from the Films, 8.00 p.m.-London Ablay-The Now.. 6:15 p.m.-London Relay-War Cóm:

mentary.

8.25 p.m.-London

Post.'

Relay 'Listening

Examination of Points In Daily

German Propaganda.

8.30 p.m.-Programine Summary. 8.32 p.m.-De Groot and His Orchestra

with Grace Moore (Soprano). 9.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and An-

Houncements.

9.02 p.m. This week's programmes, 9.09 p.m.-Light Opera Selections, 9.30 p.m.--An Orchestral Programme. 9.45.10.00 p.m.-News in French (on

Short Wave only).

9.45 p.m.Popular Ballads.

10.00 p.m.-London--The News And

News Commentary.

10.15 p.m.-Some Brahma Songs, 10.27 p.m.-Brahma--Double

in A Minor,

Concerto

"News From

11.00 p.m.--London

Home-Howard Marshali,

11.16 p.m. -Close Down

V

USED CAMERA IN A PROHIBITED AREA

A photographer who rushed to Kai Tak yesterday morning to "shoot" the C.N.A.C. airplane crash, was fined $5 by Major A N. Macfadyen at Kowloon this morning for using the camera a prohibited area without permis- sion from the Chief Defence Se- curity Officer,

to

Det.-Segt. C. Dowman stated that the police did not wish press the case as accused was specially requested to take the crash picture by the "S.C.M. Post" and was at the time accompanied by a reporter of the paper.

V

CHARGE OF HAVING POISON

FREEZING OF

NATIONAL CURRENCY

ALL CHINESE National Currency hold- ings, personnal and otherwise, in the banks in Hong Kong have been frozen by the Hong Kong Government apparently with ́a view to wipe out the prevailing "Black Mar- ket" and to prevent leakage of Chinese National Currency from Hong Kong into "occupied" and Japanese controlled terri- tory.

Rumours of the action were week in circulation during last but were only this morning con- firmed by a notification issued by the Exchange Control Officer, Mr D. Kelvin-Stark, to `ull banking concerns in the Colony.

the

According to

restrictions. monies in Chinese National Cur- rency will only be allowed to be withdrawn for remittance to places in Free China and on che- que draft or other bill on or in favour of residents in the Colony.

The notification issued to banks this morning states:---

The Rules

ail

The following rules are intro- duced as a measure of coopera- the Government of tion with China.

It is a condition of the authority of banks under the Defence (Fin- ance) Regulations to deal In foreign currency that such rules should be strictly observed.

Withdrawals from any Chinese National Currency account with any bank in Hong Kong may not be made in C.N. currency note, Leung Kung-mo, 45. cigarette or by way of cheque draft T.T. or manufacturer, was charged be-1 other bill drawn on or in favour fore Mr. G. T. Lowry, at the of any person firm or bank in Central Magistracy this morning. Shanghai. with unlawful possession of pol- son at Jardine's Wharf on Friday.

VALENTINE "KILLER" MADE IN MONTH

Valentine, the Bri- tish Army's new 16- ton "killer" tank, owes its name to its day of birth.

About a year before the war experts in a armament leading firm inspected a new infantry tank módel. They were so critical that they were chal- lenged to produce a better one in just one month.

On February 14-St. Valentine's Day--the designers completed their job exactly on time. So Mark III was christened "Valen- tine

Banks may allow such with- 0000000 drawal by way of cheque draft It was slated that 24 boxes of TT. or other bill drawn on or Neopromin were found in accus-in favour of a bankk in Free ed's possession when searched by Revenue Ofeers.

At the request of Detective Ser geant J. M. Forrest, accused was formally remanded for a week.

V

RAIDS ON DIVANS

Ten oplum und heroin divans were raided in the Wanchai Dis- irlct, and 12 In the Central Dis- trict, during the week end. Over 100 lumps, pipes and heroin pipes were selzed by the Police.

At the Central Magistracy this morning, u confiscation order for the oplum, pipes, and lamps was inado.

Chinu, provided that no remit- Lance in excess of those at present allowed for family remittances may be permitted in

V LIGHTS

any one of cheque draft or other bill drawn on or

month, and by way SEEN BY

In favour of a resident of Hong Kong.

All such cheques must be clear- ed through a CN. currency aç- count with the Bank of China,

R.A.F.

Lights, red, white and

Roquests for conversion of yellow, in the shape of the Chinero National currency de letter V, were seen by Bri-

posits Into HK may be referred

by the Bank concerned to thetish bomber crews as they Stabilisation Board of china flew over France, Belgium provided that Buch requests

directions issued

comply in all respects with the and Holland on their way to banks by to blast the German in- the Stabilisation Board China.

In cases

Imports

of

dustrial centres of Frank- furt and Mannheim.

There was no explanation in London of the mysterious V lights they were seen the previous night-but, there was no doubt about their appearance, and

When the first of our crews reported the lights over France they story was re- colved with Sta; sceptical smile by the Interrogating officer at the base.

where imports from neighbouring parts of China and Macau into Hong Kong are nor- mally paid for by way of C. N. currency bank notes application for withdrawals, from C. N. cur- rency bank accounts. by way of C. N. currency bank notes may be made to the Exchange Control through the bank Qoncerned. Personal applications cannot be considered and applications will

They were not, the cr

crews said, only be approved if full evidence.

nnything like the lights of an is presented by the bank concern aerodrome de od that such notes are required for the legitimate purposes of estaOne V was made by white lights

enclosed in a circle of red lightsTM blished trade.

and another by five yellow lights In each arm.

*

Withdrawals in bank notes In payment of contracts entered into before 31st September 1941, "be" tween banks in the Colony, or be- tween authorised banks and any persons are free."

Other withdrawals in bank notes In payment of contracts entered into before 21st September, 1041 are subject to exchange ¦ control' permit on Form G which should, be applied for, through a bank with full evidence of the contract:

But other crews had seen these lighte, and other Vs, in Franco and in Belgium and Holland.

They varied between and 60ft. In length, but al Belgium seamad, to be about” 100 yards long and was, mada of continuous lines of light. “It was like a holen

a neon sign," Bald a pilot

CHILE PROTEST IN BERLIN

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") The Chilean Foreign Office yesterday instructed its Ambas- Nothing in this notice allows sudor in Berlin to demand the any payment forbidden under any release of six Chileans arrested previous instructions given to us-roprisals for the anti-Nazi' banka or forbidden under the De-purge in Latin-America. Inter- force (Finance) Regulations. Inational News Service,