1945-12-07 — Page 4

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

„20 WORDS $2 FOR ONE INSER- TION PREPAID, #1 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL INSERTION, ADDITIONAL WORDS 10 CTS. PER WORD PER INSERTION

$2

Haplist are awaiting at our offleos ter Fox No. 11, 12, 16, 39, 27, 28, 20. 89.

PERSONAL

WILL the Commando Sergeant who was given a file of the "China Mail"' of 1940 for his use be good enough to mounicate with the Manager, "Obing Mall,”*

WOULD ANYONE from Orakn P.O. W. Camp, please phone 2190k.

WANTED KNOWN

FURS- Coratu, Jackets, & Capes. Excellent selection to suit all tastes from the following: Sable, Summer Rusino, Musquash, Snow Leopard, Squirrel, Otter, Genuine Silver Fox, Red Cross Fox etc.. Inspection welcomed. SIBERIAN FUR STORE, 182, Nathan Road, Kowloon. 27, Des Voeux Road, Central. Tel. 25934.

MANICURIST Mise Lilian Woo formerly of Cameo Beauty Saloon) is new at the "Hotel Cecil," Mez wanine Floor, Chater Road,

The only Studio in the Colony asing the MINATUKE CAMERA fr life-like porfinituire. at FRANCIS WU'S STU 10, Gloucester Ana e

STATIONERY

STATIONERY, PAPER, Drawing and Surrying Materials and Imple ments and goreng and Arcti

T. H. LEE Lectural Reference Books. &C. 16, Pottinges Street, Tel. 8200$

FUITION . VEN

CHINESE fady, well versed inelaani and poetry wishes to give lessons in Cantones at d Mavanin. Ploene weite Ban No. 29 "China Mail.**

FOR SALE

furniture FOR ALE: Modern suitable for a three reumed flat. Mid Jovelt, twner leaving Co ny. 17case apply Box No. 32 "China Mash."

FOR SALE SHOP specialising In Ladies Dienes etc., in Central District. Owner having Luleny. 33 "China Please apply Box No. Mail."

LADIES. A hg Opportunity. A Great Sale of 1 tance, Oonts. Suite. etc..

SALON DE MODE ». Alexandra Building. Des Voux Road.

21

FOR SALE. "DOLLY" Super sport camets 24 Compur f2.9 1/2h0 Plate and roll hang. First cland condition, $500. Bux No. 34 "Chine

Mail."

VICTORY ILLUSTRATED CALENDER 1ow on sale at No. 20, Ice House Street. ground floor, nud of Swetuw Drawnworks shop at 14 Fedder Street and in Komuun Nena Silk Store, Kowloon Hotel, ground floor. Price $2.50 each.

WINTER BUT: CANADIAN TALLORED, (610), English Wool- len Overcoat, (315). Favy Blue Felt Hat, by Andrews of Bond B'reet, (G$10), New Lanther Blines (810), ROYAL enable Typ writer, latest (G$90.) (ali j) 2 pm) (5-6 p.) Room 419, 4th Floor, EMPSESS HOTEL, next to Western Market.

LOAN

ADVERTISER wishes to secure loan of Three 3housand Dollars or thereabout for publishing importent literary work, Interent and aneury given. Wilte Bax No. 31 "Chino Mail.**

PUITION VACANT

REQUIRE Immediately 1st Class Sign writes in English. Top-ages to right man, Apply pemonally to NAM FILFI. Exchange Building 2nd Floor, Hongkong.

BEST SERVIOR

* IN TOWN

For

TYPEWRITERS

CALCULATORS

And DUPLICATORS

WANG BROS.

S. & CO.,

10. Pollinger Brest,

Hong Kongay

Port Box 58D,

Greater Speed In Comb-Out Demanded

A

LONDON, DEC. 6. DEMOBILISATION IS SUBJECT ON WHICH CAM- BRIDGE HAS VERY STRONG VIEWS. PEOPLE OF ALL PARTIES WERE PLEASED THAT THEIR NEW LADOUR MEMBER CHOSE IT FOR HIS MAIDEN SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Major Leslie Symonds hurried home from the Middle East to fight the Election, and he quoted from his own experience out there in support of his argument that there should be greater speed in the combing out of Service Bonnel.

per.

"When I was in the Army," he said. I had three clerks to deal with my correspondence. Now is In full-time clerk myndlf and

part-time legislator, I have no clerk at all. but my Correspon- dence Is for greater in volume then it was then. My successor In my Army Job, whoever he is and wherever he is, still has those three clerks, 1 am quite sure, be cause there are three on the War Establishment."

THE NEEDLE'S EYE

The member, who is bald, naded that by Service methods it was al

most impossible to change the War Establishment. "It is easier," he Primarked, "to make a camel pass through the eve of a nerdle or for myself to find a hair restorer that will work.

Very many still serving will celo his desire that the Gover ment should teke Dhe country into Its confidenes and that Ministers should give weekly wireless talks to explain the problems of demo bilisation.

DIGGING UP PLATO

"Pisata," the pineline system: be which millions of gallons of metrod were pumped across the Channel for the Alfter Purces, in betog dug be in Kent

Servicemen are removing stur age tanks From their nicing unces in bungalows and other buildings Flow the tanks were installed i still a Iystery Sum oral In habitants think they were install- ed at night time.

31 has been perts

in sum demolish buildings in or VABUN. der to extricate them.

DAUGHTER FLEW TO TRAITOR'S TRIAL

Paris, Dec. 6. Robert de Beauolan, 653-year-

old journalist, was sentenced to death for browlensting for the Germans during the occupation.

His pretty daughter, Madame Dorizon, who is an ardent alip. porter of General de Gaulle. New from Britain give evidence nt the trial,

CHEONG KEE BANK Established 1886

114, Queen's Road Central txchango, Remittance, Trust, etc.

Gold & Silver Smiths

Tol. 20641

|

THE CHINA MAIL HONG KONG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1945.

BACK TO BRIGANDAGE

Italy's Dick Turpin Gang In Naples Area

Friendly Relations INDIAN TROOPS

With Victims

ROME, DEC, 6,

IN THE MATTER OF BRIGANDAGE ITALY HAS TEM- PORARILY GONE BACK TO THE FIRST HALF OF THE LAST CENTURY, WHEN COACHES TRAVEL LING TO ROME FROM NAPLES OR CIVITAVEC- CHIA WERE LIABLE TO RE STOUPED AND PASSEN. GERS STRIPPED OR HELD TO RANSOM. THE POLICE, NOW BETTER ORGANISED AND EQUIP- PED THAN THEY WERE SOME MONTHS AGO, ARE GRADUALLY MAKING HEADWAY AGAINST ARMED GANGS WHICH INFEST LONELY ROADS. BUT IN SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY BANDITRY HAS BECOME A WELL-ESTABLISHED AND HIGHLY PRO- FITABLE PROFESSION.

A few months ago n certain Giuseppe Lamarca made newa by carrying off a wealthy miller In the Naples area and holding him to

Tansom for 10,000,000).. equivalent to £25,000. The mliler the eventually released on payment of 5,000,0001, on account. The balance is still outstanding,

An inquiry recently conducted Into Lamarca's petivities by the Roman newspaper Tempo provides Interesting Information.

POLITELY TREATED

Hin beat les among prosperous villages on the elupes of Vesuvius, and his game

are The wealthy farmers and small Industrialists of those parts.

He maintains a band of 200 well ärmed men, thuroughly dis ciplined and organised in separate ganga, euch under its wa lender, and he is served by a large m ber of subsidised informers, who le-t him knew about anitable clienta These when kidnappest, are well looked after and politely treated.

Lamarca is evidently well in the tradition of Dick Turnin. Gentle man doe and other heroes of fact or fletion.

His victims are brought before a tribunal consisting of Lamarca and his rong leaders and are in- formed of the ransom et whiet: they have been assessed. If they protest they are confronted with facts about their private expendi ture and are asked to justify their

efusal to pRY.

11

they ar

able to convince Lamarea that they are really hard up they are allowed to depart in

gence.

TOPE TO RETIRE

Tempo gives a list three other Dersung besides the above-mon- toned miller, from whom he has extracted

of more than 1,000,0001.. with A sumber of smaller fry.

Lamarca has not so far got a single charge of bloodshed nginst him except homicide-- arising from aquarrel for which he was sent to gaul two years ago. A pre- sent career began from the time he broke prison.

invited the whole band to him livine on payment of the ransom, and brouched his heat wine to cele. brate the occasion.

Lamarca's men are reported to consider that they are doing very well in business. and hope soon to tre able to retire to a well-earned Bi

SUEZ CANAL RECEIPTS

Parla, Dec. 0. Suez Canal receipts in Nave- ber lutalled £1,011,000 compared with £701,000 In 1938.

it was Announced here Lu-day. Number of ship using the Canal In November was 291, compared with 194.--Reuter.

IN MARCH PAST

Baghdad, Dec. 0.

An Indian contingent took part in a march past hero to-day after tokens of friendship had been ex- changed between the British and Iraqi armies,

Ton-year-old King Feisal took the salute as Indian and Irao troops, on R.A.F. contingent and Arab Legion detachments filed by.

A banner inscribed in English and Arabic "to the men, air and land forces of the British Empire in Iraq, in memory of their friendship and cooperation." was presented to the British troops by the Iraqi army-Reuter.

U.S. LOAN TO FRANCE

Laundry

Ladies Lost

LONDON, DEC. 4. TWO THOUSAND WOMEN LAUNDRY WORKERS HAVE GOT LOST.

They are the girls who volun- teored to leave the Services under the Class "B" demobilisation schome to return to their pence- time job of doing Britain's wash- Ing.

It was on September 28 that it was announced they would be re- leased immediately.

But to-day Mr. D. K. Rollit,

of the

secretary

Institution of British Launderers, said: "I do not know of A

laundry that has had one of them. Something will have to be done to gut them demobbed more quickly.” Washington, Dec. 3. But although the women have M. Henri Bonnet, Franch Am- not arrived from the Services, bassador, expressed the deep ap extra workers have reached some preciation of the French Doople | laundries. These are the women for the United States loan, which whose munitions jobs "have come be aald would primarily be used to an end. for buying raw materials in the U.8. which France urgently needs. The French purchasing mission is reported to have bought 41,000 bales of U.S. cotton against a recent enquiry for 180,000 bales. The mission continuing โย accept bids until full requirements nre satisfied. · Reuter.

Atlantic Wall Coup

Reconstructed

LONDON, DEC. 6.

IN THE KINGSTON BATHS, SURREY, WHERE THE ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTS WERE MADE, A FEW MICMBERS FROM THE ADMIRALTY EXPERIMENTAL DIVING UNIT, THE LANDING CRAFT OBSTRUCTION CLEARANCE UNIT, AND MIDGET SURMARINE CREWS SHOWED YESTERDAY HOW A SPECIALLY TRAIN- ED FORCE CUF A PASSAGE THROUGH THE DENSA UNDER-WATER OBSTACLES FORMING PART OF THE "ATLANTIC WALL" TO ENABLE THE ALLIED ARMIES TO BEGIN THEIR LANDING IN NOR- MANDY ON D DAY LAST YEAR.

For this feat, described as one | crash-diving, swam to the posts to of the most hazardous of the war, make their examination. 10 units (four Royal Navy and six Royal Marines), comprising 120 officers and men, arrived off the Normandy coast several hours be- fore dawn.

They transferred to a small as น

ul; craft seven miles from the share.

Then wearing their rubber sults, helmets Atted with glans slits, canisters of oxygen to enable them to keep submerged for 10 minutes, and large fins attached to their feet, they unddled their rub- ber dinghies to the point where

Returning to their starting point, they acized the ropes of a smaller dinghy laden with "X- niosives," and, moving themselves under water with the case of fish, towed it back to their objective. There they Axed the demolition charges.

The result is that the laundry does not take no long In most districts, although North London in the exception.

HITLER PICTURE SALE BANNED

LONDON, DEC. 6. THIRTY-FOUR PICTURES OF HITLER, SOME IN SIL- VER FRAMES, WILL NOT BE SOLD WITH THE CONTENTS OF THE FORMER GERMAN EMBASSY IN LONDON.

The Ministry of Works decided this to-day in view of the un- favourable public attitude to the Hitler bust sale for £500 of a last week.

Buyer of the bust was said to be a sympathiser with the Hitler worship organisation called the League of Christian Reform, whose activities, it was said in the loum of Commons yesterday, are to be watched.

Bidders to-day cheered the ban

on sale of the pictures and booed offer of An empty liter frame.Reuter.

an

CONSTITUTION OF SARAWAK

f

London, Dec. 6. Replying to a question in the House of Commons

yesterday THE TASK

about the Rajah of Sarawak, Mr. George Hall, Secretary for Commander W. Shelford, Colonies, said Government regard- RN.. Admiralty Superintendented the Rajah as the representative of Diving, who supplied the com-

of Sarawak and was houing to mentary, explained that a single arrive at an agreement with him charge placed in the centre of the regarding the constitutional posi- structure would only have twisted tion of Sarawak.-Router. They found steel barricades it into another form of obstacle. with a frontal area of 10ft. by To blow it away so as to leave 10ft, metal pyramids 5ft, high, debris no mure than 18in. high, steel "hedrehogs" shaped like six- and to allow landing craft to pans pointed stars, stum piles, wooden over it, a number of small charges ramps with mines attached for---had-to-be-placed-at-intervals, - trapping tanke, posts Bft to 12ft. high with mines on top, and "nutcracker" system of mines at tached to an upright.

He unnarently succeeds in main-they dived for their under-water taining the friendliest relations reconnaissance. with hia victims. One, from whom he had extracted 2,000,000,

WING LUNG

BANK

112, Queen's Road Central. Telephones: 20524 and 20833.

BANKERS and GOLD DEALERS

We have come back from Luicho, (hina and resumed business at our old premises. As before we do general banking business and exchange of foreigu moneys. From

now on we alsɔ deal with selected gold ornaments and pure gold bars.

OUR MOTTO IS QUICK IN SERVICE AND PURE IN QUALITY.

Most of them were fitted with mines or 75mm. shells converted

Into mines.

GOOD WORK

By nightfall the party, most of the time under enemy mortar fire, had cleared 2,400 obstacles over a atrio of beach 1,000 yards long and 400 yards doop.

For the Kingston demonstration wooden posts were erected at the deeper end of the bath to repre- sent some of the barriers.

From the other, and a small party of the "Frogmen" paddled out in a rubber dingby, ond, after

ANNOUNCEMENT

WISHING TO IMPROVE AND STANDARDIZE THE QUALITY OF GOLD BARS THAT ARE CIRCULATING IN THE HONG KONG MARKET, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED FROM THIS DATE A DEPARTMENT UNDER THE GOLD AND SILVER-EXCHANGE SOCIETY CALLED "STANDARD GOLD DAR BUREAU”. THIS BUREAU IS INCORPORATED BY THE NATIVE BANKERS-AND GOLD BAR DEALERS. THE MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO DEPOSIT CASH SECURITIES AS WELL AS MUTUAL GUARANTEES FROM OTHERS. OUR AIM IS TO PRODUCE STANDARD GOLD BARS OF UNIFORM FINENESS TO BE CHECKED AND STAMPED BY OUR OFFICIAL SEAL. WE HOPE TO PRODUCE SUCH STANDARDIZED GOLD BARS IN THE MARKET SO AS TO FACILITATE A FREE DEAL- ING AMONG OUR MEMBERS AS WELL AS WITH THE PUBLIC IN GOOD FAITH AND CONFIDENCE.

MEMBERS OF THE "STANDARD GOLD BAR BUREAU" ARE AS FOLLOWS:—

Wing Lung

Kwai Koo.

Tao Hanz

Chor Kes

Ou Tal

Wing Shing Loong

Loy Hing

Hang Shing

Fat Choong

Hing Song

112, Queen's Road, C.

81, Bonham Strand, E. 11, Bonham Strand. E.. 81, Bonham Strand, E. 78, Bonham Strand. E. 63, Bonham Strand, E. 42, Bonham Strand, E. 62, Bonham Strand, B.

Han Koam Taing & Co. 53, Don Voour Road, C.

118, Des Voeux Road, C. 181, Queen's Road, O.

Tal Song Wing Ming Wing Foong Nan Wah Wing Wah Ying Bluen Kwong On Wing Tai Lu Hing Hop Ming Tak Cheong Kos

195, Wing Lok Street, W.. 87, Bonham Strand, E. 71. Bonham Strand, E. 20, Jervals Street. 70, Wing Lok Streat. 40, Bonham Strand, E.. 169, Queen's Road, C. 90, Queen's Road, C. 12, Des Vooux Road, C. 101, Queen's Road, G. 10. Queen's Road," U.

THE GOLD & SILVER EXCHANGE SOCIETY

He said the British under-water sulta were much better made than either the German or Italian, and on behalf of the Admiralty he thanked the Dunlop Rubber Com- many for their enthusiasm and initiative.

NEW TELE-RATES

Bermudor Dec. The Anglo-United States tole communications conference ended yesterday with virtun! 100 per

on n how rate

cent agreement structure for telegram between tho British Commonwealth and the United States-Router,

Gramaphone Firm's Secret Weapons

LONDON, DEC. 6. BEFORE THE WAR THE £8,000,000 ELECTRICAL AND MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD., WERE ONE OF THE BIGGEST MANUFACTURERS IN THE RADIO AND GRAMOPHONE WORLD. THEY MADE H.M.V. AND COLUMBIA RADIOS AND RECORDS.

WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT; THE THOUSANDS OF WORKERS WERE SWITCHED OVER TO WAR-TIME PRODUCTION AT THE GIANT FACTORY :: BESIDE THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, AT HAYES, MID- DLESEX AND IN SUBSIDIARY FACTORIES AND RE SEARCH STATIONS,

NOTICE

Subject-Olaims for goods and services supplied to the Army, in 1141 and 1046 before the return of Lu British

L. A notice was published in te press on the 24th September, 1 145 instructing all persons who have monetary claims on the V. D. to submit these to No. 10 Staff Paymaster, Victoria Bar- ricka by the 30th November, 1 146;

All these claims should now have been submitted and 10se individuals with claims yet t be submitted should forward these at the earliest possible date.

The public is reminded that it is particularly important to make caima in Hong Kong dollars, to caim a specific amount, and to forward copies of all documents tint support the claim. It is useless to make a claim without acipulating a specific sum. This sum will have to be estimated in some cases, when the method of cdculation should be clearly a wwn.

!. The work of checking and gistering these claims started a from the 1st December. All c aimants will be in due course b, receiving letters requesting further information or evidence or notification that the claim has ben checked.

1. The question of payment is temporarily in abeyance and awaits a Government decision. As soon as this matter is decided the public will be informed trough the medium of the press,

J. H. GIBSON, Lt. Col.

A. A. & Q. M. G.,

HQ. Land Forces,

Hong Kong.

RITISH MILITARY ADMIN. STRATION, HONG KONG

my

PROCLAMATION NO. 16

MILITARY ADMINISTRA- TION (DELEGATION),

WHEREAS by Proclamation No. 1 1 assumed for myself and

SuccesBOTS legislative executive and admin. full judicial

isantive powers and sibilities and exclusive jurisdiction over all pertens and property throughout the Colony of Hong Kong

reapon.

AND WHEREAS by Pro- clamations 2, 3 and 4 I made further provision for the admin- istration of the Colony and for the delegation of certain of my

powers

AND WHEREAS I consider that the delegation hereinafter contained will assist the corrying ito effect of the intention of His Britanic Majesty's Government to restore Civil Government at the earliest possible date com. patible with the necessity of providing adequate and suitable personnel for the functioning of Civil Government and with the maintenance of law and order in toe Colony

NOW THEREFORE, I GECIL HALLIDAY JEPSON HARCOURT, C.B. C.B.E, Rear Admiral in His Britannic! Majesty's Fleet and Commander. ia Chief of His Britannic fajesty's Forces in Hong Kong. DO HEREBY PROCLAIM as follows:-

ARTICLE 1 DELEGATION TO CHIEF CIVIL AFFAIRS OFFICER Subject always to ary orders and directions which I or the Senior Officer from time to time- 11 command of His Britannie Majesty's Forces in Hong Kong may issue I hereby delegate to te Chief Civil Affairs Officer all the powers responsibilities ard

Proclamation No. 1 aforesaid and I authorise him to delegate thp........ sune or any part thereof to any person he may think fit and to authorise further delegation.

ARTICLE 2

Throughout the war, scientists It was also used against subjurisdiction assumed by me under. with the firm were engaged on marines and for close air support making some of Britain's "anerot to ground traops. weapons," and some of these word Infra Red Apparatus-Enabled described by the chairman, Mr. tanks to be driven In darkoces, Alfred Clark, in his annual 'state- and midget submarines to sink mont, yesterday.

Hero are some of the davicenite."

Monica-Installed. In bomber aircraft, gave audible warning of the approach of enemy fighters..

Low Level. Altimeter-Used for

Proclamation 8 and Proclam- night or fog landings and against ation 4 except Articles 7 and 9.

which, Mr. Clark disclosed, were made by the firm

Al-An air interception devico which gave pilots on Indication of

the whereabouts of enemy aircraft the Itallen Fleet. It also played a

REPEAL

and played a vital part in defeat vital part in the bombing of Ger- taceof are hereby repealed but ing enemy night bombers over Bri-many's big dams.

tain,

.....

Proximity FuraThe PP1-Used in ships at sen to was secret roleanod.

without prejudice to anything” latest Iwfully enacted or done there.

under,

give warning in chart form of Three members of the research. other ships, ground mames or ab department of the Arm were kill- structions PP1 helped to sipked at Malvern, Worcestershire, In "Scharnhorst."

1042, during the experiments Anti Submarino Radar-Used which produced H29, revealed Mrs to win the Battle of the Atlantic. Clark, who also stated that the H28, Which showed Bomber factory was hit by a flying bomb Command pilota maps of the last vour, then thirty-seven ground below for blind bombing, workers were killed.

GIVEN under my hand at HONG KONG this 4th day of December, 1945.

CECIL HARCOURT, Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong Forod

Diezen ongeting Poppamana taonga byla na Tratatult, pe altul, salate geftante, arbeta in a cushi taas turkey War Traps LASER 200