1946-08-24 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1946.

London Only Four Days Away From Hong Kong Now

Nehru To Be India's Foreign Minister?

At 7 o'clock next Wednesday morning a huge four-engined flying boat will take off from Kowloon Bay for "England inaugurating the Dragon Route of the British Overseas Airways Corporation's Speed Bird Service.

Thereafter a B.O.A.C. plane will leave every Wed- nesday for the United Kingdom flying_via Bangkok, Rangoon, Calcutta, Karachi, Bah- rein and Cairo..

Bombay, Aug. 23. Today's Bombay newspapers speculate on the allotment of portfolios in the forthcoming interim Government for India and report that Pandit Nehru, Congress. president, is certain to assume charge of foreign af- fairs; Vallabhai Patel, home af-open its Hong

and this Borvice, fairs; C. Rajagopalnehri (for- weekly. mer premier of Madras) finance;

On

Thursday, B.O.A.C. will

Gas Warfare

In China?

Kong-Singapore Jap. Whalers For General

too will be

Nanking, Aug. 23. Communist

General Chou En-lai today asked|

Marshall to carry to Kuling (the summer capital) strong orotests against what he said was most reliable is £300. Children under three General Douglas MacArthur, if he information" that Gov- years would be charged 10 per deemed it advisable for safeguard-crnment cent of the faro

and childrening the purposes of the occupation

The Ilong Kong

office

が

Rajandra Prasad, food and B.O.A.C. yesterday announced agriculture; Dr. John Matthai that the fare to the United King- (Indian Christians) is mention- dum was £170 single. Return fare ed for industries and supplies; and Balder Singh (Sikhs) for defence,

An unconfirmed but well-in- formed report reaching here. from New Delhi states that the

under 12, Rfty per cent.

Antarctic

Tokyo, Aug. 23.

authorized

U.S. Government

to

troops are of Japan, to permit the Japanese planning to use poison All full fare paying passengers to whale in Antarctic waters, un gas in future offensives.

Responding of the baggage and children un-Allied Hq, grokesman said today.

mitting the Japaness to conduct with including some criticism, on per- Kuling today after his conference whaling operations in the Anture- presumably carry the Communist tic during the 1940-1947 season, appeal against "inhuman the spokesman said:

fare."

final of the interim Govern- free ment

personnel submitted by der 12 will

ter.

have half-baggage

allowance. There will be no age gage allowance for children under

three.

Four-Day Trip

General Marshall is returning to

Chou and will

General

New Attacks

war-

་

Mr. Nehru to the Vicero, last night provided for 14 members, of whom two will be named later-six Hindus, including one

"No logical reason has yet been Scheduled Caste representative,

advanced why this additional food Government military sources five Monlems (of whom two The freight rate on the Dragon and whale oil supply should not termed General Chou't charges that the have not yet been nominated) Route will be 17/- per kilo and be made available to an underfed "fantastic" and denied and three others representing excess baggage will be charged at world. The operation infringes Nationalist Government had either' the minorities, Christians, Sikhs£1.14. per kilo.

in no way upon the rights of any the intention or the material to and Parsees,

The first B.0.A.C. flying boats nation."

He added that the SCAP carry out chemical warfare-As The list includes the former on the new England to Hong Kong High Commissioner in South and Singapore to Hong Keng ser-authorization was for one expedi-sociated Press. Africa, Sir Shafat Ahmed Khan, vices will arrive in Hong Kong tion only and was "without pre-

Tuesday. and Sarat Chandra Bose.Beux

judice for future international shin from the United decisions regarding the disposition

Peiping, Aug. 23. of vessels and equipment and the Kingdom is scheduled to alight in

whaling

General Taaf Len-chih, Gov- Kowloon Bay at 0 p.m. and the future of the Japanese

flying by Industry."-Associated Press. ernment representative at Execu- one from Singapore.

tivo Truce Headquarters, today way of Bangkok, at 4 p.in. On!

Protest

told newsmen that Communist the outward journeys, the flying boats will leave every week at

forces in Manchuria appear to be reorganizing and reshaping for of the It is authoritatively stated here inauguration B.O.A.C.'s Dragon Route means today that Mr. MacMahon Ball, new attacks, possibly in Jeho

representative heart of the Australian that London, the

has requested General British Commonwealth, is for the Japan,

preme Commander, to allocato

churlan battle fronts. He estimat- Japanese whaling equipment

have Australia us

ed that the Communists This announcement follows the 450,000 troops in Manchuria but did not consider It a recent protest of the Tasmanian said he Premier against General Mac-formidable force, "because it lacks Arthur's decision to permit Jap-discipline, training and other es- unese whaling ships to operate in sentials for frontal warfare." the Antarctic-Router.

He estimated that there ате 100,000 Communist troops in Jehol Province Associated Press.

POST OFFICE NOTICES

MAIL NOTICE

Outward Maits

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NOTICE TO MARINERS No. 50 of 1946 ·

HONGKONG HARBOUR.

CABLE RESERVE.

As from August 23rd.. and until further notico diving operations will bò In progress within the Cable Reserve be- tween Talm Sho Trui and Hongkong,

2. The diving barge will be distinguished by a large Red Flag and Red Anchor Buoys.

3. All vessels are warned to give the diving bargo na wide a berth as possible.

Authority: Harbour Master,

'J. JOLLY, Harbour Master,

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 21st. Aug. 1946.

Service Auction Rooms Auctioneers, Surveyors ete Basement, French Bank Bldg., A.E.B. de Sousa, Auctioneer.

Telephone 81867.

PUBLIC AUCTION

The Undersigned has received instruction from the Acting

by Public Auction. Custodian of Property to sell

NOTICE

The Ex-Political Prisoners' Association

All members are informed that an anniversary dinner of the Association will be held at the Gloucester Hotel, Top Floor, at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday next, the 29th instant. Members are them entitled to bring with their wives and other members of their family.

address.

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Dated the August, 1946,

22nd day

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Association.

NOTICE

whereabouts Canberra, Aug: 28.

In

Province.

He said that probably explain-

Unless otherwise stated, Regis- first time in history, brought with Douglas MacArthur, Allied Sed the current lull in the Man- tered Articles and Parcel Post in. four days of Hong Kong on a close 15 minutes earlier than the direct air route. timo stated below:-

•

Hythe Class

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24

The service will be an in- Airmail for Canton and Shang-estimable hoon

businessmen, hal (C.N.A.C. Plano) (Reg.) 9.39 for it permits a merchant to leave a.m., (Ord.) 10a.m.

Hongkong on Wednesday and he, Wuchow

in England on Saturday.

The flying boats to be used on

(Kwongsol Province)

(Wing Hing) 10 .m.

aneno and Tsinshan (Kwong- sai) 11 a.m.

Saigon (Helikon) 3 p.m. Bangkok (Mui Hock) 3 p.n.

Amoy (Mactan) 3 p.m.

7.m.

the Dragon Route are the Bythe class, which is a civil adantation

of the famous Sunderland flying boats which served

the Allied

cause so magnificently during the war.

Swatow (Tainan) 8 p.m. Manila, P.I. (Tibadak) &p.m

The opening of the Dragon Shanghai (Empire Perlis) 3 Route is but another achievement Airmail for Canton, Shanghai, of post-war British air transport Nanking, Tsingtao, Peiping and and a further step in the develop Kunming (C.N.A.C. Plane) (Reg.).ment of the only worldwide flying

boat service. 3 p.m., (Ord.) 3.30 p.m.

Many of the plans laid down in Canton (By train) 4p.m.

the years before 1939 for the de- of Empire air com- velopment SUNDAY, AUGUST 25

munications have been brought Macao and Tainshan (Kwong out again and modernised in the Fook Cheung) (Reg.) 5 p.m. 24/8, light of post-war needs and have (Ord.) 18 a.m. 25/8.

been put rapidly into operation. Canton (Fatshan) (Reg.) & p.m.

Among these were the start of a 24/8,

10 a.m. 25/8. (Ord.)

through express route from the Australia Shanghai (Fengtien) (Reg.) United Kingdom to p.m. 24/8, (Ord.) 10 am. 25/3. with Lancastrian aircraft which Kongmoon (Fook Hol) (Reg.)cover the 12,000-mile journey in

24/8, (Ord) 10 am. 2578 61 hours. 5 p.m.

Airmail for Canton and Hoihow Then came the extension of the (C.N.A.C. Plane (Reg.) p.m. England-Calcutta flying boat ser 24/8, (Ord.) 10a.m. 25/8.

ice, first to Rangoon, later 10 Singapore and eventually right through to Australia.

Airaall for Kwellin, Hankow and Nanking (C.N.A.C. Pleno) (Reg.) 6 p.m. 24/8, (Ord.) 10 nm, 25/8.

Straits

a.m.

developments were the

e of the fast service to

Johannesburg, South Africa with MONDAY, AUGUST 20

Yorks and the reopening of the (Eastern Trader} 10 European civil air services.

The Dragon Route directly links Far East for (Kwong- England and the

the first time since 1980.

Macao and Tainahan

sal) 1a.m.

Teamkong (Kwongchowwan) (Hop Fat) noon,

Haiphong (Masbate) noon. Airmail for London, Calcutta, Johannesburg. Calro, Rangoon; Singapore, Sydney and Auckland (By Air) (Reg.) 1.45 p.m., (Ord.)

ROTTEN FOOD FROM INDIA

Bumper Harvest

to

Shanghai, Aug, 23. Strongly contrasting with the present rice shortage situation in Malaya is that now prevailing in most rice-eating regions of China,

This year's harvest has been of a bumper character, cape

and cially in the Far West

throughout the whole of Yangtae Valley.

the

Informed Nanking circles are of the opinion that the threat of famine has been removed from most interior areas, though bad communications are likely to militate against complete re- lief.Reutor.

Trouble In Greece Over Plebiscite

were

Athens, Aug. 23.

Republican leaders have pro- tested to the Government that they are unable to move freely in their constituencies for fear of boing attacked.-Reuter.

on SATURDAY, the 24th Aug. 1946, commencing at 10.00 a.m., at the promises of

THE SERVICE AUCTION ROOMS,

French Bank Building, Basement,

24 LOTS OF MISCELLANEOUS GOODS, comprising:-

1

STORED AT HONG KONG AND KOWLOON WHART AND GODOWN CO'S. No. 6 GODOWN, West Point. Gunny Bags, STORED

AT HING SHUN LOONG GODOWN, HOL- LAND STREET, West Point. Wooden Frames, Wooden Dil Stands,

'

STORED AT SERVICE AUC- TION ROOMS, FRENCH BANK BUILDING, BASE- MENT.

Gas masks with Canvas Bags and Anti-dimming Outfit.

$.

MAN-

TUITION GIVEN

CANTONESE AND DARIN lessons given in group or privately by expert teacher assistanta. with young lady Moderate charges. Write Box No. 79, "China Mall."

POSITIONS WANTED

Will any person possessing any information concerning the

of Mr. D.

Kong Dockyard, kindly com- NIGHT school teacher, 32, passed BLAKE, formerly of the Hong municate with the Colonial Hong Kong University matricula- C.S.O. Buliding, | tion, fast typist, knows some Secretariat, Lower Albert Road.

shorthand, has newspaper, expert-

to

1943.

Mr. BLAKE was reported aence, secks daytime occupation. prisoner of war on S.B.2181 Write Box 100 "China Mail." - and is believed to have been sent

January 19th. A DEGREE man seeks a position in Japan 018

a Middle School, and offers privată lessons for Middle School students, Box No. 107 c/o "China Mail."

H.B.M. Government. ek-Service Chinese with experience as inter- preter and of translation, Anancial administration, and general gov¬.... ernment work seeks immediate engagement. Write Box No.1108 c/o "China Mail."

LAMMERT BROS. Auctioneers, Surveyors and Appraisers, Pedder Building. Telophone No. 20224.

PUBLIC AUCTION

The Undersigned have received instructions from the Acting Custodian of Property to sell by Public Auction

on

Tuesday and Wednesday, the 27th, and 28th. August 1946 commencing each day

at 10.00 a.m.

at their Sales Rooma. Pedder Building-basement

340 LOTS OF MISCELLANEOUS GOODS, comprising: STORED AT THE K. C.

WORKSHOP, HUNG HOM, KOWLOON'

GOVERNMENT STORES DEPARTMENT.

It is hereby notified that Sealed Tenders in triplicate, which should be clearly marked "TENDER FOR THE MANU- FACTURE OF SCHOOL DESKS, CHAIRS, ETC" will be received at the Office of the Chairman, Tender Board, Pu- blic Works Department, Colonial Secretariat Building, until noon. on Friday, September 8th. 1946.

Tenderers must attach to each

Rtender a receipt that they have deposited at the Treasury, Prince's Building, Des Voeux Station Road, the sum of $100.00 as I pledge of the bona fides of their Tender.

Lorries, Cara, Wagons, Etc. STORED AT THE COLONIAL MOTORS, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON

STORED AT RELIEF DEPOT, KING'S BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CON- NAUGHT ROAD, Central. Combination Lock Safes with Keys and Combination. STORED AT TUNG TAI EN- GINEERING CO'S WORK- SHOP, WHITFIELD ROAD, Bay View. Cement and Lime, Oakum, Car. Cotton Waste.

AT KUNG ON STORED

GODOWN, West Point. Potato Flour, STORED AT YUEN LEE

GODOWN, West Point.

One "Studebaker Champion"

The successful Tenderer will be required to deposit into, the Treasury the sum of $1,000.00 08 security for satisfactory fulfilment of their Contract,

STORED AT K. 1. GODOWN,

Sample standard designs of MA TAU WEI ROAD, KOW-Government School Furnituro

LOON

Official reports today stated that during the past 48 hours there was a lull in the activities of armed bands-allegedly Leftwing-through- out the country districts. Government au- thorities are in complete control of the situa- tion in central Macedonia, it was added. Statistics compiled by British General Stylianos Gonatas, the experts on the basis of Deputy Premier, said that the Greek offeint re- presence of Allied observera British and ports show that during last could guarantee the authenticity week there were 36 political of the plebiscite resuit. murders throughout Greece. In Thessaly 48 bandits and eight gendarmes

killed in clashca.

Republi- Meanwhile, Greek cans and Royalists were step- for ping up their campaigns

Chetniks Out Of Bounds the plebiscite, the Republicans alleging that the campaign

Triesto, Aug. 28. would not be conducted fairly

The Venezia Giulia civil police and the Royalists denying their today found five mon said to be

armed Canton (By train) 4 p.m.

wearing Yugoslav charges. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27

The leader of the Republican uniforms on the main road leading STORED AT KUNG YUEN STORED AT SAI YEUNG Liberal Party, Themistocles south from Trieste to the Yugo- Macao and Tsinshan (Kwong Fook Choung) 19 a.m.

Sofoulis, stated that he "feared alav Occupied Zone B of the dis- Cebu P.I. (Bengel) 10 um. A ship's officer, writing to the the violence and lies" of the puted frontier province. Haiphong (Empire Labrador) "Straits Timer," stated that of the campaign for the return of the The five men immediately aur- seven to eight thousand tons of King, but his party would par- rendered, saying they were Chot- Australia via Sydney (Yochow) food from India to Singapore, one ticipate to prevent and denounce nikes whe

excaped whon their (Par.) 9.30 a.m., (Reg.) 9.45 a.m.,, half was "rotten and unfit to eat any fraud.

groups were scattered on the hill (Ord.) 10a.m.

in Singapore." The The Royalist Party presided of the Dalmatian hinterland.

They have been handed oyer to Swatow and Saigon' (Pronto) on arrival

food was milk, fruit, puddings over by General Alexandros the Allied military authorities.— and vegetables, all tinned.

Papagos, Commander-in-Chief Router. of the Greek Army during the Hallan-Greek war, has

Airmail for Canton, Amoy, Foo chow and Shanghai (C.N.A.C.

p.in.

Singapore, Aug. 23. Indo-China has releas-

Plane) (Reg.) 3 pm, (Ord.) 3.30 ed 5,000 tons of rice for Malaya. The first half is leaving at the end of August and the remain- der in mid-September..

10

10 8.11.

Shanghai (Wing Sang) noon.

for. Chungking and (G.N.A.C. Plane) (Reg.)

(Empire Park) 3 p.m..j

2 pm (Ord.) 3.80

Airmail for Canton. Shanghai,

In four and a half months, his ship made two voyages, of which 33 days were spent at sea, 31 days loading and 09 days calling at places along the Singapore roads

Peip Honkow, Tsingtao and or unloading..

(O.N.A.C. Plane) (Rog.) Another officer writes: "We are p.m., (Ord.) 1.80

lying at anchor with 5,000 tons of Australian foodstuffs and it ap-

Canton (Sai On) 4 p.m. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28

Airmail for Canton and Shang-eurs that we must wait for two hai (C.N.A.C. Plano) (Reg. 9.50 or weeks to got a whart at

4.m., (Ord.) 10

a.m.

(Kwong

Straits (Tak Sang) (Par.) 9.10 a.m., (Ord.) 10a.m.

Macao and Telnshen sall 11:a.m

Airmail for London, Calcutta, Singapore, Bangkok and Saigon (By Air) (Reg.) 1.16 pm, (Ord,) -1Canton (By/train) 4 p.m. ↑

which to unload."--Router.

Shanghai, Aug. 22, The Chinese Government has decided to buy the entire stocks of raw silk in Shanghal at cost price. The Control Trust of China will affect the purchase.

Router.

Issued

and

an appeal stating that the re- ROYAL HONGKONG turn of the King would guaran- teo order, discipline and justice in Greece.

Coup D'etat General Alexander Othonalos, President of the Athens Union of Republican Associations, told a mass meeting in Salonika that the holding of the plebis- cite was equivalent to a coup d'etat but it would not atop the struggle of the people for liberty and democracy pers

"Denying the truth of state- ments by Republican leaders,

GOLF CLUB

Rice Flour.

GODOWN, West Point.

Flour.'

STORED AT CHINA PROVI- DENT No. 2 GODOWN, West Point. Tapioca Flour,

Miscellaneous Car Engines. STORED AT NO. 1 POOL, CASTLE PEAK ROAD, KOWLOON, (R.A.F. POOL)

Cars and Lorries.

CHOY STREET, BEHIND K. M. B. OLD PREMISES (NO. 2 POOL) · One Lot Car Chassis with Body Frame only. STORED AT STAR TAXICAB GARAGE, NO. 38 WONG NHI CHỐNG ROAD, Happy Valley..

One Lot Car Chassis and Motor Car Scraps.

The above Promises will be open to inspection on 22nd and 23rd August, 1946, between 10.00

and and noong 1.11.

The above Premises will be between 2.00 pm and 4.00 open to inspection on 24th, and p.m. Inspection Permits will be. 26th August 1948, between Issued by the Undersigned at 10.09 a.m. and. поод and the Service Auction Rooms botrem 2:00 p.m. and 4.00 p.m. Inspection Permits will be issued by the Undersigned.

Applications are invited for the post of full time Secretary to the above' club.

The Auction lo subject to the Conditions of Sale published in Plonzo apply in writing by the 9th March, 1948, Issue of

the Gazette. September 1st to

· R. G. GRAY Hon. Secretary, R.H.EGC. c/o Hongkong & Shaughat

“Banking Corporation,"

Hongkong

A. E. B. DE SOUSA" Auctioneer.

HONG KONG, aand Air, 1940.

The Auction is subject to the Conditions of Sale published in the 9th March 1945, issue :of the Gazette.

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers,

can

he Been at Government Stores, Electric Road, North Point.

All Furniture to be manufac tured in Teakwood,

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender, and reserves the right to accept all or any part of each tender.

E. E. HAGGER. Controller of Stores. Hongkong, 16th August, 1946.

DIOCESAN GIRLS” SCHOOL

KOWLOON

Autumn Term begins Supt. 12th. 1946-

Entrance Examination (fea 88) Monday, Sept. 2nd. 1946.

Registration definitely closer. Aug. 30th, noon.

__NOTICE. Re" "Cross Gift Parola wifi- Kai diatributod to last terms students on t | Aug, 24th, between 10 a.m. and

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