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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1943.

W. GERMANY FOOD STRIKES Hunger Making Heads Dizzy In The Ruhr

Stuttgart Leaders Shouted Down

Frankfurt, Jan. 31. The decision by the Wurtemberg-Baden trade unions to call a 24-hour general strike next Tuesday may be the opening move for a second wave of food strikes in Western Germany, re- ports reaching Bizonal Trade Union. head- quarters here indicate.

The next danger point is believed to be the state of Lower Saxony, in the British Zone, where the bread ration has been cut by a Bizonal order because the State Government distributed more home-grown potatoes than allowed and therefore failed to deliver its full quota to the Ruhr.

The strike agitation, direeted posal by Eastern Zone trade against the bread cut, coincides

with inst Tuesday's resignation

unions.

They have suggested that

the

U.S. Treaty With Italy

Rome, Jan. 31.

The Ferrign Offce reported today that ffaly and, the United States will sign a treaty of friendship, trade and navigation wrat Monday,

It will be the first treaty sign- ed by the United States with any Kuropean country since the war. and the first signed by Italy since Fascism-United Pran.

French Banks Did Not Open

Russia Has A Million POW At Work

Washington, Jan. 31.

Russia has still some- where around 1,000,000 prisoners of World War II working as forced labour, a survey of of- ficial figures indicated today.

The estimate is based on the fait abar Soviet Union reportest in the Big Four Council of Foreign Mini ters last March this is Mill held the 890,000 Germans. Estimates of number of Japanese held by

the

of the Communist Minister of their Western colleagues agreei Labour, Herr Kari Abel, and to a discusalon of the strikes Interzonal trade union the Communist campaign at an against the Social Democrat conference in Dresden, in

Paris, Jan. 31. W-Soviet Zone, next Tuesday, add- terr Heinrich Fremier,

The Ministry of Finance an-Russians range upward from 300,- that they "would like to

nounced today that banks will holm Kopf, areused by the Pe- ing tish Government as a "war er give them any possible ald and not open on Sunday-in spite difficulties." of the original order that they advice in their 14ા.'

would-to deal with the rush to Reuter.

deposit 5,000 franc notes, now Illegal.

new

The most disturbing aspects of these

movements are week's to inst that, contrary Bavarian general strike, the Initiative does not lie with the and they lendera Trade union are directed more against attempt at a bonni levelling of the food rations than the failure of particular State Govern

Not Joining In

ano.

The United States, Britain, Rus- via and France pgreed in Moscow in March 1947 to repatriate all Ger- man prisoners of war they held by Black-marketeers were reported to the end of 1948.

The question of the Japanese pri- be taking every conceivable measure

toners of 1 save themselves and their mocussed by the Big Four.

war has never been dis Banks were open today to allow

But the United States has return-

and

Duesseldorf, Jan. 31. Civil servants in the province of

North Rhine Westphalia. Government departments, instrance ed all of its prisoners, both German which includes the Ruhr, decid- companies, finance companies,

certain and Japanese, except those held for

war crimes trials. ed tonight not to join in the tonalised industries food protest strike of the "white, other "unquestionable" categories 10 collar workers which has been change their notes.

On Monday, private persons and scheduled throughout the Bri.

private companies will be able At a mass meeting of Stutt-tish Zone of Germany for Tues-deposit their notes-Reuter. gart shop stewards which de day.

mente.

Zone clerical cited to call Tuesday's strike, The British

strike Was decided leaders who argued against the workers strike were shouted down and upon by a 90-per cent majority the General Secretary, Herria zone-wide ballot on Thurs Kleinknecht,

prevented day and Friday. Was

to

Paris, Jun. 31. France and Czechoslovakia prolong their decided today to trade agreement of July, 1948, until April this year, by which from finishing his winding-up! The strike, which is estimated time they hope to conclude

materally inchessing would affect 1,800,000 workers, agreement was to be in favour of equal ra- trade exchanges between the two tions for all-Reuter.

speech.

The argument that a local fat ration cut was necessary to feed even more hungry Ruhr work- situa- ers was powerless In A tion where, as the "Stuttgarter Nachrichten" puts it "hunger is making heads dizzy."

Rumours

Responsible

union leaders convince

find impossible to

So

countries-Reuter.

A Self-Imposed Austerity

an

Paris, Saturday. are unrationed, and clothing is the workers that no more fat

things on free sale everywhere, unlikely many could be brought in quickly

In 1948, too, they will de- boon to even if the Allies did authorise could happen only in Parla that

the current visage of this beration wine--a great its purchase.

capital is almost French people. Every rumour about alecks witching

But the one piece of know- available in neighbouring coun- plumb in the additionist line.

fedge haunting the Parisian B

can

Paris

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Britain has given asteance that it will easily make the deadline for German repatriation.

Major Operation

France was reported by the State Department to be still holding 301,400 Germans on January 1 with pre- spects of barely spicezing under the deadline,

TC-

Russia has not submitted any figures in the March meeting but it would be a major operation to

io the patriate 890,000 Germanis allotted time to say nothing of the slow rate which Japanese have been returned.-United Press.

Firm Rome Reply To Moscow

Rome, Jan. 31.

A spokesman of the Italian tries is eagerly lapped up. The As the shouts of "Bonne. An-that, in spite of everything sue Foreign office sald today that proof of the interest with whichi Communist leaders are follow-nee" fade in the distance, peo-cessive Governments have been the Italian Ambassador in Mos- this year are able to do, prices have just cow had been instructed to in- form the Soviet Government ing the West Germany strikes plein

knuckling down to some really gone on soaring dizzily. be found In a new pro-

That includes the prices of that the visits of United States tough austerity.

Only, with a slight Parisian almost everything-food. ships to Italian ports-the sub- of a Soviet protest to touch of unreally, it is a back-clothes, gas, electricity, trans.ject

Washington on Wednesday-fol handed kind of austerity in the port and coal. midst of a chocolate cream, silk As a Parisian housewife said lowed authorisations granted by

to-day, "it's not much consola- the Italian Government,

"These visits follow previous It is ал austerity solf- tion seeing things on free sale imposed. Because people are if you can't pay the price applications through diplomaile:

channels, which were authoris finding it harder and harder to they're marked."

a sovereign held on the crazy price spiral. Adroitly hitting this national ed by Italy

Take

for cgge,

instance. taiking point on the head, samo state", the spokesman declared. "It is the exclusive com- Any day of the week you can Paria papers have been coming eat แ four-egg omelette for out with illustrated extracta of petency of Italy to decide if any breakfast drink a fresh egg nog old issues showing what prices protest. is justified. The naval

of any

other natiun at mid-day, get the wife to make used to be. A suit for 34 vessels a six-cgg pudding at lunch- francs-in 1908; in 1939, 1,200 would be equally welcomed by

A the Italian Government." time, egg on toast for tea and francs, now 18,000 francs. any number of palate-tickling ment for one person with wine

the stay of American naval vessels į egg hors-d'oeuvrea for dinner for 12 francs just before

Leghorn, All you need are the francs. war. Now, for the same meal, at Naples, Taranto, One kg costa 18. od. in the 600 francs. Plenty of people Genon and other Italian ports a was contrary to the Italian black market.

peace treaty-Reuter,

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GOVERNMENT RATIONS DISTRIBUTION

SPECIAL NOTICE

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HOLDERS OF RATION CARDS NOS. 1001 TO 2562 INCLUSIVE

REGISTERED AT

LANE, CRAWFORD, LIMITED. The February Distribution of FLOUR, SUGAR and BUTTER will be effected between the hours of 9 A.. to 12.00 Noon and 2.00 P.M. to 4.46 P.M. as under:-- Numbers 1001 to 1390

1391 to 1780

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Fab. 2nd 1948

1.

1781 to 2170

3rd 4th

#

2171 to 2562

6th

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4 lbs. Per Person

33

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1 lb. for each person in family

1

a per number Registered on Ration Card,

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QUANTITIES allocated are as follows:--

The issue of the Sugar ration is temporarily held up, dus lo non-arrival of stock,

Suitable containers must be brought for Flour. BUTTER RATION CARD HOLDERS TO NOTE.

CUSTOMERS WHOSE RATION CARDS ENTITLE THEM TO NOT PER MONTH NEED MORE THAN ONE POUND HENCEFORTH DRAW THE FULL QUANTITY WHEN TAK- ING DELIVERY OF THE MONTHLY QUOTA OF, FLOUR AND SUGAR,

BUTTER WILL BE AVAILABLE DAILY, SATURDAYS AND RATION SUNDAYS EXCEPTED FOR ISSUE AGAINST

THAN ONE CARDS IN QUANTITIES OF NOT LESS POUND, BUT NOT MORE THAN THE QUANTITY SPECL IN ANY ONE FIED ON THE CARD CAN BE OBTAINED RATION MONTIL.

Special Notice: In order to facilitate the smooth running of Ration Distribution arrangements, we would appreciate customers collecting their rations on the specified days and dates in accordance to the numbers of their own Hation Cards. Kowloon Customers, if desired, may draw their rations from the Kowloon Braneli,

LANE, CRAWFORD, LIMITED.

GROCERY DEPT.

Hong Kong: Tol. 28151

Kowloon Tel. 69922

GOVERNMENT RATIONS.

HOLDERS OF GOVERNMENT RATION CARDS

Issued by

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are hereby advised that the FEBRUARY DISTRIBUTION will be available for collection from MONDAY, 2nd FEBRUARY, 1948

to

MONDAY, 9th FEBRUARY, 1948.

(Saturdays & Sundays excluded)

QUANTITIES ALLOCATED ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

lbs per person

$0.33 per lb.

FLOUR EUTTER (Fresh) @ $2.10 -1 (one) lb. for each person fr family as per number registered on Ration Card. SUGAR-OWING TO DELAY IN THE ARRIVAL OF STOCKS,

RATIONS SUGAR

IS STILL SUSPENDED UNTU FURTHER NOTICE,

"

SUITABLE CONTAINERS MUST BE BROUGHT

FOR FLOUR

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

NOTICE TO MEMBERS

FIRST EXTRA RACE MEETING

Saturday, 7th February, 1948.

The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the first ra will be run at 2.00 p.m.

Through numbers (9 Rages-$18) may be obtained at £ Office of the Treasurers 1st floor Exchange Building tlokets for the Special Cash Sweep ($2.00) on the last race.

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE.

that they and Members and guests are reminded ladies MUST wear their badges PROMINENTLY DISPLAYI throughout the Meeting.

NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED THE MEMBERS ENCLOSURE

the

th

Badges admitting non-members to the Members Enclos and Club Rooms at $10 including tax are obtainable throu

Secretary

written or personal introduct upon the of a Member, such Member to be responsible for all chits

Badges admitting to Members' Enclosure will NOT be sale at the RACE COURSE.

The Treasurers' Compradore Office will clond at 11 a and the Secretary's Office at 11.45 am. Both Offices at floor, Exchange Building.

Geneva, Jan. 31. The Preparatory Commission of the United Nations Interna- tional Refugee Organisation to day ended its conference here, during which it was decided, to да tho The new twenty-year-old Miss recommend tomorrow a Royal Wedding present dis-

France they have just elected deadline, after which new re- play.

Only, nowadays tho head here could give points to any fugees would not be eligible for waiters are opening tower and 200 Hollywood glamour girls- care and re-settlement by the fewer tins of caviare to tower and then some.

Agency. and fewer customers.

If the Metro, as they, call the This order was proposed be It is reliably reported that underground

cause of the Agency's financial the carpeted jewellers are in years out of date and the city dificulties arising from the con- creasingly having to survive on bus gervice a crying scandal,stant, stream of new refugees. the once-a-year custom of Brazi you can still see brilliant per

Thirteen countries, including Ilan millionairesses,

formances of Mollere, Shake-Britain, France, Chiou and the For this Paris la still a city spearo and Rostand for a song United States, attended the con- where, although there are al and in crowded, art gallerton, ference, which approved a £68,- ways some people mysteriously bookshops and muscuma catch 500,000 budget for refuges re- wealthy enough for the plush the enthusiasm of quite brdio- llet in the two years ending and-champagne level, you ary people for beautiful and no June, 1949, and decided to ap- can also find families who have ble things.

proach all individually inter- to live on vegetables and notj If a little of the old pre-war much else and students who clan has gone out of the chorusested Governments to find out what "falr abare" of the re have so little that during the girls' kicks at the Folies Ber-fugos they would be willing holiday recess they do their | gores-though the maledrama to studying in bed to keep worm is just as bloodthirsty at the And the Parisian bourgeois, Grand Guignol you can still

receiveRouter.

St. Johns, Jan. 31; the middle class, who cling to watch the haunting change of Fire has destroyed the Labra the old traditions perhaps har grey, half-misty lights along dor settlement or Makkovik, der than anybody, are tighten the quays of the Saine by the south of Hspedale. First reporti ing family bells, afresh almost Point Neuf, indicated that the Moravian min weekly--because they are usual-1. Gay, Parce meant-and manns den und another building were ly the people hit most severely more than Montmartre eight totally destroyed, wiping out True, many things are better clubs and the cœnous at the Bal- practically the entire habitation than this time last your Mat | Tabarin," I mount the whole in the settlement, which lea - potators and all other

atmosphere of "shie elty.

walifishing centre--Beuber

A limited' number of Elffins will be obtainable at the C ouse, provided they are order in advance from the No. 1-1 (Tel. 27818),

NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLU PREMISES DURING THE MEETING.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE,

The price of admission to the Public Roclorare is including tax for all persons including ladies, and is » able at the Gate.

Bookmakers,. Tlo Tac men, etc, will not be permitted during the Race Meeting. operate within the precincts of The Hong Kong Jockey

Refreshments will be obtainable In the Restaurant fä Publio Enclosure.

SERVANTS". PASSES Passes for Servañfd "will be issued ta. Private Box hol ONLY on application to the Secretary, 1st Floor, Eachs Buliding,

Any persons found lostertug with Servants' passos in possession will forfeit the same and will be rumored–fzoa

· Enclosure.

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