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CORRESPONDENCE

The Editor takes no responsibility for vlques expressed is letters bil correspondents, and by no means necessarily aprées with them;}{

however that

now

appears likely, was a highly in-how. Czechoslovakia was betray-One

Hong Kong's Food Supply Situation Satisfactory

of the most serious problems being consider- ed by the Hong Kong Government today is the food supply and reserve of the Colony. If normal imports from China should be out off or restricted,

understand fully the significance of this pro blem, it is necessary to, realise that during the 17-day struggle for the Colony in 1941, the food situation was a worrying problem.

Battle Of Britain

́uhbrella accurate evaluation of Britain's ed. by Chamberlain's

And Czechoslovakia SirWar is a maker of myths defences by Garman intelligenco, diplomacy, and the manner in when the The Germans heard in September has not definitely joined Eng- history of the Battle of Britain that there were in England 20 land's potential enemies,

That was a prina facle avid- has already been perverted, by completely operational, divisions,

ond * patriots

total strength exceeding ence for the fallacy of the Cham- enthusiastle

probably

berlain doctrine. that when Chino

her conquerors To makes an effort to state the facts 1,000,000,

September 17 Hitler was conquered foredooned. It seems surprising

With the Pcords postponed Operation Sealion in would borrow moneys on tonns definitely. though troops and difelated by Anglo-Saxon money- of the German High Command conferences

available, no ships remained in readiness for bags.

The success of China's. Com- one has made a serious effort to 20 days. The preparations thera- correct the romantle version of after were "solely for the pur- munists, thanks to American those months of 1040 which are pose of maintaining political and weapons supplied through the

arrangement pressure on England." Lend-icare so widely accepted by Britons as military being fecisive on the course of The so called "fourth phase" bf through Chiang Kai-shek's

the Battle of Britain was there- zimne acting as the Kremlid's fifth Here are some of the usually fore nothing of the kind. It was columnist and to execute a policy Ignored facts: Hitler had no in- the expression of Hitler's bullet that "it is more blessed to give tention of levnding Britain after hut Britain could be beaten by than to receive has now enabled

Departures from the Peninsula, the defeat of France. He thought air and sca blockade and the re- Russia In her holy mission for

Hotel on Tuesday included Mesara. sult of his decision to prepare to realisation of Bolshoyik type ol probably make Britain woul

Peace to crush Anglo-American

It might be true that Govern- WE Chandior, P.G. Wuse, E.F.- peace, if she didn't, he thought knock out Russia.

QUENTIN POPE. imperialists with additional 400,- ment will enforce a certain "aus Hitchcock, E.0. Butler, M. Zargui, she would wither away under

000.000, man-power potentials Interity" on fresh vegetables, but | Mina S. Ler. Mis A.A. Müler, minimum amounts could be im- Miss B.A. Fischer, Mrs. G. Me- war.

ported from Australia, and cor- Carthy and Mr. and Mrs. E.M. tainly most of the meat supply Grimm. could be provided from the vast cattle stations in Queensland and New South Wales.

the war.

sea blockade and bombing of her his ports, (How well bed was weiler

is shown in the fact that even in 1942 U-bonls were, still sinking Inerchant ships faster than they were being built and ran survived precisely because she was never "nione" as is often stated, she had the U.S. Navy convoying 5,000 ships across the Atlantic before Pearl harbour, she had the whole ein- pire behind her and ho also had very considerable tontlage tron the countries Hitler had invaded which enabled her to weather the storm at seu.)

ፈነ

International Talkı

Sir, I shall be most grateful it you will have the goodness to publish this letter in your es- teemed columns.

5. CHAN.

Court Brevities

However, the situation today re- is much different. Though a

of

A Chinese manager fined $200 by Mr. Y.K. Kah at Central yes. terday for overcharging 37 conts on a exity of flour and for not at- tacking a prico ̈ing.

Hai Chung Lam, manager of the Tung Shum Store.

Defendant TVAS

large percentage HonPersonalia

Kong's fresh vegetables meat is still imported from the malaland, trade with foreign countries in back to normal.

Rice, the staple food diet of 29 per cent of the Colony's popula- tion, is one of the most favour able aspecta of the Colony's overall food requirements.

Because of the International Rico Agreements, the Hong Kong! has been able to months' supply, Government h and the prospect of importing rice from some of our Southern neighbours is very good.

From Japan

and

Mr. R.M.A. Klean, Mrs. B. Klean, Mian E.M.G. Robins, D. Budhrani, Mr. Gurmukdas Mr. Aul. Alvares left for Singa- pore by BOAC yesterday,

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Mr. Michael Garrett, Philip- pinos Manager of United States Lines Company, accompanied by Mrs. Garrett and their small son Stephen, arrived in Hong Kong yesterday aboard the ms, Sea Serpent, a Pacific Far East Line vessel.

Battle Of Britain Parade By RAF At Kat Tak Today

commemora

A parade in ilon of the Battle of Britain.

RÁF will be held at the Station Kal Taic at 8:20 am. today.

After the parade there will be a march-past.

The salute will be taken by Group Captain J, H. Worrall, DFC, the Station Comman- der of Kai Tak, who com manded Squadron during the Battle of Bribežev, Y.

During the morning, Royal Air Force Opitfires from Kal Tak and Royal Naval Seafres and

Firafies from H.M.B. Triumph will "show the flag" In the New Territories. Final - ly, at approximately 10.30 .m., the planes will carry out a combined fly › past over Hong Kong harbour.

George Costello Appointed CPS Agent In HK

Mr.

Several months ago, a group of; comprising privalo Individuals, Britons, Chiness and persons of several other nationalities," met together for a discussion on vari-i ous matters pertaining to our the study of joint interest in Asiatic culture, with special

am- phasis on philosophy and reli- his gion. At that time, it was sug- Squadron Leader Yule in

men-gested that we arrange a series story of the air attacks tions that testing of British de- of brief talks, with the assistance

But of anyone interested who cared Chan man-hop, manager of the reneest began on July 10.

tler did

issue the to join in, and request the Post-Chan man-hop store, Connaught not even

to allow us Rond Central, was fined $50 for order to study invasion preparn-master General Tins until July 10 and then only weekly or fortnightly 20 minutes niting to display a price tag on on the basis that the island was in which to broadcast them from tins of Ident milk. Radio Hong Kong. necupied "if necessary." to be

Unfortunately

plan fell British assessments of what hap-

through,

partly owing to the pened thereafter are usually dis-

A sentence of 18 months was

mother and sister. Mr. Garrett Pacling Raliway The plain actual or expected departure from torted by patrietism.

of the tentatively imposed on Tung Men-bong, aged fact is that instead of reeling un-the Colony der sufferable losses the Luft- selected speakers, and partly to 17. by Mr. A.D. Scholes at. Cen- waffe by September estimated the somewhat meagre encourage- ral yesterday for stealing $10 from other frum S.Y. Wong. Defendant was Kritis Jusses since August 3 al ment we received

also ordered to be placed under 1,15 planes compared to 487 of Lources.

Recently, however, several of police supervision for two years. their own machines and saw the

Complainant was walking along way clear to obtaining commund the same group decided to try

the t (British ofcial and make the plan work effici- Des Voeux Road naar Lee Yuan elaines put German losses in the ently, if that is at all possible. Street when defendant came from

first step is Obviously, the

to

direction the oppsalte drst 10 days alone 697 machines) By September 3 the Luftwaffe discover whether there is a need snatched the money from bis

for such talks and whether they pocket. was till "elated and confident' and announced that attacks would would be a welcome addition to

be

the

George Costello has been appointed General Agent One thing which should not

for Canadian Pacific Steam- be overlooked in any discussion of food supplies is that the They will stop at the Hong ships in Hong Kong, it was Communists themǝdives.. ong Kong Hotel for one week, after officially announced yesterday. they get on the New Territories which Mrs. Garrett and Stephen The duties of tho newly-op- border, will have more than will leave for Brisbane, Queena- pointed executive, who was for- their share of problems.

Australia.

General Steamship land.

for three merly the

11 First, they must begin the com- months visit with Mrs. Garrett's Fassenger Agent for the Canadian at Vancouver, plex job of equitably distribut- Ing food from the highly produce will return to Manila.

include the securing of trafle for The Canadian Pacille Air Lines tive Kwangtung area to Northern

service between Vancouver and China.

the For East,

Hong Kong, due to begin fights on a regular basis this month.

Mr. Costello joined the CPR 18 B ticket clerk at Hong Kong In 191v, and was general passen- For agent here when the Japa- nese occupied the Colony early In 1941, and was releasest in 1943, During his 28 years in the Orient he has also worked at Yokohama and Shanghai,

Second, if they hope to Import foodstuffs from abroad, they must In some way solve the problems finance and their of shipping. great lack of experience of open- ly competing on world markets.

Already, as if to add emphasis and

to the Colony's firm food position, shiploads of potatoes and onions are on the way from Japan, and potatoes are being shipped from Australia.

continued until objectives the Radio Hong Kong programme. Lau Sang, aged 38, and Wong were attained. Hitler's staff on it seems to members of this in Hing, agod 24 were sentenced at September 10 reported that "the formal group (and many of their Central yesterday to 10 and five

Englishmen and preparatory attacks have achiev- friends) that

Naval Rating Buried At

Happy Valley

Stoker. Mechanic William

It is logical that the island state Henry Martin, who was killed of Tasmania, off Australia, will in an accident aboard HMS be able to provide all the potatoes

noon, was buried with full needed by the Colony, should the Triumph on Tuesday after

naval honours at Happy Val- mainland supply be cut off.

ley yesterday.

No Threat

་

Vice Admiral A.C.G. Madden,

Realistically, Tate and oils. and perhaps several baslo food Captain R.N.J. Hutton of HMS commodities will be under GovTriumph and a number of senior ernment allocation, but even st naval officers were present at the Its worst, this should prove only funeral.

The Roverend Weekes, chaplain an inconvenience, rather than

serious threat to the overall of the aircraft carrier, officiated

g: the graveside. defence plature.

e perceptible weakening of other Westerners, Ilving in such months, respectively, for stealing the enemy fighter defence so it close proximity to Eastern life a roll of cloth. Defendants wore can be taken for granted that as we do, would welcome some also ordered to be deported for 10 the Greman forces have a con- information concerning the more years,

Second defendapt took a roll siderable fighter superiority over basic principles underlying it. the English aren." (They did). At the present time, the Eng-of cloth from the Fung Cheurig The main objective all through lish programmes of Redio Hong Shun Shop. He was then joined by this period had been the RAF Kong are almost completely den- first defendant, who took the cloth lighter force, and on Septembered of any features which would away. This was seen by two de 10 the German naval stuff sug-indicate that our surroundings tectives and they were arrested. gested that the Luftwaffe might are in any way different from with advantage concentrate less those of Margate or Blackpool

the that is, if we except the weather on London and Portmouth and Dover

reports and the brief summary From opposing invasion Generals of Chinese news with which the Kestel and Jedi had come to daily programme closes. We feci that there are regard it as quite a simple opera- almost certain tion and 13 divisions, Instead of many Westerners in Hong Kong the original 10 divisions were now who share our views and who scheduled for the job.

would enjoy the talks we have in mind, provided they are made What then caused the failure mclently interesting and not Hox Un Quarry, 'Hunghum, buying or hoarding by people in Colorry,

more on

aren

life

Quarry Case Adjourned

Further hearing of the in which four quarry case Government employees of the

In one food product, fish, the Colony actually

A firing party and two Royal an exporter, Marine buglere of HMS Triumph

of were also in attendance. and the grealest consumers

terminating

nt

In May, 1944, following his re- from Internment, Mr. Costello resumed his duties with lease the Company en Acting Steam- ship General Agent at New York, where he remained until taking over hia Vancouver post in JapTM uary, 1947.

Mr. Edward Hosper, whose post. is being taken over by Mr. Costello, is leaving for Vancouver to resujue duties as Steamship General Passenger Agent for the CPR at Vancouver.

Mr. Hospes has had wide ex- perlence in Canadian Pacific's Orient service. Joining the 'Com-- Martin was killed in an acci- pany as a ticket clark in Chicago

this food are the Chinese part of dent to an aircraft on the flight | in 1920, he was transferred to

no reason for

the population,

Renising these facts, there is deck of HMS Triumph during Yokohama and Shanghai, prior South East of the to his appointment as General panic exercises

Agent In the Colony in 1935. certainly

Two olber naval calings were At the outbreak of the lost Hong Kong. are charged with three counts

No matter how one looks at the seriously injured, Their condition, war, he was posted to Montrend aa passenger agent. He returned large of larceny by public servants. problem average per capita con- hewever, was reported to-be

sneroving Just to Hong Kong in 1943 while on was resumed at Kowloon yassumption, calorie consumption, satisfactorily

the Ministry of Wur terday before Mr. Blair-Kerr. balanced diet-the Colony is in evening, They are now in the loan to

Far East and Naval Hospital. satisfactory

Transport, with the generally Defendants in the case are

The aircraft carrier returned to Shipping Agencies Association, aged 43, Atter fore-strong food position, even under now Kwok of Wing-pun, aged 21, the remote possibility of a total port immediately after the acci- taking up his company pdstof

dent.

General Agent here in 1945. 29. blockade. Wong Hing-fan, aged 29,

Choi

to invade? The way in which the air battle went, certainly, But at all academic.

There is also a very it was not an admission of de- feat by the Germans In the ait; number of English-speaking Chi- they were

never defeated in nese listeners who would prob- the sense that they were never ably relish something other than

snd war-news the

which unwilling to continue their pre- parations. The unseasonable wea- forms our only "Asiatic fare" her which humpered operations Moreover, the disturbed state of its a molar teter. So was the China has resulted in the pre-metal official, and Wong King- fact that the delivery of the sence in the Colony of many kam, aged 33, nixer, forema necessary landing barges was people who have devoted their It was alleged by the prosecu clow. Hitler's staff hud warned lives to the study of various ton that defendants stole' '23 him that operations

Eastern must be branches of

and cubic yards of tarred stoner on luunched by September 15 be- thought people who rause thereafter weather condi- mann large and attentive audly 5. 11, and 12 from the H

Un quarry at Metauwal Road, tions would make it impossible ences in any Western-city of this unghum. to count on effective co-operation alze. Should not we, who are so First defendant was represent

with between the Luftwaffe and the intimately concerned

the ed by Mr. V.L. D'Alica instructed heavy weapons used in the inva-affairs of Asia, be happy to re-

by Mr. M. A. da Silva, second to And the turning pout 1ceive an opportunity of hearing, fourth by Mr. C. E. Loseby, KC, sion.

them speak?

instructed by Mr. J. C. Stewart The success of our plan de Mc. A, Shaw, Acting Superinten- pends entirely on the amount of dent of Pulice, attached to the public response. Those Interested Anti-Corruption Branch, is for are therefore urged to send in the prosecution, their names to me, through-

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Hong Kong has been brought nearer the United States with the announcement that Pan American World Airways will launch double-decked Stratocruiser Clipper service between the Orient and Son Erancisco on October 15, according to Jerry O'Donnell, dis- trict traffic manager.

Giving evidence yesterday, Lee courtesy of this paper, and to Chan-wah, a lorry driver testFirst add any relevant suggestions by fed that he had delivered which the sponsors of these talks lorry loads of tarred stones to may be guided.

Ho Tung Bidge on July 7, This JOHN BLOFIELD. work was instructed by Arst de- Xik Yuen, Shatin, NT. fendant, witness sid,

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survey flight bearing high officials and news- men is to leave San Francisca, on September 23 and arrive at Tokyo on September 24.

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to establish fixing service to the Orient in 1930, Again" after the wag Pan American was first 'to ty. to Tokyo and the Orient Survey Bighta

Tokyo

"White" Stanes China "Betrayal”.

About four days inter, he was again instructed by first defendant Sir,Through Leighton J to deliver two lorry loads of Stuart, Harry Truman and Dean "white" stones (untarred) to Wo Acheson approached the Reds for Hop Shek (19)-mille-stone): off present times. American loans in capital and After these works were done. machineries, sold an

un-repu- witness continued, first dinted_report." "No.", answered a gavę bim

$06 'and spokesman of China's form Skoda, he

Witness further stated that he 29 replied, "Ekoda workshops unde Comrade Staun delivered the stones from the rent 36-hour: can supply us all the necessary Hok Un quarry?". Hunghaf

As soon as the company re- ippls. They are dependable" be- the entrance of the quarry, the decked Clippers will leave Tokyo cel

ceived

qufficiotit delivery of caure

we depend br Comrade

the stones was caah Monday and Friday at Stratocruisers the plans to extend lorry

loaded with recorded. Czechoslovakla is now than taking charge of the weight riving in San Francisco service. to the Orient were put Stallh. Not even "thanks" was weighed, Second defendant was 2.1.

same days af

The big, 300-mile-an-hour Boeing Stratocruisers will fly. on a twice-weekly schedule between Tokyo and the Main- land, providing the fastest ser- vice yet to the Orient and

1947, clipping more than seven hours

Pan

Stratocruisers into service Orierit and the Mainland an over" the first of original, --twURA |

The company received

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will be

and

Tokyo s gouble on April 191949 20

started regular · service be-

to San hours as

Under the new

the arsenal of the whole world's Ing. After that, third defendant

Shing this new

WER

then

with cur- tween Hawaland, the Mainland

overnight between the Orient and

into action, om hvert f

World's Largest peoples dictatorships, according to asked him to dign "ble "name on' a our Bolshevik theoreticians' dija- book, witness saldo ), "-1"

The giant double-decked planes Further evidence leotics,

given, and the case was adjourned the United States is another step are the largest and fattest com

forward in 'Pan Amerissa's long, mercial phasenger planes now, in to 10 am today,

service to Facile) countries," Mr. operation. They carry 161 passen O'Donnell.

sets wi the mala deck, with a club lounge on the lower deplé sexting

That was a plain language to the American imperialists whose Secretary of State has inherited {m}}^ virtuen › of Noville Chamber «Jain's "apeweaninest sentimentality

"dealing:

HOLY SQULS

* CHURCH

The Ceremony of the Laying of the Ebusidation Sich the Holy -Wandhals will tåker,

Bunday

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He said.the. Toute

Pok and Gan' Trancisco,

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