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FISH CATCHES TO BE FORECAST

DELIVERY MAN DIARY OF LOCAL BECOMES POLICE

COMMISSIONER

EVENTS

TODAY

An illiterate Chinese, continuing Anniversaries and Holidays... in Japanese employment after the Our Lady of Good Counsel Vis- start of the Sino-Japanese hostili- count Rothermere born, 1868. Eas- ties, was a delivery man one day ter Law Bittings"begin. and, the next, found himself police Auctions.--Postage Stamps, át commissioner in Paoshan, a towo Lammert's Sales Room, 5.15 p.m. near Shanghal.

Cinemas-(8es Column 3 of this

| Page).

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Malle-(See Page 18). Meetings-Kowloon Chess Club, at Peninsula Hotel, 5.30 p.m.; St. Andrew's Club Mothers' Union, 3 p.m.; Council Meeting in St. John's Cathedral Hall, 5.15 p.m.

Later he escaped to Hankow and told the following comia story of Japanese pappet joy- ernment. Once, when cooks were scarce the "Director of the Finance Burean” and the Amistant-director of Eduen- tiön" were detailed by the task.

was a delivery man in 'a big

Miscellaneous -- Rotary Timo. Japanese department store in Hong Kong Hotel; Chinese Art Woosung Road, Shanghat. My Exhibition at St. Francis Hotel: mother was the nurse and later TM.CA Ladies Outing to Repulse the amah of the manager. Mr. Bay. Kimura. When my mother died. Mr. Kimura introduced -me" to work as

Moon- Moon, 26th. Day.

delivery boy in a drug store. Two Rehearsals—A.D.C. at European days before the outbreak of hosti-YM.C.A., 9 pm.

Kitles around Shanghai, he warned Religions--Prayer Meeting "In me to send my family away to the the Chaplain's Room of the 8. & S. country. After the war

had Home, 8. p.m. broken out. I wanted to leave the company; but he did not let me. saying that if I stayed with him

he would see to it that I was well axed.

APPOINTED POLICE COMMISSIONER "Kimura had good connections in the local" financial circles and a certain amount of influence in the Japanese Residents' Associa~

Gulf Stream "Clue" on

British naermen are to be told m advance what kind of fish they are likely to catch off the shores of the British Isles from season to

season

"The seventh day after the fall of Paoshan into the Japanese hands. Kimura told me that I had been appointed commissioner of the police force at Paoshan He insisted that I should proceed to

"A scheme to enable such predic-take up my office at once. 80 1

Cricket

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Sports-See Page 10). Sunrise.-3.55 am Sunset---8.47

p.m

Tides High at 08.52 and 18.08. Low at 00.25 and 1241.

Mary's

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tions to be made is mentioned in took the military launch at Hunt's tion, the Director of the Financ the report of the Development Whart and went down river to Bureau' and the Assistant Direc tor of the Educational Bureau Paoshan Commissioners issued recently.

"The entire town of Paoshan were considered as the most Jikėly The Commissioners state that they were much impressed by the was razed to the ground, and there persons for the incumbency of this afforded by the remained only some thirty houses important post. They were accord- opportunities

standing. Though the "deadingly drafted to undertake the scheme, and decided to support for five years, making a grant of bodles had by that time been re-work.

Meanwhile it became the cuty £5,100. The main point from moved, the steach in the streets which operations will be based, is was horrible. There was no one of the Police Commissioner' and around except the Japanese pol- his entire stan to forage in the the Bermuda Biological Station.

The report explains that the diers and allewense-wearing deserted farm houses nearby for arm bands showing that rice, ducks, chickens, vegetables abundance of many European Ash Fellow is influenced by variations in the they were working for the Japan-and other provisions. Fortunately drift of Atlantic water with theese. Gulf stream.'

there was plenty of everything around. That made our policing' work much easier.

"After looking over the ruins in "It may therefore he hoped that different parts of the town, a

TO POST NOTICES observations on the initial strength Japanese officer and I finally de- of the Gulf Stream in the Western cided upon a small beancake shop

"The second important function Atlantic may assist in the predic-as the most suitable location for

the Paoshan

Pence of the police bureau was, to post tlon of the success or failure of housing

Preservation Commission." One notices requiring the local citi- fisheries on the eastern, no less than on the western coasts," it is Japanese ronin was to serve as the zenry to repair back to their director: and. útider him there homes within a period of ten days stated...

were eight Chinese, five of whom under were said to be local 'celebrities. while the other three Including myself were from Shanghai.

Observations will also be made outwards from the American coast, and this part of the work will be undertaken by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in America.

The Royal Society will manage and supervise the British inves- tigations.

MEDICAL GIFT FROM ITALY

China Soon To Be Sent Supplies

threat of expropriation. These august notices were penned by two men in the 'Secretariat' of

notice

the Peace Preservation Commis- sion, and the entire police force OTHER CELEBRITIES" After a week or so, seven more went to post them around towzi, local celebrities were found and alght to ten a day.

"The content of the seventeen more men came from Shanghai. With such an Impos-gradually became known to those ing personnel, the Commission who were forced to move out of was formally inaugurated in the the approach of the Japanese, and presence of high Japanese military a few of the farmers came back. dignitaries and I was appointed Bo in addition to our other tasks,

we had to take a census. the police commissioner.

"I later found out that the auTİS- tant commissioner used to be an apprentice in a small grocery atore."

"One day on our round to take cengus, the Japanese soldiers who accompanied as discovered a hand grenade in ane of the farm "The original director, Ikeda by houses left by the Chinese army. name, soon became the adviser The farmer and his ten-year old The Italian Government is send As I could speak Japanese fluent-son were killed outright. His wife nig a consignment of medical sup-ly, Ikeda and I got along pretty was brought to the army head- plies and surgical instruments to well. But my handicap was that quarters for questioning, but was China for medical relief of the war I could neither read nor write or heard of afterwards.

Fortunately my aksi- refugees according to word re- Chinese. ceived by the Director's office of tant could write a few words, so 11 the Shanghai International Red had to lean heavily on him for any Cross,

orders that might be issued.

7:

LONESOME DAYS

"When this news leaked out. those who had been bok enough back méaked' away

The Italian Ambassador has per- "By this time a partially des- to trickle sonally called on Dr. W. W. Yen, troyed Sulliding had been found again. As a result we bad another of lonesome days and Chairman of the BIRC. to de- for the police station. In the stretch Hver the news. He informed the whole town thers were about 200 nights.

day But pac BLR.C. Chairman that the Italian Japanese troops and 39 Chinese Red Cross Society is also making a wearing arms bands. In other brought back thirty people whom gift of medical supplies.

words, none of these was unde:they had captured in the neigh- villages. They were These gifts, upon arrival in the Jurisdiction of the local police bouring

handed over to us, to be accom

..

the Japanese

Hong Kong, will be diyices administration. Into three parts, one for Hari- Yet aside from them there was modated in the empty houses as another for Inland De-not a single soul in town. It must the citizens of the town.

lian missionaries, and the third not be thought, however, that the for the Shanghai International police officers had an easy time of Red Cross for distribution.

1 Far from 1 I, will explain myself presently.

VAULTS IN SOOCHOW BANKS BROKEN

Notes And Securities Taken Away

THEY STOOPED TO COOK "When it was impossible to secure a cook for the local popula-

is reported, the losses cannot as yet be estimated in so far as the

Later on a number of girls nud women were brought, back and handed over to us. We were held strictly accountable for the pre- sence of these females. Their pic tures were kept in the Japanese headquartze; and the Japanes might at anytime send for any of the women by producing pictures.

These women were either violated or were killed in at» tempting resistance. On the average only three out of every ten were lucky enough to come back alive.

TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1938.-PAGE 5

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Mr. Edgar Jepson, the novelist. "Recently be published Memor- author of the "Pollycoly" andies or an Edwardian. He knew "The Lady Noggs, Peeress" books, intimately the poets of three died in his Hampstead home. generations. He helped many of He had a stroke on April 1. He them when they were struggling

a few of them to do the work reason we were not in position to For recognition, was 13 years old,

The song was true with loadingcomply with his wishes then he "He was a popular clubman, The depositories of the Soochow depository had been rented out to

and unloading stay supplies and might cause a scene there." Mr. John Gawsworth, of Great and loved to make after-dinner branch of the Farmers Bank of individual depositors, who were

rendering various personal services Also gradually Ikeda and I die James-road, W.G., who has recently speeches."

China and of the Pinghu branches responsible for the safety of their

to the army m occupation, not get along as well as we had been assisted Mr. Jepson in his literary Mr. Jenson wrote more than 75 of the Tengkee and Kengkee Na own goods

This demand of our service doing Bo one day when I got a work, told me

The depositories of the tere na- books He was at one period, co- tive Banks were broken into and "He wrote three novels a year editor with Frank Harris of despolled of contents valued at tive banks in Ploghu, however, are "We later found out that the became more and more burden-chance to go to Shanghal, I took refute in the French Concession could

Tenor and there waited two days for an regularly. He inished his last Vanity Fair?

several hundred thousand dollars known to have contained $50,000 so-called citizens were really in some, Beazes,

in notes and stocks, securities and tended as slaves to novel' two days before he had a He leaves a widow, one son and recently." stroke. It is called. The Pocket two daughters (Evening Stan- In the case of the Boochow precious metals valued at about For when the streets/needed | Wistaver step into our vinco and American boat that took me

Branch of the Farmers Bank, it 3500,000.

cleaning, we were ordered to detall demand some service. It for any Hong Kong." Hercules

dard).

BECAME SLAVES

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