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8-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS

PUBLIC AUCTION. PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE

Undersigned' have received InstructionE

to sell by

"1

PUBLIC AUCTION

}

Thursday, the 29th February, 1940

commencing at 11.00 a.m.

וי

at their Sales Room, No. 2. Con- Daught Road, Central. (Room No. 205, 2nd Floor).

"

28 Electric Lights complete with

Fittings

30 “Demon" Stoves

Reels Garden Hose

18 Empty Beer Drums and Barrels 6 Teakwood Bookcases & Cabinets

with Glass Front Doors...

also

A QUANTITY OF FURNITURE AND SUNDRIES

and

Australian Hams "Atlas" Brand

(to be sold singly)

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS., AUCTIONEERS. "

PUBLIC AUCTION.

Undersigned have received Etructions

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION-

on

Friday. the 1st March, 1940

commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at their Sales Room, No. 35 Hankow Road, Kowloon.

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

Comprising:-

Hatstands, Chesterfield Couches

And Armchairs, Tables, Bookcases, Card Tables, Cabinets, O Paint-" ings, Pictures, Brass and Bronze Ornaments, Curios, Silk and Heavy Curtains, Carpets, Rugs, Cushions, etc. etc.

[

Teak Extension Dining Tables, Dining Chairs, Sideboards, Teapoys, Silver and E. P. Ware Cutlery. Table Glasses, Gramophones and Records. Electric Chandeliers. Heat- ers and Cookers, etc. etc.,

Iron and Teakwood Bedsteads, Wardrobes, Dressing Tables. Chests of Drawers, Spring Mattresses, etc.

etc.

also

A. FEW PIECES OF BLACKWOOD FURNITURE

and

i New Upright Piano by "Moutrie"

1 Upright Piano by "Wernam”..

1 Sewing Machine "Singer"

1 Spanish Cuitar in Case

1 1935 "Ford" VB Tourer

THE Undersigned have received

instructions

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION -

Wednesday, the 8th March, 1940

commencing at 9.30 a.m.

at Kowloon Naval Depot

OLD AND SURPLUS VICTUAL-

LING STORES

Comprising:—

Clothing, including Blankets and Serge and Duck, etc.. Remnants, Electro Plate, Cutlery. and Table Linen, etc., etc.

On view from Tuesday, the $th March, 1940.

Terms of Sale: As detailed in Catalogue,

LAMMERT BROS.,

By Appointment, Auctioneers

to the Admiralty.

STEEL ROADS OF WAR

RAILWAYS AT

GENERAL

Aims Of British War Trade Pacts Are To Stop Re-Exports Of Contraband To Germany

LONDON, Feb. 28 (Reuter). The aims of British Ar trade agreements were outlined by Mr. B. H. Cross, Minister for Econo- me.Warfare, in the House of Commons yesterday, in reply to question by Miss Irene Ward (Con) as to whether the Government, Ih any agreements concluded or under negotiations...with neutra) governments, had consented to a continuation of re-export to Ger. many by the neutral countries concerned,

Mr. Cross, in reply, stated that war trade agreements were generally aimed at securing guarantees against re-export of con- traband goods to Germany, with machinery for their enforcement, this facilitating the operation of our contraband control and, at the same time, the entering of the neutrál countries concerned to main- tain their own domestic economy.

Mr. Cross emphasised that there information, no copper ore shipped was nothing in the agreements from Spain since the outfreak war which prevented us exercising our had reached Germany Goods full belligerent rights in respect of could be shipped from Spain with- any consignments in regard to out passing through the arến of which we had evidence of enemy British

French Contraband destination.

NO DIFFICULTY

Control.

Mr. Cross was questioned règürde There had been no substantial ed American exports to Europe difficulty in securing that the and was asked whether he aware machinery in neutral countries for that, in the last four months,

exports preventing re-export to Germany American

to "thirteeTI

of their overseas imports, especial. European countries rose in value ly food-stuffs and raw material, from £35,000,000 to £52.000.000. should be operated in a manner while, at the same tine, American satosfactory to us.

values to England and France had only increased from £60,000,000 to £87,000.000.

In reguard to goods which these countries produced themselves, the countries concemed usually stipu- lated that such goods might be

NO ACTION REQUIRED Mr. Cross declared he had not exported to both belligerents on checked these figures but even if

second-time level.

they were accurate, it did not follow that any action on the part of the Government was required.

He had no reason to suspect that there

Wag any serious

VITAL FACTOR Maintenance in sich exports was vital to the economie life of the neutral countries concerned and, in many cases, we ourselves would he shifted from such ex-leakage, as far as European ecun- tries were concerned, and he had ports, at feast as much as it not more than, Germany, but even should obtain their requirements reason to object if neutrals

this class goods we afined at re-

from the United States rather ducing exports to Germany as far

than Germany. es practical.

Cases where neutral county had a manufacturing industry depend- ing on imports of raw materials were most difficult to deal with and our aim in the case of in- portant commodities has been, by

no

Mr. Cross added that, with the exception of, exports to Russia, via. THE FRONT

Vladivostock, all exports in ques- tion passed through the Control In the vanguard of the Britian

and were most carefully watched. Expeditionary Force that went to

NO DEPRECIATION France on the outbreak of war agreement.

The Chancellor of the EX- were officers of the Raliway or restrict to trifling quantities chequer, Sir John Simon assured, Engineer and Staff Corps, ultra-exports of such manufactures to ja questioner that currency depre- specialiss of that highly specialis- Germany.

clation would not be resorted to as

entirely. to prevent

ed body, the Royal Engineers, SHIPMENTS FROM SPAIN a means of stimulating · export writes the military correspondent

Replying to question, Mr. trade by giving an unreasonable of the Observer.

Cross said that, according to his competitive exchange advantage.

Their work was to determine, in consulta don with the General Staff, what extra siding aceam- modation was immediately requir- ed at the Base and a; Railheads in the British area. Future ex- tenstons had to be planned to mee; all emergencies, and complete interworking with the French rallway authorities arranged" for.

Following hard on their heels were hundreds of men of the con- structional,

maintenance, and running departments. These had

already been thoroughly instructed

at the Railway Training Centre at home in the special methods of plate-laying, signalling, "and general working of Continenta) railways.

Wherever they had to make con- tact they clicked into gear at once with their French brothers of the steel road. If they had-zat a common language they had common craft and knowledge.

A

BRITISH AND FRENCH Generally the whole of the work

of

Shanghai's Foreign Trade

KING CAROL TO-

VISIT ITALY LONDON, Feb. 28 (Reuter)— The German wireless reports that King Carol of Rumania wil make an official visit to Italy in the first half of April.

Japanese Out To Annoy

TROUBLE OVER ENTERING POST OFFICE IN S'HAI SHANGHAI, Feb 28

28 (Reuter)-A

In January

DOLLAR STRENGTH DEPENDANT ON MORE EXPORTS SHANGHAI, Feb, 28 (Reater) Shanghai's foreign trade in Janu- |ary totalled-4,904,271, comprising imports £2,463,390, exports £2,- 440,881. The latter was higher by approximately £8,000 than dri |·January 1937, when the dollar stood at 1/2 3/8, while the im- port surplus in January of £22- 509 compares with the import surplus of £528,338 in Decem- ber.

tion

ה!

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940.

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HEADACHES

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Three Packinga: 56, Ifa. 27′ addede

Output Of Shells In Two Wars

Compared

Comparisons between this war and the fast, between 1940 and 1915, inevitable as they are, apt to be misleading.

are

They will probably grow more misleading still as the war pro- ceeds, days the News Chronicle correspondent.

Influenza

Headache Rheumatism Neuritis Sleeplessness Earache Toothache Colds Sore Throat Malaria Neuralgia Dengue

Hay Fever Gour Feverishness Sciatica. Irritability Lumbago Temperature Asthma Alcoholic After Effects

22.0

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27 Marine Pde..

ST. KILDA,

June 28. 1932

Dear Sirs,

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Yours faithfullyground (Sad) B. L. HARRIS.

AUSTRALIA PUTS STOP TO WAR PROFITEERING

quick and to war profiteering,, at least as applied to boots, is indicated by the action of Sir Frederick Stewart, Acting Ministar of Supply in the Australian Government, SNE He has announced his mitention of using the special powere conterred upon, the Government under the national Security regulations to accept orders, giving them preference over, other work, and at a price to be determined by arbitration This announcement followed a Victorian and New South Wales dispute with certain shoe man manufacturers, according to Bir facturers over

boots which Frederick, had by collusion id- from, the way in which the prices creased their tender prices from en war orders had been moved up 11s. 84 AK pair on Oct:3 to 15x by the manufacturers and down 111d, a pair on Oct 18, a jump of

af by Minister of supply 40 per cent calised local wite to quote Kipling's song:

o

STRENGTH OF DOLLAR at the Base is handled by the situation which is reported to be

Commenting on the trade post- relation to exchange Royal Engineers. The изе sericusly affecting the Business" of British shunters and train make the Shanghai Post Office has been rates, and Finance and Com- up staff with French drivers and created by the Action of the Jap of the dollar must ultimately de- merte states: **The strength guards might lead, to confusion. anese authorities in moving the drivers know the road. On the other hand the French barbed wire fencing so as to make pend upon the merchandise supply

and demand, As well known it necessary for all persons bring- The made-up trains are there- ing parcels to the Post Once, the weakness in exchange rates tore handed

nas been very largely due to the over to French which is situated in the Japanese-demand made by the excessive drivers, who haul the trains with occupied Hongkew district, to pass import of raw materials and Here the trains are broken up and soochow Creek. their own engines, to ratthead, Japanese sentries on bridges over necessities from abroad unloaded by the Royal Engineers,

"So far there has both nothing Although passes are now not to put against the great part of whose responsibilty ends when needed to enter Hongkew, the this demand, but, if from now. they deliver the loads to the Japanese authorities still enforce onward, exports can be maintain- Royal Army Service Corps or the search regulations and this is salded on the Jannary scale Royal Ordnance Corps, as the case to be deterring many people from prove upon it, the alarms and

or im

may be.

sending parcels. Directly a ship arrives at the

predictions of disaster will soon dockside the Royal Engineers take

subside.”:

months after the beginning of the 1914 ware Thely stevedores and

EXPORTS". NEEDED

4,500,000-well over double that "lumpers" "do the unloading. They

In his War Memoirs (Vol. I. p. Indicated by Mr. Chamberlain,

Ashok A DEPUTATION Referring to the partial liqui- 649) Mr. Lloyd George, gives figures Later on still bigger "gures know beforehand, what is in the FOR U.S. PLANES dation of oversold position, which of the British output of filled were attained.

nereapon 'a députation of shoe bold, and the rolling stock 19 BANTA MONICA, Feb. 28 (Reu-provided the bulk of selling in shells in the Brst and second had

Aprained Adf. Lloyd George manufacturers, interviewed ready for the #ferent classes of ter)-The British Purchasing Com- the local market in the past week. years of the war. From August, Munitions and does not give them with some warmth:

the Ministry of Frederick, the latter goods. The dalckest possible. "cura mission has ordered $20,000,000 Finance and Commerce remarks: 1911 to June 1815, the output was But the official Statistics of theWe are going to get good boots LAMMERT BROS." is aimed at, for hold-space worth of attack bombing planes "There can be no doubt that this 2,307,000. This gives an average British Military Effort During the for the troops, and the taxpayer

is valuable. AUCTIONEERS.

their own railway, workshops.poration; delivery to be completed ing most attetuated, indeed. Ex-ary, 1915, was very near the mid-quantities of gun ammunition gent charged that instead of evang At the Base the Bappers have from the Douglas Aircraft Cor-source of supply is now becom-of 209,700 a month, and as. Jan-Great War 1914-20 gives the is not golffg to be nutcted" "He Complete in their way as anything by the late summer of 1941.

On View from Thursday, the 29th | charge.

February, 1940,

Terms: Cash on Delivery,

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25 words $1:50 prepaid

for 3 insertions.

Hem

BRITISH ORDER

that can be seen at Swindon, Derby, or Eastleigh. Economy of time and money abt the only mit VALLA

taken.

crisis the work must be done. *-**

I was provoked to these reflec- tions by the Prime Minister's ducing shells at ten times the rate statement that we are now pro-

at which we were producing Ave

Booty boots--boots-boots

Movin' up and down again!

July, 1918, the output was some

then lett

The Acting Minister thereupon let à contract for 100,000 Balms at 9 paying of 38 a pair to a South Australian firm which evidently had noì béen considered impor- tant enough to be brought into the manufacturers Price-fixing con-

ference.

ports, therefore are urgently dle of the period we may safely to France and the other theatres loyal support to the Federal Govy

needed to fill the gap."

PAS WARNING SHANGHAI, Feb 28 (Reuter) everything a ready. The Royal En An appeal. to the repair work that is under-gineer knows only one rule in a French Premier urging him to 1 to M. Daladies the d 01900

abrogate the Pranco-Japan Trade HOSPITAL TRAINS

Mest of the men of the Railway Pact as a warning to the repeated Branch of the R. E, now with the Japanese aerial bombardments of B. E. F. are old railwaymen who the Yunnan Railway was sent by have supplemented the raber 83 prominent Chinese in Chengtu, small perman dut staff.

according to the Sin Wan PHỔNG In that fascinating establishment On' a previous occasion, President Repair work on bombed or in the South of England the Roosevelt was also urged in a letter shelled Bridges ddings, embank- Hallway Training Centre, over from the same group' to refuse to ments, and cutinga may be 1:200 men are now under instruc-renew the Japanese-American required at any moment, and tion,

Trade Pact

"The care and upkeep of hospital trains is a special, department. The standard is something better than the best diningcar, sleeper, and Pullman work,

assume that this figure was the of war,

ernment. in the war crisis, the approximate production in that The gute for the last 12 manufacturers were attemptine to month.

months of the war November, explolf It for the sake of profits With Mr. Chamberlain's multi-1917, to October, 1918, was about plier, often we have, therefore, a 73,000,000 rounds, equal to over Representatives he named ten Subsequently in the House of Fuck100,000 shells i month 5,000,000 a month, roughly three firms as making deliberate t as the present output, equal to times the current figure. The big-tempts at war profiteering. Al 25,000.099 per annum. Now com-gest monthly dispatch in 1918 was He then announced his atten pare this with the output at later 8,000,000 rounds, equal to four ton of compelling acceptance of periods in the war times the current Agure.

TOTAL OUTFUT 21 We may conclude then that on and declared that certain manu- In the year July, 1915, to June, Mr. Chamberlain's showing, our facturers would be directed to 1918 the total output, as given by present production of shells is not deliver to the Government, speci Mr. Lloyd George, was fust under more than one-third of what it ried weekly quotas of goods until ef 19,500,000, a Agure not greatly in- was at the peak period of the the whole order of 100,000 pairi ferior to the present one. For Great War.

of boots had been fuitmea

orders at more reasonable prices.