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TOL, No. 19382,

Connaught Reed.

The type of De Havilland plane which has been bought over by Malayan Chinese millionaire Chan

Wing for Bed. Crosś work in China.

Overseas Chinese Millionaire

Buys

Plane For Ambulance Work In China

CRICKET FINANCE

YORKSHIRE'S

PROFIT

As the result of an appeal for ambulance planes for use in China, a Malayan Chinese millionaire, Mr. Chan Wing of Kuala Lumpur, has offered to purchase one of the De Havilland planes being used by the Internal Air Service between Sings-" pare and Penang for a sum of $38,000 (Strails entrency) and hand it to the Selangor Branch of the, China' Relief Fund for despatch to China.

This information is revealed by $ staff reporter of the Malaya Tribune. Singapore, who states that sale is being finalised and that meanwhile a fund has been started in Se- langer, one of the Federated Malay, States, for funds to pur- Yorkshire County Cricket Club, chase a sister ship for the same purpose. publish A satisfactory report.

The first appeal for plañes for Champions for the 21st time, they ambulance work in China, says Anished the year as scand as ever the Singapore

newspaper, was financially,

43 made to the Chinese in Malaya

Wong and Ma.

Revenue from gates showed a upon the arrival there of de- reduction of £3,068 from 1938 legates of the Chinese. Air Force. when the Australians were here. Fight-Lieuts and, instead of £3,345 from Tests. The former, incidentally, is a son the share of the three England

of Dato Wong Tick Tong and West Indies

was Seremban. £190. Moreover, bad weather affected the attendances until August.

matches

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Treatment Of British War Prisoners

"LITTLE CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT”

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1940.

FOREIGN MAILS

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, 13th MARCH, 1940, 9,30 AM.

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

INWARD MAILS

From

Air Mall by "Air France Direct Service" -- Paris

date. 6th March.

Due

Bhanghai and Amoy

Shanghai

Java and Manila, Manlia,

Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Ser-

vice"San Francisco date, 7th March

Air Mall by "Imperial Airways Direct Service" ." London date, 6th March. .... Burope via Suea and Straits (London date, 25th

January). Shanghai

Canton

Shanghai and Amoy Saigon.

Straits.

0.8.A., and Manila—(San Francisco date,^17th Feb). Shanghai

Shanghai and Amoy Japan and Shanghai

Manila.

Shanghai

Air Mall by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"

-London date, 9th March Saigon

Hatphons

Shanghai and Amoy

13th Mar.

13th Mar,

13th Mar.

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Bangkok and Baigon,

Straits..

Australia and Mands..............esscareamien Halphong

20th: Mar.

s0th Mar.

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OUTWARD MAILS

Canton Japan. Haiphong Japan.

Cantom

Shanghai

Japan and Shanghai Japan and Shanghai

These visitors are on a goodwill mission and are still in Malaya. It is possible that they will ex-! MORE SUBSCRIPTIONS

- MR. STANLEYTM

U. 8. A. Honolulu, and Japan (Ban Francisco date, As some set-off, members paid tend their itinerary to cover the

Netherlands East Indies.

LONDON, Mar. 12. (Reuter)--

14th February). £200 more in "subcriptions and the year's working showed a profit

Though still in its infancy, the Asked for a statement regarding Sandakan. of £55. after granting £435 as Chinese Air Force is well manned the treatment of British prison-Rabaul and Manila, ... ground bonuses and allocating and equipped, but it lacks amers of war in Germany, Mr, Oliver Japan and Shangbai. £1,400 to the improvements fund.bulance planes and it is in the Stanley. Secretary for War. In the Manila. Accumulated funds amount to provision of these that Chinese House of Commons today, said Japan.

civilians Hving abroad could make that he believed that arrange U. 8. A, Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (Ban £23,281.

ments made by the War Or- Francisco date, 20th February), their contribution."

The committee regard county cricket this year as uncertain, but hope that the support of members will keep the club organisation in a satisfactory state.

All members of the county team, are serving in the fighting forces or taking part in other forms of national service.

University Inter-Hostel

Basketball Tournament

MORRISON AND

ST. JOHN'S WIN The first two games of the Uni- versity Inter-Hostel Basketball Tournament for 1540-41, were play- ed at the University Gymnasium' court yesterday afternoon.

The following were the results:-- Morrison Hall defeated Eliot Hall 65-25: St. John's Hall beat: May Hall 36-26.

The Hett, Shield, presented in 1929, will be awarded to the win- ne of the Tournament, the fix- tures of which are as follows:-

Tomorrow: 5 p.m. Lugard Ricci; 6 p.m. Morrison v May.

April 2: 5 pm. St. John's v Ricei; 6 p.m. Eliot v May.

April 4: 5 pm. Morrison Y Lugard p.m. Ellot v RiccL"

April 9: 5 p., Lugard y May: 6 pm. Morrison St. John's.

April 11: 5 pm. Ricci 7 May; 6ị p.m. St. John's v Lugard.

An attempt is also being made in Singapore to raiso funds for the purchase of ambulance planes for service in China, but Selangor has taken the lead, through the generosity of Mr. Chan Wing.

STATE LOTTERIES

At one stage in the develop- ment of the Chinese Air Force, state lotteries were run in China in aid of a fund to purchase planes to augment the Force.

ganisation of the

British

Red Japan and Shanghai,

Cross and the Order of St. John | Calcutta, Straits and Saigon ..... of Jerusalem for the sending of Japan.

parcels of food and comforts to Japan and Shanghai British prisoners of war were Japan, Shanghai and Formosa, working efficiently.

Japan.

“As regards the tresiment " of British prisoners of way in Germmy, available informan tion indicated that there is Hitle cause for complaint," he stated.

In reply to another question re- garding circulars sent to a num- ber of English people asking Those lotteries were bought them to send donations for the even by Chinese communities assistance of German prisoners overseas, and it was possible of war and internees in the coun- through the funds this raised to try, Mr. Stanley said that he had purchase many squadrons "of. no power to forbid the sending "of fighter aircraft for the Chinese comforts to German prisoners of Air Forca.

war in this county but that such On this occasion, planes are re- practice was both. unnecessary quired not for belligerent but and undesirable as the prisoners rather for humanitarian purposes, were already adequately provided namely ambulance service,

for (cheers).

POLES PROPERTY TAKEN OVER

Theft On Grand Scale

Registered and Parcel Mail are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malis are advertised to close at or before 9- a.m. registered and parcel malls are closed at 6 p.m. on the" previous" day, When nails are advertised to close after 5 p.m. Registered and Parcel mails are closed at 5 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Straits and Calcutta,

For

Shanghai, Japán, Honolulu, USA., Central and

South America and Canada via San Francisco- due San Francisco, 4th April Japan.

Fort Bayard, and Holhow,

Date and Time

Wed. 13th Ord

8.30 AM

G.P.O.&EP.O.

Ord. 8.30AM 10.30 AM 1.30PM

Manila, Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South] G.P.O. & K.P.O.

Africa, Egypt and Europe. Vla Brindisi Brindisi 5th April.

Fort

Bayard

due Reg.

Ord.

2,45 PM *3.30 PM

3.30 FM

EP.O.. Reg. 5.00 FM

5.30PM

5.00 PM

Ord,

7.00 PM

tham kh

9.00 AM

9.00AM

Airmal) for Indo-China," Iran, and France (Paris Ord.

and Northern Provinces only) by the *Air OPO. France Airways Direct Service "—due Paris 21st | Bog. March.

Straits.

THURSDAY

Shanghai Bandakan. Fort Bayara Amoy.

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 21–The Barlin correspondent of the Na- tional Tidende telegraphs that Goering bas issued a decree which will completely revolutionize the conditions in the new German Eastern Porvinces, formerly the western part of Foland." Goer" ing has decreed that all agricultural arena and all goods not

· owned by-Germans on September 1, 1939, shall now be taken over by the German State. This of course, means that millions of 'Poles will have to transfer their land to the German State. ....... Furthermore, there has been; On the other hand Germany has established in the Eastern Provin-| taken 140,000 Germans from April 15: 5 pm. Morrison v ces & Reich Commissioner, whose Volhynia and Galicia in Russian Ricci; 6 p.m. Lugard v Elot. special task is to secure. "the occupied Foland, and 80,000 Poles April 18: 5 p. St. John's, establishment of German culture, are also moving out of Russia into Eliot,

and who is permitted to con: Poland, A

W! Amoy. Official umpire of the games | fiscate land and property.

The Germans who are settling in Haiphong during the Tournament is Mr. Y. The German authorities can the Warthe: Gan are to live near Shanghai. K. Pun, of the Hongkong Basket- force Poles whose properties have Lodz and the Polish frontier. Lodz, Haiphong ball Association.

been expropriated to administer which used to have about 700,000 their former land.

inhabitants and only about 10

GRAND NATIONAL CALL - OVER

LONDON, Mar," 12 (Renter)—The call-over for the Grand National is as follow

Kilatat and Sterling Duke (100-7 D., 15-1 t.);

Bymaethis (100–6 0,, 20-1 b.);.

FRIDAY

11.30 PM.

FrL 15th

EP.O.

1.30

1.20 FX

Bog. 14th 5.00 M Ord. 14th 8.30 PM

GP.O.

Air Mall for Manila, Guam, Honoinia and U.S.A.,

by the "Pan American Airways Direct Service"-- | Reg. 14th 5,00 F due San Francisco, 21st March........

Ord. 16th 7,30 AM

South America and Canada via San

EP.O.

Parcels

8.30 AM

1:00 PM

1,30 PM

3,00

4,00 VM,

Reg ·6.00

| Ord... +5:30 PM

Francisco Parcels 74:00 PM (No Parcels for Canada) due, San Fran sco, Beg 3rd April.

A special. general administrator Germany among them, is now to to supervise all the expropria- become "the German town of tions and the administration of Loda" and a centre of Germaniam, Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu, USA, Central and G.P.O. TA all this new German State pro- perty. It la believed that the new acquistions will later be given over to the German colonista,

The areas of former Western Poland will thus be cleared of Poles. The general administrator

Output Of Non-Ferrous

Venturesome Knight (13-1-0. 20- can have Polish peasants punished Metal Ores

1 t.).

Workman (28-1 o., 33-1 t.). Professor the Second 100–70).

or fined if they do not manage their former property well enough. LONDON, - Mar." 12 (Reuter)---- - POPULATION TRANSFERS | The Ministry of Supply has decid- The last of the 35,000 Russians ed to appoint a Committee to who are leaving the German consider the question of increas- The engagement is announced Government General In Poland Ing United Kingdom" output of

Dairen.

Straits-

SATURDAY

Tintin (Parecis only)".........

Air Mail for “Imperial Airways Direct' Service"

due London 24th March

Amoy.

SUNDAY

MONDAY

5.00 PM

Ord.

7,00 PM

Sat. 18th 199

10.30 AM

∙1.20 +3

9.30 PM

GP.Ó.&EPO

5,00 M

5.30 PM

Beg,

Ord

Bun. 17th

0,00 AM

Mon. 18th

218 AM

of Mr. George. Rae Duncan, 22-arrived in Russia recently It is non-ferrous metal ören years-old son of Bir Andrew estimated that there are about Well-informed circles consider Canton Duncan. President of the Board 500,000 Russians in German-occur that a fairly substantial expan Tourane, Saigon and Bangkok of Trade, and Mise⠀⠀⠀ Jeanne | pied" Poland, but that only $5,000 sion of production in Jesd and 'in Printed and Published by Henry Lloyd Murrow, for the Hongko Wilsdon, danghter of Mr. and have been persuaded to go to could be erected by the installa... (// Dally Press,- Lád,, as Marina House, third floor; 18-19- Quten v Mrs. H; A. Wilsdon, of Paris,⠀ Russia

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