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STANDARD OF LIVING REDUCED IN

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

For a long period. The same day. my grocer tells me he is sold out." The grocer could not supply him with dried peas, úpriects, cocoa,

UNEMPLOYMENT DOUBLED: RIOT chocolate, assorted fruit and many

IN OSLO OVER EGG SHORTAGE

LONDON, Aug. 26 (Reuter)-More news has been received in London about the conditions now prevailing in the German-occupied territories of Belgium, Holland, Norway, Denmark, Poland and Czechoslovakia.

In Belgium, the living standard has been reduced and unemployment is rife. At the beginning of last month, the Brussels employment exchange put the number known to be unemployed at nearly 300,000. A year ago, the figure was only 170,000. 'es

seers.

other things.

"He does not expect any further supplies." the Norwegian con- cludes.

Fi

In one town, butchers were sold out half an hour after they open- ed for business and bakers quick- ly followed.

The Oslo police had to intervene to stop a market rigt over the egg shortage."

RISING FOOD PRICES

TUESDAY, AUGUST"· 27, 1940.

FOREIGN MAILS

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, 27th AUGUST, 1940, 9.30 A.M.

The General Post Office will be closed at 6.30 pm, on Tuesday 27th August 1940. -

The arrivals and departures of mails from and to neighbouring countries and coast ports, of which there is a frequency of more than one service a week will not in future be advertised.

This decision has beer arrived at after careful consideration, and the public are requested to co-operate to the extent of forbearing to inquire by telephone the dates of such malls, as answering such Inquiries makes heavy inroads on the time of the postal staff.

The Public are requested to note particularly the time of closing)

In Denmark, food prices are the Imperial Air Mail on Tuesday, 27th August, 1940.

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

which wages are supposed to keep pace has been round impossible under the conditions of the Ger- mani occupation.

The same situation prevails, Corps," doing heavy work for a rising and the arrangement under in Holland. Stores of food mere pittance under Nazi over laid up by the Dutch Govern-

Dutch boys of from 18 to 18 ment are being used by Ger- years of age are being sent to man troops or removed to Germany to work on the harvest, Danish workers are sent into Germany.

In Norway, unemployment is Germany, and although the Nazis' Provisions collected for sale to rising and wages are falling. claim that Denmark is "neither the unemployed at purely nominal Many fishermen have been robbed charges have been confiscated. of their boats and farmers of their Dutch cattle are to be slaughter- horses. ed by Nazi order because of a shortage in feeding stuffs. “EXCHANGE RATES ALTERED

~ POSITION IN NORWAY......

The official German news

INWARD. MAILS

From

conquered nor occupled, but only Calcutta, Straits and Saigon "protected," Danish "-workers are Air Mail 'by "Imperial Airways Servicë” hot allowed to return home from Air Mail by "Pan American Airways. Direct Ser- Germany.

vice-San Francisco date, 20th August, As regards Poland, the official | London and Manila..... agency says, apropos of Norway Nazi newspaper Voelkische Ben- Canada, USA Japan, and Shanghai

bachter says that "Government- General area is to be under the US. A., Honolulu, Japan, and Shangha! (San exclusive control of. Germans whose first task is to consider the Java and Manila, interests of the German Reich.

The rate of exchange in both The present state may be con- Belgium and Holland has beensidered completely satisfactory."

This may be true of the Nazis -altered-to-favouk German troops.

but it certainly is not the case with the Norwegians.

CUSTOMS UNION

ver BC. date, 10th August),

Dus

26th Aug. 87th Aug.

28th Aug.

(Vancou

29th Aug.

19th Aug.

Francisco date, 3rd August)...........

29th Aug.

29th Aug.

Air Mail by "Imperial "Airways Service" USA., Honclulu, Japan and Shanghai (San

Francisco date, 9th August)..............................

30th Aug.

30th Aug. 1st Sept

7th Sept. 8th Sept. 16th Sept

The German gets 12 per cent more for his money in Belgium and 25 per cent more in Holland.

Thus, a Norwegian, in a letter Compulsory labour is also being to a newspaper, writes:-

In Czechoslovakia, says a Swiss Bandakan.. enforced by the Nazis.

"There has been a statement in Dutch workmen are forced into the Press that we still have sup-newspaper, arrangements are now Calcutta, Straits and Saigon.

so-called "Reconstruction plies of all essential commodities complete for uniting the country USA, and Manila (San Francisco date, 14th August)

In a customs union with Germany (Australia and Mania....... and for the abolition of Czech currency.

the

HUGE RECONSTRUCTION LOAN FLOATED BY THE SZECHUEN GOVERNMENT

SHANGHAI, Aug, 26 (Reuter)—A $100,000,000 Economic Reconstruction-Loan has been "decided upon by the Sze- chuen Provincial Government, the NATIONAL HERALD learns. Of this amount, $40,000,000 will be issued some- time this year.

Allotments of the loan have been settled as follows:

$8,000,000 for the Szechuen Industrial Development Cor- poration;

$1,000,000 for the develop- ment of railways and high- ways;

$8,000,000 for the develop- ment of agriculture, irriga- tion, mining, communication, reclamation and the promo- tion of sanitation;

$2,600,000 for land survey; $5,000,000 for the establish- ment of a foodstuff co-opera- tive under the price control scheme, and,

$1,000,000 as a sinking fund for mining loans.

The Szechuan Provincial Govern- ment has also invested large sums in industrial and economic enter- prises promoted in the Province.

"Among these are Investments of $5,000,000 in railway reconstruction, $5,000,000 in the Great China In- dustrial Corporation, $200,000 in the West China Development Com- pany and $30,000 in various other

concludes.

Finally, Luxembourg:-The Ger- man authorities have now dis- solved all political parties,

S.V.C. Takes

Over Garden Bridge Duties

The Russian Regiment, S.V.C., on Aug. 20 took over guard duties on Garden Bridge from British troops who were leaving the city. In the photograph British troops and Russian Regiment members are seen exchanging duties.

CENTRAL CHINA DAILY NEWS' WARNING TO JAPAN RIDICULED

The warning" in the CENTRAL CHINA DAILY companies, the National Herald NEWS, Wang Ching-wei's mouthpiece, that if Japan wants the co-operation of the Nanking regime," she must accept China's demands for equality" was interpreted by the TÄ KUNG PAO; in an editorial, as another hoax of the arch -traitor-

Chinese Business Man Vanishes

It is already too late for. Wang and his henchmen to awake to the impossibility of co-operating with Japan, the journal says.

OUTWARD.. MAILS

Registered and Parcel Mall, are closed 15 minutes earlier than e time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m. registered and parcel malls are closed at 5 pm, on the previous day. When malls are advertised to close after 5 p.m.. Registered and Parcel malls are closed at 5 pm..

TUESDAY

For

Air Mail for Indo-China, Malaya, Java and Aus-

tralla by the "Imperial Airways Service."

Date and Time

Tue, 27th

Reg.

K.P.O.

•

4.30 PM Ord. 3.00 PM

G.P.O.

Reg

4.30 PM

Ord, ." 8.00 PM

IPO.

Reg.

*4.30 FM

Urd.

5.00 PM

G.P.O.

Mall for "Imperial Airways Service" to Durban and thence by Sea Service to United - Kingdom

WEDNESDAY

Reg.

4.30 PM.

Ord. 5.00

Wed, 28th

G.PO,&KPO

Par. 27th 6.00 PM.

Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa and Reg. 27th 5.00 PM

United Kingdom

Ord, 28th 8.30 AM G.P.O. & K.P.O.

Manila. Australia and New Zealand via Thurs- Reg.

day Island...

Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U. S. A., & Europe via "Pan American Airways' and. Trans- Atlantic Service,"

THURSDAY

Straits and Calcutta.

Ord.

2,45 PM 3:30 PM K.P.O.

Reg- 6.00 PM Ord. 6.30 PM

GF.O.

Reg 5.00 m Ord:

· 7,00 PM:

Thu. 29th

Parcels 11.00 am

Letters Noon

G.PO, & K.P.O. Parcela 11.00 AM

Manila, "Rabaul," Australia and New Zealand ya Reg.

Brisbane

15:45 PM

Ord,

.EPO. Parcels Reg.

1.30 PM

4.00 PM

5.00 PM

Urd.

·6,30 PM"

FRIDAY

Honolulu, U.-S. A., Central and South America, GP.O.

Canada and United-Kingdom via San Fran Parcels cisco (No Parcels for Canada and United-Reg. Kingdom).

Ord.

Fri 30th

4,00 FM

1.00 PM

7.00 PM"

Sandakan.

8.30 AM

GPO & KP.O.

via

Reg. 29th 6.00

Ord. 30th 8.30 AM

GPO,&KPO.

Par. 29th 3.00 PM.

Mr. Hu Shi-yuan, a well known

Japan, it avers, is not the kind Mr. K. Okazaki, Consul-General, Chinese business man in Shangor a country which will spend ml-yesterday denied that he made Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, USA., Central & South hal, has mysteriously disappeared lions of dollars on a bunch of such a statement over the week- America, Canada and *United Kingdom from the sight of his relatives and ffraffs in Nanking to talk about end and said that the report was San Francisco

friends here, states the North China Daily News.

cntirely untrue.

| Ord.30th-10.30 43

|Hat, Bintander G.P.O.&K.PO.

"equality" and "freedom."

The Wang Ching-wel-Japan Reports published by the lead-negotiations in Nanking for the

Straits. Ceylon. India, East and South Africa, Beg 30tu 8.46 AM Ing Chinese dalles here indicate conclusion of a treaty to regulate The marriage took place on Aug. and United Kingdom that the disappearance of Mr. Hu the "new, relations between Japan 17, at Holy Trinity Cathedral, may have political significance, and China" constitute a politicat Shanghai, by the Very Reverend

SATURDAY since he recently received a my offensive after Japan's failure in Dean A. C. S. Trivett, M. A, D Air Mail for "Imperial Airways-Service" to Durban Reg. 5.00 PM sterious letter asking him to do subjugating China militarily, the of Marion Albertine, only daugh business somewhere else.

and thence by Sea Service to United Kingdom Ord. paper says. -

ter of Mr. N. S, McBain, Peking. This treaty, even if signed, will to Mr. Alastair Conway, younger Air Mail for Indo-China, Malaya, Java and Aus- Reg.

GPO, & KP.O. not be valid in the eyes of the son of Lieutenant-Colonel and Chinese, the paper avers.

tralia by the "Imperial Airways Service."

"CERTAIN QUARTERS”. According to the National Herald the letter received by Mr. Hu from "certain quarters" on Aug. 7 asked him to go to a place to establish

EVACUATION, REPORT

Mrs. C. R. "Hill, Devon, England.

MONDAY

TUESDAY

6.30 FM

5.00 PM

Ord.

6,30 PM

Mon. Sept, 2nd

8.30 AM

Tue, 3rd p

8.30 AN

8.30 AM

Wed. 4thTM

GPO&KP.O.

a bank with a capital of $100,000. Quoting the Japanese Consul- In response to an appeal from Hothow He may also go there to hold a General, the HONGKONG CHINA the National Winter Clothing position, the letter is quoted as EVENING NEWS. on Sunday car-Funds Commission in Chungking, Manila, Batavia and Sourabaya. saying. Mr. Ha is said to be very ried a report that a number of local Chinese public bodies will Saigon, Bandakan, Salamaua, Rabaul and Tulagi. much surprised at seeing the let Japanese women and children will shortly launch a two-month cam- ter. Bince Aug. 11, Mr. Hu's friends be evacuated from Hongkong paign to raise a contribution of

WEDNESDAY and relatives have not been able shortly. to locate him. They are anxious

The first batch, the paper states, similar to those launched during U. S. A., Central and South America and United Par. 3/8 5,00 PM to know his fate as they had not will leave by a Japanese ship on the past three years, each of -Kingdom Via Ban Francisco (No Parcela for Reg. 4/9 9,45 AM been told by Mr. Hu that he was Aug. 30 and the second on Sept. 20, which had exceeded the amount Canada),

Ord, 4/9 10.30 am leaving Shanghai

"Personally I do not believe that Shanghai Chinese were requested

Thu. Kh Mr. Hu' is manager of a Chinese it is necessary for Japanese sub to contribute to Chungking. electric supply company at 492 lecta to evacuate, I am not mak-

CN$500,000. The campaign will be

Peking Road which specializes in ing any preparations to evacuate Mr. C. L. Hindson of Reuters

making a nüdiber of electric army wife and children at present," Ltd. Shanghai, has left for Han- ticles. He established the firm the newspaper quoted the Consul-kow, to take charge of their office more than 10 years ago,

General as saying."

there

THURSDAY

Bwatow

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