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NOTICE
NOTICE is hereby given that as from today's date no contraci purported to have been entered into by the TUNG HING CHEUNG FIRM (Ħ##X) of No. 203, Des Voeux Road West, Victoria in the Colony of Hong Kong, shall be valid unless the same shall have been signed
by CHAU YEUNG CHI ( Z), Manager of the said Tung Ring Cheung Firm.
A. S. K. LAU & CO., Solicitors for the Tung. Hing Cheung Firm.
NEW COMMISSIONER
OF POLICE
for
The Secretary of State" for the Colonies has natified that he has selected Mr. J. P. Penne- father-Evans, Senior Superin- tendent. Ma'ayan Police Ser- vice, to fill the va ancy Commissioner of Po ice, Hong- kong, caused by the retirement of Mr. T. H. King. Mr. Penne- father-Evans is at present on leave in England and is ex- pected to leave for the Colony in March,
TRADING JUNK
· ATTACKED
CAPT. REEVES TESTIFIES
THIRTEEN CHARGES
DISMISSED
Thirteen of the 22 charges against CAPTAIN H. L. REEVES, RE were dismissed when' Court Martial proceedings were continu cd yesterday afternoon, the de- fence being instructed to proceed on the remaining nine counts.
EDITORIAL
Construction of the new Eastern Fire Station in progress in
Hennessy Road.-(King's Studio).
NEWSETTES
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1941.
BRITISH BLOCKADE NOW. IN GERMAN HEADLINES
Position Is
Is Factor To Be
Taken Into Account
"The British blockade is now on the front page and in the headlines in Germany. It looms larger and larger and the position has now become a factor to be taken into account, whatever they plan to do," said MR. LEO- NARD INGRAMS, the well-known economist, when he broadcast from London yesterday on what the British blockade has accomplished.
Now the German time-table had
"In recent weeks," said Mr. Ingrams, "the German wire been upset and the British block- ade however much it' might less and press have been
have affected individuals, had al- speaking about the efforts of ready shortened the
by the Germans to blockade months and of the two evils it Great Britain, and how that was not difficult to see which they
WHI
is going to bring us to our should choose from the humani- knees,
tarian point of view,
The charges dismissed included Nos. 5. 6, 7, 9, and 11, relating to alleged conduct on the part of de- fendant to the prejudice of good order and military discipline in. that he ordered Sapper Kuenster to make on Army Form G. 825 an A Japanese outrage has been re-
entry purporting to show that a ported to the Police by Hul Ng certain quantity of a stated com- master of trading junk No. T41208.modity had been issued to a cer-
The junk was saling about 10
tain person on a certain date, not miles east of Ping Hol at 3 pm being satisfied that that quantity on Jan. 2 when a Japanese traw-of that commodity had been So
HITLER'S VICTIMS ITALY JOINS IN CHORUS issued.
"In the meantime," said Mr. er drew alongside.
Five Japanese, armed with re-
"Italy too has joined in the Ingrams, "the people in the in- Charges 18 to 22 relate to the. Hong Kong.
After allegation that
chorus and has claimed some vaded countries of Europe, are volvers, boarded the craft.
defendant per-
Dr. G. M. Abraham and Dr. H. C. Mr. William, J. Atkins, export the credit for the defeat which slowly recovering from the shock Hong Kong, 13th January, 1941. finding no cargo on board they suaded or induced Lt. C. Otway to
dumped the gingle into the sea sign an Army Form G. 825 puro are leaving today for Kwel manager or Hiram Walker and has already been inflicted on us. of their position. They had been
Ltd. of Canada, certain yang where they will join the Red Sons
passed according to their point of view, and took away the licence:
porting to show that a
Cross unit under Dr. Robert Lim. through Hongkong, en route to by Italian and German submarine day they will throw off the Ger- quantity of paraffin had been
Mantle on a business trip. He attacks on our shipping. Mr. I. Gonzalez, Frivate secre-issued to soldiers under Lt. Otway
Mr. Carl Mydans, prominent plans to return to Canada within tary to the Honorable Jose Yulo well knowing that that quantity.
journalist and photographer, now a few months of the Phlippine National Assem- was an estimate.
engaged with "Life" Magazine, ar-i bly, passed through Hongkong re-
Wang Hing Building. No. 10, Queen's Road Central,
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OLD CHELTONIAN
DINNER
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It is prepused to hold the cently. Mr. Gonzalez has been ac annual dinner at the Hongkong companying the Yals party
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their visit to the United States.
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Mr. Ingrams declared that all these German and Italian state- ments blamed Britain for not ad-
rived in Hongkong on Saturday. MA. T. Taylor returning to mitting this defeat and put it Mr. Mydans is en route to Singa- Manila passed through Hong-down to just British pigheaded- pore on a combined business and kong recently from a short vacation ness. pleasure trip. He is accompanied in the Pacific north-west of the "They have not only got their by his wife, also a prominent United States. He is connected facts wrong." said Mr. Ingrams, journalist.
with the Smith Bell and Company, "but having held Britain respon- Ltd., and plans to continue with sible for preventing food supplies
of Europe, they are now beginning to gloat over the efficiency of they employ it blockade, when themselves.
PAPER VICTORIES "Now we hear that they have
stunned for a moment and one
man yoke.
"Men and women are by nature free. They will not ac- cept slavery, which they will come to recognise however prettily it is made up to look like a good thing."
WHAT THEY
Mr. George Stevens, Chairman his business in the Philippine Is- from reaching the story be b ARE SAYING.
4
ABOUT-
OF
INVASION":
DEFENCE STATEMENT Following the Court's decision to on disiniss
these charges, Capt. Reeves made a statement in his Club on Friday, January 24th at 8-15 p.m. Will all those 0.C's
Defendant said that when he who are able to attend please! communicate with L. C. Baker, or that part of it which lay had taken over the Fuel Accounts (at the beginning of October) he round North Africa. The c/o Dodwell & Co., Ltd.
had noticed after & check that
of the East India Carpet Company lands. Italian Navy was expanded to there were discrepancies between
in Amritsar, India, arrived in! correspond with this vision of the ledger balances and the re-
Hongkong од
Mr.I Saturday,
Lieutenant Vincent J. Meola, of future greatness. The air maining stocks
and that the
Stevens plans to continue on to the United States Navy, was a pas- increased to method of recording Issues and India to take up his position there. senger through Hongkong recently, match the greater numbers in Receipts appeared to be in a state Mr. Stevens has been spending a He is going to the Philippines to added another victory-on paper, "No invasion of this island
of confusion. the army. The Dodecanese
few months in the United States report to the Cornmandant of the of course to the long list of can possibly succeed. There He drew the attention of. Lieut.
18th Naval District there.' became naval and air bases, Cuthbertson to this fact and at
Lt.
crushing defcats they have in-is no doubt of that in my Meols has been on duty in the ficted on Britain in the matter while Pantalaria was fortified the same time told him he ex-
United States
mind,” said MR. HOWARD- of this blockade. In order to cut British com-pected to be able to straighten the He also made a re-
"And yet arms, tanks, muni- MARSHALL, B.B.C. commen- munications with the Far accounts out:
Commander Ryland D Tisdale, o tions and food supplies are contator, broadcasting on "News East. The maps which the port of the position to his Com-eral Electric Company with offices
in New York, was a passenger the United States Navy, passed tinuing to reach us and to reach From Home" from "London pany Commander, Major Grose. Fascists displayed on the His efforts to straighten out the through the Colony recently. Mr. through the Colony recently. The our forces in Egypt with the pro yesterday. "Herr Hitler has join the 18th tection which our navy is giving probably got a bit fed up with walls in Rome included Egypt accounts proceeded slowly by rea-Grinnell is planning to take up his Commander is to and Syria in the scheme of son of the fact that other duties position in Manila. He has been Naval District at Cavite, PI He has these things. expansion, as well as the Suez had prevented his devoting much spending time in the United States been on duty in Southern Califor-
on an "extended vacation, Canal. Instead of adhering attention to the Fuel Accounts.
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HONGKONG, JANUARY 14, 1941.-
ITALY'S TRAGIC
RECORD
After he received the order to
to the traditional policy of hand over the accounts, he looked friendship with Britain, Mus-more closely into the position and solini thought Italy was satisfied himself that stocks had
Issued strong enough; not only to been
without signatures. challenge British power, but He made extensive inquiries and found out what issues had been to destroy it.
made, in what manner and for THERE IS NOW a plaintive
THE PRESENT POSITION what purpose. The Information note in Rome comments is deplorable from the Italian obtained he handed over to Major on 'operations in the Western point of view, since there is Grose who ordered him to obtain Desert. Why should Britain, hot only loss of military pre-signatures for such issues. it is asked, seek to deprive stige, but grave danger that Italy of her possessions in the
their followers to
SAPPER CALLED
on vacation.
Mr. C. C. Grinnell, Far Eastern Manager of the International Gen-
B. W. O. F.
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Mr. Ingrams went on to say how us as he must be when he nia, in the U.S.
the sympathy of the world was sees what is happening with with the people in the territories the- British advance in Honorable Jose Yulo, of the Na-occupied by Germany and how Libya." tional Assembly of the Philippines the Germans were making the Mr. Marshall.mentioned in the passed through Hongkong recent best use of the situation in order course of his talk that he intended ly. The Honorable Yulo has been to discredit Britain at every turn taking a holiday soon and the The following is the latest list of attending meetings with the Prest- This same country of "ours,
question was where to go." subscriptions received to date for dent of the United States, con-
which is said to be cut off by credit of the B.W.O.P.
"I do not think it will be very cerning
legislation.
Italian and Phlippine
German sub- Previously acknowledged, 100 and He was accompanied by his wife
exhilarating to spend my winter imarines from the outside $625,348.66.
evenings among a lot of elderly world, is thus being accused of
evacuees," he said, "and there is allowing the people of Europe
nothing organised for pleasure to
suffer £ famine' without
these days. But mind you, there helping them.
are still places in the British Isles where the war seems pretty re- mote still." RATIONING:
China,
Red
the
All
NAZI CAMPAIGN "This confusion of the German propagandists is part and parcel of the 'German- campaign. that we know is that for every MR. MARSHALL went on reply ready as long as the war move of the Germans we have to refer to the latest ration- ing orders and said that the Mr. Ingrams went on to state fact that hotel menus did not blockade include cheese was not going first started, the enemy treated to put them out at all. the whole subject with the utmost "I have no doubt,” he said, "that unconcern. With their short war we are all ready to live" more plan, the Germans did not take frugally. In fact, a lot of people
consideration...
give up eating cheese before. The fact is that we have been too com- fortable."
Miss Grace Ezra $15, J. S. Dunnett and private secretary. He plans t Monthly 21. The American Club take up his official duties with the tresult from a raffle held on New Philippine Government.
Sale Year's Evel, 200
ol C.H.S.S.
A grant, of R.K.$10,000 for the Badge per Mrs. Iranee, Mrs. E C. natives of Libya and Following defendant's state-
Ritchie and Mr. Colledge $1 each purchase of medical supplies for Libya when she has vast ter-Abyssinia may take vengeancement. two witnesses were called Francois d Hardivillers 500, G. Frost the period Jan. to June, 1941, for ritories at her disposal in on the Italian settlers. The of the 22nd Fortress Coy, stated L J. Lossius (December) 20. D. G. Cross Service Corps, under
by the defence. Sapper. F. Cork, 10. Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Wyllie 25, Capt. the Canton International Australia and Canada, The Libyans call
Graziani the that between April and Septem- Day (Monthly) 15, A. E. Guinness direction of Dr, Wong Man, has former country, said the com-"butcher," the one who order-ber, 1940, he was technical store-Monthly) 20. Wu. Lai Tak 152.80. A been approved by the Board of mentator, has six-million in-ed chieftains to be taken up man of the 22nd Fortress Coy. M. Kennedy (Monthly) 30, Mr. and Administrators of the British War
lasts." habitants and is capable of in planes and then hurled During this period he used Mrs. S. H. Dodwell (3rd Donation) supporting
how when the British one-hundred- into space, while he trans- paraffin oil, chicfy for cleaning 500. China New Guinea Mercantile Fund for Relier of Istress in million, while the latter, with planted
and maintenance. This he drew Co. 50, Total; $625,009.46. from the Company Tuel store. He a population of ten-million. Eritrea. Abyssinia was cap-never drew specified amounts but is capable of supporting seven tured by the use of poison gas inly what he wished. When he Association gratefully acknowledges Fort, has reported the theft of times as many. Italy, he so the relations between the finished the amount he had the following donations and subscrip clothing, valued at $57.52, from the facts that they now knew into have asked me why we did not
Up Italians and the natives there drawn, he went and drew more as tions; colonies are
necessary. He did not sign for
Relief Hongkong Chinese very bitter. Naturally at great sacrifice. One-he succession of blows which cally.
each drawing but signed periodi$500, China Light and Power Co., Ltd. He drew trom the store-100, T. C. Monaghan 100, Dr. S. 8. hundred - thousand peasant have fallen on the Italians in man, who brought a chit down Ramler 5, Rev. HLR. Wells 8, Miss I. familles have made their the past month has had a de- which he signed. These homes 'there and so trans-prossing. effect on Italy. about once a month. formed the land. What justi-Though they are all part of
He never made a note of how fcation then is there for Bri-he same campaign, they give but the amounts were entered in COMMITTEE TO HELP securities secured on the Chinese Customs revenue should be en told what to do and we will
much he drew, witness continued, tain to attack and destroy the impression, of separate the
'continues, has built
the North African
these African possessions? and
distinct
defeats, and paraffin and ofl.
ANTI-T.B.
ASSOCIATION
The Hongkong Anti-Tuberculosis
Gor. G. Khan, of Mount Davis
its quarters on Jan. 12.
ASSOC
LONDON COMMENT ON CHINA'S Came N. Watkins 3. Cheung Kung Leanx 5. CUSTOMS REVENUE, LOAN SERVICE
St. John's Cathedral 5. Dr. E. W. Hackett 5, Mrs. B. W. Hackett 5.
OVERSEAS CHINESE
SPIRIT OF THE WAR:
TALKING OF THE SPIRIT
do it...
The ECONOMIST, in an article, said that although it is highly of the people in Britain, Mr. improbable that any direct benefit can accrue to the bondholders Marshall said: "I am sure until the conclusion of the Sino-Japanese "war, investors of Chinese that all we ask for is to be
couraged by the satisfactory improvement in the 1940 total.
Despite all interruptions to trade ( sources of revenue have suffered
“We are going all out to win. IN CHINA
in 1940, the total Customs revenu considerably more damage both to this war and we want our sailing Overseas Chinese who wish to rose from $331,320,000 to $475,740, installations and rolling stock and orders. engage in business in China wui 000 (Chinese currency),
also to earning capacity then the Proceedings m the morning so busily engaged in the ar-ahead, and
"Many people are already plan- merely awalt opened with an
be given assistance and guidance address to the
No payment was made during Chinese ports in shipping or trade.ning about a post-war Britain," duous task of earning their the COUP DE GRACE Court by the defending officer, by a special committee to be form (1940 on loans secured by the Chinese trade bas certainly dis- sald Mr. Marshall. "What is cer living that they have had nel-which the British forces 2/Lieut. H S. Badger, who subed shortly under the Overseas Customs revenue. As far as the played considerable resilience.tain is that we are not going to
appropriate columns for
S/Sgt. E. Rodgers gave evidence
various fuels.
This is all rather pathetic, there is the grim prospect of and makes one feel sorry for further disasters. Tobruk, on figures for consumption of the Italians, who have been Abyssinia and Benghazi loom
ther time nor inclination to must administer. The mili-mitted that defendant had no study or criticise their lead-tary defeat, "er's policy: They do not seem gering and
though stag- decisive as it
to be aware that the Prime will be, is perhaps not the
case to answer,
Hearing will be continued..
over
OVER SWISS TERRITORY
Switzerland, on
HOMES TO CARE
scuttle back into the sort of coun- try we knew before. The ordinary man's wants are simple they are: based on individual freedom of
| Affairs Commission.
Chinese Government is concerneu, (Central News). Regulations governing the organ the estimated share of service op isation of the new committee foreign obligations secured by the have just been adopted by the Customs revenue in ports still in FOR SOUTH KWANGSI opinion. In every small way, all Government. It is provided that Chinese hands, amounting In the committee will be headed con $8,920,413 (Chinese currency) [or WAIFS PLANNED of us cannot only watch history currently by the Chairman of the 1940, has been duly placed at the
einig made, but help Overseas Affairs Commission and Central Bank of China where it Commission is planning to estab- WAR EFFORTS:
The Kwanga Provincial Relief making it." will comprise from seven to nine held in trust... members appointed. by the Execu tive Yuan
The main duties of the Corimit
SUITABLE TERMS
:
of
towards
Minister of Britain hegged greatest of Italy's SOTTOWS. BRITISH PLANES the Duce to remain neutral, The Fascists have proved and that Britain had no de-their incompetence. They signs against Italy.
chose the time for war, they
1ish three homes in Shunkwel. THEY DO NOT SEEM to fudged themselves to be
Nanning and Lungchow each for MR. MARSHALL referred
education of know that it was Italy who strong enough to defeat Bri-
No transfer, however, has been the care and BERNE, Jan. 13 (Reuter) - Brl-
war to the cheering news of the the recovered areas decision to build five new declared war and stabbed tain, they launched the cam-tish planes are claimed by the tee are to undertake investigations made owing to the high proportionwalts from
in south Kwangsi. have France in the back.
been and registrations of overseas Chin of the revenue accruing to the Ju- They paign, and they have brought Swiss authorities to
the King. battleships Each home will be maintained it was forget that
Italian not only ruin upon them-
Baturday ese who ahve reurned to China, panose in occupied ports. The de night.
examine their skill and capability, fault was occasioned surely by the at $400,000 yearly. An initial fund George Class and the en- troops that advanced into selves, but involved the Ita-
An Army communique Issued study and plan" possible business political situation in the Far East of $60,000 has been appropriated thusiasm, with which the new Egypt and threatened" the lians in a moral catastrophe. yesterday morning says: "Foreign enterprises for them, provide them and prospects of resumption of for the establishment of the air training scheme for boys Sudan and Kenya. The They are hated and despised aircraft flew
the Lungchow home.
had been received. over the Lehman dance in business enterprises and payment depend wholly on
Only children of soldiers and el- "Our war effort," he Baid, policy of the Fascists was de-by France, held in contempt and Jura region for several hours, render them assistance and gul possibility of making suitable terms
those areas, "gathers momentum day by day. liberately aimed at Britain. by their German friends, coming from the north west and dance in business enterprise, and with the Japanese authorities or villans led f
reclamation work, and in the their expulsion by the Chinese who are under 14 years old, will sometimes we may be critical of The slogan was that the Medi- under whose yoke they are leaving in the direction of Savoy.
They will be given this or that, but there it in and went into action. transfer of their capital to their Government,
be admitted.
Lake, that the destiny of forsaken the friendship of landing in France, it was estab-averseas Chinese technicians to Chinese rallways. the outlook, the tary handicrafts training to pre-gress towards what we are striv Italy was once more to assume Britain. It is a tragic record. shed that the planes were Briand work and to provide relief for Economist cominented, is more pare them for a livelihood when ing to obtain for the whole control of the Roman Empire, (Contributed).
those in need.--(Central News), complex. It is possible that these they grow up.-(Central News).
"Defences
terranean wasan Itallan about to pass, and they have After one plane had made a forced home country. It will also help Regarding Joana secured by primary education and an elemen there is nothing to stop this pro-
tish."
world."
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