1941-01-27 — Page 9

HONGKONG" DAILY PRESS

THE WAR IN NORTH ENGLAND

WARNINGS WITHOUT "TRIMMINGS”

Of course the North has had it pretty badly. That is obvious to anyone from the communiques. Few days pass without re- ports of ralds on Merseyside, "North-West" or "North East" towns or the "South-West" or "South-East" of Scotland, all officially vague but generally identifiable. keep on recurring, writes Rit- chie Calder.

So a tour of the bombed areas of the North might seem like jumping, if not out of the frying pan into the fire, at least ont of the fire Into the frying-pan- I can honestly say, however, that the only night's sleep I missed through raids during a fortnight's tour of investigation for the Daily Herald was when London was being heavily bombed

Inventor Of Coal-Burner Engine

FINANCE & GENERAL

INCREASED TRAVEL TO NATIONAL PARKS

Canada's" national parks continue to gain 'la popularity, accord- ing to the Federal Department of Mines and Resources, which "re- ports that 980,048 persons visited the parks during the six months Mr. Chang Wel-yung, the inven- ended September 30, 1940. This represents an Increase of 175184, or tor of a coal-burner engine for almost 32 per cent, over the 804,862 who came to the parks in the trucks. has been granted a five-corresponding period a year ago. year monopoly for his invention by the Central Authorities.

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A break-down of last year's at- tourist travel to the mountain According to Mr. Chang, the tendance Agures shows that Can-parks, attracting 134,914 visitors adian visitors totalled 811,614, and as compared with 108,490 g year |coal-burner engine has many

which ago. This popular recreational advantages. First, it is Inexpen-indicates the extent to sive. Only four ounces of coal are the national parks contribute to area fulalled its role of an inter

the holiday needs of the country.national park by playing host to required for a distance of one 11.

Secondly. Cars driven by the In proportion to population, Can- 48.392 tourists from the United coal-burner engine can have ajada's national parks provide re- States..

creational facilities оп

scale East of the mountain parks, speed of 150 per hour.

Thirdly, the engine

not unequalled anywhere in the world. Elk Island National Park, was harmful to the cylinder. Fourthly, Banff National Park in Alberta visited by 48.117 persons, because I stayed up linked to the other services so that the engine is adapted to the use had the largest attendance with park, intended primarily as game

of both coal and charcoal..... all night la the Manchester office an "incident"

a total of 210,404, a gain of 41,048 preserve, has become very popular immediately Many prominent businessmen over the six month period ended for short outings, largely because Keeping in touch with my collea- notified, and to its centres for

in Kunming including Mr. Tung September 30, 1399. The greatest it is located within hour's gues who had gone to ground dealing with the homeless through-Cheng-lung are much interested increase in tourists was registered motor drive of Edmonton. In London under terrific bombard-Joat. the city.

in Mr. Chang's invention. They in Jasper National Park, which are planning to raise a capital to attracted the all-time record total. Increased travel was also re establish a plant for the manu-of 87,204. an increase of 65.52+ ported from the prairie parks. facture of the coal-burner engine visitors.

Travel to Jasper, the Prince Albert National Park in

That was

ment. There were warnings, but without the "trimmings," which would disturb sensoned

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FROM THE PRAIRIE

This

in large numbers. (Central largest of the parks, has grown Saskatchewan had 29,090 visitors

Martial Law

In Canton

by leaps and bounds since the compared with 26,367 last year

and Riding Mountain National Pan-Jasper Highway was opened to traffic on June 15 last.

Park in Manitoba attracted 150. 234 tourists. a gain of 27,354.

BIG BEND HIGHWAY

MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1941.-PAGE. 9

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If you Value your

Health-

Insist upon

Gordon's GIN

NO Colouring Matter No Injurious Ingredients

GORDOUS

DRY GIN

FUSSTELLZITY LONGCH

Enlarge Sheep Flocks To Meet War Needs

In case "H.Q" should be bombed cain this control room is reproduced in, paigner like myself-seasoned" and synchronised with, four other that is, by being a Londoner dur Area H.Q.'s. one of which would, News). Ing the first five weeks of the immediately take over. Each of Elitzkries

these Area H.Q.s is equipped with Indeed the most trying part of emergency stores of blankets, bed- the tour was the ordeal of travel ding. food and so on, even baby's

In Ontario. Point Pelee National ten hours from Euston to Man-feeding-bottles and diapers, as

The opening of the Big Bend Park was visited by 84.847 persons, chester, and fourteen hours from well as with cdoking facilities (not

Highway, the last nk in the of which 30,181 were American Manchester to Glasgow. And in forgetting field kitchens in case Martial law will be enforced in western section of the Trans- tourists. In the Maritime Provin neither case was the delay due the gas or electric supplies fall) Canton until to February 3 on the Canada Highway, contributed to ces, Fort Beausejour National Park edlemsuction. The first was and hot-containers for transport. occasion of the Chinese New Year. the greater movement of tourists in New Brunswick had 5,871 visi- caused by the runaway luggage": Finding homes or billets has not.

sign the In accordance with instructions to Yoho and adjoining mountain tors

museum register. barrow which derailed all express so far, presented any difficulties from the Japanese military au- parks. Kootenay National Park, and 6.833 tourists signed the book! train and in the other a wayward land if they should arise Liverpool thorities the so-called Canton which adjoins Banfi and Yohat Fort Anne National Park" in

Stressing the responsibility of farmers in building up their had 69,729 visitors Almost as trying was the effort tic requisitioning

is prepared to meet them by dras-municipal government has issued Parks,

sheep flocks to meet the needs of the country in war time, Dr. a preclamation prohibiting the agalast 60,047 last year. to avoid seeming callous and un-

Attendance at Prince Edward

E. S. Archibald, Director Dominion Experimental Farms Service, Birkenhead, until my visit, had setting off of fire-crackers during Waterton Lakes National Park Island National Park totalled 34. kind. It is not easy to tell people

addressed the Ottawa Valley · Sheep Breeders” Association at the beer.

(the Canadian section anonymous the period.

the 990, and at Cape Breton High- who have had repeated

opening of the third annual sale of rams and selected breeding · raids North-West Towns" and the folks

International land's National Park, where ex Business is still shack in Canton Waterton- Glacier

ewes at the Central Experimental Farm. Ottawa, recently. that, by comparison with London, had resented it; they were rather in this season owing to the low Peace Park) also came in for a tensive development work is be they scarcely know what bombing proud of the way they had behav- buying of the people.

large shara ni the increased

Dr Archibald sald ing carried out, the visitors num-

the sheep Although the situation was not means. Yet that is true of every led under bombs.

bered 17,420,

breeders had every reason to be urgent at present with regard to - part of the North which I visited

confident in building up the sheep meat supplies, sald Dr. Archibald.

waggon which broke loose.

Even Merseyside, which has passed its 200th raid and which next to London, is the most hen vily bombed part of the country cannot be compared with anything In London. its raids have been

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HONGKONG "SHARE QUOTATIONS

STOCK EXCHANGE,

case spirit IS

Buyer

Bellers

Saleg Nominal

I was able to say that they had been bombed and how well they had dealt with their numeless. It is rather nice. because, although it was a of organisation, jneighbourliness.

Everybody, including the off- mainly during the past 10 weeks clals, seems to know everybody Yet I question whether the totalelse by their Christian names. damage of the cities and towns comes in useful, in finding homes. of the Mersey is a third of that The Billeting Officer is not billet- in any one of the riverside Londoning: ne is finding new homes and. boroughs.

furnishing them, with the matey Apart from extensive fire dam-

co-operation age to warehouses In one part of Board officials and the help of the the Assistance

Liverpool which was restricted

'Mayor, who had by the fire-services and

got hold of which furniture and stored it throughout certainly had

dislocating the town.

.few

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REDUCED SCALE OF industry, because Canada at pre-all available meat would be re-

AIR OPERATIONS LAST WEEK

sent was a heavy importer of woo quired when Great Britain could and lamb. He spoke of the res- import in larger quantities |ponsibility of the sheep farmers The apparent trend of thought towards meeting the war time in Canadian towns and cities WAS" LONDON, Jan. 2 (Reuter-As needs for Eastern one-half breed illustrated by the increasing num a result of the weather. R.A.F. type wool which is in the greatest ber of city people who were 'buying raids on enemy and enemy-occu- demand for war purposes

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Polish aircraft, made a daylight Nevertheless during the week attack in Northern France.

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keener

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器

a colleague in Liverpool had to act Street, she'd not get on with Mrs. as a guide to enable me to find Brown. But she'd be all right the damage and, because clearance of debris had been more and thorough than in London. to tell me what was bomb-destruction and what was normal demolition.

"SCARCELY DENTED"

have highly developed and well- Manchester and Glasgow both conceived organisations for dealing with the homeless. been planned well ahead.

Both lind But the

From a record which I have finest rest centre which I have scen of the number of bombs seen was in Newcastle. It is ask-

dropped in Scotland during 13 |ing almost too much but I wish months of war, including the at- it could be

the model for the tacks on Scapa Flow, I should say other parts of the

country. 1t! that it is not as great as the total started of with the advantage of for any week in London since being the palatial mansion of a September 7. Newcastle, as one coal-and-finance magnate, with official there put it, has "scarcely solid walls that might have been even been dented" respite persis-built to withstand a siege. tent attempts.....

Its stately. panelled ballroom:

As for Manchester it is still at has been set aside as the dining- the "gather-round-boys-and hear ball ("refectory" would be more Ariy bomb apt) for the homeless. Other within a mile is a "near-shave" rooms have been converted into

about my bomb" stage.

and wher I told them that in cheerful bedrooms, filled with "in- London we wore lapel-button with viting truckle "I'm not interested in your bomb" showers and

beds." There are hot baths. Every

on it they took it not as a joke room has a coal fire important but as an insult. Indeed the only alike for

cooking and heating)

place where, so far, I have sensed but hot-water bottles are provid- anxiety was in Manchester. There (ed.

was certainly none in Liverpool,

The capacious ceffàrs and "vaults for instance, where the people have been turned into sir-raid are, as solid and as stolid about shelters, heated by the hot pipes the raids as they are in London. of the central-heating system. In Glasgow, I was introduced as Newcastle goes oh the sound prin- "an unkilted member of the Lan-jciple of getting the homeless out don Scottish, just back from the of the Rest Centres as soon as front line" and found that at possible into homes or billets... public dinners they were coupling

with the toast of the Army, Navy

and Air Force "and the people of H.K.-CANTON TRADE

London." But I found too that

they were thinking of the Battle

of London as we used to think of

the Slege of Madrid-something

magnificent but some way of.

NEGOTIATIONS PROCEEDING

Discussions. It was learned, are

That is a matter for concern. going on in Canton between the With the lesson of London before British and Japanese authorities them, local authorities must for the resumption of import and imagine the worst and then add export trade between Canton, and

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Most of what I found was re- The negotiations, are based on assuring. The arrangements for three main noints-the limitation dealing with the homeless, one of of sailings between Canton and my main preoccupations, in each Hongkong. pilotage and stevedor- place were certainly encouraging, ing. Both sides have come to a although nowhere, not even on (satisfactory agreement on the first #1110 Merseyside, had they been put to two points but the last has proved the same desperate tests as in quite a barrier." as the Japanese, London. Liverpool, galvanized by as in the case of pilotage, wanted the dynamic personality of Mr. to monopolise stevedoring. Molyneux,. Its P.A.C. Officer, made At present no

cargo is allowed

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