HONGKONLY PRESS
Economic Background Of Japanese-Dutch Press War
Illuminating facts showing how Japan is taking advantage of the Dutch East Indies economic conditions to secure her necessary materials form the real background behind the present Japanese- Dutch Press war.
Recently the Japanese Press accused the Dutch authorities in Batavia as having used allegedly delaying tacties for the purpose of wrecking the Japanese-Dutch trade talks in Batavia. The Dutch Press. supporting the denial of the Batavia authorities, retoried that the delay was actually caused by the Japanese themselves and that the Japanese accusations were meant to be deliberate provoca- tions with the object of bringing renewed pressure ол the Dutch authorities to accede to Tokyo's demands.
FINANCE & GENERAL
RELIEF FUNDS WORLD'S RAREST STAMP
· FOR CHEKIANG
"
vince in collaboration with the purchase was made on behalf of a of the war and indeed it might
provincial authorities.
the
st
MINE FOUND ON
N.S.W. BEACH
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1941. -PAGE
SAY
Gordon's
...and know what you're drinking/
NEW YORK-The world's rarest This new owner of the world's istams, the only known copy of rarest stamp is understood to De An additional $500,000 will be British Chuisna's I-cent magenta an Australian, "but it is said that appropriated by the National Relief of 1856, listed in the Standard he has no intention of taking the Commission for relief "in Cheklang Stamp Catalogue as being worth stamp back with him at this as a result of the Japanese in- $50,000 was recently sold in Newtime. vasion there.
York by Mrs, Anna Hind Scala of In response to inquiries it was The fund. It is understood, will Utica, NY to R. H. Macy & Co.. [explained that if property of such be entrusted to Mr. Chu Ying- New York City department store, value were taken to Australia while kwang. Vice Chairm of the which operates a stamp depart-the Dominion was at war it would Commission, who will personally ment..
not be passible to taxe tne stamp direct the relief work in the pro-
Macy's admitted the fact that the out of Australia for the duration
cllent, but refused to disclose the be subject to seizure during an In a blunt editorial under the from the United States and partly The Commission recently allocat price paid to Mrs. Scala. From & emergency, and for that reason title "New Provocations" the JAVA from Europe but since the Euro-ed $500.000 for the purchase of source considered reliable it the owner preferred to
was
let the BODE, an influential daily in Ba-pean war. European supplies have rice for relief in Fukten. It is now learned that Mrs. Scals, received a stamp stay in the States until the tavla, caustically remarks that the completely dried up. American learned that a large quantity of cheque for $40,000 when she European conflict ends. Japanese Press campaign, has been trade, however, gives the Dutch a the staple has been purchased in brought the stamp from Utica and mainly so uncontrolled and 1-favourable balance which helps Klangs and is being rushed to surrendered it to Macy's. mannered that there is no use to to Anance purchases from the Fuklen." argue or try to render in proper United States of materials for the
The late Arthur Hind bought the In view of the recent repeated stamp for about $32,500 at perspective such discrepancies defence of the Dutch East Indies. Japanese bombings in widely scat-French Government's auction of brought forth by It.
TRADE HAMPERED
tered areas, the Commission has the famous Ferrary collection After tracing the development of
Trade with Canada has been also decided to appropriate further Paris in 1921. the Batavia trade talks. the
sums for emergency relief. editorial affirms that several times hampered by war
a quarter of a ton was found on Chengtu is expected to receive
NOT DISCLOSED in the course of the ten months goods imported from non-British
the beach at Budgewoi, 30 miles negotiations it was "the Japanese countries. Trade with South Ameri-$50,000. Loyang. $100.000, while
The Identity of the collector who north of Cosford, New South themselves who were responsible a countries has suffered from Lanchow and Stan will also receive acquired the rarity was not imme- wales. for the interruptions and delay.
difficulty in the foreign exchange varied amounts(Central News). diately disclosed. For the "world
It was first seen by Walter Ray, Against the background of the positica as these countries have.
rarest stamp" to be in possession a fisherman, floating near Bird Tripartite Pact and the abuses of also lost theft important European
of a person who might desire to Island, and when Ray returned the Japanese Press, concludes the markets whereas Dutch small pur- į
maintain continued anonymity will early today he found the mine in editorial, the present parley in chases from them could not make Batavia seems most unreal "Ja dollars available to them. Trade Medals For Builders not be relished by philately, which a few inches of sand at the waters has a special sentiment about this edge. It was 3ft. Gin in diameter pan has chosen her side in this relations with other non-Sterling
Of Burma Road
British colonial item, which King and most of its horns" were war and the Dutch East Indles has countries depend largely upon the done the same... The only affect mutual foreign exchange positions. The Yunnan Provincial Govern. George V once aspired to acquire either twisted or broken off, evi-
for the Royal collection.
NORTH ATLANTIC On top of this läck of shipping|ment will award gold or brass
Idently from the pounding it that threats and provocations in
OPERATIONS The new owner has been inform-ceived as it the engineers and
was swept over the the Japanese Press will have on space curtails the volume of export medals the Dutch East Indies will be an and also delays the shipment of workers who were respon-ed of this but has reiterated his sand bar during the night.
LONDON. May 26 (Reuter)- for the completion: of intention of keeping his identity a An experienced even greater effort for the benefit commodities. These lead to the loss sible
naval officer. British naval operations in the is secret for the present. He refused after seeing the mine today, sald North Atlantic are still proceeding Burma Road of the Allied cause and even greater of foreign markets, especially when the-
which
re-permission for the stamp to be ex-that something had gone wrong South American countries suspicions regarding Japan's In-
are generally recognised as 1. tentions,"
striving hard to supplant the markable `engineering Teat con-hibited either at Macy's or the New with the mechanism, for contact Dutch East Indies' export of tro- stdering the magnitude of work York World's Fair and Instructed with the horns should Have smash- pical products.
and the short period of time taken. Macy's that it be kept in a vaulted the glass cylinders inside and Japan, realising the Dutch pred!--Central News).
caused the mine to explode." cament, has increased her trade
The mine had apparently been
SPLENDID OBSTINACT The NEW YORK HERALD-TRI BUNE in an article entitled "Splendid Dutch Obstinacy" sup ports the Dutch stand:
tax levied on
with Dutch East Indies. She partly diverted orders for certain supplies
to
for the time being.
A German contact mine weighing
in the sea about three weeks.
re-
the
ORDONS DRY GIN
INSTILLERY. LONDON
NO COLOURING MATTER
NO INJURIOUS INGREDIENTS
NOBEL PRIZE FUND
The Nobel Prize Fund will dis- Crowns in prizes
tribute 131,496
this year, as compared to 138,569
Crowns at its disposal in 1940.
with the object of bringing Ger man forces to close action.
This was announced by the Ad- miralty yesterday evening.
Besides the four prizes for Litera- ture, Physics, Chemistry and Medi- A communique states that after cine which will be awarded in Saturday's engagement, in which Stockholm next autuinn, the Nobel British battle-cruiser Hood Prize Fund will also be able to Officials guarded the mine and was blown up, the German forces make use of last year's sum for it. kept sightseers at a distance of made every effort to shake off had been decided that owing to ASSOCIATION 1,000-yd. until military and naval pursuit.
the international officials arrived.
situation Do Later in the evening, an attack prizes would be awarded in 1940. by naval aircraft resulted in at least
"The candidates for the 1940 prizës one torpedo hit on the
will be carried over to the date of the 1941 awards.
Regarding the economic condi- from the Dutch East Indies and HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS
tions in the Dutch East Indles, well-informed Dutch circles in
the European war and the British
Folland supplanted.
and other European countries in supplying
London indicate that as a result of goods to the Dutch East Indies. blockade of the German-occupied A monetary agreement was con- countries in Europe, the Dutch cluded between the Java Bank and East Indies foreign trade has been the Yokohama Specie Bank on considerably affected. New markets December 24: 1940, whereby all Ja- to replace the lost markets and new resources for supplies of goods must be found.
panese Dutch transactions as from January 1, 1941, should be.. quoted
in Japanese yen and settled by
Under this clearing.
agreement
The most important countries with whom the Dutch East Indies! credit balances exceeding the fixed is trading are the British Empire, maximums in favour of one of the the United States. Japan. Canada contracting partles would be set- and South America.
tled in US, gold dollars. Under the agreement with the; Japan is now pressing Hard the United States of December 20, 1935 Dutch to accept the situation the Dutch East Indies' trade has whereby the balance of trade will been dominated considerably by be favourable to Japan which will American" demand for materials; provide her with gold dollars for particularly tin and rubber.
casing the Anancial situation and The Dutch East Indies formerly also the stringencies in foreign secured its supplies of goods partly currencies.—(Central News","
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RAID VICTIMS
Japanese Migration
To Hainan Island
There are now 5,327 Japanese,
Quarantine Offices In Kwangsi
KWEILIN, May 30 (Central),—
LOYANG, May 25 (Central)—— After receipt of reports from Gen- eral Wet L-huang, - Chairman of the Honan Provincia Government, regarding the wanton Japanese, air raids over Loyang. Generalissimo immigrants on Hainan Island, in- Chiang Kai-shek has telegraphed cluding 2,506 Japanese, 2,613 For The Kwangsi Provincial Govern- : back to General Wel, instructing mosans and 208 Koreans, according ment has instructed the different that $150,000 (Chinese currency) an estimate. Most of them are counties to establish quarantine be appropriated to relieve, the air roninia and ex-servicemen-(Cen-offices before June 1 to prevent $117rald refugees.
tral News).
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LITTLE THINGS
LITTLE KNOWN
NEW YORK-There are queer. A part of a torpedo used during cargoes in Alaskan civil aeroplanes. the Russo-Japanese war was haul- Passengers, of course, and mail, ed up in a fishing net in the off- Then everything from mining ma-ing of Okinoshima, Fukuoka pre- chinery and dynamite to Diesel fecture, few days ago and engines. Dog teams are a common brought back to Shimonosek! by a argo-fur it is cheaper to fly the fishernian on Thursday, reports the dog team, sedge and supplies for Asahi, trips over a hundred miles than Feeling something heavy in his it is to feed the dogs for that much net, the fisherman hauled it in and of the trip.
tound the nose of a torpedo mea- Each year the sun burns the suring about 4 feet in length. As equivalent of 400,000,000,000,000,- the character, "Kure," and "1904" 000,000 tons of coal, and for years was inscribed on it, the torpedo scientists in sunblessed regions believed to have been used dur- have been trying to put some orng the engagement with the Rus- this vast heat supply to work on alan Baltic Fleet during the Russo- earth. Machines have been built Japanese,
in California to share sunlight,
small
which use heat-gathering alumi-, nium mirrors to bali water and pressed fibre or similar material_ make enough steam to run
bait the weight of aluminum but with the same tensile strength-f motors,
the suggestions of Mr. Kenneth Walker, a well-known Herley Street He stated surgeon, are adopted. he could produce pocket shields weighing two ounces to protect the heart.
A fly a stronger than a man in proportion to its size
A gallon of.sca water "about a pound of salt,
contains
It takes 14,000 tons of ore to pro- duce one ounce of radium.
Mosquitoes, scientists say, are
The human skin contains more
more likely to bite persons with than two million openings, each of
fair skins than those of dark com, which is the outlet of a sweat plexion.
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Every sixty seconds 900,000,000 dust particles pass through the lungs of the average city dweller.
Familiar posters printed on cot- ton instead of paper may soon De
one-
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$2.70
$10
18.70
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26.70 Humphreys $99
Chinese Estalek.................
Cotton Mill.
634 Ewo (9.) $285
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$3, Peak Trama - (left);
Star Farzioa.
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"Catgut does not come from cata. Tt is made from the intestines of sheep.
giving peace-time brghtness to The average man consumes in a our streets. The cloth, made in life-time food and water, about Lancashire, has a special gloss 1,400 times his own weight, or surface which takes, printing just about 200,000 pounds.
as well as paper. The fabric is The manner in which geography only slightly dearer than paper, influences custom may be seen in
and is considerably more durable.
CHINESE MOTHS
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Large Chinese moths have
wing span of nine inches' -
the fact that, while sticking out
of derision in the West, it is an act
the tongue is considered a gesture
& of affectionate greeting in Tibet.
The codfish sheds five million
A flash of lightning may be brief as one ten-millionth of a packed with codfish if all these second.
eggs were allowed to hatch; but
as eggs at a time. The seas would be
British soldiers may have body most of them perish before hatch- armour made of bakelite, coming.
意
Canton Tom.
Cements
H.K. Ropes
HE. Gort Loans $974% Loan
6944 31%
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