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Intensive War Effort

INFORMAL RECEPTION TO

CONSULAR BODY

Of Malaya AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE

AN INFORMAL RECEPTION TO THE CONSULAR

FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1941.

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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, 13th JUNE, 1941.

SINGAPORE, June 12 (Reuter)-BODY IN HONGKONG WAS GIVEN AT GOVERNMENT The usual weekly Air Mail to Rangoon to connect with Malaya's exports "to the United HOUSE YESTERDAY BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVER- States is greater than any country NOR, SIR GEOFFRY NORTHCOTE, K.C.M.G.. ON THE the "British Overseas Airways" will until further notice in the world except Canada, said OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL CELEBRATION OF THE be closed on Mondays instead of Fridays. the Governor, SIR SHENTON THOMAS, reviewing Malaya's in-

BIRTHDAY OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING. tensive war effort in a broadcast on the "King's 'Birthday."

Mr. John H. Bruins, the American Consul and Acting Doyen of the Consular Body, proposed the health of His Majesty the King.

Mr. Bruins said:

An experimental service providing sea transit to USA, and ar

transit from USA to Lisbon and United Kingdom has been institut

ed. The inclusive postage rate is H. K. $2.00 per t'oz, for letters and H. K. $1.00 each for postcards. Correspondence" for this ser- vice should bear the usual blue air mail label with, the superscrip- tion "By sea to U.S.A."

He said that the Malay regi- ment and volunteers and local de- tence corps have 30,000 men, pe-

On this normally sides 13,000 in Singapore alone, en-

Your Excellency and Gentlemen: gaged in the A.RP. including roof-happy occasion, "we are again met this year with mixed spotters. firewatchers and internal feelings-We are sad at the thought of the destruction

of life and destruction of property now so prevalent in The public are reminded that it is a breach of postal many parts of the world.

Persons of our profession have regulations to enclose in a postal cover communications intend- special reason to be humble, because war is always the ed for persons other than the addressee. result, more or less directly, of a failure of diplomacy,

units

Malaya is training pilets and building small naval units.

Sir Thomas concluded by paying A tribute to British units and In- dian Army and the AIF. in Ma- laya whose cheerfulness and friendliness have created & "woh- derful state of good companion- ship in the SpacA of few

months."

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Ostensibly to prevent

friction a

The Printed Matter Service to the following places in China, ia

However, we rejoice thated, as we know we are, whole- His Majesty, The King, is in heartedly by all men and all na- good health, and that he has tons who value liberty as the temporarily suspended:-

highest prize. been spared through many duties of dangers for his

TRADITION BROKEN

I wish to thank you, Gentlemen

Yunnan Szechuen

Kwelchow

Hunan

Fuklen (except Amoy and Kulangsu)

Kwangsi

North and East of Kwangtung, "

leadership. We of the Con- of the Consular Body, for the ready sular Body wish to take ad-assistance which you have given vantage of this occasion to to me and my colleagues during express our deep thanks and the past year and to assure you appreciation for the constant that that help is very highly ap SHANGHAI, June 12 (Reuter-help and many courtesies ex-preciated by us.

Lastly would offer a personai between the British and French tended to us by His Majesty's apology for so breaking with tradi communities, the French Police duly accredited representation as to receive you in this in- today banned a garden fair for the tives in this remote. corner of formal manner today. I am afraid benefit of British

that I myself am a little like my funds his great Empire. war scheduled to be held at a British-

poor house at the present mo- owned garden in the French Con-

ment: that is to say, not in verz cession on Saturday.

good repair. I trust that that wit be taken as a sufficient excuse "for today's proceedings. You may be Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Ser-

vice" San Francisco date, 10th June. assured that your welcome here is

EMPEROR'S WISHES.

TOKYO. June 12 (Reuter) The Emperor b Japan this morning cabled a message of felicitations to King Geroge of England on the occasion of the King's birthday.

At the same time, the Emperor sent Viscount Yoshitami Matsuo- kaira, Grand Master of Ceremonies, to the British Embassy here. to convey Imperial congratulations,

GOVT. BUILDING SCHEME

Scheme

LONDON, June 12 (BWS)--The establishment of a mobile force of 100,000 volunteers to assist in the Govermutent Buldings was announced yesterday,

These men will be sent to any part of the country where essen- tial buildings are being erected.

In making the announcement,

the Minister of Labour said the Government Buildings Scheme totalled about £1,000,000 a'day.

UNUSUAL THEFT

A fairly unusual type of larceny was indulged in by some person pr. persons unknown on Thursday night. Stolen was the bronze name-plate of the Netherlands Trading Company, Holland House, a fairly massive object of size ap- proximately 15 by 18 Inches.

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We wish for His Majesty con, tinued good health, and the early return of a just and lasting peace. Gentlemen. I have the honour to propose the health of His Majesty, The King!

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Once more I thank you and wish

GOVERNOR'S REPLY Replying, His. Excellency said. Gentlemen. In the first place as His Majesty's Representative in Hongkong. I wish to express high you well. appreciation of the courtesy and cordiality with which you, Mr. Bruins, have proposed and you, "my other guests, have received the toast of the health of King George

LONDON, June 12 (Reuter)-The the Sixth and I thank you very King celebrated his offical birth-

sincerely.

KING CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY

MONDAY

For

His Majesty stands at the head day today and, although there was of a great Commonwealth of free!no official ceremony, hundreds of peoples who once again are fight-telegrams from all parts of "the ing for the nicht important prin- world were received by His Majes Air Mail by Air to Eangoon to connect ciple known to mankind, treedom. ty. Members of the Diplomatic Corps called at Freedom for invidual man and for and Consular. individual nations in thought and Buckingham Palace and · signed word and deed: freedom, that

essential mystery which separates

man from the brutes.

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UNION JACK HOISTED BAGHDAD, June 12 (Reuter) This is not the first or

the with an.

impressive ceremonial. second but the fifth time within parade, the Union Jack was again the last four centuries in which hoisted over the British Embassy Great Britain has taken up the today for the first time since sword in defence of this greatest May 3...

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of all principles; and if need be During Rashid Ali's rebellion, some day the British Empire will which began then, the flag was Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. and be ready to fight for that principle. not own over the Embassy.“ again. At the present time we are The Guard of Honour, a detach. hard put to it, but in each of the ment of the Essex Regiment, gave wars of which I have spoken we the Royal Salute today while a have been hard put to it and have large gathering of British subjects seen the Right win. And we will stood bareheaded,, see the Right win in this, support-

V.C. HANDED TO SISTER OF LATE CAPTAIN OF

THE JERVIS BAY

LONDON, June 12 (Reater)-His Majesty the King gave two Victoria Crosses and two George Crosses to relatives of four dead heroes at an investiture at Buckingham Palace this week.

RARE ORIENTAL BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

K.P.O.

Land Registration With Bogus Government Illegal

Land registration with the bogus government bears no legal effect." This warning was issued by Mr. Kao Hsin, Director of the Kwangtung Land Bureau, to land owners in Japanese "occupied” areas.

MOSCOW, (By Mall)-The Scleus tine Library of the Leningrad Mr. Kao recalled that the University possesses eleven folios of National Government pro- the 15th century Chinese manu mulgated last November a set script encyclopedia, Yun-Lo Ta of Provisional Regulations Miss Fegen received a V. C. conferred on her brother, CAPTAIN Tien. This encyclopedia was almost FEGEN, who went down with the Jervis Bay and Mrs, lane was completely destroyed by fire in 1900. Governing the Administra- handed a V. C. awarded to her son, FLYING OFFICER DONALD GAR-A few of the follos which survived tion of Land Rights in War LAND, for bombing over the River Mense a year ago,

by accident, are scattered ali over Time, which stipulates that Mrs. Ryan and Mrs. Moxey were the world. Only twelve of them certificates regarding owner- handed George Crosses won by have been collected and preserved ship or other rights of either government or private land

LATEST DERBY

· CALL-OVER

LONDON, June 12 (Reuter) The third call-over for the Derby is as follows:-

Lambert Simuel 4 to 1 o.: Moro-

In the USSR.

their husbands, LIEUTENANT- COMMANDER. RICHARD RYAN, of Jection of Chinese Thibetan and

The library also possesses a col- jare absolutely pull and void. the Navy, and SQUADRON LEADER ERIC MOXEY, of the R. A F Volunteer Reserve..

other

| Mongolian xylographs - books Mr. Kao made. It plain that any

from engraved wooden transfer of ownership or printed The King received the relatives plates. Among them are a unique rights of land in enemy "occupied" copy of the Buddhistic canon areas should be registered with. in private and shook hands and! "Kanjur," consisting of one hun- the hslen or municipal government

chatted with each of them. He

dred large books in the Mongolian concerned. In case the land is goro, Bun Castle 8 to 1 o.; Chateau told Miss Fegen that he had met language, and a commentary to it located in areas where the hsten La Rose 10 to 1 o. Devonian 100 several members of the ship's companjur in the Thibetan language, or municipal government concern- to 8 o., 100 to 7: Ptolemy 100 to Pany of the Jervis Bay and recall-The "Danjur" consists of 250 books ed can not exercise its power for 80.; Orthodox, Starwort, Thor-ed that Capt. Fegen had been at and was printed in the fourteenth the time being, an agreement re- oughfare 100 to 7o.; Guerdley, the school at Dartford and Osborne

century. Owen Tudor 20 to 1 o.; Mazarin, with him. Royal Academy.

Camperdown, Relatives of 70 dead officers Sunny Island, Fettes 25 to 1 o. Annatom 25 to 1 o., 33 to 1 t.; Single Court, Valdavian 50 to 1 o.; Feroze Din, Mister Sawyer 100 to

and men who had won decora- tions attended the investiture and among them were two

garding the transfer may Arst be signed which, however, must be

the government! registered with LONDON, June 12 (Reuter)

concerned as soon as the later The Queen paid an informal and resumes its power there-(Central

mexpected visit to St. Paul's Ca-News). " women in uniform."

thedral yesterday. She was shown a high ex- These were Becond Officer Col-the damage done by peck-Davis who received the In-plosive bomb which smashed the

Over the signia of Officer of the Military roof

north transept WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuter) Division of the Order of the Bri- and penetrated to the crypt. Hun- -The United States has never re-tish Empire wat by her husband,dreds waited outside to see her quested the use of Ere air and WING COMMANDER EDWARD leave after a stay of an hour. sea bases for the delivery of COLPECE DAVIS,"

1° 0.

DUKE OF AOSTA LONDON, June 12 (BWS)-It is authoritatively stated here that there is no truth in the reports that the Duke of Austa nad gone

supplies to Britain, declared Mr. The other was Third Officer LONDON, June 12 (Router)-A to Rome in parole. Burner Welles, Under-Secretary of Ackery, of the Women's Royal bomber plane taking trans-Atlan- State. He was commenting on re-Naval-Bervice, who was given the tie pilots from England to Canada

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porte quoting Trith sources that decoration, conferred on her hus-set up a new record for the east Printed and Published by Henry Lloyd Marrow, for the Hongkong the Elte Government had refused band, JOHN ACKERY, of the war- to west croming. The time was Daily Press Ltd, at Marina House, third floor, 15-19, Queen's such a request.

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