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Expenditure Reserve Of

Proposal To Charge In Building Up Large Reserve Rice To The War Taxation Revenue

PUBLICATION OF STATEMENTS OF

ACCOUNTS OF MONOPOLY SHOULD BE MADE PERIODICALLY

THE EQUITABLE RICE SALES FUNDS COMMITTEE DECIDED AT ITS LAST MEETING, HELD AT MEDICAL HEADQUARTERS ON MONDAY, TO PROPOSE TO GOV- ERNMENT THAT IT SHOULD CHARGE "THE VERY CONSIDERABLE EXPENDITURE" involved in building up, storing and turning over of a large reserve of rice for defence purposes against the revenue collected in the form of War Taxation.

Alternatively, should Government be unable to ac- cept the justice of that submission it would give early consideration to the grant of a subsidy to enable the Monopoly to sell certain grades of rice below the cost en- tailed by the system in vogue.

It

WEDDINGS AT REGISTRY

The

following marriages took

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1941.

FOREIGN MAILS

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, 13th AUGUST, 1911,

Air Mail to Rangoon to connect with the British Over- seas Airways Service will until further notice be closed on Mondays and Fridays. Correspondence for despatch by this route must be superscribed by "C.N.A.C."',

place at the Registry, Supreme The public are reminded that it is a breach of postal Jregulations to enclose in a postal cover communications intend-

Court, yesterday with Mr. Reynolds, Deputy Registrar. off- clating:-

Mr. Wong Muk-sang, merchant, of No. 485 Un Chau Street, Sham- shutpoo, and Miss Tsang Kitching,

of No. 2 Tung Chan Street, Sham- shutpoo;

Mr. Ip Hot-chuen, building con tractor, of No. 1 Mui Hing Street, and Miss Cheng Wan-lan, "of No. 122 Main Street, first floor;

Mr. Chen Yak-yon, civil servant of the Chinese Central Government, In other of No. 33 Seymour Road, and Miss

was also submitted by tunnels and the like the Committee that AN words, the Committee submitted Pun Yuen-yue, of No. 54 Wong Tai

with great respect that Govern-Street. EFFECTIVE METHOD OF

ment should reconsider the deel- ALLAYING ANY POSSIBLE sion to make "the cost of holding

ANNOUNCEMENT

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MIGHT EXIST IN THE considered necessary as defence Mathers, captain of the 2/14 Pun- MINDS OF THE COM-measure" (to quote the words of Jab Regiment, and Miss Jean Mac- the Government spokesman) "Leod Mather, of Leysing Hall, Kow- MUNITY AT LARGE WOULD

direct charge on the income of the loon. BE TO PUBLISH AT REA- Monopoly." SONABLE INTERVALS STATEMENTS OF AC- COUNTS AND BALANCE SHEETS RELATING TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE MONOPOLY."

Hun Dr. P. $ Selwyn-Clarke, Director of Medical Services, was in the Chair, and members pre- sent were Rev. W. H. Alton, Rev. H. A. Wittenbach, and Messrs. E. L. Curtis, C. N. Li, C. C. Liao, Tsoi

Po-tin and Wong Quincey.

The Chairman reported that no reply had so far been received to the urgent representations made to Government by the Committee at its previous meeting.

energency.

LEGITIMATE ROLE

CONFIRMATION SERVICE

GRANT SUBSIDY Alternatively. If Government are unable to accept the Justice of this sabmission, Committee the

A Service of Confirmation pressed the hope that Government held yesterday evening in the would give early consideration to Chapel of St. John's Hall Bonham the grant of a subsidy from re- Road.

AX

was

venue to enable the Monopoly to The Bishop of Hongkong, the sell certain grades of rice below Rt. Rev. R. O. Hall, officiated and the cost entailed by the system the candidates for confirmation in vogue.

were presented by the Rev. H. A

From the reference made by the Wittenbach, Acting Vlear of St. Government spokesman to criti-Andrew's Church, Kowloon.

The candidates were Miss Sarah cism of the Monopoly on the score

of sale-prices and to the Monopoly Waung, Mr. Tan Hong-teck, and belug publle institution that Mr B. D. Pau, of the Hongkong should operate on sound economic University Christian Association, principles, it was a further sub and Mr. R. L. C. Kerney, of St.

Andrew's Church, Kowloon.

Should

ed for persons other than the addressee.

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INWARD AIR MAILS

From

Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Ser-

vice" San Francisco date, 5th Angust, Air Mall by "Pan Americap Airways Direct Ser-

vice"-San Francisco date, 19th August,

THURSDAY

For

Due

14th Aug.

26th Aug.

OUTWARD

AIR MAILS

Date and Time

Thu, 14th Aug, K.P.O.

Reg. 6.00 PM

Ord, 6.30 PM

Ord. 7.00 PM

Air Mall for Mandia, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. and O.P.O.

Europe via "Pan-American Ahways and Trans-Reg. 5.00 PM Atlantic Services"

FRIDAY

Fri. 15th Aug.

K.P.O.

Reg. 4.00 PM

Ord.. 4.30 PM

G.P.O.

4.00 PM

CEMENT WORKS IN Air Mail by Air to Rangoon to connect with the Rog.

"British Overseas Airways."...Ord. 4.30 PM

KIANGSI

The Kiang Provincial Govern- and ment is establish. cement to the works

certain reasons exist

arrived

Lr cre in a

to

He intimated that he felt that mission of the Committee that an he had every member of the Com-effective method of allaying any possible misunderstanding that mittee behind him when he em phasised the fact that the Com- might exist in the minds of the community at large would be to mittee gave their wholehearted

publish at reasonable intervals support to the control of such a

statements of accounts as rice being in balance sheets relating vital foodstuff the hands of a Government body

at an undisclosed place. Machinery supplied by the Indus- during the period of the present operations of the Monopoly.

|t.ial and Mining Adjustment Ad- rendering it undesirable for those ministration of the Ministry of transactions to be made public, it Economic Affairs is expected The Committee felt, however. 'was suggested that Government that they served a legitimate and might care to consider the possl (Central News).

few days, not unuseful role in offering con bity of divorcing the accounts structive submissions, both to relating to the acquisition, storage Government and to the Monopoly. and turnover of rice needed for in relation to the high price of defence purposes from those deal- rice and to the grades of rice ing with the acquisition of stocks offered for sale by Government. for the day to day requirements Members of the Committee of the population of the Colony. made it clear that they fully up- preciated the magnitude of the task, which the Monopoly had to face, especially in view of the very large number of grades (alleged to be over sixty) withi which the Monopoly had had to deal when taking over rice transactions in June.

It was apparent from the statement of Government po- Ley that part of the high cost of rice was referrable to the expenditure involved in build- ing up, storing and turning over a large reserve for de- fence purposes.

In the absence of some such accounting, it would appear that the poorer members of the community

being called upon to pay a War Tax food com- essential

on

AD

modity.

were

The Committee felt justified in their respectful submissions by the

HAVE YOU LOST YOUR KEYS?

The police report that they have in their possession one bunch of Yale lock keys in a leather key wallet as well as a bunch of similar type keys on a key ring.

It is believed the keys were lost in Statue 'Square or near the car park. Applications for their re-

turn should be made at Central

Police Station.

contents of a recent White Paper TYPHOON WARNING! (published in the Press on Aug. 9); The Manila Observatory gave in which the Secretary of State warning yesterday morning of a for the Colonies emphasised that typhoon in about Lat. 23 N., Jong. the second object of the White 136 E. moving north-west. This is Paper was to bring to the Colonial a point in the Pacife to the south Governments "an obligation to raise the standard of living of all classes whose standard is below)

of Japan.

MONDAY

Mon. 18th Aug. K.P.O,

Reg 4.00 PM

Ord.

4,30 PM

OP.O.

Air Maij by Air to Rangoon to connect with the Reg. 4.00 PM

"British Overseas Airways,"

TUESDAY

K.P.O.

Ord.

4.30 PM

Tre. 26th Aug.

Reg. 6,00 PM

Orl 6.30 PM

G.P.O.

Ord.

6.00 PM 7.00 PN

Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. and

Europe via "Pan-American Airways and Trans- Reg. Atlantic Services"...

WARTIME MEANS MORE SEATIME

FOR SHIPS OF

BRITISH NAVY: WORK DONE IN ENGINE ROOMS

Wartime means more seatime for the ships of the British Navy," said ME, H. C. FERRÁBY, naval commentator of the B.B.C. when he broadcast from London yesterday and described the work done by the men in the engine rooms of His Majesty's ships.

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The Committee suggested that it would be reasonable to charge the minimum that can be regard "I'M IN THE ARMY one of them I know covered 1.7.0 the Mediterranean and then down this very considerable expenditure ed as adequate." against the revenue collected in From the form of War Taxation. information published in the Press

Chairman said that

"Warships today put in hań- pore, it gave then an idea of the dreds of hours more at sea than many thousand of miles she had in times of peace," continued Mr. covered and the hours of steam- Ferraby. "Even the bittio ships ing she had done in moving from are constantly on the move and the North Sea and the Atlantic to

miles.

to the South Pacific NOW"

RUNNING REPAIRS

Another example of this con- GEADING OF RICE

"All this movement means that tinual movement San Francisco,. Henry F. Grady,

was H.M.S. Referring to the grading of rice, President of the American Presl the ships' engines are working for Rodney and after thirteen years on Aug. 8, it appeared that mil- the

the dent Lines, has received a tele- 300 days a year and that means her engineers were getting more Hons of dollars had had to be ex- Manager of the Hongkong Gov- gram which reads in effect: very little time for running re-out of her engines than had ever

previously been recorded... AN pended on meat, butter, air raid ernment Rice Monopoly had-kind- "Dear

Dad: I'm in the army pairs." precautions, and so on.

Mr. Ferraby paid's tribute to the The ages of the men employed ly furnished a sample of the new ow!" It was signed "Private Re- The Committee contended that Government Grade AA rice for mald del Valle Grady, Camp Lee, ingenuity of ship's engineers for down below in the engine rooms keeping these ships running as varied from 19 to 70. The speaker the provision of adequate stocks of assay. This rice was 95 per cent. Virgitila."

Private Grady, eldest of four they do. The engineers of a ship said he had met a man of 70, and rice as a defence measure could unbroken and had a vitamin B1 not unreasonably be charged to value of 45 IU. per 100 grammes children of Dr. and Mrs. Grady, were responsible for the ship's he was carrying out his work, as similar heads of revenue as those as compared with 120 for Mono- was inducted into service July 3 at power, for without it a ship could efficiently as the others and show. ed how it he was by telling the used to pay for other foodstuffs. poly cargo or brown rice.

Washington, D.C., where he was not be moved about..

The engineers carried out their speaker that he had never had one Government had not yet replied working and, where he had regis- to the strong recommendations tored under the Selective Service work down below and out of sight day's alck leave from the outbreak made at the last meeting that a Act. He was assigned temporarily and it certainly was not pleasant of the war. should be established at a cheaper camp, and expects to be given when it was being she led or rate than any of the existing permanent assignment shortly." bombed. They never knew what Young Grady, who is 23 years was going on topside, except that A man named Douglas Gifford, grades of polished rice. A similar of No. 200, Sai Yeung Cho Street, recommendation had been made old, graduated last year from the every now and again the ship is

to the Monopoly on behalf of University. of

California, Col shaken violently. three Chinese at the junction" of Committee.

father was formerly dean. Short marvel of concentration or power Balfour yesterday charged with the It was agreed that every mem- before his Industion into ser-which naval engineers had to con- possession of 18 cattles and 17 cattles Monday night, states a police re- ber of the Committee should un-vice young Grady visited his trol. Most people had some idea wild tree wood, valued at 50 cents of how hot steam from a kettle and 34 cents respectively in Two of the men, it was stated, dertake the duty of visiting at parents in San Francisco,

can be, but stewn from the boller Cheung Chau on Aug. 10, and were were armed with hammers, Re- to compare prices of the different Owing to the fact that Volun- was very much hotter.

bound over in the sum of $25 each venge was believed to be the motive grades of rice with those laid downteer duties and other reasons In wartime, ships could not de- for one year.

One of the men, it te learned. by Government regulation.. have made it Impossible for Tai-pand on going to dockyards for On the additional charge of mess has been arrested,

The Chairman reported that kuo atid Recreio to arrange a date repairs as easily as they did be turning from banishment, Chad Government had approved the for the empletion of their second fore and when people read of the Wing was sentenced to throe LONDON, Aug. 12 (Router)-Committee's scheme for a cooked Division Lawn Bowls Lengue game Warspite having gone to singa-months hard labour. "Nothing to report" was the terse rice kitchen in the basement of which had to be, abandoned owing: communique Issued yesterday Wanchai Markot kindly let for the to rain on August 3, it has been avening by the Ministry of Home, purpose by the Hon. Mr. W. J. ducided to leave it over" till the Basurity.

Carris,

und of the season.

European Attacked grade of cargo or brown rice to Camp Lee, 19 replacement to be in the engine room of a ship

With Hammers

D. O. SOUTH

BANISHES GAOLED “ Chan Wing and Lal Yung ap-

was the victim of an assault by the Hongkong Nutrition Research lege of Commerce, where his The work done below was a peared on remand before Mr. 8. .

Taipo Road and Maple Street on

port,

least one rice retail shop weekly j

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