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"OSTRICHISM" IN HONGKONG

EDITORIAL

"New Zealand Will Stand Shoulder To Shoulder With. Motherland"-Mr. Fraser

the country as

"If in spite of every effort to maintain peace in the Pacific, total war should reach New Zealand and Aus- tralia, I am certain that the same calm and unflinching courage which has ennobled the motherland will be shown New Zealand will stand shoulder to shoulder with by us. the United Kingdom to the end and that end will be vic- tory," said MR. PETER FRASER, Prime Minister of New Zealand, in the course of a recent broadcast from London.

"During the past few, great credit upon the administra weeks," said Mr. Fraser, "Itors, planners, the workers and a whole. I have have seen for myself in many seen Inen and women working fields the war effort of the emciently and diligently their United Kingdom. 1 have work is just a esser al as that of the soldier. I have seen young met hundreds of New Zea landers effectively participat-lads and girls, who two or three months previously had never ing

these activities. I

handled machine tools learning have attended meetings of

to do it and doing well because the War Cabinet and had they know we have to win this

The nation is. Indeed, or- discussions with Ministers of war the Government and Mem-canlsed in every way fr victory." Mr. Fraser said that where good bers of Parliament, officers

work was done it was at once re- of the army, navy and air cognised and this was an indica force and many other mention of the new spirit that had in public life here.

'I

in

WORKING TOGETHER have visited munition fac

been born in the country.

EMPIRE REPRESENTATIVES

"A various times I have met men from other parts of the Empire." said Mr Fraser. "Practically everywhere I meet New Zealanders passing into the air force, navy or

NEWSETTES

It is learned that MTs, N. L Smith, wife of the Hon. Colonial Secretary, it leaving for Home

soon

+

Saturday, September 6, is to be observed as an additional General Holiday, according to 2 Notice published in Gazette.

-

the Government

Mr. J P. Pennefather-Evans.

MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1941.

MILITARY EXERCISES IN BRITAIN: CO-OPERATION BETWEEN ALL SERVICES

The splendid co-operation that exists now between the fighting services and the civil defence services in Britain, as proved during recent large-scale manoeuvres held in Scotland was emphasised by Capt. Cyril Falls, military correspondent of The Times, when he broadcast from Lon- don on Saturday.

Capt. Falls said that he had and Home Guard was better ini Commissioner of Police, will ad-been given an opportunity of some places than in others.

dress the Hongkong Rotary Club tomorrow on "A Policeman Looks Witnessing

ONE REGISTRY WEDDING

Some

these exercises of the invaders made good ground,

at Chungking" On the following while taking a short holiday showing great, initiative and one

It was the most forms and

body of Scots changed their uni- succeeded in getting Tuesday, Aug 20, the Club will hold in Scotland. a. Closed Meeting.

interesting thing he had ever into Headquarters where they held seen since the war began. Hejup a body of Home Guards. In had seen everything there most cases, however, the invaders was to see and had also had did not fight solidly enough, but most of the attackers did really the benefit of listening to

well. comments and criticism made

WORK OF POLISH UNIT The marriage took place at the by the Army Commander.

"I was struck by the way in Registry. Supreme Court. OF

CIVIL DEFENCE TEST

which the defence was carried out Saturday, before Mr. J. Reynolds, "This exercise was designed as a by the Polish units. Nearly every- Deputy Registrar. of Mr. Rérfald test for the civil defence services thing was against them. The in- Chee Chang-39. clerk

the as well as for the army." said Capt. vaders were moving forward and National Cash Register Co., 1.K.Falls. "From the civil side it was the Poles had to find out where residing at No. 25 Jordan Road, more important than on the mill- they were and what they were ground floor. and Miss Kwok tary side. The scheme was that a doing, and to make some estimate Pan-hel. of No. 11 Wat Ching German Invasion had taken place of their strength. Street, Brst cor.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

of

in a district in Scotland and that "At the beginning everything it bad been preceded by heavy went right for the invasion. but The following forthcoming mar-bombing with high explosive and the Poles put a different complex-

Incendiaries and gas attacks

They olon on affairs before long. industrial cities and towns.”

did not wait to make sure of the Capt. Falls then described what strength or dispositions, but the he had witnessed at the main moment they got a rough idea of I have seen the army units, many of them with Store Godown. North Point, and control station and how he had the situation they counter-

Miss Chan Yuk-sun, teacher, of No. watched the different units get to attacked 48 Bridges Street, second floor;

and

all

THE HONGKONG PUBLIC'

was recently compared by well-known American Journalist, and quite rightly rles and aeroplane works. ship- we think, with the ostrich, mullding yards and docks. 1 have with its head buried in the talked with men and women and sand and repeating to itself lads and girls working to further

It cannot happen here." At all these efforts. The same time. the powers-Home Guard and the A.R.P. work- ers, the fire-fighters and the Red SHANGHAI Lhut-be have been credited Cross Units and ambulance drivers,

volunteer workers CORPORATION. with being very wide-awake the

guardians of this Colony. We others engaged in helping Britain

no quarrel with them to victory. IS NOTICE

HEREBY have

latter statement, as it is gen- What are my impressions and GIVEN that the Certificate No. 6/NS. 9889 dated Hong erally conceded, by even the what trave I learned from all this? keng, 29th October, 1940, severest crities of the local

to my feelings and emotions even off- i had the same number of for seven shares of this Bank administration,

cialdom cannot but be alive hours to tell you about them-to numbered 63580/63582 7976/7979 in the name of Mrs, to the potential dangers that, tell you how thousands of men and women are working for the threaten to disturb the peare Ethelle Muriel Dowling, Certi

freedom of mankind." and tranquillity and security ficate No. G/NS. 9890 dated

of the Colony. Neither has October 1940 Hongkong, 29th

two shares of this Bank there been any doubt in the minds of the high-ranking numbered 7980/7981 in the name officials of the military and 01 Mr. Wilfred Murray Theobald,

civil services of the steps! and Certificate No. 6/NS. 9891 that will have to be taken in dated Hongkong, 29th October the event of Hongkong be- 1940 for seven shares of this.

coming involved in the pre-

for

and

that

are

t

am airaid I cannot do justice

Mr. Fraser referred to what be described as the enduring courage of the people in all their sufferings, particularly to the manner in which those who had been bombed out of their homes were continuing calmly to carry on with their daily duties.

NOBLE COURAGE That is a fine indication of the that is sweeping noble courage Britain as a whole." Fruser.

be "Such people cannot

decorations.

"In every major operation. New Zealand is represented and their dacing and courage has been unsurpassed. All free peoples operating to relieve the world from the menace of aggression and they know it is their duty

are

now

Co-

to work together to this end. "I want to say a word about thei situation in the Pacific" continued | Mr. Fraser. "It is certainly serious and there is still time for wiser counsels to prevali in Japan. If. In spite of every effort to main- tain peace in the Pacifc. total) war should reach New Zealand and Australia. I am certain that the same calm and unflinching | courage and determination which! has ennobled the motherland will be shown by 15. New Zealand will stand shoulder to shoulder with the United Kingdom to the end and that end will be victory." concluded Mr. Fraser.

rlages are announced -

Mr. Ka Yuk-tong, clerk of the China Navigation Co.. Cual and

as quick as lightening. work as if the German bombing They realised the danger of allow- Cpl. Leonard Munsey, R.A.O.C., had actually been in progress,

ing the invaders to make them- and Mrs. Chan Lal-chun, widow,| "The work went on all night selves at home and so they went of No. 60 Tal Street, third flour. and into the next day." continued all out to smash them up. Kowloon City.

INVENTIVENESS IS ENCOURAGED

17

"Some hours before Capt. Falls.

"They made mistakes, of course, the dawn, alr-borne landings were but they did not lose any oppor supposed to have succeeded in the tunities or waste time. This was first stage and simultaneously my first view of the Poles and I larger forces which had been certainly thought they were good placed on the land came to life.

practical soldiers.

EIMLA. Aug.

(Reuter-I-

QUICK CONTACT dian inventiveness, directed parti- "Later, a number of detach cularly to improving the equipments, supposed to be parachute ment of the forces, is fully en troops. appeared

attacked couraged by the Supply Develop- vital points. The defence Was

to and was standing

quickly in

ment Committee.

und

Ideas found promising are re- contact with the enemy. You can commended for detailed research imagine that this fighting by the Ordnance services.

HIT BY TRAM

was

extremely fast.

"There were senior officers who acted as umpires and we were al- ways up to date with what was happening Realism

added

was

Knocked down by a tramear at by the large numbers of the Home

crowded Des Voeux Road, near Cleverley Guard who

the Terds Street yesterday, Tai Ho-ping, of and the Army Commander's car No. 7 Stewart Road, third floor, was stopped at least fifteen times was sent to Queen Mary Hospital that morning.

was discharged after treatment,

sald Mr. Women's Home Army suffering from head injuries. He "Of course.

In Australia

Bank numbered 7982/7987 and sent gigantic struggle that: 60985 in the пате of Mrs.

is taking place between the Elizabeth Lyona Lancaster have forces of Democracy and been LOST or STOLEN, and Totalitarianism. should these certificates not be

IT IS. however, where its terrorised, cannot be cowed, can produced to the Bank before the

not be conquered. Great work is own domestic affairs 13th September, 1941, леч

being done in the field, the fac- SYDNEY, Aug. 17 (Reuter)----Mr. concerned that the Govern-

P. C. Spender, War Minister, an- Certificates for the shares will

tory and the workshop. ment displays even greater

nounced that the War Cabinet has be issued and the aforesaid

to war economy is a authorised the establishment of a Certificates Nos. 6NS. 9889. Ostrichism than the public economy

and reflects very women's home army with the ob- docs. They appear to labour gigantic task 6/NS. 9890, and 6/NS. 9891.under the delusion that by

ject of releasing from certain mill- will be therealter treated by

tary dutles men whose work -can the simple expedient of pass-

be done by women. this Corporation as NULI. and

ing numerous

the legislative recognise

numerous It was not proposed to send wo- VOID.

measures, vice and crime can rackets which are being car-men overseas. be entirely abolished and ried out practically under the that the mere effect of such very nose of officialdom. The steps will cause all offences Goverriment is satisfied that against the established laws profiteering has been checked' of the Colony to eliminate and the steady increases in themselves. We have a most the prices of essentials are 390 glaring example of this due, it is steadfastly argued, ostrichism in the so-called to advances in freight char- abolition of the

Colonel "The change over from peace

By Order of the Board of Directors,

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager Hongkong, 13th August, 1941.

FINNS REPORT THE CAPTURE OF SORDAVALLA

STOCKHOLM, Aug. 17 (Reuter

"TYPICAL FLIGHT OF FANCY"

SINGAPORE, Aug, 17 (Reuter--

as in every

exercise, the work of the

"I do feel sure that these exercises are going to be very useful. I am sure that prac- tice and co-operation between the army and the Home Guard and the Civil Defence Services will be invaluable if the real thing should ever come along," concluded Capt. Falls.

SANITARY VAN

IN. COLLISION

While turning into a Sanitary Department garage at Waterloo other Road, a van belonging to the de- troops Partment was involved in a colll- sion with private car No. 2057 re- sulting in both vehicles sustaining slight damage,

Britton Appeals To The "V" Army To "Go Slow"

LONDON, Aug. 17 (Reuter)-Appealing to the "" Army to "go Blow" in production at Nazi war factories, Colonel Britton, in his weekly broadcast from London, said:

"Let us see that only one German tank and one German plane come out of the factory where there were two before--one truck of coal go into Germany where two went before.

"Everything you to which helps

the Germans you should do slow-

ly. We in Britain are working

hard to make weapons which will destroy the Nazis.

"So are the Russians, Austra-

C-in-C, so are our good friends the Ame- rumours ricans,"

Emphasising that Germany was

that "France 16 making for the

mui-tsat ges and "replacement" costs. An official statement was issued lans, Canadians, South Africans (slave-girl) system and the The cost of living, the today by Air Chief Marshal Sir and the Continent of India, and social evil. The Government Government is convinced, is Robert Brock-Popham,

East, regarding solemnly asserts that there only up 25 per cent the Far are no more mul-tsals in the public knows it has doubled emanating from Japan that he

had threatened Thailand with the short of labour, Col./Britton sald Colony and those who were and trebled." House rents are!

use of force. once classed under this name at the lowest possible level,

"A typical fight of fancy, he Nazis tanks planes, lorris, railway -Finns report the final capture are now "wards”—a fanciful, but even the existence of the said, "and I deny it emphatically. engines, parachutes and gas masks: of Sordavalla, north-west of Lake but meaningless, interpreta Rent Restriction Ordinance There is not an atom of truth in Frenchmen are mining coal tur Ladoga, on Friday night.

the girls has not prevented landlords('t.. I endorse the statement made Hitler-and magnesium, They say that the town was tion, insofar

concerned. in one district from raising yesterday by Sir Josiah Crosby. "Belgium is making ships for sians and that the Finns delayed The greatest farce, however, their rents from $22 to $65! British Minister to Thailand, that Hitler. Holland is making Stuka we have made no demands what-dive-bombers, ships and wireless the capture owing to the desire is the official attitude in res- "THE REFUSAL of minor soever on the Government of That not to damage the town with

pect of the social evil and officials of the Government to land." heavy artillery.

It is claimed that the Russians the existence of houses of recognise, the flaws in their

almost undamaged by the Rus-themselves

lake, the Russians are able to withdraw.

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25

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THAI ENVOY ^- TOKYO, Aug 17 (Reuter)-Phy

VICHY HELPING GERMANY

apparatus. Datchmen are mining COBL

"Czechoslovakia is making arm-

The

"Poland is making for the NaZİN aircraft, cara arid lorries, and in Bileal the Poles are hewing coal. “Yugoslavia is producing copper, magnesium, coal and chrome for the Nasts.

are now deprived of the west side ill-fame in Hongkong. With departments and their re- of Lake Ladogs, but admitted that the passing of the necès sentment at these being Sri Sena, the present That Minis-aments of all kinds for the Nazis, with the complete mastery of the sary legislation, prostitution pointed out to them can only tar to Tokyo, is expected to be including tanks and gums.

was, in the Government! 'be attributed to this ostri- named the first Thai Ambassador Czechs are hewing coal for the

to Japan, according to the Asahi German war machine, The Finns are now said to be view, effectively stopped. chism. Repeated requests by Shimbun correspondent in Bang-

women and girls of the press for information or kok. only about 10 miles from Dexholm. The

13 and 14 who nightly confirmation or denial of parade the Central, Wanchai rumours are met with such Mr. & W. P. Perry, of No. 10 and Kowloon districts, are comments as you know more Peak Road, reported to the Police now merely looked upon as than I do." "That is the first yesterday that between 7 and a "women and girls of loose I have heard of it" or, at the D., some person stole from his morals" and the houses in best, "I know nothing about car, parked outside Bt. John's which they carry on this it." If these public servants Cathedral, a basket and a leather oldest of professions are would only take a more re-and only four per cent. that it is bag containing golf balls, shose blandly permitted to be term-alistic attitude and realise helping Britain, says Reuter. and clothing to the total value of ed "boarding housesJust that the public is entitled to

CHUNGKING, Aug. 17 (Reuter) another case of calling some sort of information on spade by another name. domestic polley, it would be Japanese planes were again active THERE ARE OTHER in L encouragement to the over Yunnan when two waves of stances of this official ostri people to withdraw their nine bombers attacked Hsinkwan, slip and makes diesel engines.

ou the Burma road, between (11 Cotoner Britton added he would Poldats and Majestle Ballroom, chism as is apparant in the heads from the sand and, in am, and hoon. The alarm was have more to say next week about person about last night, between

Tourer walims containing in continued existence of illegal turn, to take a saner view of wounded in Kunming but no the go slow stick on Germaar's

controls" and the failure to focul affairaz

plane, appeared over the city.

$50.

WALLET LOST Mr. Deegan, of the Royal Naval Hospital, reported to the Police

that he had lost or stolen from his

The latest gallup poll in America shows that 60 per cent of the American people believe that the Vichy regims helping Germany

"Greece is producing nicker. "Norway provides the Germans with aluminium and Ash oll, The Germans have ordered skis from Norway to help them through the winter's struggle" with Rusala, German ships are repaired in Norwegian shipyarda,

"And Denmark repairs German

V

Have you put up your

V" sign yet?

PRELUDE TO

POLITICAL UPHEAVAL

Shum Sun, aged 31. the driver. reports at 11.35 am. yesterday he gave a signal to turn left when the car overtook his van on the left, hitting the left mudguard,

MILITARY COURT OF INQUIRY

It is reliably learned that the Military Court of Inquiry into the accident in which a Volunteer (the late Bombardier Dennis Edward Smith) was fatally injured and several others admitted to hospital, will te resumed when some of the chief witnesses are discharged from hospital. pomal The Court will endeavour to determine the case of the accident which occurred on Cape d'Aguliar Road on Tuesday night, and it is not known yet whether the Coro- ner will order an Inquest,

FATAL INJURIES TO HEAD

The body of a 13-year-old Ch nese lad was found in the early morning yesterday at the junction of Ice House Street and Lower Al- bert Road and was sent to net Pubile Mortuary.

The boy, later identified as Mar Chol-tak, residing at No. 17 Lee Yuen Street West, first floor, and who had been ailing for some time, was going to the Public Car- dens when, apparently stepping on aome off on the roadway, slipped. CHUNGKING, Aug. 17 (Central) and fell; injuring the back of his The attempt on the life of Baron head which proved fatal before Klichiro Hiranuma, Minister with help could be summoned out portfolio in the Japanese Ca- binet might mean the prelude to

A

a turbulent political crisis in the days to come, in the opinion of A referees class, under the ann Chinese

students of Japanese moes of the Hongkong Heferees Association, will be held til even affairs.

We at 7 pm at Scandal Point These observers believe that the Hall dastardly het, war"instigated by: the radical elementa in the Fascist clique whose list of "must" go”, Ba Ministers probably includes the dilemma after four yents of ful whole Cabinet with the exception war on China is linked mo of Susuti. Tolo and Oikawa, internal dimounier than

It isompitadsod, that Japan's ternational proble