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AIR SUPERIORITY OF BRITAIN AND EDUCATION

BIT TOO MUCH FOR JAPAN

U.S.

-Referring to Japan and the Far BOMBAY, Aug. 31 (Renter) Fast, Sir Victor Sassoon, in an interview here, said: "America looks when on this as much her business and I think the time has come America means business when she icils Japan she must not go any further."

Appeasement In East Out

INDIAN PAPERS ON JAPANESE BLUSTER

re-

BOMBAY Aug 31 (Reuter) —

that Russia's warning to Japan the Russian Government will gard as an act Inimical to the So viet Union any attempt to hinder trade with the United States via! Far Eastern Soviet ports, follow ing Mr. Churchill's blunt intima tion to Tokyo: that her aggressive activities must stop. is of the most Importance, says the MA DRAS MAIL.

LOC

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The paper adds it signifies unity of Angio-Russian American the Pacific and br policy in abandonment once and for all of attempts to conelliale Japan by: placatory assurances.

gain

way

I blustering "Japan blusters falls she yields, hoping to what she wants some other later.

As a result, he had been

definite conviction should matters come to

with a

head a

IN ARMY

CLASSES IN COLONY

GENERAL

Bankruptcy Court

H.K. WAR RISK

INSURANCE

N

E

G

RECEIVING ORDER

GRANTED...

Reduction Ir Premium

Mooted By Govt.

VERY POPULAR

A reduction in the War Risk In Hearing or the petition Inf asurance premium from Ave вст Sir Victor added that while in Education in the Army in Wai

conal-receiving order regarding the Kay cent, to three per cent.. it is learn- the Far East he had the advan Time at Home is arousing

Hon-foo (or ed from Chinese commercial cir- tage of speaking to the Commanderable public interest, The Hong-Lee Firm and Lee

the in Fu), allas Ka Kong-lee, managing cles, has been suggested by der-in-Chief at Singapore, as well kong public will be interested as American military and naval what is being done in the way of partner thereof, was concluded at Government.

Batur- War-Time Education in

1a the the Bankruptcy Court u

The scheme, as a whole, la stli authorities in Mania.

day when the Chief Justice, Sir under consideration by a Special left Army in Hongkong.

granted the Committee headed by Mr. F.C. Hall, that Over 2,000 applications have Atholl MacGregor,

The proposed rate is still being In application for a receiving order. been received from soldiers

Mr. CA. Sutherton Russ was for opposed by the Chinese. They the Japanese would not be able to Hongkong to attend classes under

suggest a premium of one half of withstand the joint strength of the War-Time Education Scheme, the debtor.

the one per cent, and In Mr J.C. Powell, merchant,

addition the United States and Britain in started three months ago The

re- they are of the opinion that the and petitioning creditor, who was because the Pacific, largely

of scheme is purely voluntary

the presented by Mr. F.H. Loseby, gave insurance policy should be trans- the two countries' superiority ID the classes are held

soldier's recreation periods-main-evidence that the debtor firm was ferable from seller to buyer. the air.

in debt to him to the amount of The War Risk Insurance "That is

why

1 have always ly from 8 to 8 in the evening.

$77,041.60 on a Judgment debt.

not been put into force it being not w!!! maintained Japan

The Army Authorities have at- Mr. Loseby sald that according still under consideration. to risk hostill

tempted to provide for all needs. to information from previous

WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES foolish enough iles with the iwn Democracies,

varying from Psychology to Boot-hearings the assets were wholly

War Savings Certificates, the long Der is she likely to as

making.

Insufficient to pay a 16 per cent. sale of which has been approved Russia is holding the Axis in the

To meet various demands the dividend but, he pointed out, thereby the Secretary of State for the west."

assistance of the Hongkong Gov-are substantial assets in the hands Colonies, are to be printed locally, Sir Vickur pointed out that Bin

haso the special manager appoint- and ernment Education services impregnable

it was learned, been sought and freely given. In led by the Court,

Mr. E. H. Williams, Crown Coun- Bapor+ Hongkong, too. was very strongly

a of addition the co-operation

COMPLICATED

sel, is understood to be engaged defended.

number of leading Arms In the

in drafting the legislation. Colony has proved of great value.

was

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during

LANGUAGES POPULAR

D

S

has

PETITION

worth

Mr. Abbott said be had He said it would not be

no while for Japan to try and attack

objection to the petition but point- that would mean Hongkong as

ed out that it would be extreme

A reception to Mr. Gun Fo will heavy casualties for the Japanese.

So far as possible the Instructy difficult and complicated. The utmost they might attempt tors have been found within the

The original application for abe given by the Hongkong Chi-

Cor. would be to blockade Hongkong. Army bat so popular are some of receiving order made by Mr. Russ nese General Chamber of

As regards the Sino-Japanese the courses, particularly in cer on behalf of the debtor, Lee Hon-merce on Wednesday, Sept. 3, at wur, Sir Victor Sassoon said there tam languages wireless telegraphy too. allag Ka Kong-lee was was no doubt that by having to And commercial subjects, that missed. Mr. Ruse, agreeing to the reinforce their armies both in the classes have had to be duplicated dismissal, said now that the he Bombay EVENING NEWS,

south and north the Japanese and additional teachers from the lect of the petition had been says that From all accounts the

had been weakened considerably civil ranks including several achieved there was no reason In world's arch opportunists

after

ladies have come in to help keeping the other petition on file. Hitler and the disillusioned Duce in China proper. in Tuky appear to be piping down

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"Only way to defeat

methods 15 tu call her

Alous

bluff."

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The change is to as beloxening

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That act that over 100 of the Jales American fighters are now be welcomed route to Chungking, to be oper

aled by volunteers. both pilots return healthy

and mechanics, from abroad

to realistic appreciation of Japan's position

The paper Rods that as long as Tokyo sees the deadline and res- Bui pects it all may yet be well the time for trusting is now past AMERICAN OIL

TOKYO. Aug. 31 (Reuter. The comment that American supplies sent to Vladivostock "are not worth serious attention." was) included in a broadcast on Tokyo radio yesterday.

The announcer amplified this

There are more than 40 courses dealing with 30 different subjects and 77 separate classes are held each week. Many students are having to walt for their turn bu would make a considerable differ at present there are more than

500 men receiving instruction.

ence in the war in Chine Chungking's favour.

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GERMANS CLAIM

CAPTURE OF TALLINN

by saying that from the practical Reich Propagandists

point of view, in the light of the quantities of all consumed in the Russu German war, the amount be which America is reported to sending to Vladivostock represents only a few days' consumption by the Soviet forces.

BRITISH URGED

TO LEAVE JAPAN

Excel Themselves.

LONDON, Aug. 31 Reuter

The Germans yesterday put

&

THE COURSES

DUTIABLE COMMODITIES AMENDMENT

dis-

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ર્ષદ

The Gazette notifies that The following are some of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance, courses: Motor Mechanics, Driving 1931, is amended by the insertion Cur Maintenance, Oxy-acety of the following proviso to section jene and Electric Welding. Boot-64 thereof-- making. Book-keeping & Accoun- Provided that this section shall tancy, Electric Engineering, Short-not apply to any sub hand, Wireless Telegraphy, Phar-utensli or to fermenting or fer macy, Commerical Art. French,mented material used by any per German, Spanish, Cantonese Ma-son or Institution authorised by thematics and Psychology,

the Governor to experiment in the and production of food yeast,

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The Scheme is expanding when the cool weather comes increase in the number of students may be expected. In the hot wea- out ther and after a hard day's work

two stories on the reported cap-it requires much enthusiasm to ture of Tallinn, capital of Estonia settle down to books — but the and important Baltle Sea port. enthusiasm is there.

The German radio sald that under the cover of herce fighting the the Russians evacuated to Leningrad area, at least 150 miles to the east, but a High Command communique reported an alleged and holacanst of Sovter warships transports carrying the Tallinn

Savage Raids On Chungking

or other

JAPANESE HOLD $20 MILLION

Property Of Colony Exchange Syndicate

Thi

The Japanese authorities Amoy have detained $20,000,000 in Chinese National Currency belong- CHUNGKING, Aug. 31 (Reutering to a group of Chinese mer- One hundred Japanese aircraft chants in Hongkong.

The money was exported badly damaged by mines, 22 troop in five waves ralded Chungking

Hongkong, according to

ROUTINE WARNING garrison.

TOKYO. Aug. 31 (Reuter)-Bri

Twenty-one were sunk and eighti

majority were presumed lost?

from

ап 24-

the

tish subjects in Japan and Man-transports were sunk by bombing yesterday. chukuo are being urged to leave

and 39 others so badly hit that the The alarm was sounded shortly thentle source before the free- by the British authorities there.

after breakfast when three waves ing regulations and was to be re- British consulates are circularis

This makes a total of 90 shipa of raiders were sighted heading exported to Shanghat from Amoy ing approximately 1,400 British

apart from various warships also westward along the Yangtse River by a Syndicate engaged in

exchange business. The money and Indian subjects advising them claimed to have been sunk or in the direction of China's war-

was, apparently, to be re-import- of the early arrival in Japan of crippled, an absurd figure.

time capital. British evacuation steamer and

The Moscow communique re- The first wave. comprising 27 ed to Hongkong again as it 16 urging all of them that can pos ports fierce fighting on all fronts Japanese planes, bombed the west-said, a profit of forty cents. would sibly go to leave by it.

and says a Soviet submarine sankern outskirts along the Chengtube made for each Hongkong dollar. similar The notification is

the Black road, an enemy U-boat in

The Japanese have refused per- previous advices for withdrawal

Bea.

mission to allow the syndleate's with the additional reason of the

የቡ transfer the representatives of freezing regulations,

out money to Shanghai.

to

It is understood arrangements were made for a British vessel to call at Japan by the Tokyo au- thorities.

At about noon the second and simultane- third waves appeared ously over Chungking, one

western build which bombed the

skirts while the other bombed o the

In one aerial attack on a Ger- man aerodrome 28 Messerschmitts were destroyed as well as ings and equipment.

COUNTER-THRUSTS Though the Germans claim they

Government.

small village in the hills on Taxi-Drivers Demand south bank of the Yangtse op-

The warning issued to British residents in Japan to leave that are 30 miles east of Gomel and posite Chungking to which many

Higher Wages

of the Chungking populace eva-

Some 300 taxi-drivers, involving day's cuated during the bombing season,

The fourth wave once more the Yellow Taxicab Company, the bombed the same village,

Star Taxicab Company, the Hong- In the afternoon the fifth wave kong and Shanghai Taxicab Com

country is understood to be en- the Finns boast they have cap- tirely in the nature of a routine tured Viborg, most of the warning.

war news reported Russian count- The warning was issued in viewer-attacks.

One thrust is reported from ing which will give those wishing south-east of Lake Ilmen against bombed the western suburbs, de-pany, the Blue Taxicab Company

of the fact that a vessel is arriv-

to leave an opportunity to do so,

the rear of the German forces threatening Leningrad on the south,

molishing a row of small shops and Central Taxicab Company.

have.

demands for presented along the road.

While details of the bombing on higher wages and improvement the south bank have not yet been in working conditions to their The population of Leningrad is grimly confident that the city received it is foared casualties employers. It was learned.

It had been further learned universities will open on Monday were probably high since villagers

sheltering there regard the place that Mr. B.C.K. Hawkins, Labour as usual,

military Oncer, had referred the matter as safe as there are no objectives, nearby and seldom go to Government and suggested into dugouts during bombings. that an Employment Arbitration Some anxiety is also felt over Tribunal de set up to settle the the Bafety of some foreigners, dispute. like missionaries and the stairs

GERMANY BEING HIT IN SOLAR PLEXUS LONDON, Aug. 31 (Reuter) Captain Harold Balfour, Under- Becretary for Air, speaking yester- The Moscow newspaper Pravda Soviet counter-attack day, said the way to victory would reports a

which, le says, smashed B large be long and high,

Hitler, he said, had forced on force of German troops which us total war, which called for had been concentrated total effort to go on to total vic-month in an unarmed area. tory..

Captain Balfour Bald our bomb-

"Wh

er force held the initiative and Anglo-Russian Termis

our bombs were hitting Germany

In the solar plexus.

To Tran Government

of the American Netherlands and French Embassies, who live in hills in the neighbourhood.

The firms of Chan Our Kee, No. 230 Des Voeux Road West, ground floor, and China Engineers, Ltd. of Queen's Building, third floor, have been deleted from the list of London until they have actually licensed plumbers, published in We were carrying out A day and night fightor and bomber of- LONDON, Aug. 31 (Router) heen presented it can be naaumad Government Notification No. 31 of fensive and today we were auc- The Joint Anglo-Ruszton terms they fulf the undertaking which Jan. 4. 1980, owing to non-renewal situation has been given to interfere n of licence. The firm of Lo Chun cessfully doing what the Germans for settlement of the

to little as possible in Iranian in Kee. & Co., No. 18 Nullah Road, Had tried to do over Britain and Iran are being presented Zalled.

Government the Iranian

this ternal affairs while at the samej has been struck off the list of $time safeguarding Britain and licensed plumbers published in It only remained for our, sup-weck end......

Indication While no

of the Russia in various ways which Government Notification No. 45 of. piles of aircraft to overtake those

Jan. 11, 1990 terms kely to be available In have recently been indicated

at the enemy.

p.m.

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