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HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
NOTICI IS HEREBY
GIVEN
EDITORIAL
WAR EFFORT KIN LEE PAYMENTS
OF B.M.A.
Continued from Page 2
and $7,090.25
LONDON, Sept. 12 IWS The Company $7.168.53
the medies Is that correct? Yes. contribution which profession was making to the war effort was refurred Chairman
that the Certificate conference
You say you have no lights in these tunnels yet? We have some lights for the workmen, but there are no lights for the public.
Does the name Kin Lee appear by the in any of your books for actual
Are there any sanitary arrange. the Council of Mexcavation?No. British Medical Association al
Su il
in three months, January, ments installed for the public? – Attended by over 200 February and March, you paid at We have already erected special
least
sub-contractors compartiments for that purpose $54,000 to 6/ NS. 9889 dated Hong, doctors in London
Are any sanitary pans there?.. kong, 2941 October,
1940, We as an Association" said Dr. Who were doing the excavating of
No. for seven shares of this Bank Star, are making a very great tunnels? That is correct.
6358063582 numbered
contribution towards the success апа
ful prosecution of the war 7976,7979 in the name of Mrs.
"No fewer than 62 doctors nuve,
on Ethelle Muriel Dowling, Certi already Macrificed their Eves ficate No. 6 NS 9890 dated behalf of the country
"Our Roll of Hour is a dis- Hongkong. 29th October 1940
tinguished one and I am afraid it two shares of this Bank
represent an increasing on but numbered 7980/798) in the name there is none of us who will not of Mr. Wilfred Murray Theobald, be willing to offer every service and Certificate No. 6/NS. 9891 he can towards victory on behair dated Hongkong. 29th October of the country."
for
in the
In addition to that, in March, Is there any system of ventila April and May. your firm pur- tion installed yet? We have no chased new plant to the value of contract for the ventilation system $22,000 for which Government paid so I don't know. you?—Yes.
And on which Government was charged 10 per cent. 7-Yes,
used
by these That plant was subcontractors? Yes.
NO VENTILATION SYSTEM Has there been any ventilaciou system installed in any of these tunnels?--No.
And these sub-contractors made their full profits on the jobs they I don't know
COST PLUS 10 PER CENT
And that is your idea of a cost plus ten per cent contract, is it?
Yes.
Hru
MOST TERRIBLE BATTLEFIELD
ZURICH. Sept. 12 (Reu ter The Malkan nawspap❤ Antosiano writes: "Udessa is ne of the most terrible battle- felds in history.
"The ground is covered with the bodies of horses and othre Animals,
lorries, over-turund abandoned gate and motion less tanks.
"The cries of the wounded are louder than machine-guns and beruh explosions."
"Tse-Tam" Operators Charged
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1941.
THE WAR IN THE AIR:
BOMBS-THEIR SIZE. SHAPE AND SPEED: SOME RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS
How big are the bombs used by the Royal Air Force? How fast do they fall and why do they use different kinds of bombs in their operations? These questions were dis- cussed by MAJOR OLIVER STEWART, M.C., AF.C., the well-known commentator On aerial warfare, when he broadcast from London yesterday.
I IE-
"In war, most things tend friend the aerial torpedo, [, : 7 get bigger. said. Major member last year that everybody proudly tried
Stewart.
Ships get bigger, who was bombed, guns get bigger and bombs to proclaim that an aerial torpedo gel bigger. It is natural to bad fallen near his house, When bomb tel near my own house, search about for something nad the greatest difficulty in re- calling it bigger to hit the enemy with straining myself from
GREATER SIZK
"In aviation there is the same
15 tendency there
Always
a striving towards things of greater Years ago we thought that
size
to
an aerial torpedo.
The truth is that no aerial torpedo has been used in this or any other war. The aerial torpedo le a gliding bomb. It i*
H
bonb
As the result of Palice raids
a 500 lb. bomb just about prac with wings on it and it may have carried out in the WESTERN and ticable.
But bomb development an apparatus for keeping it on a
confined What is the capacity of each EASTERN districts, six operators has not been
this steady course. Experiments have of "Ise-tam" jottery were charged increase in size, though there are been done with aerial torpedves.
lenk Rpon one but no such thing has yet have accommodation for three or Mr. H. C. Sheidan. K... at still people who
the Central Magistracy yesterday bomb as being much the same as used. Perhaps, it will be four persons.
# common faming
any other bomb. with keeping
Are they ventilated in any way except through the opening?... That The question of sub-contracted for?-Yes
ventilation is entirely out of my Have you any idea what profit knowledge, but our workmen 1940 for seven shares of this
they made?-No.
able to carry on their work under In addition to all thai. Rank numbered 7982 7987 and
you the present conditions.
60985
How many workmen are there in of name
Mrs. by the fact that the German charged Government 10 per cent.!
a tunnel at one time?About 200. at least, what is left of all that the sub contractora lizabeth Lyona Lancaster have fret
Icharged you? Yes heer 1OST or STOLEN, and it together with their sub-
Sunnel" For every Eneal foot WE should these certificates not be mares have had to turn some produced to the Bank before the of their naval attention to September, 1941. new the Baltic and Black Seas. In Certificates for the shares will event the Nazi failure to Ic issued and the aforesaid destroy anything like the on-
in the 9889, nuge sunk
early Certificates Nos.
g8w months of this year must be /NS. 9890. and G/NS.
British and will be thereafter treated by regarded as
victory. Now that is Corporation as NULL and Allied
being American shipping IS menaced, the new U.S. base au ireland should prove of inestimable value to the Jul-
13th
VOLD.
6/NS.
By Order of the Board
of Directors,
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager
Hokeng. 13th August, 1941
2
ted States In combatting
AD this was done with the approval you say,
Mr of Campbell?--Yes.
tie knew you were sub contracting to this large extent to these people?—Yes.
He knew they were making The usual sub-contractors" pro- fits on the job?-Ye
And he knew you were charz- ceni. ing Government 10 per on the gross amount' - Yes. New tell me. Mr. Kwong. Besides
doea
I want an ide from you as to the total number of people that. can be housed many of the tun nels which you have bullt? It all depends on the length of the fum nel
house
dants were
1
"In fact, bombs vary as much as Leung Kam, 27. of Mo 4. Chusi Aeroplanes. Quite apart from in- cendiarles the selection of the right Shing Street, fined $75 or une
target bombs for any given month's hard labour
essential if there is to be a chance It of success when it is attacked. Is no use dropping light bombs on a 6-inch armour plate but
efforts would be a waste of
Li Pul, 25. No 325 Queen's Road West, for $100 or six weeks
Kun W. 22, No. 345. Hen
We You have seen them all, haven't, though we are going I want to tu inspect them.
can know how many people any one of these tunnels hold? -The tunnels on these five sites will hold 50.000.
antith.
On an average of ten thousand
Уга your people a tunnel then?.
These attacks and one Call the tunnelling work,
Will you agree with me that I readily assume that the Ame- firm undertake the erection of any
nen shelters in Kowloon?--No Sir. 10,000 people were put in one of 396 mean Navy will not be con-
Do you know who has been do- these tunnels they would be suf- remaju 11/
où
ing that work? 1 don't know focated in half an hour without I don't servers of this outlawry any
Did you ever purchase concrete any system of ventilation" Jonger
blocks Trutn the Spuncrete Com-think so.
Lf these Dang? Never
Lent
**
Let me say this then.
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VIS
Man Po. 22. Na 17. Quren's Ra Fast, had ball of $50 extreated
The bail of $50 of Tau Pai 15.
41 N 23, Yin Wah Street WPIN alse estreated
Chan Fig. 29. No. 4. Tin Wah Street. first floor, also forfeited $50 ball.
HEALTH BULLETIN The following is the Returns of NOT REVENGE Are you not at present building: people had to stay there for 24 tunable diseases notified as hav- PEOPLE who read accounts the new premises for the Urban hours, would they be sullocated?---ing occurred in the
Counell?--We are.
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Are you using concrete blocks?1 heaviest in.....Yes.
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this war, as it was described! Do you know some of the blocks felt prone to regard it as are from the Spuncrete Facto.y?
-Yes.
one that was carried out in
How did you get them?. We re- revenge for the terrible air!
eived instructions from Gover attacks made on London by ment to remove the blocks from Nazi airmen. This impres- the other side and make use of sion was doubtless caused by them.
a recent statement made by
I cannot express an opinion.
Do you know roughly the total cost ta Government up to date for these tunnels?--Up to we received the end of July payment from the Government to the extent of $801,850.42.
Colony dur
m! ended al
case:
ing the 24 hours night on Sept. 11:-
Diphtheria, CFB. one
Last, Dysentery, 10 cases: En-
five cases; Tuberen- time over. losis, 63 cases.
In other words, Government ; have so far paid over $800,000 for used to send a car to take tim then? Every Friday afternoon I five tunnels which are not ready round to inspect the work, for public use? Strictly speaking
him.
It
1uture.
been in the
"The aerial torpedo will not be more destructive, than ordinary bomb, but it will give the aeroplane a better chance of getting away safely, because It won't have to come down so close to the target.
BIGGER GUNS Aeroplane guns are showing a drup armour-plereing bombs on a tendency to get larger," went on thin armour plate factory
var
"Bonus are so shaped that they never reach the speed of sound." machine-guns. continued Major Stewart "hut 1 non and they
Bre
I
War began Major Stewart. "The
with fighters armed with
Theni came car- the American nghter dropped from hign now has a 37 mm cannon and we that the size uf may be sure enough they cure pretty near
up and You have probably card the ar- aircraft cannon will gu guments that people, use to dia- up I should not be surprised
â man se 60 mm cannon being used on cuss for hours whether could iar a bomb 1 It was going aircraft in this war, to hit him Bonie soy ht watid
of large- "The advantage
not be able to do so.
sized guns in aircraft is, first- increased there is the range, secondly, more decisive results and thirdly, improved powe for attacking, ground targets, If an aircraft had to attack a tank it won't take a bomb to do it with. Bombs are not accurate enough and ma- chine-gung dom' penetrate tank armour,
People did not realise that bombs at that lime did not reach the speed of sound. They would not have reached the they speed of sound even i had heen dropped from the considerable height at which the raiders came over,
SPEED OF BOMBS "The speed of bombs is regulat-
Most anded by their shape.
bomba beyond termina speed
They were given to you for no they can be used by the public sometimes I went in the car for have Mr. Churchill in which he thing? We did not have to pay If anybody cares to go in, yes. said that Britain would "mete for them.
out
Lo
Our constract was jor transportation and labour. the Germans the
It is a fact that some of ton measure, and more than the blocks came from the Spuncrete
meted Factory?--Yes, THE SINKING of four Ame-measure, they have
SHIPPING FRONT
rican ship by the Ger-out to us." But there was mans is proof, indeed, that more than the impulse to the Battle of the Atlantic is strike back in the manner of still the vital factor in the an
Have you found out the in- irmation what sum your firm paid your wife for transport” --Yes about $13,000. Between what months was that? From February to sometime in only June, 1941.
eye-for-an-eye and a behind
Nazi calculations. They can-tooth-for-a-tooth mt get away from the fact those
words. It was
NOT COMPLETED
Govern Let me pot it this way
have ment
already paid uver $800,000 and Ave tunnels are not yet completed although you have been on the job for nearly a year?
-At first Government's idea was to lay aside $100,000.
a
"There are, of course,
be
ly,
AIR ARMAMENT
inventions, but I
that have
а
New
"So far we have had no change which they cannot get, no matter tu air armament", continued Ma And after the Inspection, did, from how high they are dropped. Jor Stewart. "There have been you go back to his house?-After
A study of aerodynamics will thousands of
de- don't know that any the inspection he always came show that a bomb could over to this side of the harbour. signed which will accelerate much been adopted. The movable tur- Where did you go? We each faster than the ordinary bombs ret has, of course, made it pos- went our own way after the in
we see in photographs. Perhaps sible to group large guns. With spection. Sometimes I came over our new bombs are designed in power-operated. turret, the gun- ner can swing four guns without to Hongkong by the vehicular that way. I don't know.
advan any effort and he could aim just I know all that. I'm asking isn't ferry but he always travelled by
the Star Ferry.
tages in designing bombs that will as accurately as if he was hand... this a fact that Government have
You live in Kowloon? No, Hong-fall very fast for such attacks as ling only one gun.
Ger an already paid $800.000 and the job
those carried out on the
"Bigger guns and more of them kong.
at
such And Mr. Campbell ves in Kow-warships Brest. It
a seem to be the general trend of Since then how much have you is not yet completed?-Yes.
16 also that while the sea lanes on meant to make the German!
Do you know a firm called the
ita armament and there bomb had made a loon?--Yes.
direct hit, would have gone clean through the development of detall. this ocean remain open and people understand that just pald your wife?-I have been ap
ing very hard work last night and Hongkong Engineering and Con-
SEEN HIM AT NIGHT an endless stream of supplies' as they had caused suffering, have only been able to discover struction Company?--Yes.
Have you ever seen him on any the deck armour. Perhaps, we did bumbs are shaped differently to to achieve certain They I have
sald allow them are a well-known firm sails over them for Britain and hardship to the people as much as up to June.
special results and new guns are and her Allies, they are as far of
thar aren't they?--I cannot say to what occasion after 8 o'clock at night?juse such bombs, but. own not got anything further
suitable -Yes. I went to see him in his before, I don't know
"If we extent this firm is well-known.
are trying
вес made so as to used in off from gaining any advan-sufferings
hardships June.
house on an occasion when there
aircraft." Have you ever heard of a con-
what kind of bombs will be Assuming that she was doing the tage in the war, through the would be increased as long as
used in the future, I would tunnel, and I had to go and ask were determined
same work right up to date she sulting engineer named Mr. Faber? was a collapse of a portion of a winning of which they hope they
I would have been paid another $13.--No.
say that they are likely to be
same the carry on their ruthless war of,000?-For the to become
Do you know that this firm con-him to inspect.
bigger and some of them are fail structed a tunnel in Braga Estate
likely to be designed to world. It is their annoyance aggression. It was meant to work, yes.
NOT ONE COMPLETED
in Kowloon long before you started at not being able to prevent convince the German leaders the American people from that their dreams of world You told us yesterday that not this job?-No.
And that job was done by pri- on brutal, one of these tunnels that you have fulfilling their pledges to help conquest, based
constructed was finished?-Not one vate enterprise. nothing to do with the anti-aggression countries military efficiency, must end. completed.
the Government?-have no idea. that has now forced them to THOSE who have been Are any of thein capable of hous- That tunnel is completed and 18 direct their piracy against bombed might not agree withing any people in the case of an American shipping, despite this line of reasoning. Nei-air-raid?--Yes.
them
masters
of
Britain, $0 their
and
to
concrete.
amount of
cement-
suppose, why Mr. Faber or the Hongkong Engineering and Construction Company was not approached by Mr. Bishop the same as you were?—I don's know.
Do you remember when that was?-Either in February or March this year.
him? Yes.
As a business acquaintance or as a friend? I don't know how)
faster.
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to
B.F.R.D.C. GRANTS
REGISTRATION
OF BIRTHS
old FIGURES FOR FIRST
HALF OF YEAR During the Arst half year of 1941, only 17,700 births were regia- tered, as compared with 20,036 during the same period of 1940,
The Registrar-General of Births jregistration of the births of all
The Board of Administrators of the British Distress in China bas recently
cheques have been forwarded ac- cordingly:
To the St. Louis Industrial
is compulsory and failure to re- gister is punishable by law.
"Then there is the question of And did he go with you to see this collapse?-He didn't go with an altogether new kind of bomb. me, but asked me to go back first. The only new kind is our
Was that the only occasion you have been to his house after 8 in very good order today. Yes. Every one of Do you know that Mr. Faber also p.m.? There was another occasion.
made a timnel on the Hongkong It was sometime about Christmas! the fact that it is not certain ther will those who have not;
What do you mean then when side at the request of Govern-last year when he invited me to
dinner at his house. that any of the ships thus had the terrible experiences you say that they are not finished? ment? Yes.
Fund for Rellet of land Deaths points out that the Did you go?—I arrived at his attacked were carrying any of the horrors of bombing-I mean we have not yet installed And you cannot tell me, 1
house about # p.m. supplies to Britain and her subscribe to the argument electric lights and washing the
And did you have dinner with approved the following grants and children within 14 days of birth, allies. The reply which Ame-that the Germans must be walls with lime.
Is the walling up, shoring, ana rica has made to these made to suffer in their own
So on? In most of the tunnels the blatant breaches of inter- homeland and cities some of walls fave been properly construct- national laws has now been the torments they have loosed ed. given by President Roosevelt. upon their neighbours. But Are they all of timber, or sʊme Axis warships have been what has to be remembered is of concrete?-Only a small portion warned that they will enter that the aim of ending the has been propped up with timber.
the greater part with American defensive waters at war must be kept above all their
risk. own
No one other considerations, if the What became of all this farga doubted that the reply would result is to be lasting peace. amount of timber that you bought? be anything else.
Anything that inculcates hate Where did you use that?-Bomo I,
for making benches. IN THE MEANTIME, Mr. must, of course, be avoid-was used
some for supporting cement-con- Churchill's announcemented and the eye-for-an-eye crete roofs, and some for support- that the losses of British and maxim will have to be re-ling cement-concrete when it was
new post-war being built. allled shipping have shown a placed by a
A portion is still in marked decrease during July forgiveness, on condition that the store unused.
Germans themselves, and August may have been an the
What quantity is still unused7---
I am not talking about socially. I was feeling rather uncom
fortable as I was not accus.... added incentive to the Ger- having suffered some of the cannot toll offhand,
Roughly? The value of the un- Have you seen him apart from
tomed to, such a duner. In man High Command to order terrors which they have caus- used timber is something like over your busincas association?--As far
as I can remember, whenever I fact I did not want to go, 'but their undersea raiders to in-led others, might the more $10,000, ।
sinde 1 was invited I thought Whore do you store 17-In saw this man it was only in con- tensify their attacks and to readily be prepared to join in
it would look bad if I did not include American shipping in that now order of peace and Hunghom on a plece of Govern- nexion with the work.
Always in the office or at the ro.
You didn't have indigestion like sept. 27, their programme. The de- prosperity which Mr, Chur- ment ground.
Is anybody watcting 17-Yes, site of the work?-Sometimes, I crease in sinkings to which chill and Mr. Roosevelt out-
Our watchmoti
went to his house to take him to Mr. B. O, Lam, did you?--I had my
dinner before I went there. Mr. Churchill referred might, lined recently in their joint And you charge Government ten inspect the work.
per cent, on the'r wages?~~Yon. You used to go to hthouse (Continued Page 11. Col. 3 of course, have been caused Eight-Point Déclaration.
Such tallure Is In most cases, due to the ignorance of the parent he treated that entertainment School, as donation to the School,
for support of refugee, children, or guardian of the provision of whether as a social or in connexion Do you know Mr. Campbell per
$3,500.
the Births and Deathe Ordinance. with business. There were several
To the Foreign Auxiliary to thot is more frequently the case in sonally?-Not personally.
You have never seen him apart Europeans, present, including Mr. National Red Cross Society of the births of baby giris. Many cost of fifty (50) members of the. Chinese com- from your business associations, is Lavrov of Maraman's, Mr. Simpson China: for
(I don't know what he does), and singer sewing rebullt machines munity are under the misappre- of Marsman's and transportation charges, for hension that registration is not Mr. Manslov, one foremen.
training refugee women in tailor-necessary until after the first "full Was it a nice dinner?-Turkey ing work in Kwellin. 54,410. and something else (laughter).
Wine, whisky ?----Yea.
it?-Never,
Are you quite sure about that? myself, never.
I don't want to have to re- mind you of this, but I must because these questions are very important. You are giv- ing evidence on oàth-I, myself, never had anything to do with hhn personally or noelally,
VERY NICE TIME You all had a very nice time didn't, you?—The whole party enjoyed themselves except me.
moon tcast" has passed This necessity may not appear to be im-
MAESTRO MA AT portant at the time the birth of
the baby takes place, but in many · ROSE ROOM ON
walks of life a certificate of Bri SEPT. 26
tish birth leg very doânite asset. The new musical season will cespecially in a British Colony, the ushered in at the PENINSULA holder being entitled to many HOTEL ROSE ROOM on Friday, privileges which are barred to the Bopt. 26, with the first local re- non-holder of such a birth certi- cttal by the noted violin sololat, ficate.
Maestro Ma Blison, after an ab- The Begurar-General appea sence of two years from Hongkong to all to enlighten parents who There will be second recital on are ignorant of the mood for, and. value of registration of the child's It was erroneously stated that birth and points out, that the the recital would the westerday carrying out of such a duly will be a service to the child and to evening and today
the community,
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