1941-09-27 — Page 5

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

WICKHAM STEED

Continued from Page t

wondering whether the Fuschi system is as good a thing as they ! thought 1

Now the Ges- tape has taken control of useir country, making them no longer i

[6

DH.

an independent state in the Homes Beru axis"

Mi

Steed said

* This is what I meant when

I said that the pasi secms 10

have dropped out of time as

10 is seen in Britain today,"

GENERAL

A.R.P. Hearing

Questioned

on

Continued from Page 4

son

THE ARI. STORE Now Mr Anderson do you know

LIEP maller At The Stores Department, reither the purchases of galvanised iron Stores Controller not the other two buckets. Mr Anderson stated that Arms were aware the fact that Aller a brief reference to the on March 8. 1941, the DARP re there would be an additional order vigorous endeavours of the Unitedquested his Department to place for 2,000 helmets. said Mr Ander- States and Great Britain to give an order for 8,000 buckets Trn-

In reply to questions by the the Allied States all the assistaner ders were invited from That all these features related to the present but possable and imphasising the deep the registered list and quotations

Atmis on Chairman

week in London Grey were

impression that has been made at the conterener by Czechoslovakia The lowest price was that of $1.50 were received from all of them. given a draft aktive of the future

I took Wha form:

and Poland et determination fo ference of Great Britale and thejecter into a federal relationship Chtap Hua's $165

jeach gunted By Daward against Allied Statrs tur! irrinded

the Mr Steed sald that t

When these was signi-

When did you first come to know Free French representative Certi Beast that

were forwarded

tha 5 message from the

about this project? It had bren de Gaulle us bader of the Fer

D.AR P., he stated on April 1. that decided by the Government that Bed States Government hap Freuch had now formed || Free

The read to the assembly asking he must be guided by the record when The A.R.P. Store was com French National Committed and a that Anerice should be kept fully mendations of the Fire Brigadepleted, it would be taken over by

*

National Advisory Counet drawn trom Fru French canitations al over The world As Gen Galle p Free French fel # their u to improvise a (vernment wileb wil hund bark 3 pow- a na presentation as As at can be orgwaleed truely

WORK TOGETHER

All these rept states NEP!

Palace ad རྗ་ནཱཥ་;

prin

the formal assen1 caples lauda wa kast met a Mr. Chand and Presner? Bunsovelt

12 fle Aupar Charter They Pledd themselves

Work [

tormed on all these matters

If this is not placming for the i future and shutting out the past

don't know what

said Mr Hierd

It is a fundamental feature of the new order for the world which has been based on the

the principles of

Lease and Lend Act which I have fler talled the mosi constructively revolutionary principle has been pledged to the world in living y

And because The Lease and

Fend priviple is not fully under-

Lenders

and the Kowloon Railway

6.000 BUCKETS

anything about the building of the ARP Store? I do.

the DARP from the buliding con- tructors The Store would then be When witness got in touch with banded over to my Department for the Chief Merhantral Engineer of the storage of A.R.P equipment the Halways and asked whether that might be later required to be that Pepartment could make the uncommodated in this bullding As ¦ galvanised buckets he was asked to a result of this decision we carried send over sample The Chiel yout from time to time inspections Mechanical Engineer also said that and in these inspecions it became he could make them better and at apparent to me that there were a cheaper rate An order for the certain deferte which, in my opin necessary 8.000 buckets was placed ton, should be remedied in view of by witness

the fact that I had to operate this Store later

D

Referring to the purchases of 1 hints. Mr Anderson taid

other test qual to whorsdag the stod i wish it to be understood the Commision that the Desi par ww but in Inuiding 13 prase that that MRPATIA that almations Case of 2,000 was made by the will follow By dolog so they have Bust share with all frm people in DARP dreet in July, 1940, from Axe Then ever in the 11 HET with the material resources of the sew

The Chiap Hus fron at $180 each in Aug anther 2 000 were requir

New Sale Of Firewood Regulations

Thy

CRIMEA

Continued from Page 1

lorries rontation trooper and me biary equipotent 27 the lorrie My Alli tank gue ne 15 Runk:

ΠΑΤΗ regulations governing graft enplacements

the sair of firewood in the Colony.

ant: aircraft

Penissieu.

אי:3:1]וון. ז':

aled an artillery

by the DARP and when fen der wer called my one was r eetved from Jardines who tender en behalf of the Cheap Hup at

Am I right in saying that the arebitects were belt and Orange?

Нету

3 take 1 think the original iden was in provide this Store with ar al conditioning plant Has that Want been ordered"

-Yes Is it installed now" 71 with functioning within the next Tow days

$4 60 each This was accupied by When Wak D building

Government the recommenda

on the DAKP

Actually FaneMoned

1940

pari

Ju

Another

In quest for 3,906 het Bo die Store has been without meth. was received from the DA an air conditioning pant for new

on tendera ly 15 months? YPA

we pr and D-

1 w

AÐDITIONAL EXPENSE

batteries P on Nov 25, and, published tra the Government were pu

Ove belag called to offers Cazeltr some time ago. will be enemy ty

wen cetved] strictly enforced as from Get

from Jardante's 1. Gestroyed

D1!!

And in order to make use of the wurd Jardine's quoted according to MR W J ANDER 15 Shree enemi Duftations WITH qualities $480 varh we $4.50 each

buliding all Government had to SON. Controller of Stures. an diperke

Dinwards price was $4 each When putting steel frame windows whitel

go to the additional interview yesterday.

expense Altogeth. 1 air combats an

the quotations were submitted to were never litended originally was hoped, sald Mi Ander or the grand 38 enemy plus Tra 1 enforcement

the DAKP he recommended e- Of the were destruyed "

Yes regulations would resul

Tu 121

sunuz Eque suppirment ཎྞཱ

that 26 enemy "black plantes were brought down in a

combats

Melur

thu pradication <f what mmi prierred to market

EUS

14 16m

0}}

tי

anes inptance of Jardine's $4 36 quality; Do you know off hand the leta as being the only satisfurbory hel- cost of the Store to the Govern met subinitted The DARP aso

ment? have to ask for the in formation

the received permission direct trom Asked whelling there WLAN any front, seven of which were brought | Government to increase The possiblity of a reducties. of peter down by British fighters

in

the Dear Controller said that

future

Soviet were hyd

and 220

One the Stores

might be ane

possible after the local market

had bren brought nder striel GERMAN

contrul

"I am Kung to concentrate on the profiteers first and then the question of prices," said Mr derson

NEW ASSISTANT

An

Mr Standage, who has been act HR at assistance to the Firewood Controller, will be leaving Hongkong

Australla today having resign

d its position due, it was warned. to Government's refusal to grant permission for his wife to remain

the Colony

amount to 7,000 and he (wliness) ditioning plact was actually order- Do you knew when the air con British was asked to approach Jardine's ed--To the best of my knowledge

to see whether they could reduce the price

A reduction of ten eents was offered by the firm

6.000 HEI METS

LOSSES POLISH CAMPAIGN

IN

In Feb. 1941, the DARP

LONDON Sel 26 Reuter-quested

Tokyo.

Oriental Steamship Co Ltd. in

Mr. W T Stanton has been ap. the Peninsular and printed to suceerd Mr Standage.

Mr. Standage was previously Pirector

Nazis Want New Quisling Government In Croatia

He is now under surveillance in a village near ZAGREB after the latest of his several vislis {o GERMANY. It is reported that he has been subjected to "extreme psychological pressure in the Nazis' most subtle manner.

H.K. Volunteer Orders

was

i stood.

weeks.

at

1

acceptate f Chlap

In July 1940.

!vised

once

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1941. -PAGE 5

PLYMOUTH

A SHIPMENT

HAS JUST ARRIVED

GIN

BOLE AGENTS

CALDBECK,

MACGREGOR & CO.,

CHAFER ROAD

LTD.

TELEPHONE NOS 20073 & 30644

JOHN 1. THORNYCROFT & Co.,

Limited.

Engineers & Shipbuilders.

---Yes

Watertube

Boilers.

Shallow Draft Steamers High Speed

Boats.

Marine Motors

& Motor Vehicles.

SHANGHAI

Robert Dollar Bldg.,

31, Canton Rd. Tel. 14270

That

And it was not placed through you--No, I was placed direct by: the DARP.

KEENAMERA KARYA

Vivien Leigh

Laurence Olivier

amilton

HONGKONG

St. George's Bldg., 1st Floor.

Tel. 22363

Under The Distinguished Pat- ronage of His Excellency The Governor, Bir Mark Young. K.CM.0.

ALL CHINA PREMIERE

in aid of ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT

and

CHARITABLE FUNDS

nt

LEE THEATRE

THURSDAY EVENING, 2nd October, 1941 at 9.30 p.m. Booking Opens at WHITEAWAY'S

Prices 86. 83. 81, 60 c

Do you know whether this Store was being put in a condition which enabled stores to be kept in it or whether Government had to hire tender for 4,000 helmelo. godowns to keep the articles?.. The Polish Headquarters in Lon-Two tenders were again received, Yes. godown space was hired from don Festerday stated

that the one from Jardine's and the other Marsman's to store sandbags. German losses In tae Polish from Daward. German campaign in September. $4.85 and the latter a lower price be stored in this Store?--Yes.

The former quoted Sandbags which were intended to 139. were 96 100 kiihd 200 000 These tenders

he had accordingly increased the wounded with 400

were lanks and 500! the DARP.

passed on to i And which. I take it, could not order from 250,000 to 500,000. Ai planes destroyed

who again recombe stored there because the Store the same time the D.ARF. notifi- mended that Jardine's be accepted was not in a suitable condition to ed Davie, Boag and Co. that he on the grounds that delivery by jstore them? No, the ARP Store was prepared to accept second- this firm could be made within was already over-stocked with band bags provided they were up three werks while it would take sandbags

to requirements. The order War 14 days to test the sample sent in

PURCHASE OF SANDBAGS

| fixed at 450,000 al 14 cents each. by Diaward. He also said that: Let us now break off the story was the first consignment.

and 50,000 at 9 cents each. Jardine's quality proved to b about the A.R.P. Store and ask good

you if you know anything about

Did Davie, Boag get this order? Chairma Th position then, the purchase of sandbags. -- In that without having tested September, 1938 the D.AR.P. adm Diaward's helmets quoted

Government that plaris lower price, the D.ARP recom should be made available to pur- The NAZIS

In reply to the Chairman. Wit- are pressing

mended the DR. MATCHER. Croat leader and

chase 3,000,000 sandbegs at former YEGOSLAV VICE-PREMIER, to form a new quisling govern-

Hua's? That was what I under- | Ad What he had

news said that as far as he was obtained the aware, no tenders were called for. - ment in CROATIA, according to news reaching the Croat headquar-

prier of $8 per 100 bags from Da- but that on Feb, 18. ters to London, says Reuter.

What did he say

vie Bong and Co.

1939. Davie, to that?-He

He added that Boag and Co. offered the D.A.R.P. replied that the helmets were reduction in the price for such a March/April delivery.

he expected there would be a re 500,000 bags at lig cents each for quired urgently and that Jardine large quantity. The advice of the for 400.000 was placed by the D.A. An order enutd supply them in three weeks DA.R.P. was submitted to His Ex-RP direct. and on Aug. 24, the against Daward's tender of seven ceilency the Governor who agreed DAR.P. advised Government that Time would also be taken that the DARP should make ar-all the existing stocks of sandbags in testing the Diaward quality He rangements to purchase bags or in the Colony should be taken up. also stated that the risk of walt material to the total of 500.000 on Davie, Boag had advised the DA Ing seven weeks, even if the test the best terms available as the R.P. that they had 80,000 at 12 bags and asked for an indication ORDERS BY COL EL B. ROSE, M.C., COMMANDANT,

should be satisfactory, was one possibility of making bags in the vents each and another 100,000 of HONGKONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS

that he would hesitate to take Prison had been considered, and it a better quality at 16 cents. PARADES

of the Dress-Overalls, HD caps Jes. 5.36 He requested to write these points was found unlikely that the Pri

current market price, to CORPS ARTILLERY 181 BAT HQ P.A.D. and A. Class. Drees to the Tenders Board I minated on could get going of the maklots

Approval to purchase these two which witness repiled that he was TERY-Tura 2.30 p.m. Q Advance Overalls.

S.D Cup.

From the und

Chairmau

not aware of the actual price al- Tenders ing of them before some weeks by the Party under <th B.Q.M.S. HQ Thure 2.45 HQ

CASI.Board, submitted the tenders and

which time Davie, Boag and Co. but, on

Governor by the DARF though he had received an offer Grand Skating Carnival, organised All. Bailery training 4. Agullar and B.O.P. Advance Party for stores. added a

would be

the following day, Davie, of 24 cents each from Davie, Boag by the Hongkong Skating Club Dress as laid down for da - p.m. H.Q. All. Battery training Steel Works

able 10 note that the Dlaward controller of stores was informed ment that they had only the 80.that future supplies should be ob- the Colony took part, was held at deliver The Buag wrote to the Stores Depart He also informed the DAR.P.and in which all skating clubs in ecture Sur Head Dress as inid down a lower tender but that the DARP order being placed through him.

that time did not permit of the 000 in stock. When the DARP. tained from the Department of the Ciro's Skating Rink last night 11.62 Thor detailed. Tavers Classes Ponit. Layers Class as detailed under reported to me verbally that the

was informed

Supply, Government of India, the proceeds of which were in ald of under Sgt Bebbington and Sat, Mar Bdr. Peniter.

Who Infortned you? The Hon DICAS

this by S helmet made by Dlaward was not the Financial Secretary, Overalle

Financial Secretary, he

accordance with instructions. Tuen 3.3 H.Q. 7 satisfactory as the type offered.

replied Overalls, AD, cap. Cap: 3RD BATTERY

of the Bomber Fund and the China that in view of H.E the Governor's 5.46 Belchers Those detted Alf. Lewis and

I also take It that time did not decision that

After the D.A.RP. had written War Relief Fund. 5.M. by Jardine's on behalf of Chiap permit of the General Orders be- were so be issued with sandbags 22 pointing out that sandbags had warded by a superb exhibition of DR.F. Class under Gar. E Ride. Class98. Drese Overalls and S.D. Hua

Essential Services to the Colonial Secretary on Jan.

The large attendance was re- Thurs 1.45 B.Q. Advance Party

ing carried out for tenders? I the order should stand. for Stores.

CRIAP HUA'S TENDER 3.16 AU

Battery tralu-

understand that that was Bry. The approved by Government.

This was always been ordered locally and roller skating, the fancy skating When tenders were invited, on D.A.R.P. was advised on Septem- MEMORIAL SERVICE HQ.

that the system indirectly helped (individual and joint), was in par- Dress Shirt, shorts, out- Lurs hoots, web helt with frog. hel July 18, 1941. for the supply of her 20, 1938 that the price quoted

him in his work, the Financial ticular very good, the standard FOURTH ORDER A memorial service was held by net.

Rife sling to be brought; 4TH 6,500 helmets the Chlag rua offer- to him by Davie, Boag and Co.placed through the Stores Depart-satisfactory results and asked for

The fourth order for sand baga was Secretary wrote to witness that shown, on the whole, was unex- the Hongkong TA KUNG PAO for BTATERY-Tues, No parado Thurs.,ed $4,85 each, the Safety Co. was for FOB

previous inquiries produced to Its late Editor-in Chief Mr. Chang Dro-Multi

5.20 H.Q.

Calcutta, and In Lecture by P. 8, I quoted $4.75 and Diaward's price view of the fact that the ad- from the D.A.R.P. that tendere be his replying to that memorandum, ed: Hongkong Skating Club, Kow-

pectedly high. ment when a request was received Chi-luan at Confucius Hal in AAHATTERY Wed. 530 HQ All DAR.P. recommended the accap-lony in four weeks he considered teen arms quoted and the Tenders cial Secretary wrote to the D.A. and Bit

0.30 N.CO's meeting: was the same as the safety. The bags could not arrive in the Co-invited for 3,500,000 bags. Four- went on Mr. Anderson, the Finan loon, King's, Panthers, Cyelones

quotations from Davie, Boag. On

The following clubs participat- Caroline H Road yesterday afterLecture, Dress Muftl.

tance of Chlap Huas offer as that advisable to bus direct ex-stock Board decided to accept the two R.P. stating that he had been in- HQ. No 2 Bre. Bty training ni Lve- CHIANG AT FUNERAL

Dress as laid down for day, was the lowest, and also on the in the Colony from Davie, Bok lowest tenders, one CHUNGKING, Sept. 28 (Router training.

ground that their helmets had

During the intermission Carlos -Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek FIELD COMPANY ENGINEERA ..

been tested by the Army authorl-

man's for 2,600,000 at si cents could be obtained from India at ders gave several selections of the formed by witness that supplies Nunes, and his Hawaian Berena- INCREASED ORDER and the War Minister, General Ho Mon $30 K.OR Company

tles and passed as being very near-

each, and the other from Davien lower price than locally and that latest tunes with vocal. Ying-ching, this afternoon attend Training under Section hongements. (ly approaching the British-made--No.

Mufti.

Did he mention any other firm? Boag for two millon at 10 cents he had agreed to it. The matter. ed the funeral services for Mr.Thurs, 2.30 K.OR Company, Dress-ones Insofar as reilstance power to ported that he had inspected the went on the Stores Controller.

The DARP further ro-cach. These were Hongkong prices, was then referred to the Glover! Chang Ohl-luan, late editor-m-8.D. capa, Jaciteta, shirts, shorts, bose damage is concerned. This order bags stocked by Davie, Bong and enior of the influentin! Chinese tops boots and pulleen Tephalon was subeoquently increased by 2,-Co. and that he was satisfied that informed

nor who decided that supples In January, 1940, the D.ARP should be obtained from the daily, TAKUNGPAO. who dlea in work in New Territories

600 helmets.

witnown that he had Chungking on Sept. 8.

At the time tenders the bags would stand all the $325,000 available in his cellmates partment of Supply, India. were called for, and received by necessary tear and wear and so for the purchase of more sand- Continued on Back Page

Thurs. 5.30 EQ ing Multi; END BATTERY

Payden. Dress

Man

noon.

All

6.30 day 24023

cap.

maxim

training. Pr

All

330 Scandal

Thompson

To be Continued

Thurs, 3

of

the

bad submitted

the

and Co.

Was

obtained

from

HE

froin Mars-

GRAND SKATING

CARNIVAL

A very successful Combined

។

MADRID, Sept. 28 (Renter)-Bir De-Bamuel and Lady Hoare left Mad- rid nelerday by air for Lisbon ori ronte to London. They will stay In London for three or four weeds.