1938-03-25 — Page 17

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1988.

Britain Won't Accept

TOKYO RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO SHIPPING IN CHINA

New Tariffs and Customs Discussed in Commons

London, Mar. 24.

In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said his attention had been drawn to a press report of an announcement issued jointly by the Japanese diplomatic, military and Naval authorities in Shanghai, that no ships could ply in Chinese internal waterways in the Japanese controlled areas, without special permits, failing which ships and their cargoes would be subject to seizure.

He added that the Government had received no official confirmation.

Japan's Restrictions

MUST NOT ATTACK PRISONERS

·Orders To Chinese Peasantry

Chungking, Mar, 25. Instructions not to Interfere with Japanese alrmen in the event of their being forced to land or to make a parachute jump is being circulated throughout, Szechuen by the Central Government Headquarters.

meanwhile

The peasants are told that they must only inform the nearest police or military authorities, watching the plane occupants to en- sure that they do not effect repairs to the machine or escape.

PROPOSING CONTROL OF CONTROL OF RECONSTITUTED MILK MANUFACTURE AND SALE

Large-scale introduction of reconstituted milk and reconstituted cream in Hongkong by leading local dairies is anid to be responsible for proposals to introduce new by-laws to the Public Health (Food) Ordinance.

The proposed by-laws will be brought before the Urban Council at the next meeting on Tuesday, and will be as follows:

In these by-Juwe the terms i "reconstituted milk" and "reconstitut-

ed cream" mean products resulting BIGGER U.S.

from

the

constituted milk or

constituents, namely, milk fat, solids

milk recombining of

not fat derived from milk, and water. No person still manufacture TC- reconstituted cream for sale or for use in Use The people are warned not to in- preparation of some other article of

prisoners.Reuter,

Bicted bodily harm upon the Japanese

PLEADS SELF DEFENCE

(Continued from Page 1.)

The Government would not recognise any such order,

the and would, if necessary, inform

Japanese Government, that Britain would hold it responsible for damage to British interests resulting from such an order. for revision of the customs rate enacted by the Peiping Provincial fale Government, and contended that the reduction of duties on a few

com modities needed for rehabilitation or relief, was unavoidable.

FAVOURS JAPAN

or-

Mr. Butler replied to a question put by Major II. A. Proctor (Cons.) and and the revised Nurth China tariff appeared to tend to favour Japanese trade, but apart from the

trade Heneral complaint from ganisations as to the prejudice poured to British trade in North China by the present conditions, specific instances of hardship resulting from the tariff had been brought to his notice.

Do

The Japanese Government's reply

to the protest addressed to it had now been received. The Japanese

that there The reply also stated had been no discrimination against third powers, and the revision had the effect of doing away with special trade in East Hopel. This reply, said Mr. Butler, was under considera-

tion.

NO IMPROVEMENT

Mr. I. C. Hannah (Cons) asked for Government disclaimed responsibility: the result of the representations to

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food for sale except in premises

licensed by the Council as a Food Factory for that specifle purpose.

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All homogenizing. emulsifying. pasteurizing, sterilizing. cooling. refrigerating, cold storage, Alling or other plant or apparatus used in such a Food Factory for the production of reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream shall be of a type approved by the Council.

A

WHEAT CROP FORECAST

Washington, Mar. 24.

the

the

An estimate issued by the Depart- ment of Agriculture places the 1938 wheat crap in the United States at

of which 830,000,000 bushels, winter crop is 630,000,000 and spring crop, 200,000,000 bushels. Noor Khan, guard No. 26, sald that

Such crop, the department stated, on February 5 deceased won a bet Every pasteurizing plant or ap-

was 180,000,000 in excess of the 1932- of $10 from

30

domestic require- average for the first prisoner, in paratus shall be equipped with connection with the fixing of typhoon self-registering thermometer device ments, and it would thereby increase bars. On

the surplus.

resulting probably in anti- which will neguentely indiente and piracy work, second prisoner learn record the temperature to which and lower prices. ed of the bet and usked him to

d fell decensed that he had boiler pasteurized product has been heat-

thut Meanwhile, it is the length of time for which the

expected larger supplies from abroad wlil for American return the money. Witness told him ed. All such records shall be kept reduce the demand to go and ask himself as the bet was for at least two months and shall be produce, while less favourable con- onc. Subsequently cond available for Inspection at all reason-ditions may materially alter the crop accused told him that he had asked able times by any Health Omeer or price and outlook-Reuter. deccased who, however, had refused Food Officer. to hand back the

He op- money. peared to be angered by the refusal.

Referring to the night of the mur der, witness said that on hearing the alarm bell, he went to the bungalow where he found deceased lying. on his bed and both accused stung their own. Deceased told him that accused had besten him and broken both his legs with his own stick. When asked why he committed the assault, first prisoner said: "I did and what I have done is quite u right." Deceased replied: "Only on of you could have assaulted met Two of you assaulted me. Fatch Khan held me down while you beat me." Second prisoner did not make Day remarks,

No butter or skimmed milk powder or other ingredient other than from a source approved by the Council shall be used in the manufacture of reconstituted mlik or reconstituted

cream.

WATER SUPPLY No water other thon water from a source approved by the Council shall

in used the manufacture of reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream,

be

No preservative shall be added to reconsituted milk or reconstituted cream.

Lic

No colouring matter other than colouring matter approved by Council shall be added to reconstitu:- ed milk or reconstituted cream.

No

person shall sell, offer or expose for sale or manufacture for sale or for use in the manufacture of any other article of food for sale, 113 reconstituted milk or reconstituted

pasteurized never cream other than

constituted milk or pasteurized re- constituted cream.

that the reason why Fatch Khan in

NO REASON FOR BEATING Cross-examined by Mr. H, Somer- set Fitzroy, for the first prisones witness said that as far as he knew deceased and Zaman had quarrelled. No reason was given why

the beating was infleted. In answer to Mr. George She, for the second prisoner, witness stated ervened in connetion with the bet was because the first accused was

fellow-villager He

had

never uurrelled with the second prisoner, Allah Dad, guard 77, gave similar evidence in respect of the bel.

The prosecution concluded with the reading of the statements made by accused at the Magistracy.

IC-

or re

For the

the purposes of this by-law "pasteurized reconstituted milk" or "pasteurized reconstituted cream" means reconstituted mills constituted cream which has been heated to, and retained for a period of not less than thirty minutes at, a 145 temperature of not less than degrees on the Fahrenhelt scale or 63 degrees on the Centigrade scale and not more than 150 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale or 65.5 degrees or the Centigrade scale, und-which has then immediately been cooled to a In the witness-box, first prisoner temperature of not more than 55 ald he was transferred to Green degrees on the Fahrenholt scale or Island on September last for a period 12.78 degrees the Centigrade or six months. He and second ne- scale.

uset were fellow-villagers.

ACCUSED ON STAND

Un December 1 last, he lent de- censed $17 on the promise that the nuncy was to be returned when his ransfer from Green Island was due. e had known deceased for one and (years and had never quarrelles.

a half wil. him.

on

CONTAINERS' REGULATION Reconsituted milk unu reconstitut- ed cream shall, except where intend- ed for sale in bulk, be sold, offered ur exposed for sale only in containers of a type approved by the Council. For the purposes of these by-laws "container" includes any cover at- tached to a conta

ner.

FURIOUS FIGHTING IN SHANTUNG

I

+

(Continued from Page 1 captured and some 300 machine-guns and rifles seized by the Chinese forces

a recent engagement at Licheng in south Shansi which resulted in the

of the town. recapture

Japanese units which came from Changyeh and Lucheng, towns in the neighbourhood, to rescue their com- rades, were routed by the Chinese on the way-Central News.

Chinese Success In North Honan

TC-

Chengchow, Mar. 25. Chinese forces which crossed the Yellow River in north Hopan covered Wushe vity.in a counter-at- tack on the morning of March 19.

They have now surrounded the Japanese troops at Wenhsien.

unit of 500 Japanese troops with 21 trucks and two tanks, on the high- way beweeen Tsincheng, in south Shansi, and Po Ai. in north Honan, was attacked by Chinese guerillas on

coldlers were slain and six trucks Chinese casualties included one officer destroyed during the fight. The

March 22. About 60 Japanese

and 20 soldiers killed. Central News. 34 Japanese Planes Lost

Hankow. Mar. 25. Thirty-four Japanese planes based In central China have been lost since March 1, according to information emanating from Japanese military circles.

Of this number 27 are believed to have been shot down either by Chinese pursuit Chinese anti-aircraft

planes, or by the guns. Sixty- with the loss of there planes-Cen- n'ng Japanere alrmen were killed

at News. Japanese Attack Kwangteh

Kwangteh, Mar. 25.

Jananned front from Chnacking on

Continuing accused cald: In the

y part of Februry I made a be. The Alling of all containers shali with deceased in connection with the be carried out only in the licensed Jens of typhoon bars. I lost the Food Factory in which the recon- the south bank of the Taihu Lake and bet and handed the money to deceas-stituted milk or reconstituted cream from Hsuancheng south-west of Wuhu ed in good spirit. No further men-is manufactured and shall be done by are driving toward Kwongteh simul- ..on of the bet was made and I neve machinery or some other means ap-taneously. The purpose of the drive

ca Fatch Khan to intervene. We

proved by the Council,

is presumably to occupy the highway Ae on good terms up to the day Every bottle used as a

contuner between Changhing and Hsuanchong shall be constructed of clear colour-in order to cut contact between On that day, I had my meal in the less glass and shall be closed with a Chinese troops operating in the Talhu ok-house with deceased, and guards

Wuhu and 77. That was shortly after htly fting disc and covered with Lake area and those th

an outer cry overlapping the lip area. pin- and after the meal we went

Chinese guerillas are meanwhile to the Police Station where we has, The outer

Cover

or,

..

the murder.

quarters.

ALONE IN ROOM

bottic.

of and securely faster, if the outer active on the railway between Wuhu ten. An hour later, guards 20 and

went on duty and we returned over is constructed of transparent and Hsuancheng. Japanese barracks material, the disc or < prominent at a point aft the railway wore sud- label or labels, attached to the bottle denly attacked a few days ago by shall bear the nunie of the manu-guerilius. Some 100 Japanese When age.ased was preparing his facturer in English; the words "Re-soldiers were killed.

"Reconstituted bed I asked him to return the $17 as constituted milk" or

Many railway bridges and tele- bc. The graph pales and wires were destroyed. transter was toen app bacaung Cream" the case may be.

rint-Central News. e ow me only $15 bul word "Reconstituted shall be

word Die wer, excuanged, after which used lu Leated pleked up

stick and the Chinese

characters pri 10

printed struck me a blow on the shoulder prominent type for the English w.n . I gave him a

push,

and no other 10 tall back on hir Buck, Cain words "Reconstituted Milk" or "Re-

and lose constituted Cream"

insisted the amount was $17. Words cd in letters ••Milk's

or

print-

in

Od of the slick which picked up. Chinese characters except with the

it I struck him repeatedly written permission of the Council; ef nd myself as there was no one and the word "Pasteurized".

stoppeo in the room. present striking when I saw Sergeant B36

else

e second prisoner coming in

DISTRIBUTION

No person shall sell, offer or ex-

Sether. That was the first time pose for sale or have in his possession

iske by the Sergeant to remain

or

In

18 2 dairy

or

i saw the second prisener, who was for sale any reconstituted milk

except cream reconstituted It

registered premises the room, while he went to summon the master. Neither deconsed nor 1 milk shop in accordance with the Dairies and Milk Shops By-laws, and

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anything until the return of the then only if his Certificate of Read- NACET Blades have Sergeant with Mr. Bailey, who ask-

cu me if I had a fight with deceased. airation is endorsed to that effect, or an established reputa

In premises registered

on good terms,

The case is proceeding,

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nillc

of

as a Food tion for fine quality at

I replied "yes," So far as I know factory for the manufacture of re-low price. Their abso deceased and the second accused were consituted

reconstituted futa cellability has won No person shall advertise, sell, for them great popu- offer of

of expose for sale under a larity every blade customs duties in Shanghai,

any and smooth shaves, Mr. Butler replied that the Japan the words "milk" or "cream"

to be recon- ese Government had promised early substance purporting consideration of the representationss defined in these by-laws unloss milk or reconsiltuted cream stituted He regretted that he had no report the words "milk" or "cream" are im- of any improvement in the altuation, he v and His Majesty's Ambassador to mediately preceded by the word Tokyo, Sir Robert Craigie, was "reconstituted" which shall be continuing to press the maller hibited with the same degree of pro-

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