1939-10-05 — Page 3

Horses Come Back Again

Already one socs more horse-drawn vehicles in the London streets. Each day now the number will be grow- Ing.

With petrol rationing cutting down the use of lorries and delivery, vans, the horse is coming back again.

THEIR CHAMPION

For a long time the National Horse Association of Great Britain has de- fended the borse against the invasión of motor transport; there was room for bath, they sold.

The association protested strongly when a few years agɑ the Minister of Transport said in the House of Commons that he was considering the possiblities of a scheme for the gradual elimination of horses from certain London streets and in other large cities,

The curtallment of horse-draw transport, it was urged, would seri- ously affect many small traders who depended almost entirely on this form of transport for their livelihood,

Now this "small man" is in the happy position of being unworried by the petrol rationing.

NOME BIG FIRMS HAPPY, TOO

Some of the big firms, too, who have stuck by the horse for a great dent of their delivery and collection. work are smiling.

A census of horses drinking from cattle troughs in the Metropolitan area last year gave a total of 12,802, compared with 13,257 the previou year.

Certain demands of the Army have already been met. There is no short. age of horses, though values ure like-. ly in go up.

GAMBLERS IN COURT Forty-four Crowd Dock In Central Magistracy

Thursday, HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

UFS

Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, youthful flm stars, got a welcome reception from admirers when they arrived at Grand Central Station in New York for movie premiere. A reception committee of 150 boys and girls mobbed the stars.

INSIDE GERMANY

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October 5, 1939.

HOW NAZIS SENT MONEY ABROAD

Further details of the methods by which the German

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Nazi leaders have been depositing abroad the huge

fortunes they have accumulated since the party scized power, are now available."

Field-Marshal Goering's Insurances, i totalling £785,000 out of a fortune held abroad of £1,001,400, were transacted through foreign TC- -presentatives by one of the directors of Jauch Hubener and Co. whose address ទ 20, Budapest-strasse, Berlin.

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Field-Marshal's Insurances taken out in Switzerland. Holland, Sweden and the United Stafos, as follows:

40,000 in Swiss francs. £80,000 in Unlied States dollars. C292,000 in Dutch gulders, and £75,000 in Swedish kroner.

Frau Emmy Goering is insured for £40,000 in Swedish kroner, a further amount of £13,500 in Swedish kroner, £83,000 in. Dutch guilders and C15,200 in Swiss francs.

HELD BY NOMINEES

One of Field-Marsin Goering's agents is stated, to have been Richard Bergmann, of the Miitel Deutsche Koblem Sindicat travelling from Bremen to New York. Another was Edward Poekt!, of the Radischebank of Mannheln, travelling from Mainz to Zurich and Geneva,

Bonds to the value of £150,000, principally in American railway stocks, were deposited through a Ger- man-American shipping firm. They Included 4% per rent. 1070 Pennsyl yunla Raliway bonds, 44 per cent. 1066 linols Central, Citics Services and Bethlehem Steel 7 per cents,

These are held by nominees In New York and are controlled by Bergmann, Further securities to the value of £120,000, principally those of Monte- catine and Royal Dutch; ore deposited currencies to the par value of £83.00 in a San Francisco bank, while foreign are deposited in the Chicago safe of a German importing fein.

ROUND-UP of former leading figures in the German torate of Bohemia and aforavia is and a firm dealing with circleleal Protec-Two German firms, a timber firm revealed in reliable reports now apparatus, have been heavily punish leaders, town

ed for violation of the Nail price Those arrested include political laws, officials and feaders of cultural and other £9,000. The timber firm was on his wife, Dr. Goebbels, the Reich

burgemasters, high Que was fined £2,200 and the sporting organisations.

closed down for three months.

A crowded dock of 44 Ramblersfiltering througli. faced Mr. Houston at Central Magis tracy yesterday, as a result of a rald on a house in Tung Shing Street.

Lo Cheung und Mok Hop, charged with keeping a gaming house, had the ball of $1560 each estreated as they failed to appear.

Six of the gambiers, who had money in thair possession when arrested, received fines ranging from 50 cents to $1, and the others were

cautioned..

A sum of $17.85 wns confiscated

for the Poor Box.

Statement On Peace

Tokyo, Oct. 4.

were sent to a concentration camp,

Al Olmuts, for instance, five cleries; where they are being held as hostages A from Western Germany all hotels As a result of the mass evacuations Czechs during the war." "to guarantee the loyalty of the in Bavaria are packed.

Wurttemberg, with a normal popu Iation of 10,000, lias now 7,000 extra. LS Trom the age of 15 are to inhabitants, be called on for farm work in

Germany, according to the "Lokali

Anzelger."

GERMAN

newpapers

declared that the Nazi plan to bombard There are now stated to be 100,000 Pellsh

civilians Was "voluntary" girl farm workers, and like as Inhuman as Britain's plan to nothing the number is to be steadily

in-starve German women and children. creased.

The argument loses force, however, through being published often on the same pate as long articles proving that Germany is self-sufficient.

Asked by a foreign correspondent, regarding the report that Dr. Wang Chung-hui, Chinese Foreign Minister bas tendered his resignation in connection with his statement to the United Prers hoping for American mediation in the Sino-Japane con-human consumption,

Receding along very strict lines. RATIONING in Germany is pro-

etnis severely retioned in the same Even dogs and cats now have their

normal food is being

trener as human beings. Their for

reserved

THE prefix "Special to the Tele- graph" is used by the "Hongkong Telegraph" to indicate news which Is strictly copyright under the pros act, the spokesman of the Foreign Severe penafiles are being meled Ordinance, 1038. Such news as bears visions of the Telecommunications Office said that no official information out to hcorders. has yet been received.

A 53-year-old the indication "UP" is received in Custonus cfficial of Hamburg has Hongkong on the date of publication, lle added, however, that there are been sentenced to 18 months' im lots of information indicating mount-prisonment for this offence.

by the United Press Associations, who ing desires for peace in Chungking The weekly rating of ment

reserve all rights and forbid re- Government clrcles-Dumel.

per publleation, either wholly or in part, person has been fixed at about 17 without previous ar.angement.

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For his £871,000 of insurances abroad, partly on himself and partly Propaganda Minister employed as one

AGENT BEHEADED

Earl Baldwin of Bewilley, former Primo Melster of Great Britain, shown when he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at the Con- gress on Education for Demo- ersey held at Columbia Univer- slly,

Italy Insists On Neutrality

Paris, Oct. 4.

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Hitler's peace plan will be titled to London to-day through the Santiago. of his agents Thomas Beuther, of Italian Embassy, according to the Berlin., travelling to New York and Amsterdam Telegraaf.-Reuter,

It Duce Will Not Act

Berlin, Oct. 4. Dr. Ley, Leader of the Labour Front

Authoritative Italian quarters have and high priest of the "Strength denied the report that Mussolini is through Joy" movement, employed as Audying a plan for a peace confer of Berlin, one of his agents Franz Bersemannence, says a Rome telegram to the member of his personal oficial German News Agency, which circies in San Francisco and Chicago.quarters state the news is completely staff with good contacts in German adds that these authoritative Italian

succeeded in exporting the equivalent

Through two earlier agents Ley bal unfounded. of £143.000 derived from the move the present circumstances.---Reu- Italy will take no such Initiative ment.

These agents seem to hava fallen by the wayside,

it is reported that one was beheaded. and that the other is now in a con-

Press In Agreement centration

London, Oct, 4: Ley has employed two new agents. Britain and France will not

IB consequence

Mr. Chamberlain's declaration that and through them has been sending peuce proposals until the aims for America, where ctates have been been realised received warm tributes but £10,000 monthly to South which they entered the war have purchased

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The Times says that, tu do Hitler Justice, he could not imagine that JEW- BAITER'S FORTUNE

Britain and France would agree that Julius Strelcher, the notorious Jew-the war was over after Poland was balter, now believed to be held under defeated. arrest, employed a woman-called As to the responsibility for the Else Schwerter as his agent. Through war, there is suficient data to refute personal friends in Japan, Argentina the allegation that Britain was res-, and the United States, she has de-ponsible for the conflict. At each posited on his behalf £30.000 since successive act of aggression by Hitler, Britain and France held As stated, There Is

hands and only at the last enormity of Hitter having deposited

which a weaker nation was being funds abroad. It is claimed that he attacked on the pretext that she had has invested all the money he has she was not permitted to sec

rejected the German terms which made out of the sale of his best-seller, Britain and France take the "Mein Kampf," and newspaper under-step. It can be said that the res

Anal takings in property and bustnesses in ponsibility resis fairly and squarely Germany and Austria.

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Hitler On The Stage?

Will the Lord Chamberlain pass Hitler as a character in a play?

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Mr. Chamberlain's speech the terms A Frenth paper states that after of proposed pence must be in ac- cordance with British requirements or the war must go on.Reuter Bulletin.

OBITUARY

Old Hongkong Resident Dies In England

The death occurred at Craigieburn, Hatfield, Herts.,

"I intend to ask permission," said Brockmon's Park, Captain Roy Limbert, who is to pre- last month of Mr. Frank Malcolm sent a new version of Bernard Shaw's Crawford, 53, formerly a partner of "Geneva," now on tour.

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"The play's German dictator, who Crawford, who founded the Arm in Pook

Mr. Crawford, grandson of Ninian Hong Kong Depot, Tel. 21279. appears in Viking dress, has been 1850, was born in Steward Terrace; called Battler up to now. As there Hongkong, in 1889, and after spend-

Depot,

Tel. 29352. is no mistaking who is meant,ing his early childhood here went to don't see why we shouldn't be England frank about it in war-thne, call Mi

and was educated at.

He returned to Hong-

him Hitler and make up the actori kong in 1908 and joined Lane Craw- as Adolf,"

fords, eventually rising to Lo

Mr. Shaw is now busy rewritting the partner.

famous Inst net of dictators on trial During his term of office, the firm

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to includo the Invasion of Poland Brew considerably and Mr. Crawford and the eve of war with Britain,

more than once earned the thanks of the Government for his public ser The up-to-date version will be seen vices. During the great plague first at the Festival Theatre, Cam-epidemic he was specially thanked bridge, on October 30,

for his services.

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Mr. Crawford retired from Hong- kong in 1920 to business in Eng- land. A keen Mason both In the widow, whom he married in Hong-|

Colony and in England, he leaves a kong 28 years ago.

Mr. Kwok Wai-sam

The death of Mr. Kwok Wai-sam manager of Henson & Co., occurred on Monday, following a heart attack. Mr. Kwok was well-known in foreign and Cliinese biminass circios He spent most of his business career in New Zealand.

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Mr. Kwok's death. recalls collapse of a balcony, at his

home, Yuk Sau Street. Happy Valley, in June, 1998, whon his niece, fearle, Honson; and an amah were killed and two: clilidien injured.

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