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stated by the "Telegraph" was of a serious nature.
ut the ringleaders were Two brought before Mr. E. Himsworth, the Kowloon Magistrate, on charges of disorderly conduct. They sent to prison.
"You might And fe in the camp monotonous, but that is no reason for inciting the other Ininates cause rioting," said the Magistrate, in sentencing Nam Tak-lu, 27, Lo Kuen-tung, 30, to two months" and three weeks' ard labour respectively. Mr. W. P. Thompson, A.S.P., pro- secuted,
order
Sword And Shouted Nam, he said, refused an from the O.L.C. of the camp to report to his office.
"He swore and shouted at the O.I.C.. and within a few seconds a Lerious riot had clarted," Mr. Thomp- son said.
the "About twenty or thirty of Internees used their bed-boards us weapons.
"A large number of the internees were in a very aggressive mood and before the police could remonstrate with them toy had started unother riot.
"On Instructions, the police charged the men with their balons.
"A general cinish ensued before the rloting was quelled.
"Two internees and a police con- stable were removed to the Kowloon Hospital"
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MOLOTOFF MAY VISIT BERLIN
LONDON, Jan. (Reuter).—It is expected that M. Moloton will visit Berlin early in January in return for Herr von Ribbentrop's visit to Mos- cow, according to the French radio's Polls bulletin.
Australian Not
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SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (UP)— Miss Frances Perkins, the Secretary of Labour, has cancelled the warrant for the deportation of Mr. Hurry Bridges.
Bridges was recently cleared of charges of being a nember of the Communist Party.
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STOCK MARKET
REPORT
Hongkong Stock Exchange Oficial Summary Issued yesterday says:
The week has opened with an alr of steadiness, enquiries continue on
a moderately fair scale.
Buyers
~H.K.-Bank-$1,380-
Canton Ins $205 Union Ins: $410 Douglas $72
Docks $21.00 Providents $1.65
Hotela $5.05
Lands $33%
Realtics $4.40 Tramways $17 Yaumati Ferries $234
China Lights (Old) $7.05 Electrics $55 Sandakan
Lights $114 Telephones (Old) $24% Telephones (New) 39.30 Caments $17.00 Ropts $0.10
Dairy Forms (Old) $22% Dairy Farms (New) $21 Watsons $0.20 Entertainments SG Constructions (Old) $1%
Sellers
Chlon Underwriters $1 Providents $4.00 Hotels $5.05 Electrics $50
Telephones (Old) $25 Cements $18.05 Ropes $0
Watsons $0.60
Balea
H.K. Bank $1,400
Wharves $101
Docks $22
Providents $4.00/.05
Hotels $5.807.05
Tramways $17
China Lights (Old) $7.70
Chino Lights (New) $4.70
Electries 884 00/551⁄2
Telephones (Old) $25 Cements $17.35/18
Ropes $0
Watsons $9:40
Marita Gold Shares
1940.
INDICATIVE OF THE EXTENT of China's “scorched earth policy," which aims at leaving nothing for the Japanese in the conquered aren, this photograph shows the deliberato damage done to the main highway between Nanning and Pakhol. The rand is absolutely impassable to all traffic. The Japanese caption to this photograph states that the destruction was carried out by "considerable engineering skil!".
-South China Photo Service.
H.K. Stock Market
"The following quotations were issued on the Hongkong Stock Mar- ket this morning.
BANKS H.K. Dunks, $.......1,400 b. & sa. H.K. Banks (Lon. Reg.) £..85 m. H.K. Banks (H.K. Reg.) Chartered £
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Russians Abandon Colossal Booty AMAZING CLAIMS BY FINNISH H.Q.
HELSINGFORS. Jan. 8 (Reuter).-A communique
28 n. claims that the Finns scored a striking victory in destroy- |ing a Soviet division on the road from Suomussalmi to
the Soviet frontier.
205 b. 440 b.
185 . including tanks and armoured
Besides 1,000 prisoners, the
14 Finns captured much material, ROME AID
.72 b. .11 n.
cars.
The communique states that in the .100 b.recent fighting, the main object has .80 b. been to repulse the 44th Russian
Shell (Bearers) s/- ex div. 77/6 n.Division, and this has now been .7% n. achieved, the enemy's main forces
having been destroyed, .102 sa. .22.00 sa The booty captured include 102 .4.80 s.)guns, 43 tanks, 10 armoured cars. .19.80 n.) aeroplanes, 278 molor vchletes .240 m. of various kinds, ever 1,000 horses
and 47 feld kitchens. .18/-.. .10.10 n.
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MINING
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LANDS
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Suicide Squads
FOR FINNS THWARTED
Nazis Holding Up Aeroplanes
LONDON, Jan. 8 (UP)- Germany now admits having slopped Italian aeroplanes from proceeding through to Finland.
According to an "Associated Press" HELSINGFORS, Jan. & (Reuter), correspondent, Italian planes were The Russian defeat is said to be sent by rail to a Baltic port; their 5.901.95 s. due largely to the use of great quan- destination being Finland. The num- 33 b. tities of material taken from the ber is not known but there are a -100 n. Russian 103rd Division, which was number of Italian railway cars at that .15% n. cut to piccts on the same front al port.
week ago. 8,00 h.
Soviet Pressure On Nazis
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to co-operate with its Italian Untua, virtually starving the Rus- Axis partner in aiding Finland with- sians.
out violent obiections from the new ally-Soviet Russia.
Stopped in Transit
BRUSSELS, Jan. 8 (Reuter)—^
Trams $....17.50 b & sa. Peak Trams (old) $.
.8 n. ...4 n .68%. 2334 b. China Lights (old) $..7.60/.70 ED. China Lights (new) $... .4.75 b. .50 5.
tined for Finland was stopped in 18-m
transit by Germany, according to the .11.25 b.
The Finns brought aircraft into Berlin correspondent of the "Belka" .25 sa. play and dispersed the Russian cop-' agency.
The latter becure stuck in the marshy ground near Parsaisonsclk and made a vain attempt to dig! themselves in, surrounded by masses; large quantity of war material des- of mechanised material.
.0.40 b,j centrations.
18/3 n. .18/9 n.
At first sight, the material seems to have originated from Italy, Many Russian tanks were sunk or So far German circles have given wedged in the lee when the frozen no politicst or logul justification for surface of Lake Vuokkijacryl was this seizure. bombed. Hundreds of soldiers were drowned.
U.S. To Aid Direct
H.K. Electrics "Macao Electrics $; Sandakan Lights Telephones (old) S... Telephones (new) $. Tractions s/..... Fractions (Pref.) s/... INDUSTRIALS Cold: Macg. (Ord.), Sh. $.,14.00 n, Cold Macg. (Pret.), Sh. $....13 n. in .17.05/18.00 sa.
The Russians were slaughtered WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (Reuter).-- with Russian machine-guns and arii- The United States Government has .6.00/8.25 sil.
lery, and bombed with Russian notified the League of Nations that 22.25 b. bombe dropped from Ruslan planes she, prefers to extend aid to Finland 21% b. —all captured by the Finns à few; "lirect rnther than through any .0.25 b. days previously.
general co-operative scheme.
This is, in reply to a League of Nations Communication asking the nations of the world how far they would go in the matter,
Canton Ires $. Cements, S. H.K. Ropes
S STURES, &s. Dalry Farms (old) $. Dairy Farms (now) $.. Watsons $..... Lane, Crawfords $ Sinceres .... Wang On (1K) S.. Powell, Lid. S...
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Ewo Sh. $..
.30.25 n. S'hai Cotton Sh. $........156 n. Zoong Sing, Sh. $..... ...44 n. Wing On Texttles, Sh. $....48
MISC H.K. Entertainments $. Constructions (old) $ Construchons (new) Vibro Piling $.. Ch. Gayt, 5% 1025
G. Bonds
H.K. Govt. 4% Loan
Russian Communique
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
MOSCOW, Jan, B (UP).-To-day's communiqnue says: "Nothing im portant on the front."
WARSHIPS
"AL Ukhta, Repola and ADMIRAL WANTS MORE Petroavodsic, there were activities of scouting patrols. On the Karellan Isthmus thero were netivities of the .64 b. scouts, rifle, machinegun and artil- 1.75 b. Iery firing.
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MANILA SHARES
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"Owing to unfavourable weather? conditions the Soviet aviation only reconnoitring,"
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Admiral Stark's testimony indicates that the expansion programme bas been revised, since it was first an- SPECIAL TO THE "YCLEĠRAPH#
nounced, to provide some larger ships BERLIN, Jan. 9 (UP),-An au- than originally contemplated. horred source refused to answer a Hearing of the expansion pro- specifle question as to whether or not! gramme opened with a
brief pre- Germany has held up shipments of: Uminary statement by Mr. Charles Following are salts and bid prices: Italian planes to Finland "as a gen- Edison, Secretary for the Navy, who
eral principle,"
declared that he believed that Germany reserves the right to halt proposed 25 per cent. increase of the such shipments across her territory Fleet's size was needed in view of
It is unconfirmedly reported that
the international situation." crates containing Italian planes have been held here and returned to Italy:
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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" More Volunteers STOCKHOLM, Jan. 8 (Reuter)-Admiral Stork, who testified before
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8+ (UP) — Groups of volunteers, including un the Naval Affairs Commillee of the dergraduates, are leaving Sweden, House of Representatives, Enid that almost daily for Finland.
The Volunteer Recruiting Bureau! other nations were building warships is considering training dog sleight rapidly. teams for the Arctic front.
"The United States will be a xe- Intively weak naval power unless) Congress authorises further construe-
Belgium To Call Upton, he warned.
Unemployed
Admiral Stark supported the 28] per cent. increase In tonhage and a total of 6,000 planca for the naval air BRUSSELS, Jon. (Router)Th as authorised by the Vinson Bill. Cabinet has decided to call to the cost of $1,900,000,000 provide
He said, that the Bill would at a colours 8,000 unemployed,
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new ships, Including 30 auxiliary, The possibility is envisaged of de- vessels, mobilising 7,500 men with three or The Admiral's testimony followed! more children.
́a brief statement by Secretary for the It is also decided to nuthorlie the Navy “Mr. Charlén Editon asking for extension of working hours except enactment of the Bill "in view of the where unemployed can be engaged; } grave internatiosial situation."
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