1940-03-04 — Page 9

NANCY

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YES--- AND SHE SAYS IT'S

TERRIBLE EXPENSIVE!

Monday,

OH, BOY!-- LOOK·

AT 'D' BEAUTIFUL

RAINBOW!

SHH---

NOT SO LOUD-THEY'LL PUT IT ON THE BILL!

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

By

Ernie

EVERYTHING COSTS EXTRA” IN A PLACE LIKE THIS,

Y KNOW!

March 4, 1940.

Bushmiller

HEY, BUDDY?---PLEASE NOTICE DAT WE AIN'T LISTENIN TO

D' BOIDS!

Jel. 28151.

VONO

CARD TABLES

Shameful Terms Said

Been Accepted by Wang

Chungking, Mar. 1.

to Have

Have BRITISH TRAINS SUPPORTS

FOR TURKEY BIRTH

than twice the amount of the paid up capital and guarantee of the repay- ment of principal and payment of In- terest; priority

distributing in

dividends to shareholders other than

the Reformed Government; Exemp-

tracts of

the

Corporation

and articles

tion of levies, taxes and assessments and business, the registration of con- necessary for the Corporation's busi- ness operations; special rights in the telegraphle lines, requisition of roads. other public lands, and

Further evidence of Wang Ching-wei's selling out of the country is found in nine more secret on the Corporation's property gains agreements which have just been submitted for publication by Kao Tsung-wu and Tao Hsi-sheung, formerly Wang's close followers, who made a startling expose of the Wang Ching-wei-Japan Secret Agreement in the Hongkong Ta Kung Pao on January 22.

expropriation of land, Installation of rivers, streams, bridges, dams and ways and incans for raising funds necessary for undertaking tele-communication enterprises.

In'anukipation of the conclusion of the Reformed

According to Kao and Tao, theployment of land, and other pro- agreements which Llang Hung-chinperties and things as well as rights of the so-called Reformed Govern-and privileges necessary for its busi-ngreements between ment in Nanking and other puppets (ness operations and the requisition of Government and foreign countries concluded with the Japanese were similar enterprises;

relating to the readjustment of tele- sent by the Japanese to Wang Ching- wel for examination and were duly approved by him.

nature.

in

Exploiting Mineral Resources In

order to start long-term recon-

are Lo

or

(c) Exemption of tax Un land,graph loans, the Corporation shall other properties and things, as well lake steps to falfitate payment to the as rights and privileges regarding the Reformed Government of sum

sums to be Axed by negotiations. Company's business;

Water And Electricity

(d) Installation of exclusive tele- graphic and, telephone lues and equipment:

the

China

to

50

include exemp-|

Real Estate Corporation

ISTANBUL, Mar. 3 (Reu- ter).-A message from Ankara states that orders placed in Britain for 58 locomotives and 300 trucks to the value of approximate- ly £2,000,000 will be com- pleted by the end of the

year.

A. part of the consign- ment has already arrived and the whole will be used on now lines which are now being speedily completed linking Turkey with Iran via Erzerum and with Iraq via Dirberkir.

CONTROL

Kowloon Vicar's Challenge

A challenge to the opponents of birth control was made from Andrew's the pulpit of St. Church, Kowloon, yesterday, by the Rev. J. R. Higgs.

Mr. Higgs dwelt on the subject with special reference to its application to Chim with her enormous population, the unwanted poor and destitute people and tragically large families, which were the despair of non- pain- religious social reformers und *** ¦ ful fact even to the religious anes.

BIG MINE EXPLOSION

Cheung Chau Rocked

By Drifting Mine:

Remarking that it was a problem that baffled everyone, Mr. Higgs em- phasised is growing importance to the community, and said that it was common phase that so often in social life they placed the ambulance nt the bottom of the cliff, instead of the fence at the top.

He believed in putting the fence

at the top in this matter of a huge surplus, unwanted, poor and destitute

"I know that one huge section of the historic Church would oppose me

on this mutter but I believe it is mis-

Kuided.

"Fortunately I am in the company of that outstanding scholar of our own church-Dean Inge, as well as others."

FALSE OPTIMISM

Goebbels Still Says Nazis Can Win

BERLIN, March 3 (Reuter).

Shrapnel was found on roof tops Iron and In House No. 11 an typhoon bar was wrenched from lis place and thrown into the-Speaking on the eve of the Fair, Dr. Goebbels Leipzig

centre of the room.

We

some

mile

They Lost Their Norva "We lost because

we lost our nerve," he said,

Goebbels then declared that Ger-

The agreementa provide for Japan's virtual monopoly of all nationai de fence resources, mining, railways avlation,, telegraphs, telephone, water

To revive the electricity and water

Central China and (e) Permission to float debentures business in and electric supply and municipal re- construction in Central China. The up to an amount equal to three times place it under a unified control methods to be employed for control the paid-up capital of the Company:

that there will be an adequate supply

A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF A population that is not living at all, and development are not only mono- (f) Guarantee for the repayment of water and electricity of low cost

AT THE SOUTH-EAST but only existing.

"I believe, in other words, in the polistic but also anti-foreign, not only of principal and payment of interest and high quality for pubile use a Cen- MINE

OF

CHEUNG CHAU fraudulent but also rapacious, not of the Company's debts.

trai China Water and Electric Com- CORNER

ABOUT 14 Principles of the Eugentes League,"

and Mr. Higgs. only economie but also military in Communication Facilitics pany, Lid, shall be established under ISLAND OCCURRED

churter of. the Reformed O'CLOCK YESTERDAY MORNING, Communication facilities for the

Special

RUDELY AWAKENING FROM The agreements are apparently exclusive use of the Company shali Government. what the Japanese referred to in the be established in close collaboration

The authorised capital is fixed at THEIR SLUMBER THE POPULA Telc-$25,000,000, of Central

0,000, of which $15,000,000 shall TION OF 10,000 AND MANY MORE Wang Ching-wel-Japan Secret Agree with

AWAY. AS be property subscriptions and $1,000, PEOPLE AS FAR ment as "facts accomplished" and Communications Corporation, Ltd.

KOWLOON AND HONGKONG. form the concrete es for

To effect a unified operation of 000 cash subscriptions. "establishing a a zone of

Sino-Chinn's aviation enterprises, to meet After inauguration, the Company

The explosion occurred on the In the Japanese economile solderity

the political, economic and national shall first lake part in the enterprises lower Yangtze River" as mentioned defence demands and to realise the undertaken in the Shanghai Munici-rocks below No. 11,, Cheung in the same secret document.

and its surrounding districts by Chau, and was of such force aviation

the pality policy in East Asia

aviation the Shanghai Chinese Electric Co., The following are translations of establishment of a regular essential parts of the agreements:

corporation folatly operated by China Chapel Water and Electric Works, that pieces of shrapnel were and Japan shall be the ultimate goal, Poutum: Electric Works, Ziang Hwa found by people throughout Central Electrle Works, Chenju Electric yesterday a good distance inland To meet the urgent need

Aviation Corporation. Ltd. Works, Tazang Electric Works, Inland and huge pieces of rock were

Poolung Water strellan to counteract the Nations Chill be established teppetion, Lit: Works, Wozang Elec

hurled over 100 feet into the air, tange plans

be promptly a capital of $6,000,000 to be raised as Works.

Of the cash subscriptions $7,500-some to land on the hillside. .mapped olit for the exploitation of follows: -$1,000,000 by the Hon shall be borne by the Central

of the defence visional Government rational

Republie 000 the important

of China;

0,000 by the Reformed China Development Company and the $2,000,000 mineral resources in Central China,

by $200,000

the remaining $2,500,000 by the general national defence Government; All important

Mongolia Autonomous Government; public. The Company will have s mineral deposits now discovered as

by the Hui Tung Aviation head Mee in $1,000,000 by

Shanghat. well as those that may be discovered

privileges Special future shall be controlled and ex- Corporation (property subscripulons

Cheung Chau Island had only a declared that the scales of ploiled by the Central China Iron to be fully paid); $1,000,000 by the tion of the following: Customs duties Important machinery and Mining Company, Ltd. The Reform-Japan Aviation Corporation (properly on

materials needed for reconstruction brief respite from this first explosion, success were slowly but surely panese subscriptions to be fully paid). ed Government and the Japanese The office shall be in Peiping purposes within three years; registra second one occurring within a few inclining in favour of Germany. "The Fuchrer cannot conceive of local authorities shall effect mutual

tion fees; all local taxes and levies minutes, and a third explosion oc- the Anal. co-operation to realise

privileges granted to the other than national taxes; special curring about 4.30 am. The second The authoriced capital of the Com- pany shall be $10,000,000, of which Corporation by the Provisional, Re- rights necessary for business opera- and third explosions are belleved to the possibility that we should be jare.a match for our enemies also in one fourth shall be paid up. Of this formed and Mongolia Autonomous tions such as expropriation of land. have occurred on some nearby island. defeated in a decisive struggle.

Fortunately, not one of the explo- the economic field. But let us re- will bear Governments with its capital jointly hoped the Chinese

sions, as for as is known, caused any member also that in 1918 we did not $255,000 (of which the Japanese will subscribed by Japan and China are (1) Monopoly of Chine's aviation

A real estate corporation, to be injuries, but the terrife force of the succumb because our enemies were temporarily advance $61,250).

The Company will be formally established enterprises (acroplane manufacture named the Shanghai Permanent Pro-Erst one, followed by a second and then economicolly superior to us.

Ltd., is to be a third, so startled the population of provisions on April 8,

included). But special

ser-perty Company, It is planned that in the first year shall be made regarding the air ser established to carry out the develop the Island that many residents, of its operations the Company's total vices operated in China by the Japan ment projects of Sharghal and its of them living as far as half output shall be axed at 1,000,000 tons. Aviation Corporation and the Manzurrounding districts, harbours and away from the location of the first

Aviation

Corporation:- waterways, and allied real estates. explosion, were completely unnerved. many compared favourably with her 1,000,000 churia The output to increase by tons each succeeding year until in the Monopoly of the use of state acro- The Company's scope of business Houses on the Isiand were given alenemies with regard to political

duties shall include: City

ion, terrife shaking and windows rattled leaders, City reconstruction, ifth year of operations when the total dromes; exemption of Customs output will reach 5,000,000 tons. and other taxes and levies on articles harbours and bay reconstruction, sale as far away as Kowloon,

aviation enterprises; and purchase, rent and Railway Transportation neccesary for

mortgage.

Shrapnel In Bedroom The Reformed Government shall special privileges In land acquisition real estates, trust of real estates, all

Pieces of shrapnel were found ernpower the Central China Railway and other privileges as are common business auxillary to the above.

The capital of the Company is fixed

yesterday morning scattered on Company, Ltd. to undertake the re-to similar enterprises; exclusive right

in the use of communicatlos

signals

gnals at. $30,000,000, to which another $10 Cheung Chau. In one house a large construction and operation of rauway enterprises for general transportation and broadcasting facilities necessary 000,000 may be added at

enterprises: sul

subsidies

of the piece of shrapnel entered the bed- ses in Central China as well as for aviation

after the inauguration and time

room but, fortunately, landed on the purposes operation of motor transportation on from the three Governments and

the total nuthorised capital floor. the principal routes and shall not re-other sources necessary for the apera- the amount of

shall first be paid up in Glass window panes in several cognise any party other Central China Rail

Railway Company.

which shall be

und portions: Reformed Government a new building, No. 11A, was covered |- With regard to existing loans and ference to the Customs duties

and privileges rights

on all govern- other taxes and levies exempted,

(property subscriptions) $10,000,000, with black substance, possibly an Party Leader On "This The Corporation

accept Central ahail

China Development Co effect of the detonation. ment railways, the Reformed Govern-

cash subscriptions) $5,000,000 and ment shall not take any action with-supervision in accordance with

aw and other laws ond

One out first consulting the Liaison Aviation Law

$5,000,000. Government of the Asia Development observe Inws and decreca promulgat. The properties to be offered by the Director of the Central China Liaison decrees to be promulgated and shall Japanese public (cash subscriptions) Board of the Imperial Japanese Goved by the three Governments pertain Reformed Government shall be the

ing to publie well my and Navy Government.

omelal properties of the aforesaid arment. ernmen

The In order to facilitate economie re-j

The

be Company shall formed habilitation, carure public safety, and shall provide the Corporation with

Residents Alarmed effect a rational operation of the personnel and materials, the use of under a special charter of the Re- assis-formed Government with its head

Residents of Cheung Chau Island railway system in Central China, a nerodromes and extend other

office at Shanghai. Central China Railway Company, Ltd. tance necessary for operation.

The Corporation shall promptly The Reformed Government shall are becoming a great deal alarmed shall be promptly formed under a special charter of the Reformed absorb the Hut Tung Garted in per rent the following special privileges over these explosions,

in expected to be inaugurated Fei-

Company: to

Although, to date, comparatively Go authorised capital of the Com- ping on December 15.

Authorisation of the Company to slight damage to property has been Tolo-Communications Corp. tax ali

benefited persons

by done, deep concern is felt over the pany is fixed at $50,000,000 of which

Company's city reconstruction, possibility of a mine drifting into economic rehabilita-the $10,000,000 shall be subscribed by the Reformed Government, $25,000,000 by tion in Central China, to meet the harbour and bay development, and the anchorage of Cheung Chau Island, the Central China Development Com- need for national defence and to other allied projects; exemption of where even more people live on Junka Lid. (including $7,640,000 realise the policy of linking the com- land tax on lands owned by the Com- and smaller bonts than there are property subscriptions), and $15,000,- munications of Japan, Manchukua pany that have not been leased out; residents on share,

and China a Central China Tele-authorisation of the Company to no by other port,000 share capital Communications

be formed under a special the authorised. capital of the Com- the case of the dividend falling short, mentioned above is not fully sub- shall

pany is fully paid up; authorisation of of the rate of 8% per annum,

To the Editor, of the Reformed Government. scribed. by other partics, any amount charter of

authorised capital is fixed at the

"Hongkong Telegraph." The short of the fixed amount will be

Economic Reconstructions. taken up by the Central China $15,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall debentures up to a limit of $100,000.-

Sir-The report of a traffic pro. com the 000; authorisation of the Company to be property subscriptions from Development Company

In order to expedite Central China secution in which an ambulance The Government shall accord the Reformed Government and $10,000,- issue lotteries as future conditions In

with the securing of economie reconstruction and realise driver was fined for careless driving. following privileges to the Company: 600 in cash. Of cash subscriptions connexion

(a), Exemption of all rent; taxes $8,000,000 shall be borne by the Con- capital shares may requira; govern the principle of Sino-Japanese co-states that Ambulance No. 5102, is and assessments, on the income of the tral China Development Corporation, ment guarantee for the amortisation operation, the local Japanese authori- attached to the Haw Par Ambulance

Station: This is not the case. Company's properties and business, Ltd, and the remaining $4,000,000 by of the Company's premium deben-ties as the registration of the Company's con- the other

Headquarters this ambulance shall be formed other than the government itself as to maintain close contact in 'tracks; and‹ auch properties as requir... | ・ The Corporation concerned.

out their formed occasional rellef duty at the ed by the Company for its business under a special charter of the Re-regards the payment of dividends, up and smoothly carrying

of 0% per annuma; supervisory function over the joint Haw Par Station. operations,

The Haw Par Ambulance is No. authorisation of the Company to pay Sino-Japanese Company as an invest- rights and office in Shanghai,

Special privileges include permis-, the shortage to all shareholders other ment of the Central China Develop 4168 and the driver is Ng Lin.

Alfred "MorsTIS. privileges for the Company in con- nexion with the requisition and emision to issue debentures. not more than the Reformed Government in ment Company Central News,

The

pany,

000

suitable

than the tion of the Corporationed with re- $20,000 with the following pro- houses were broken and the wall of i

Japanese

To facilitate

the

"the

Come to issue premium

bedroom

This is why the German nation is confident of victory and the destruc- tlon of her enemies who want the annihilation of our national freedom and who are threatening our life," he added.

LABOUR VICTORY IN AUSTRALIA

Significant Decision” lady found her covered with glass from shattered MELBOURNE, Mar. 3 (Reuter). window panes, and a gentleman in The final figures of the Curie by- yet avaliable. They another residence had the same ex-election are not perlenco when he woke up with tho

are still being counted. explosion.

Mr. Curtin, leader of the Labour Party, commenting on the result up to now, declared that the electors have rendered a service to all Aus- tralla, An obligation now rested on Mr. R. G. Menzies, the Premler, to respeet "this significant decision."

olma Labour's well-known have been endorsed, said Mr. Curtin.

well as the Reformed

war

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