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DONALD

ARE Y'SURE

WILL WORK

AS GOOD

YOUR HOMING PIGEON

A COMPASS,

UNCA

AS DONALDE

DUCK

SURE HE WILL! WATTILL

I GET US

LOST AND I'LL

PROVE IT!

Friday,

-NOW, WE'RE LOST.

SO I LET HIM GO, SEE?

WE SURE

HOPE

17. WORKS!

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

OF COURSE. IT'LL WORK! ALL.

WE HAFTA DO IS FOLLOW THE STRING!

June...28, 1940.

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OUTLOOK Anti-War Feeling Evident In Germany TRAINING

BRIGHTER

Company's Optimism For 1940

Although the year 1939 was an exceptionally lean one for the Hongkong Mines, Limited, it was announced by Mr. Chas. C. Stark, at the ordinary yearly meeting of shareholders this morning, that the outlook of the mine was much brighter now.

The meeling, which was held in the Company's offices in the Glauces ter Building, was presided over by Mr. Stark, the Managing Director.

Chairman's Report

M

Stark then rend the Chairman's report which was as follows:

"Before formally proposing the adoption of the report and necounts.

HITLER'S PROBLEM

IS APATHY OF

HIS

OWN

PEOPLE

LONDON, June 27 (Reuter).The Stockholm newspapers publish to-day an article by a special correspondent "on a vle tory which lacked enthusiasm.'

The article begins by stating that Germany has won one of history's most rapid and most complete victories.

One would think this victory Į would arouse the German people,| depressed after a hard winter and living on "ersatz" food, to a rapturous enthusiasm.

But this was not the case-ull one

I will give you a resume of the act-heard was a small sigh of relief. vities of the Company.

"The year under review was an exceptionally lean one due to the persistently low. price of Land cou- he increased cost of led with the materiais due to war conditions and exclunge.

also Operations were

Rome Apathetic

The writer was in Rome when Itoly declared war.

There was no sign of enthusiasm. When the Germans entered Paris, somewhat bumpered by recurrent the writer was in Berlin and the political trouble on the Border but "rejoleing" described in Swedish continuous operations was neverthe-papers was, in fact, inaudible.

iesa

maintained.

"You will note that we have again off a very large amount in depreciation-ic, over half a million

The German people read the news but made no comment and did not display any joy.

wrlile

The same thing applied when Mar- dollars. This is based on reserves a shui Petain announced the French the end of the year. These reserves

the surrender. tu were exceptionally low due

What was the reason for this ro fact that we did not consider it ad- visable to go in for extensive deve-markable reaction in the face of an price event which was perhaps decisive for

People Are Tired

lopment with the existing low price the future of Germany? of lead. As you will note, however, from Nielson & Company's report now additional ore bodies have been found during the normal working and

"I should think." writes the corres-

these are turning out very well in-pondent. "that the German people are deed. Last month's production of just now very tired after a difficult 640.25 dry tons 6404 short dry tons winter,

was a record high and there is every prospect that this level can be main- lained.

New Smelter

commons

after living "They are tired hort

and with privations.

"They are tired after the tremend-

official of nus trumpeting

on

many

pro-

"Our present stock of Lead Con- paganda." centrates “amounts to approximately 7,000 tons-vo thousand which has been sold to the British home front has perhaps been we Government,

In the last war, the German home the Wer of front collapsed so in this

our

tons

Exchange At A Glance

SELLING

T.T. London Demand London 7.T. Shanghal T.T. Singapore Japan

T.T. India TT. U.S.A. TT. Manlin

Batavia

TT. Bangkok

TT. Australia

.1/2 .1/2% .375

5232

45%

.140

T.T. Saigon

Nom

T.T. France

Nom.

T.T. Switzerland

100

.1/04

BUYING

4 m/s L/C London

1/3

4 m/s D/P London

1/3

4 m/s L/C U.S.A.

254

4 m/s France

Nom.

30 d/s India

841⁄2

U.S. Cross rate in London 4.02

U.S. Cross rate in N.Y...4.00

Freezing Out Foreign Trade

China Government

SCHEME

Big Success Claimed

By Mr. Bevin'

LONDON,. June 27 (Reuter). -The present position of the Government Training Scheme was described by Mr. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour,

Commons this afternoon for the he took his sent in the House of

first time.

the The number of civilians at Government training centres is now is A 10,700, le revealed, and this record, being nearly 1,000 more than' a week ago and. 2,000 more than a fortnight ago.

Thousands Still Needed

In the last four weeks, over 0,000 men had been sent to the training centres. This is also a record, but many thousands more are needed.

will be Those awaiting entry speedily absorbed and a continuous flow is needed to keep the centres at full strength and to fill the new places being provided,

Plane Down

In Desert

Italian Crow Taken Prisoner

ADEN, June 27 (Reuter).— An Italian bomber was forced down into the desert 150 miles from Aden some days ago.

The bomber is now view in Aden.

five

On

When it came down, its crew of

taken were

prisoner. The British pilot who took them prisoner flew the plane back to Aden.

A

His feat in taking of from strange rocky valley drew admira- tion from the Italian airmen.

Smart Militiamen

A second Italian bomber which was forced down in French Somaliland

militiamen."

In spite of intense Are from the plane's machine-guns they crept

corded 100 niuch attention and Drastic Mova By North was captured by two solitary Somall The Smelter at the Mine is now propaganda is tiring the people. practically complete and we hope to Propaganda Overcome be pouring lead within the next few days. We do not anticipate any diffFrom early morning ill_late_at_PEIPING, June 28 (Reuter), towards it and forced the three survi culty in disposing of entire night, the German radio roars in--A move which is likely to leading members of the crew to surfen“ smelter output locally at a remunera houses. un squares, in villages,

der. to a serious deterioration in tive price:

foresis and mountains.

'While one Somali stood guard "We are now negotiating with a War reports, analyses and com-foreign trade with North China over the plane the other marched his Chinese concern who wish to. con mentaries are all coloured with anti-is announced by the Japanese prisoners back to the nearest post. tract with us for treatment of the Allied propaganda spitting forth sponsored Government at Pei- umelter gases from which they will invective against the Allics, extract Sulphurle Arld. We will se-

the ping. cure a royalty on the gross output film-made by propaganda unil The Director-General of Finance and they will provide all the neces-working in the flring line. These has Instructed the Maritime Customs Alnus are astonishing but overwhel-at Tientsin, Chefeo and Tsingtao that.

sary finance.

The most powerful of all is

|BIG VOTE FOR U.S. ARMY & NAVY

WASHINGTON, June 27 (Router),

"As existing conditions should tend ming. Every detail of raging war the foreign exchange control hitherto to increase the price very materially fare is presented-prisoners wound-applied to exports must be extended-President, Roosevelt to-day signed the outlook is very much brighter." ed and dead, ruins, explosions etc. to all imports except those from the Supplementary Defence Bill giv

Mr. Stark then read the Auditar's They are all accompanied by a flam Japan and Manchukuo. Report and proposed the adoption of Ing Nazi propaganda monologue,

Probable Effects the Report and Accounts.

Cooto and carried unanimously,

Other Business

japathetic.

ing the United States War and Navy Departments $1,400,000,000 in cash

The result is 100 strong for the This has the effect of placing appropriations and authority to make This was seconded by Mr. L. J. public whe become numb and foreign trade in North China on the additional contracts totalling $289,-

same basis as that in the "yen bloc" 000,000.

This is in addition to the regular At the end of the film there is no countries. The re-election of Messrs. Geo. T. applause, no cheering the public s One object of the move is apparent-$200,000,000 appropriations which Scholey and David Wai Kwok Ausilent.

ly the severance of the present rela-Congress voted for the Army and tionship between the Chinese national Navy for the coming fiscal year.

currency of the) The Supplementary Bill will en- Federal Reserve Bank of North able the Navy to begin the construc Chinu.

tion of 22 new avarships and to speed The latter tends to follow the the constraction of over 100.

It will enable the Army to build fluctuation of the formger.

thousands of new aeroplanes.

as Directors was proposed by Mr. No one cares to rejoice over a vic- L. J. Coote, seconded by Mr. F. L. tory after seeing such pictures. Lam and carried unanimously.

Growing Immune

On the proposal of Mr. F. L. Lam, seconded by Mr. L. D. Purves, It appears that the German people Messrs. T. A. Martin and Company are growing

ipropaganda which is poured on them

were re-elected

Auditors.

to Immune

the

Those present at the meeting In-day after day. It fires rather than cluded Messrs. Chas. C. Stark (in exhilarates them.

dollar and the

the Chair), L. J. Coole (representing France is defeated and England Children For

Messrs. Nielson and Company, Inc.), jremains. France wan never hated

F. L. Lam, L. D. Purves, T. A. Mar- but the English are hated.

tin and R. M. Baldridge (General Various methods-of attack on Eng-!

Superintendent

of the Yongkong land are being discussed-landing with rapid small boats after aircraft

Mines).

N. ZEALAND'S

have bombed fortifications and a

secret seert

"freezing"

method (used against the Albert Canal and the Maginot Line) has put the constal

Dominions

Parents Rushing To Support Scheme

DETERMINATION batteries blockade from the air by-Parents are applying at the and breech pleces out of LONDON, June 27 (Reuter).

WELLINGTON, June 27 (Reuter).destroying important harbours; the "As Britain's task becomes harder mass innding of troops by paruchutes rate of 7,000 to 8,000 a day to have their children sent to the and her peril greater, we New and troops by planea, Zealand are increasingly strengthened But the fact remains that the Ger- Dominions for the duration of in our determination to stand by man people are not enthusiastle over the war,

They Want Peace

her and give all the aid in our the war. power," said the Prime Minister, Mr. Peter Fraser, in statement in the House of Representatives on the war They wish to return to their normal life to work and raise their living British peoples, he continued, had standard.

situation.

The basic idea is to help in the conversion of Great Britain Into un stand fortress by removing as many non-combatants, as possible.

Not Refugees.

The children will not be going" asj

STOCK EXCHANGE] IMPROVEMENT

LONDON, June 27 (Reuter)-On] the Stock Exchange, to-day, an all- round improvement was noted owing to a brighter interpretation of war news.

Industrials recovered a good part, of the recent losses, the leading stocks showing considerable gains.

Kamfrs were quietly absorbed and the base metals advanced in sym-

Olls were also utronger. Gift-edged securities were quiet, mainly firm.

Wall Street was Arm.

puthy.

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Whereabouts Of U.S. Fleet Unknown

no illusions regarding the dangers They wish to cease seeing long

WASHINGTON, June: 27 (Reuter). and dimculties ahead, but were fully, Red Cross trains which are moving refugees. delormined to carry on and prove hospitals at night; they wish to cease One difficulty is the question of Unconfirmed reports persist in in- that their resolute temper and spirit speing obituary notices in the papers shipping space and any plans will formed quarters that part of the this. They United States Fleet from Hawali s of independence were sufficient to showing that the ranks of youth are necessarily depend on

the West withstand and overcome the fiercest being thinned.

cannot be taken in cargo shipa and at present heading for .attacks.

Meanwhile how can, a nation that the space in suitable ships in limited. Coast of South America.

This is coupled with another report concentrated on war for six years It is expected that the number return to a peaceful life? How can which can be taken away will not be of unexplained Japanese monoeuvres

great military camp become a higher than 8,000 a month. peaceful" community?”

KING ZOG IN LONDON

LONDON, June 27 (Reuter)-King Zog, formerly King of Albania, ar rived in London to-day.

He was accompanied by Queer Geraldine and his three sisters.

has

Even it Germany, attainė a domin-

ant place in Europe there are still LONDON, June 27 (Reuter)-Thai many problems left for her to solve. Sultan of Johore to-day handed over And the war is not yet over. It to the Colonial Secretary a cheque should be borne in mind that "Eng-for £250,000 as his gift to the British

in the Peclic near South America.

Nazi Troops On Spanish Border

MADRID, Juno 27 (Leuter)-Ger- Franco-Spanish border at Hendayo.

and Ignes every battle except the Government for the prosecution of man troops have arrived on the

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