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Told Services Not Wanted In Singapore

The Army spokesman at Hongkong said yesterday that he was unable. to understand why the services of number of Shanghal, volunteers had

been rejected on their arrival at Singapore.

Two of the volunteers have re- turned to Hongkong after being told by the military authorities at Singa pore that they were not wanted. Other volunteers whose services were i rojected are staying at a Singapore hotel.

The two men who have returned to Hongkong were members of the two contingents of Shanghal. Britons who passed through Hongkong re- cently to join the British Army at Singapure and in India.

They were interviewed yesterday by the military authorities at Hong- kong, and will be mobilised with the Hongkong Boyal Naval Volunteer Reserve, the Army spokesman stated,

More Volunteers Leave

Shanghai, Oct. 14, A further contingent of British volunteers will leave to-day for ser- vice with the British fighting forces in Malaya. The contingent includes a well known American newspaper correspondent.

On the arrival of the contingent in Malaya, some will be transferred to British army unita in Egypt.---- Reuter,

SPIRIT CONTROL

Fails As Defence

Stanley Hawke, 40, of Sweet Briar-

lane, Exeter, stated to be the head

of a spiritualist cult, was fined £20

WASTE FOOD QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

AN Order under which it will be an offence punish- able by fine or imprisonment, or both, to waste food has come into force. P

Mr. Boothby, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minis try of Food, who announced the new Order, said that it closely resembled a similar one made in the last War.

YOUNGEST PRISONER

A BOY of 15 is the youngest

· prisoner of war in Germany. flis parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Holmes, of Hull, have just re- ceived the news that he is at had Stalag Prison Camp. He been reported missing since May,

His father, who fought in the 'last war at 15, told a reporter: "Gordon was born on September 2-1024, but he is 5ft. 10ln. tall and would pass for a much older

man.

"Ile foined up to or three months before the war, when he 100 14.

"He never told us he was go- ing to. I believe he gave his age as 18."

BUCHAREST ANNOYED

Nazis Arouse Strong: Feelings

Bucharest Oct. 14.

Cases brought under that Order included the following:--- A woman who fed 14 dogs, on

bread and milk, fined £5. Another woman who gave' mònt to

St. Bernard dog, ined £20.

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A workman who left a loaf of bread in a cottage from which he moved, fined £2.

A furnaceman who, dissatisfied with hir dinner, threw the potatoes in the are, fined £10.

A woman who burnt stale bread

on her lawn,' fined £5,

A farmer, who fed seven stone of rock cakes to his pigs, aned

£10.

Another farmer who fed his stock on bread, imprisoned for three months.

Under the present Order the penal. ties will be:On summary convic- tion, three

or a fine not exceed- Ing £100, or both; on conviction or indictment, imprisonment not Ex- ceeding two years, or a fine not exceeding £500, or both.

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occurred

When concern was expressed lest the new Order should lead to a crop of convictions under the regulations against spread- ing alarm and despondency, Mr. Boothby

said that the Order was not Intended as a scourge, but only as a general direction to the public not to waste food.

"It la not going to be harshly interpreted," he went on, "I can guarantee that." He said that the Ministry would not send out Inspec- tors,

There are going to be no

The sudden arrival of the "Ger-Boothby snoopers.”""

at Exeter recently for making state- man Military Mission," camouflaging ments likely to cause oların and

despondency.

Army Campa

When the subject of waste in

Theso, it was alleged, the introduction of the nucleus of an were made at church services con- army of occupation, has stupifted the military camps was mentioned Mr. ducted by Hawke, who called himself Rumanian public.

The w." They were attended!

Arrow." mainly by women. Several of the

Boothby sald that, though they did not come under the civil law, the The feeling in the Rumanian Army notice of the War Omes might well is very strong and tears ran down be called to the issue of this Order. statements were the cheeks of young officers at the As for the public, the Order was a quoted in court. It was stated that formal ceremony at which the key to warning against wasting food, and a women, fainted when Hawke told the barracks of the Sixth Regiment the Ministry did not expect a lot of her that he believed her brother, of "Michael the Brave" were handed prosecutions. soldier, was dead.

over to the German staff.

other than water.

The Order delines food as 'overy- Mr. D. C. M. Nicholls, defending, sold that Howke spoke while in a German officera have already given thing used by man for food or drink, It will be an semi-trance and was unaware of offence by their arrogance an what he was saying when a spirit Bucharest cafes, Large crowds show-lence if food fit for human con sumption is wilfully or negligently known as The Arrow," a Southed resentment when a Rumanian damaged or thrown away; if anyone American chieftain, spoke through pedestrian was imocked down and having control or custody of food- killed by a motor car containing fails to take reasonable precautions four omcers of the Military Mission for its preservation; if anyone pro who kind, lunched and wined Xcures more food than is reasonably ceedingly well at a famous Bucharest required for his purpose and restaurant,

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A traveller, who recently returned having control of the disposal of to Constanza, the former Russian food unreasonably retains it until it Black Sea port, says that official cir- has become unfit for use. Shop- cles there believe that the Germans keepers unable to sell at are preparing to pass troops through able price are excluded from this Rumania against Greece. The Soviet last provision.

eventualities

It will be an offence to give ex- preparedness for such was shown by the fact that they are cessive amounts of meat to dege, reported to be constructing five new but it is thought that for dogs flesh serodromes in Bessarabia where unfit for human consumption and they have stationed 12 divisions of biscuits containing a Infantry, Ove regiments... of heavy flesh twill sing a portion of this Larger Winter Tea Ration?- artillery, 11 motorise units and

Mr. Boothby said that it was three divisions of cavalry,

hoped, on present indications, to It is learned that a Rumanian tor-nvoid any further rationing during pedo-boal was fired on and badly the winter, and he expected the damaged while between the Russian Ministry would be able to increase parts of Odessa and Tiraspol. It is rations in certain directions. reported the crew were captured, but lator freed.~-~Reuter."

He would be very disappointed if they did not manage to increase the tea ration before the winter. Eggs were scarce, but a detailed scheme was being drawn up and, it

it was Dance Postponed hoped, would be ready before the end of the month. Meanwhile the

The dance previously advertised to Ministry were taking steps to buy as take place at the Roof Garden of the many eggs as possible, from abroad.

If when the next allocation of Hongkong Hotel on November 1, in aid of the British War Organisation sugar for Jem-making is issued the Fund, has been postponed until the prices of plums and other fruit following week, November 8, as the rocket, as those of gooseberries and first date conflicts with a similar red currants did when the last issue event in aid of Christ Church, Kow of sugar was made, the Ministry loon Tong, which is taking place at will control prices. It is keeping a

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Mr. Boothby stated that there was no truth in stories that the Ministry had sent out inspectors to discover whether housewives claiming extra sugar allowance had in fact made jam.

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The national milk scheme was described by Mr. Boothby as a great success, Last week there was an in- crease of 600,000 applications, and now, out of 3,758,000 people entitled to cheap or treu milk, 1,787,840 were benefiting under the scheme. About 464,900 people were receiving free milk, and 1,322,044 at 2d. a pint. In London 378,744 out of 490,000 pos-. sible recipients were having the tree or cheap milk.

MALAYA'S EFFORT BUDGET SHOWS BIG DEFICIT MORE TAXATION

Singapore, Oct. 14. The Offteer Administering the Government, Mr. Jones, speaking at the Legislative Council's budget meeting to-day, sald the Colony's war effort, had so far cost £5,000,- 000, including $1,000,000 presented to the Imperial Government but not Including the "£3,000,000 war loan which had been remilled to London as a gift of the Colony, **Budgeting for a deficit of £1,250) - 000 for 1941 the Financial Secre tary stated that the Colony had not yet, mobilised its financial resources for the war and envisaged; broaden- ing the basis of taxation, United

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