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NEW U.S. CONSUL

IN SHANGHAI

CHUNGKING, Oct. 24 (Central News)-Mr. Frank Prult Lockhart, new U.S. Consul-Generat in Shang- hal, arrived in Shanghai aboard the President Coolidgo yesterday morn- ing.

Lockhurt in succeeding Mr. Clarence Edward Gauss who has been transferred as U.S. Minister to Aus tralla. He was formerly U.S. Consul General in Tientsin and Councellor of lla the U.S. Embassy in Peiping. will assume office within this week. M. Jean Paul-Boncour, newly appointed Counsellor to the French Embassy in China, and M. Roland de Margerie, new

French Consul- General in Shanghai, arrived there by the same President liner yester- day.

Profiteers In Greece

ATHENS,

Oct. 23 (Reuter).- Twenty out of 40 persons arrested in Athens for hoarding sugar and coffee]

for profiteering have been sentenced

to deportation to one of the Aegean

Islands for a year. Sentence is silli

to be passed on the 20 remaining pri-

soners.

Exchange At A Glance

SELLING

T.T. London Demand Landon TT. Shanthal TT. Singaparo

1/24

1/215

.385

.5221

T.T. India T

TT. Japan

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220

TT Manila

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426

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Nom.

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Nom

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65 JAPANESE TO LEAVE BOMBAY

23

(Reuter).e

LONDON, Oct. Those arrested include the pro- Sixty-five Japanese passengers are prictor of one of the largest hotels expected to leave Bombay shortly in a here, several bankers and three well- Japanese ship, according to the Delhi known Greek journalists.

Aden's New C.-in-C.

wireless.

Another Japanese ship Is salling from Bombay later with more Japon- Lese including, it is expected, almost 1 Japanese women and children in Bombay.

Evacuation Advisory Committee Meeting

October 24, 1940.

Gayda's New Fairy Tale

SPECIAL TO The "telegraPH" ROME, Del. 23 (UP),--Signor Gayda, writing in, the "Giornale d'Italia" sald the six warships which were torpedoed in the Red Sea as mentioned in yesterday's communique were sunk., all crews and reinforce- ments nboard were drowned, and all war materiels and equipment were lost.

were

According to dispatches from Mas- sawa the drowned soldlers mainly New Zealanders and the war material which was lost was mainly spare parts for motorized units from the United States.

Burma Rd. Traffic Ignores Raids.

CHUNGKING, Oct. 24 (Reuter).— Traffle on the Burma Road has not been affected by Japanese air attacks, according to Information received here.

Only minor damage has

caused to the Rout

bren

The possibility of armed escort for convoys of lorries on the Rond is

being discussed.

With the Interruption of mail ser- vice between Yunnan and Indo- China, the Chinese Post Omee is establishing a through mall service headquarters at Lashio, Burm.

between China and Burma with

All International malls to and from China will be taken by the Burma Road in future.

Burma Rd. Bombed SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" CHUNGKING, Oct. 23 (UP).—It is reliably reported that about ten Japanese planes again bombed points

LONDON, Oct. 23 (British Wire- less). The King has been pleased to accept the resignation of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Bernard Reille, Governor ol Aden. and Commander-in-Chief | ol and has approved the appointment, as his successor, of Mr. J. Hathorn Huli,ing of the Evacuation Advisory Com-Yunnan to-day, but detalls are Inck- now British Resident in Zanzibar. mittee will be held on Saturday, ink.

The airraid alarm was sounded la icber 28, al 9 a.m. in the Council Kunming from D a.m., until 3 p.m. Chamber, Colonial Secretariat,

Sir Bernard, who is 58, had many years' experience in Aden when it was administered" from India and was anointed the Brst Covernor when the colony was transferred to the Colonial Oflee in 1937.

It is announced that a public meet- between Mengtze and Kooliu

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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Oct, 23 (UP). The British minesweeper HMS. Dundalk has been sunk by an enemy mine with some casualties among the crew. an Admiralty communique

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CHUNGKING, Oct. 24 (Central News).--In view of the slated to-day: cordial relations how existing between China and Britain there is no necessity for British subjects to evacuate Free China, declared a spokesman of the British Embassy in Chungking.

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Stockholm, Oct. 23 (Reulcr),~~Ar- rangements have been made for 75 special trains to take children from Berlin under the Government's voluntary, evacuation scheme, slates the Berlin correspondent of the the "Aftonbindel”

Polish Embassy Staff Arrested

LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter).-All members of the Polish Embassy in Rumanku with the exception of the Ambassador, have been arrested.

Gifts Of Spitfires

LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter).—The Madras Governor's war fund has sent

£15,000 to buy three Spliares.

The Northwest Frontler Provinces Fund has now passed the £18,500 mark.

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Central Europe

Quakes

Many People Injured LONDON, Oct. 23. (Reuter).- According to the Bucharest press, many persona were injured in arthquakes on Tuesday, and there are other earthquake reports from Bessarabiu, Kelf, Kharkof and other districts in the Ukraine. Further tremurs are shaking the Carpathian and Cauensus regions.

Envoy Expected To Return To London

WASIHNGTON, Oct. 23 (Reuter). --Disclaiming any knowledge of Ambassador Kennedy's plans, Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, told Press conference to-day that "as Ear na I know," the Ambassador would be returning, to his pest in London,

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LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter).

Despite intensification of

enemy activity, the export of United Kingdom goods was fully maintained in September.

This was the most notable feature of the trade returns issued to-day.

British Export Counell's efforts to

The average value of exports per and and develop alternative markets working day in September actually in view of the prevailing European exceeded the corresponding figure for conditions.

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