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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 4, 1940.
Night Soil Systems Of Rotary Club
Colony Criticised
The question of improvements to the night soil collecting services was again brought up by Mr. B. Wong Tape at the fortnightly meeting of the Urban Council yesterday. He in- quired what the present position was in view of the fact that some considerable time had elapsed since certain recommenda- tions were submitted to Government. The matter, he said, was new improved system be urgent and it was essential that a tion. Pupils delighted. Tango-A in the Colony's raservoirs, It is
Introduced within the next few months, well in advance of next Speciality. Apply Tony's Dance
stall-holders were given food shop Studio 6th Floor, 010, China Build hereby notified that commencing
at 10 p.m. on Thursday, December year's Cholera season, ing. (Opponite King's Theatre).
The Chairman (the Hon. Mr. W. J. Bcences to continue to sell fruit and 5th, water will be shut off in all Carric) replied that he had raade vegetables outside the market.. Some FOR SALE.
districts from 10 p.m. to 5 a.mi.Inquiries on the subject and had been of these licences were marked as tem- informed that it was still under con-porary only while others were not "HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY
uideration by Government. He was so marked. No steps were taken to Edition.every night until further notice. Second CAMERA" THE
well aware, he added, that the Finan- cancel these licences and quite a H. J. PEARCE, of the Over 00 excellent views
clol Secretary was anxious that any number of them have continued to Water Authority.
monty involved should be included this day, but under the impression Colony, Price $1.50, Obtainable at Walsh, Ltd., Hongkong Kelly &
in the Estimates, and therefore the that some of them were to be tem- Public Works Department,
over-anxious porary, the Health Officers have also Travel Bureau or from the Publishers. South China Morning Post, Ltd.,
Hong Kong, 3rd December, 1940. Counell need not he
that the matter would not be fully issued licences for premises not quite considered by Government in the suitable. Wyndham Street
very near future.
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What to do to help a child
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Supply Hours Reduced Although Ilongkong's rainfall is 33 inches above the average and within two and a half inches of a new an- nual record, water restrictions are to! be introduced to-morrow..
An announcement by the Director of Public Worka (Hon. Mr. 11, Pearce) yesterday stated that in order to conserve the storage in the Colony's reservoirs, the water supply would be cut off between 10 p.m. and 5 am, from 10 p.m. to-morrow.
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The Inspector, 40, Pokfulam Road.
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Secretary,
The Inspector, 02 Stone Nullah Lane, 2nd. Flour.
The Inspector, 12. Sal Yeung Chol St., Kowloon.
The Inspector, 52, Argyle St., Kowloon.
All further steps will be taken, and expenses botne, by the Society.
The Informant's name will be kept strictly private, except in cases where malice is proved,
Kowloon Chess Club
The annual dinner of the Kowloon Chers Club wili-be-held-on-Wednesday, December 11, at the Peninsula Hotel at Dress will be informal. The p.m.
p.m. After Club will assemble al 5,30 dinner, prizes won during last season will be distributed.
Non-Renowal Proposed
vacant stalls
"It is proposed that these licences Regarding correspondence relative to food shop licences for fruit and should not be renewed after April vegetabica laid on the table, the 1042, which is ample notice, and Chairman said: "Members may re- don't think it will inflict any bards collect that when the auction of ship. There are ten vacant stalls fruit and vegetables stalls in the new for vegetables and six Central Market was held it was an for fruit in the market, and therefore open auction, namely, that no pre-there will be ample opportunities for ference was given to those who pre-people to go and get them: This pro viously had stails in the old market,posal has been considered by the During reconstruction, several of the Council and unanimously approved."
Wolfram Ore, Tung Oil, Exported To Japan
SHIUKWAN, Dec. 2.-Considerable war materials are being 'obtained by the Japanese in Kwangtung for export to Japan, while Japanese merchants are buying them from unoccupied areas also. These materials include wolfram, scrap. iron and gall-nuts, the latter being useful for the manufacture of incen-
of the imports are cotton yarn and dinry bombs.
Wolfram has been smuggled to the cotton piece goods from Osuka, but coast and placed aboard Japanese much of them are sald to be goods Japanese army takes manufactured in Shanghai, bearing steamers. The care of the wolfram in Nanpang Chinese labels or even the trade- Island off Yeungkong, in Swalow and marks of the Ministry of Economics Chungking Government- Chungsbon. Japanese merchants of the Are said to
to be buying this mineral Special. from smugglers, who obtain the ores from North River districts and as far
Walchów, Dec. 3. as Klangsi. Tung oll is also smug-
Due to the presence of Japanese to the coast for export to Japan, warships near Autow, the Chinese Exports of these Foods go through Customs, oficials have evacuated the Lupno on the North River to Canton station there, thus affording
to the smugglers of or Shayuchung in Mirs Bay. An opportunity other route is via Swatow. In the wolfram and tung oil to Hongkong. the same channels, Japanese goods are where they sell the goods to smuggled to free Kwangtung. Most Japanese buyers-Wah Kiu Yat Po
FUNNY SIDE UP
Customs at Autow
By Abner Dean
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Appeal
Ambulances & Canteens
Hongkong Rotary Club is now launching an appeal for funds which will be devoted to the purchase of ambulances and mobile canteens. Half the proceeds will be used for the purchase of these vehicles in Britain, and the other half of the same money will be spent In the way for the benent of Hongkong and Chini.
ATTENTION :
AGENTS AND DISTRIBUTORS You know Displaying is Selling.
Then, display your goods at
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Since its foundation, the Hongkong London and Manilaerican Airways
Rotary Club has collected and spent in social service
in projects Colony not less than $20,000. The children's playgrounds were their first serious effort, then
help. has been given to free schools for poor Chinese
to children,
the. T. B. Sanatorium in Cheungchau, and an- nal grants have been made to the
work in the Colony. various charities which carry
on
A special donation of $4,500 was made to the South China Morning Post War Fund.
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Wednesday, Dec. 4
Within a week the members of the subscribed $0,000 and Club had promptly remitted £300 home to the Club headquarters in London, for the which will be named after Hongkong. purchase of the first mobile canteen,
So far a cabaret dinner dance hax GRAND OPENING Straits and Calcutta been arranged for January 18 at the Peninsula Hotel. Ther
Then the South China Athletic Association has agreed to give some of the proceeds of
De special match to be played on cember 22 to the fund. A smoking concert has been fixed for December 20 at the China Fleet Club, and it is hoped that a flag day will be or- ganised later.
It
MONEY IN GAS MASK CASE
A Luton man on his way to work
In the black-out found a gas mask
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