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SAYDID THOSE NEW COSTUMES COME YET?

Engineer Fails To Go

To Sea With His Ship

Summoned for neglecting to pro-

ceed to sea in his ship on December

18, A. V. Frain, Second Engineer, MUSSOLINI TRIES

was found gullty by Comdr J. Jolly

appeared for

at the Marine Court yesterday, and ordered to forfelt out of his wages a sum equal to two days' pay.

Mr W. M. Brown Mir complainant, Captain Lionel McRae, master of the chip, and said Fran algned articles as Second Engineer on November 10 for a period of six months The hip returned from Shanghai on December 15, and orders the were handed to Chief Engineer for the ship to have steatn up

ed

to

accom-

proceed to sea at 11 a.tn, on December 10. These written orders were hand-

to Fr

Frain

by the Chief Engineer. On December 17, Frain ponted by Capt MeRae, went ashore to the Indo-China Sicam Nuvigation Oflees, where there was a question of Frain signing off. It was eventually decided that Frain was to continue

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the ship's articles until the end of six months and Frain was informed of this by Mr Lawson, the Marine Superintendent, that day. Frain was later seen having dinner on board the ship that evening, and that was the inst time he was seen on board. At about 10.50

am. on December 19.

Capt McRae boarded the ship, and was told by the Chief Engineer that Frain was not on board. The ship waited until 11.02 am. for Frain to appear and sailed with a supplemen- tary engineer on board. Frain's year

Captain's Evidence

Evidence was given by Capt MeRae,

salted who said the ship

without Frain at 11.02 am.

NEW GENERAL

ROME, Jan. 18 (UF),—It was officially announced to-day that General Soddu had resigned as Commander of the Troops in Albania for reasons of health, He was being replaced by General Ugo Cavallero.

"British Wireless" adds that General Soudu is 57 years old and was Under-Seeretary of State for War in 1939. He was appointed Commander in Albania S re- tenlly as November 11.

Mossolini Lacks Leaders

ROME. Jan. 13 (Reuter Bul- letin)-General Cavallero, who Aticceeds General Soddu, Italian Chief of Staff and suc- Feeded General Badoglio in that oflee in December. Ila appoint- ment means that the highest Italian General Staff officer Jinn Laken

charge

ree of the personal Albanian campaign and that Mussolini has a shortage of mili tary leaders. A number resigned ~ at the end of last year and some have been captured in North Africa.

was sent ashore in the agent's launch....**********************

Chinese Aid Bomber Fund

"I do not wish to treat defendant's absence as desertion," he added.

Corroborative evidence was given by Mr R. B. Robertson. Chief En- gineer, and Mr J. Lawson.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

NO-ID BETTER PHONE THE DRESSMAKER /

January 14, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

HEY!-- GIT OUTTA ME DRESSIN' ROOM!

NOV 27

LONG TRIP-Soldiers from Dominion of Canada's far western provinces are included in theso troops of Second Division leaving train at East Coast port to embark for England.

COST OF

LIVING IN MOSCOW JUMPS UP

In Moscow during the past year the cost of living has risen over 80 per cent. Wages are being squeezed by a tightening up of piece-rates and by a general cancella- tion of ways and means of earning money on the side, writes a correspondent.

Moreover, under a return to the eight-hour day (a 10-hour day is rumoured for, the new

year) and the two-shift system, great numbers of lower-grade workers are being turned off.

Under the local passport system many of these will be sent back to the villages. Those allowed to remain in cities will re- duce the average family payroll.

For the first time in many out on the fields at the beginning of

3 there

were

October.

Spurred on by the new law requis!- ioning the State's share, not of what sown and harvested, the collectiviscu actually was, but might have been peasants got in most of the grain, but show some indifference to industrial crops. Like sugar beet, cotton is also behind.

James Joyce Passes On

In response to the appeal which Defendant said his services were appeared recently over the signatures dispensed with by Jardine, Mathesun of the Chinese members of the through Mr Lawson on the night of Executive and Legislative Counelts, years Moscow shops offer and December 17. He went to see Mr the Hon. Mr M. K. Le has sent Tod, the shipping manager, who said: donations totalling $2,000 being con-even advertise "improved quality "Call back at 5 p.m. I shall enquire tributions from Chinese members of goods" at new fabulous prices the community, to the Bomber Fund. without a rush of buyers. The

Zurich, Jan. 13. into this." On returning at 6 p.m.

James Joyce, the Irish author who he was told by Mr Lawson to return Following suggestions received that provinces are said to be as empty

style of to the ship. He did so, and before old gold and silverware should be as ever.

wrote several books in a leaving the ship that night, told the melted down und the Third Engineer to set the watches donated to the

proceeds

Hardest hit of all are the students

English peculiar to himself, died here Bomber Fund, the class. Until October

to-day following an operation. He ཐ a.m. the next morning as ins- following firms have for

Fruit is scarcer than ever, partly failed to rally after two blood trans- consented to 600,000 of them. Now they are tructed by the Chief Engineer.

While-leaving-for-the ship in and disposal-depots Merers-Lane, jobs

act, free of any charge, as receiving melting away on the look out for owing to a hard winter, but also be fusions. His son was at his bedside

cause the peasants were scared by motor-boat the next morning, con- Crawford, Ltd., Sennet Freres, and J.

the new taxes on their private strips when he died but his wife-and-grand- tinued Frain, he saw the ship un- Ullmann

Most of them depended on scholar-of

arden and orchard.

son, who are also in Zurich, were E Company. Lists of ships, which in some cases reached mooring, and chased after it as far as donors and articles contributed will 500 roubles monthly.

squeeze to

to force the collectl-not present. In future only vised peasants, man and wife, to give defences, but missed her.

be published in the South China a limited number of "perfect" stu- He later suspected that his watch

Funeral arrangements have not more time to the common field and Morning Posts and Hongkong Tele-dents will get scholarships. traph on

less to their own plots is being in-been made but it is possible. Joyce Mondays.

The rest of this penniless horde are creased. This coming year there will will be buried in Zurich, where he Cross-examined by Mr Brown.

now ordered to pay 400 roubles an be enough bread at Frain said he left for the ship at

the present 10.40 am, that morning. He admit-have been received from Mr A. E. 500) ns from September 1 last. This nearly everybody, but hardship over would be most difficult to take

In this connections, nine medallions nually (in musical and art schools medium price for everybody, or had lived for several years, as the On being found guilty by Comde medals and two spoons from Mr p/pplies even to those in their fifth everything else,

the

boom

was at fault,

ted that he had "cut it a Bitte fine."

Jolly

Mr Brown sald he had been asked 10 press the case os It was undesirable for an engineer to be Inte especially during wartime.

Defendant told the Magistrate that It had never happened to him before. and he was sure it would not happen again.. He added that he had been offered a berth on two ships which were at present in Shanghat.

Bomber Fund Raffle Sale

and Manwaring,

V. Hutchinson.

nine

cups, five

A total of $1,540,985 19 was reached yes- terday by the War Fund inauguraled by the S. £. M. Post, Ltd, with the follow-

donations:

Hets.....

15:00

To the Coin"-Young .......... $ 5 Mr C. W. F. Bishop (find iduna

arur Office Nickels and Dunes

(weekly donation; "Bridges"

Lhombre Evening fregand

Hou)

"Stung“

donn

"In memory of the late Mr J. P. A..

Davidson"

Vollintrer

Mr L. A. Starling (monthly dona

104) ME E. P. Streatfield

donation)

The Hongkong War Effort Com-Ming Shrapnel

donation) mittee has been fortunato in securing] tieno the voluntary services of Mr S. A. A. If. K.

monthly

Box (Accond

Seth in connection with the Monster Cheer Clubs incle of old tins, etc.)

Mr Lai Chin (second donation)

Ruffle now being organised in aid of "Dollar Bet"

the Bomber Fund, Mr Seth, who is Bowls Match at K.B.G.C.:

a chartered secretary

will

and the

well known

Sergeants

Dawaren

throughout the Far East generally, Springer Spaniel Puppy Fund ....

supervise the Issuing of tickets Central Police Station Canteen Cent

The othee work.

Box thilonationty*********** accounung

used by the Hongkong

kont. C. S. T. Shrapnel Box (fourth

donation)...................... Bureau on the

Star

Treasury "Shrapnel Box" (week Wharf.

Connaught Road, bas been ende 11.1.41)

And dona- placed at the disposal of the Com- Hon. Mr Mt. 15. Lo (second- milteo by the Hongkong Wharf and Mr M. W. To trecand donation)", Godown Company, and tickets will Mr G. Leang ... only be issued to sellers, Clubs, etc., Mr. Chan Ion-chee of Messrs fin froin this centre.

There is a considerable amount of Me Mow Fung-tal Kee ......

tions

Yuen

Mensta Lee Cheong-woo

Stu Suk-lim

preliminary work to be completed tears Mow Tal before. tickets will be offered to the Merang Isl

Me M. H. La (second donation) public, both with regard to the "A wet Sunday at Bhck O printing of the tickets, account books

THE B. W. O, F, other necessary items, and in the preparation of the prize list. Many

and

year.

Blow to Soviet Youth

Simultaneously dormitory Lees have been raised

from 74 to 45 roubles per month, In come pro- vincial universities and technical Ischools four-fifths of the students are leaving. Pupils in secondary school 2.20 Classes must also pay

annually.

2o 33 8 2 agnen- sae a € 888 88888887

33.54

4.30

300 roubles

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for

Instead, the Soviet will conscript boys from 14 to 17 to the tune 800,000 to 1,000,000 annually labour schools, where they will learn manual trades and rallway work. Afterwards they will be sent on four years' compulsory, paid work, in any part of the Soviet Union.

This harsh measure, tearing up by

the root the citizen's right to educa- ilon, guaranteed by the Constitution. was probably necessary, owing to the burden of armainent and the dearth of skilled labour, but it seems doubt-

ful whether the Kremlin realised the earthquake It would Cause amont Soviet Youth.

"Good Harvest

►

The Russian harvest-the best

since 1937-amounts to about 00,000,-

000 tons, as against 75,000,000 last

year.

In a Europe where most harvests have been poor this is an Important fact, because the Soviet will certainly make a great effort to supply her powerful neighbour Germany, having no excuse not to do-so. Räll frang- will, port, as inadequate as ever, however, limit this supply.

The Russian bread harvest ought

to have been bigger still, but wastage

firms have come forward and offered received to date for credit of the iritish due largely to the apathy of underfed The following is a list of subscriptions between ear and barn or elevator, valuable prizes in addition to the War Organization Sunbenun-Talbot Sports Car given by Branch:

Fund, Hongkong peasants, was huge. On an average year it is 20 per cent, but this time and it was certainly greater, although

there was no lack of tractor fuel.

In Northern and Central Russia the Miss Grace Ezis, #15: J. B. Dunnelt (monthly), 420; the American Club (ne potato crop is also enormous, but loss KIDNAPPED COMPRADORE sult from rame held on New Year's Eve), from rot and frost in ilkley to be big. $200; sale of CILS.. Badge per Mr The nuthorities, wisely not trusting Tranen, 1: sale of C.It.38. Badge per Shanghal, Jan, 13. Airs E. C. Ritchie, $i; ante of curs.9. village storage, rush the potatoes into The kidnapping of Mr Pan Chi- findge per Mrs Colledge. $11 Francols the town and dump them into damp chuan, 42, better known as T. C. Pan, tardivilliers $300 G. Frost, 10; Mr and or frosty cellars. Compradore of Jardine Matheson Co., MR. L. Wyllle, 125: Capt. 1. J. Lomius

Messrs Gliman & Co., Ltd., and it is Previously acknowledged, £100 hoped to publish an advance list $825,348.60. within the next few days.

December), 820; D. G. Day (monthly),

is believed to be largely for ransom. it: A, II. Guinness (monthly), #2: Wuj

State Seizes Crops

Is once an undergradunió of Hong-ly), $10; Mr and Mrs 8. H. Dodwell (3rd than 1930,, was late, and from one-]

A native of Chungshan, Mr. Pantai Tak, $182.00: A. M. Kennedy (month- Kong University-International.

donation), $500; China New Guinea Mer-| cantile Co. $50. Total #6230.009.40.

The sugar boet crop, again bigger

third to one-half of it was still lying

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