1941-03-05 — Page 15

NANCY

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

JANJ

March 5, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

COME ON, GANG---

IT'S FOR A

GOOD CAUSE!

FATHER IS

WHAT'S

MY POOR

THE

MATTER,

FLOY

FLOY?

50

WORRIED..

BUSINESS HAS BEEN AWFUL LATELY-- HE'S HARDLY HAD ANY LAUNDRY

FOR WEEKS!

DON'T WORRY... I'LL THINK OF SOME-

THING!

LEE

THEATRE

心

THE QUEEN LOOKED INTO THE COOKERS —

at a communal feeding.centre when doing her tour of

London with the King.

AND THIS IS WHAT DINNERS

SHE SAW

Below, the day's menu on a blackboard at one of the

centres..

Cost of Living Rising Steadily

COST

6d. EACH

"I'VE been worried about whether you people have been getting your food all right."

that when, The Queen said with the King, she went to com-- munal meal centres in Peckham, Junction and Loughborough

Blackfriars to see how some of the bombed-out Londoners were faring.

The King and Queen were accompanied by Lord Woolton, Mr Emil Food Minister, and Davies, chairman of the L.C.C.

The tour began while on sir- raki-warning_was_in_force,

Latest Donations To Bomber Fund

A total of $1,595,920.01

was renched Readers may recall that the cost of living in Hongkong in August last yesterday by the War Fund Inaugurated was stated officially to be $2 per head by the S. C. M. Post. Ltd, with the fol- per week. In January, this figure lowing donations:

...... $ 10 had risen to $2.33; and last month's "Kia Ora".... official figure is now given as $2.47 Mr and Mrs A. Macintyre

mentary I a gour friend, 10

per head per week. These figures Inte Mrs W. Hedley). only cover the cost of food and fuel.

In an interval of six months, third Harbour Office Nickels and Dimes

(weekly donation) Krade rice has risen from 9.3 cents to

No. 136 13 cents per catty and firewood from 2.3 to 3.5 cents per catty,

2

10

1

23

European Health Inspectors, C.D.O.

(nith donallon) Headquarters. No. 27 Company,

R.A.M.C. Time thith donation) 130 **Gatoshics" ...... Hongkong Philatelic Society (pro- creds of "First Day Cover" Service)

The Medical Authorities givo round figure of a catty of rice and three-quarters of a catly of firewood per person per day as the average consumption; hence, for rice and fire. wood alone (without any "sung") the average person has to pay 32.2 cents more per week than he did for the corresponding quantities of rice and Police Club firewood In August last-or lo be (thted donation) content with proportionately less. P. R. Pay-0. II.

Bezique Winnings per F. M.

(February)

Chetro Club facie of old tins, eir.) No, 2 Police Station Miess (seventh

Boundary

Street

donation)

This figure may seem unimportant | Ţ, 27. (monthly donationi to the more fortunate, but this is far Kowloon Hospital Sisters' from being the case with families Rame (eighth donation)

(nundry foreign where three, four or even more per- Mr D. Koselek sona share in the weekly budget and | Loving Remembrance

of Little Ilve in or below the poverty line.

coins)

Mather"

MONSTER RAFFLE

in aid of the Bombor Fund

TICKET DISTRIBUTING CENTRES

Hongkong Hotel.

Peninsula Hotel. The Gloucastor Hotel.

-Star Forry (Hongkong).

S. C. M. Post. Hongkong Jockey Club. (Exchange Bullding),

Lane, Crawford, Ltd. The Sincere Co., Ltd. The Wing On Co., Ltd. The Sun Co., Ltd. China Emporium Ltd. The Dairy Farm Co.

(Kowloon)

Exchange At Mexico & America To

A Glance

T.T. Singapore

T.T. Indiu

U.S.A.

SELLING

TT. London

Demand London

T.T. Shanghai

1/272 1/21%

430

.62%

T.T. Japon

1021

.82/

.24

T.T. Manila

48

T.T.

Batavia

454

T.T. Bangkok

T.T. Saigon

149 .104%

T.T. Franco

T.T. Switzerland

T.T. Australia

102 1/04

BUYING

4 m/s L/C London

.1/31⁄2

4 m/s D/P London

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

.1/3% ..20

4 m/s France

30 d/s India

.8424

U.S. Cross rate in London 4.02%

U.S. Cross rate in N.Y...4.03

LIBYAN WAR

Discuss Mutual Aid

Special to the “Telegraph"

WASHINGTON, Mar. 4 (UP), The State Department an- nounced to-day that Mexico had instructed her Military, Naval and Air Attaches at Washington to discuss "with experts designated by the United States Government", plans relating to the assistance which the two countries would render each other in the event of aggression against either of them.

aro "In the conversations which now making progress at Washington for the purpose indicated,-the repre- sentatives will study the manner, of carrying out the collaboration, obser- ving always with the greatest regard the national of the principle sovereignty of the two States."

The announcement said that the conversations were undertalten under the hemispherie defence accord reach ed last July "on the occasion of the second consultative meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the American Republics."

the

It atated that Mexico and United States "agreed to exchange their views in order to co-ordinate suitably the progress of their common defence."

Porter Killed By

HONOURS Piece Of China

Naval, Land & Air

Chiefs Decorated

A China fragment was found in! a lung of Patrick Henry Ahearne, it was stated at the inquest at West-

White House

Interview

WASHINGTON, Mar. 4 (Reuler). President Roosevelt at a Press con- ference to-day said that the crisis now faced by the Government was in some ways far more serious for the future of the country than liat

eight years ago.

The President was beginning as #t the unprecedented ninth year White House, the inauguration day being March 4 eight years ago.

The President added that the crisis now was of a different kind-being International instead of domestic.

Plebiscite Result LONDON, Mar. 4 (Reuter). It is Arts Club, Dover-street, where he Rumanian plebiscite on General An- was house porter, was bombed re- tonescu's polley (says a German wire- LONDON, Mar. 4 (Reuter).—cently. The coroner recorded a ver-less message) was as follows: Yes. 2,018,000; No.-2,558, General Sir Archibald Wavell dlet at "Death due to enemy action."i and Admiral Sir Andrew Cun- ningham have been made Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and Major- General Richard- Nugent O'Connor becomes Knight Com- mander of the Order of the Bath, states to-night's "London Gazette."

minster. He was injured when the announced that the final result of the

Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore becomes a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.

All the honours awarded are "in'! recognition of the recent successfull combined operations in the Middle East."

Admiral Cunningham wis engaged in-much-of-the-work-of-preparation for the Middle East operations.

Air Commodore Raymond Colla- of Life shaw becomes Commander

becomes Bath; Lieut-Gen. Wilson

of the Knight

Grand Cross (Military Division), of the Order of the British Empire. Knight Com-

ders of

the same Division are General Beresford-Peirse, Colonel (temporary Major General) O'Moore Creagh and Major General 1. G. Mackay, of the Australian Im- perial Force.

General Wavell. Is General Officer

7.41 Commanding the Middle East and Admiral Cunningham is C-in-C, Mediterranean Flech Major General O'Connor was officer in charge of operations in the recent

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fighting, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore is Air Officer Com. manding the Middle East,

More Sailors Sought|

By Uncle Sam

WASHINGTON, Mar. 4 (Reuter). Legislation which would increase the United States Navy's enlisted personnel immediately to 232,000 and authorise the President to ac- quire 200,000 tons of auxiliary vessels for national defence, was introduced by Mr Carl Vinson, Chairman of the House of Representatives Naval Affairs Commitice.

The Bill would also authorise the President to raise the number of men enlisted to 300,000 at his discretion.

Italians In India

BOMBAY, Mar. 4 (Reuter),—A further 0,700 Italian prisoners of war have been landed here in the inst two days..

The total now in India exceeds 32,000.

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Chungking, Mar. 4.

REPORT

Hongkong Stock Exchange OMetal Summary issued yesterday, says:

were

The Hongkong Immigration Office A fuir number of enquiries has published an announcement in made during the day, but offers were Chinese newspapers, stating that annot suficiently attractive to lead to office has been opened In Chungking any great exchange of shares.

Buyers where Chinese wishing Hongkong may apply

Union Ins. $412.50 permits.-Reuter.

to enter for landing

The Immigration Officer at Hong- kong Mr R. A. D. Forrest,' said yes- terday that his department had not opened and did not intend opening a branch office in Chungiting. He pointed out that he had merely re-

cognised an agent in Chungiting for the Hongkong office.

Mr Forrest stressed the fact that he had only approved of an agent, and had not appointed one.

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Sollers

Troms $10.75

Sales

H.K. Banks $1,345 Providents $5.75 Troms $10.00 Telephones "O" $24' Telephones "N" $0 Cements $10.00

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