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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 26, 1941. By Ernie Bushmiller

WHERE

S HE ?

WORKIN'

AROUND

THE

CORNER!

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Japanese Architect Indignant

Jun Yamada, one of the best dwelling house architects in Japan, has closed down his office because he found con- tinuance of his business im- possible because of the building materials shortago and because of his repugnance of its accòm- panying illegal deals.

He has already discharged more than 50 carpenters and workmen and more than 10 office workers in his employment. Interviewed recently he spoke at his home at Shatocho,

follows: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, as foll

"I have been in dwelling house architecture business since 1017 and

for the responsible plans of more thar. 1.000 houses. Although I'

WOR

con-

sider the shortage buy materials:

Inevitable because pan is engaged

in a large-scale wor. I cannot but

be

transaction at the rumpant Megal |

built

When every

of

bad

hastily house

materials requires between Y150 and Y200 per subo (4 square meters) us at present, I cannot continue to make good house honestly. In my opinion, it is. up to the Government to distribute materials on a fair basis for solving Die problem fundamentally."

Mongolian Rice Land Expanded

PEIPING-Vast reclamation-pro- jects to expand rice cultivation are making progress in Ilonan Province and in Inner Mongolia,

Mr George C. Lau, who will lake a leading part in the Chinese opera, "St Han," to be presented at the Taiping Theatre to-night under the auspices of the Hong- kong Chinese Women's Soldiers' Bellef Association, He will also appear in "The Three Kingdoms,"" to be given to-morrow evening.

R. A. Pictures Down By Half

Only half the number of ell paintings submitted inst year was handed in at the Royal Academy. for the Summer Exhibition.

One of them, "Hitler in Hell," by 21-year-old Kenneth Snowman, of Hampstead, has been submitted twice before, and accepted, but the Hanging Committee was unable to find

space for it.

It

showe Hitler lying naked

01

a slone swastika, his head resting uncastly on a book exuding blood, with a demon about to push him.Inte

flery a

plt. Some of Hitler's satellites are being pushed into the pit surrounded by snakes.

No Censorship

Honan, which is also an important cotton producer, is working on the

Most of the pictures sent in are reclamation of 00,000 heres as part

life and of the construction of a network of peaceful landscapes, ill waterways and

flood prevention flower subjects, and portraits. works. In Inner Mongolia, Large

The exhibition will not be subject tracts are to be reclaimed in the to censorship, an official stated, but vicinity of Pastow, likewise for rice artists who have painted war scenes and 10 land. Water will be diverted from have had to obtain permits

to The Censor submit their work the Yellow River for irrigation.

individually.

Sale of Chinese

Works of Art

Black Bourse For Timber: £500 Fine

Described by prosecuting counsel

American Red Cross Record

What Children Dream About in War-Time

Children's war-time dreams are being collected as ovi- dence of the effects of air-raids.

In a Laddington school, 250 boys and girls between 8 and 14 years have been describing their dreams of the night be- 25fore as part of their daily class-work in English.

Results were so nignificant that they headmaster, Mr 3. W. Ruddock, de- cided to record and study them.

Huge Relief Sums WASHINGTON, June (Reuter).The American Rod Cross has spent over $18,000,000 and the United States Govern- ment over $16,000,000 on war "The dreams show that life in] relief for Britain, Belgium, war-time London has had only a Canada, China, Finland, France, transitory effect on the children," he Greece, the Netherlands, Nor-They treat the way, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and Yugo-Slavia.

Almost half of this has been for the British, declared, Mr Lourenco Mitchell, of the American Red Cross, in his testimony to the House Appro- priations Sub-Committee.

Mr Mitchell said that no instance had been reported of any diversion ur confiscation of supplies,

Eleven of 360 ships carrying sup- piles to Britain had been lust at sea. Ore shipload for Greece had also been lost.

STOCK MARKET REPORT Hongkong; Stock Exchange Omeial Summary, issued yesterday, Is:

Buyers

Bank of East Asla $72 Indo-Chinns (Pref) $80 Focks $15.25 Hotels $3 Lands $31.75

Chinese Estates X.D. $96 Trams $1.30

$10.40 Lights Lights His 30 cts

Electrics "O" X. Ris $21.75 Electrics Ats $11

Telephones "O" $22.25

Cements $14

Ropes $7.75

Watsons $10.20 Entertainments $0.30 Sellers Providents $5.50 Watsons $10.45

Sales'

Providents $5.50 Lights "O" $6

.Docks $15.30

Electrics Ris $11 Cements $14.25 -Ropes $8

Watsons $10.25

Grievance Over Lost Sea Kit

of

worst dangers

objectively and even defiantly, and

such incidents as leaving home be- cause of time-bombs they take in their stride like visit to an nùnt,”

Thrillig Deeds

CENSORS

‘CREATE MISTRUST

Attempts by Government De- Only nine boya and 20 girls had dreams involving fear. The boys' partments to minimise bad news bogey was a llon, burglar or ghost. about the war were referred to The girls' boдcу WÊHE D German at the annual conference of the parachutist.

was

Only 10 per cent. dreamed about National Union of Journalists in ulr-ralds. Actually, this proportion Manchester.

The dreamns) smaller because

Mr Ernest Hunter, in his pre- were mostly about fire-bomba, and sidential address, criticised the

Is a normal subject of dreams. Service departments of fire

the Most of the boys dreamed of thrilling war deeds. The great ma- Censorship Bureau. jority dreamed of being in I.A.F, ploting bombers over Ger-try of Home Security and the Air tics in alt raids could not, he said, many. Not a boy dreamed of being Ministry to hide the extent of casual-

be defended.

In the Army.

the!

-And Then The V.C. Here is a typical boys' dream: "I got on the tall of four Germans, destroyed two, sending the third] down out of control. The other got away. All the crews baled out safe- ly. My engine went off..... I got on to the wing and jumped. I counted three, pulled the rip-cord And and got back to the base safely.

The foolish attempls by the Minis-

They created distrust and ought to stop.

A possible danger, in view of the nowsprint shortage, added Mr Hunter, Was that some bright genius might evolve the Idea of

tell only one 'newspaper lo

the nation the news.

Free To Criticise

But a varied Freas, free to argue

I was awarded the V.C."

Girls sought escape in fairyland and criticise, was part of the essence

of our national case in this war.

the

or far-distant countries. Older girls had dreams of evacuation to roman- The conference, while dissociating itself from the "defeatist and sub- ile homes.

Dally There were only a few dreams versive propaganda of "The

Worker,""

passed a resolution pro- about food.

This indientes there is no short-testing against the method of age of food," explained Mr Ruddock.paper's suppression.

The conference unanimously eleet- When a teacher asked a class how ed Mr Tom Foster, a member of the nany children would be willing to staff of the "Dally Herald," as pre- do fire watching they jumped out of sident of the union for 1941-42. Mr their seats with excitement and Donald Elliott, of Edinburgh, bo- every hand flew into the air.

comes vice-president.

Wounded War Prisoners

Repatriation Sought

CHURCH'S CURE FOR "INSOLENT

· BUREAUCRATS"

п

"The Insolence

is a of power A way of repatriating badly-

embitters even wounded British and German war subtle poison and

the services of the benignant prisoners is being sought by the Ministry. To the average bureau- Sotheby's concluded recently alas "ringleader of a sort of Black

An effort is being made by the International Red Cross, three-day sale of the late Mr II. K. Bourse for timber in London," Meses

Men to be repatriated will be these crat the poor are not immortal souls Burnet's collection of Chinese works D. Goldman, of Brick Lane, Bethnal Mercantile Marine Service Associa

interesting cases; at the worst of art for a total of £6,131. The Green, was aned a total of £500 attion to secure for merchant ships so injured that they cannot fight or sons of God. At the best they are

again.

of statistics or confounded German prisoners in highest price, £370, was given for a Old Street recently and ordered to officers and men better scales

Britain are mass Shting-Yin Dynasty' bronze Ting

nuisances." compensation and allowances for kit pay £105 costs.

being examined by a special Com-

So sald Mr Philip Milner Oliver, circular shape, with two i

ng lost through war hazards, Ife had been summoned with two loop handles;

in his presidentini The loss of kit, particularly of mission of two Swiss doctors and one

Manchester, supported on tree cylindrical legs, director of Baltimore Lumber Com-

decide which British. They will

address to the General Assembly of boldly decorated in high relief with pany, Ltd., which was stated to have Instruments, cannot be replaced at wounded may be sent home.

Free Christian and A similor Commission is at work Unitarian t'ao t'ich masks or a ground of thun-disposed of timber to purchasers not cost less than about double the com-

fret with

"Not An Exchange"

The mediaeval Church had with engraved inlay, the legs licensed by the Minister of Supply. pensation and on archale character in the in-pany were withdrawn.

Ornament, Twenty summonses against the com- Many men have to spend pounds among British prisoners in Germany. Churches at Oxford recently.

they can. Ell'afford to re-equip them-

A War Omer official said recently: corrective for such insolence, hir Oliver added. "Her gent CRC3 terior. A Chou Dynasty finely

Defending counsel sald Goldman selves for another voyage,

"Any prisoners claiming that by washed the feet of beggars. The patinated bronze wine vessel uf wanted to put his creditors right, and The Government is giving the

reason of their injuries they are per practice might be revived, and the beaker shape made £230.

lost his head to save the business. Įmatter consideration.

manently non-combatant may ask

feet of the poor be washed by our for repatriation.

"When a route and transport has Civil Servants"

Beautiful, Dangerous been agreed upon, the men recom- mended by the doctors will go. The He also said the war was a war cold and arrogant of the return of prisoners, it is stressed, will not

the be repatriation, not exchange." Prusalan as in 1014 but of

der

black

it is received,

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atated.

A Red Cross official said that the romantic South from which Ger chief difficulty is that of transport. many's leaders come.

After Switzerland?

Romanticism wan a beautiful but "The Germans can easily put dangerous thing. It bred saints or British wounded into Switzerland, devils. The narrow streets of its but transport after that la causing Gothic cities, bright in the sunshine, some worry and we have not yet were sinister in shadow.

One day it painted a lovely planned transport for Germana. Nothing can be done until thin ques- Madonna, the next it planned a

pogrom of the Jews. tion is settled."

No German prisoners in Canadá

are to be repatriated...

They are the healthiest, lusticat Film Libraries Plan

of the German prisoners and have therefore no claim. under Interna national Law."

Britain Will Benefit

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH". WASHINGTON, June 25- (UP),

drawing the German armies 1

For Schools

Establishment, of regional film 1- braries throughout the country after the war is recommended by the Bri- tish Film Instituts in.a, report on the use of educational Alms in schools. These libraries, fa argued, would create a constant demand for pew

prints,

MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE

The report states that 80 per cent. At the press conference to-day, of North of England schools equipped Colonel Frank Knox, Secretary of with film projectors had not used the Navy, declared that the United them for the last 12 months and 50 States and Britain would benent per cent. had been idle for the past from à prolongation the war due 18 months, The reason was that

of to the Russo-German. confilet, part!- they could not afford the hiring fece cularly if the Russian ormics Insure charged by commercial film libraries. A stalemate by backing -away ́and

Russia. Ho assorted that he person ally belleved, however, that. If the Russians staked all on resistance at the border, it might prove to be h short war. He cited the inexhaurile ble manpower of the Russians and charged before Mr H. G. Sheldon, said that the world had an object, the manslaughter of Chan Bing-kwu, at the Whitty Street works Iesson In China where: “Japan of Hongkong and China Gás exhausting herself METR

The Secretary stated that the Company on June 14,

Hearing of the case was Axed for 'Germah fleet cannot make a play- ground out of the Baltic until she July 9, at: 2.30 p.m. Defendant was hunts down about 70 Bussion allowed ball of $100.

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