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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 21, 1941.

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OF all the immediate problems confronting Hong-

kong the most urgent and A Correspondent Asks Some

serious is that of supplying the Colony with suficient rice at prices within the pocket of the poorest classes, and at the same time conserve necessary STUDEBAKER'S supplies against the pós-

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sibility of an emergency.

To this end, Government re- cently assumed a monopoly of both importa and exports and. made itself responsible for con- trolling prices; it cannot be said that results have been very satisfactory, and, in fact, they prompt a number of questions which appear to be pertinent to the subject. Here they are:

A (1) Hng the Monopoly a qualified expert on rice?

(2) Why does the Monopoly mix different types of rice? Surely it would be more prac tical to sell the rice in its ori- ginal imported form under its usual trade name, (Ngatsaing, Sughandi, Meedone, etc.,) with brokens the percentage

of KADOORIE.—On July 10, 1941, to

Muriel, wife

marked clearly, Lawrence of Kadoorle, at the War Memorial Hospital, a son.

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Thongkong Telegraph.

Monday, July 21, 1941, Wyndinen St., Hongkong Telephone: 20015

indicate news which is strictly copyright

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tion is worse than useless. The ordinary member of the public does not trade

Asks Some cially when only "Grades"

Pertinent Questions

The vast rice-consuming public is capable of knowing what it wishes to buy and if it rice, made by the Manager of cannot afford unmixed rice it the Government Rice Monopoly July 14, on reporter will, at least, avoid the elemen- to

in the as published Lary blunder of mixing types 1941, that do not blond successfully "South China Morning Post" when cooked..

of the 15th instant, it would B. (1) In the case where it be interesting to the public has been decided that rice car- if it were possible to ob goes were deteriorating and tuin the figures for the average is used by the Hongkong Telegraph to the Colony, what records and Mills Special Rice, 38% Separa- Tlle prenx "Special to the Telegraph therefore could be released from price per ton of Burma Small under Ure provisions of the Telecommuni samples have been kept to tion, either Sughandi or Ngatan- cations Ordinance, 1916, Buch news asjustify the opinion?

ing, cach month from February (2) What qualifications are to July, 1941. possessed to permit making any Secondly, to publish freight such judgment.

rates for the months in ques- C. (1) Is it not a fact that tion. there have been cases where at- Thirdly, to publish the aver tempts have been to export good age landed cost of Government rice on permits which were rice, Ngatsning and Sughandi, granted for deteriorating rice? during each month from Febru- If so, does possibility of substi- ary to July, 1941. tuting good rice for deteriorat- Fourthly, to give all facts and ing rice have an injurious effect figures in connection with the on Defence reserves by making storage of Government rice, and it possible for deteriorated rice godown charges.

bears the indication "Up" is received Hongkong on the date of pubileation by the United Press Associations, who, re serve all rights and forbid republications, either wholly or in part without previous arrangement

TOTAL WARFARE

TOTAL war, 1941 style, has taught a number of lessons, four of which stand out prominently. Firstly, that modern defence means, to all intents and pur- poses, all-out attack. The day of the static concept of defence is over, and modern war, which is totalitarian war, involves the harnessed, co-ordinated yet flexible total effort of the total people; it embraces, not only armies, navies and air forces. but capital, labour, industry, the politician and the priest.

The second factor is the Cont Buys Percussion Cap of a 303 development of the aeroplane-as-

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A Complete .50 Round

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an instrument of war, which has placed entire cities under siege for the first time since the Middle Ages. As Hanson W. Baldwin, the American military

expert declares: "The enemy now assaults with blazing oil and fire bombs the castle of our security-our homes. And this assault vicious, unpredictable, sudden-has made the home front of equal importance with the military front; every citizen is now a soldier."

The third lesson is that the tremendously increased use of aviation in warfare has forced

to remain in the Colony in lieu Misleading Information of good rice?

It is useless and misleading

same

Monthly Figures Desirable for the public to be told the of different costs It is reliably reported that landed early in May, 1941, a consign- "Grades" of rice, or replacement

the

vaguely ment of Burma, S.M.S. Rice, costs of 38% Separation, was landed graded and unnamed types of here at under $13.00 per picul. grain. What is essential is that In view of the statement regard- the purchase price from the ing landed costs of Government Rangoon mills should be gener-

CONTRACT How to Play

BRIDGE

How

By JOSEPHINE CULBERT'S

Haphazard Trick-Winning

Declarer captured

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1 Stick of Bombs

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come

in

are given and these "Grades" are fixed outside the trade, nor the difference between quoting per picul or per bag. A thou- sand bags of rice equal approxi- mately 1,680 picule. A bag of rice may contain-224 lbs. or 240 lbs., according to the port from which it is shipped. Landing charges are paid per bag, stor- age charges also. Freight and Insurance are quoted per ton. Freight may be on either long or short tons. Rice is sold to the public per bag and quoted per picul. Thus it is easy to confuse the issues when giving figures to the press, unless com- pleta information is furnished.. Function Of Gout Control Government control should confine itself,

(a) To ensuring adequate and healthy supplies of rice in the Colony, (the Medical Officer of Health, it is reported. was obliged to return more than a score of bags of Monopoly rice as being unfit for human con sumption when this was issued recently to the Equitable Rice Sales Fund Committee,

(b) To keeping freight rates ally known; it will then be seen

the profit goes and within bounds, where

(c) To providing suitable whether business houses are benefiting unduly from a situa- godowns for the storage of Re- tion that affects the lives of the serve Stocks,

(d) To limiting dealers' wretched coolies to the point of

starvation. There is profits to a normal spread, actual also the question as to whether which is said to be fifty to sixty or not Government invited com- cents per picul.

In order to keep the supplies terests in the matter of insur- for the Colony's Reserve Stocks petitive bids from business in-

'at the required level, the dealers ance?

"If Government is convinced should be helped to obtain cargo that the only satisfactory solu- space at reasonable costs. Ships tion to the rice problem is the should be requisitioned in order a Monopoly, it to ensure a definite tonnage per creation of should have no objection to is- month for the purpose of carry- suing, weekly or fortnightly, aing rice to and from the Colony. table ns undernoted which may The cargo space thus reserved forestall bitter and at present should be allotted to the various fully justified criticism, ind, in recognised wholesalers in pro- cidentally, may enlighten itself portion to their previous over- as to the true facts:

1. Date of Purchase 2. Trade name and ty of Rice

3. Purchase Price, bag, per ton and picul

age imports and exports.

The full amount of tonnage Quali- required for the import of rice probably would not be available, per but a large proportion certainly per would, and the efficient utiilsa-

tion of their proportion would Ran- be of corresponding value in re- 'ducing the cost of rice to the after consumer.

4. Port of Purchase, goon or Bangkok :

5. Landed cost Freight and Insurance have: The duty of twelve cents per been paid, per bag, per ton picul on all rice passing through and per picul...

the Colony, which was levied un-

'ton

6. Freight Rate per ton til recently and may still be in

force, would more than compén-_- 7. Marine Insurance per sate Government for all ex-

8, Fire Insurance ton,

penses arising from the plan per outlined above, to which the only drawback appears to be the 9. Landing and Storage curtailing of indirect money- charges per bag and per making from what has been des- picul

cribed already as the "Rico Rac- Until this is done all informa- ket."

Something to make

a song about

JAR brings about a transvalua- the most important jobs in the Com-

tion of values," says the pany, Schoolmaster.

"You mean, everythink is up-alde down?" says the Lad from the Ele- phant and Castle.

"Not quite that. What I really mean to say is, that men have acquired new values.

"He Addles with figures, like ûn accountant, and has to be as quick with them as a bookle's clerk,

"He has to watch over matters of diet, clothes, equipment, and pay.

"He knows what is owing to every- "Who cared about the regular body and what everybody owes.

"If a dab of paint is needed, he soldier in peace-time? He served his has to worry about it. Every nail term, and got himself a job in the that has to be hammered into every police, or somewhere, and was quite boot-literally, every stud In

company's boot-solen-has ignored.

"But

Sergeant. passed through his office.

the

to

be

THE most difficult hands, from clarer could not manage the finesse points of view, are those in which a low club. tricks must be gornered piecemeal East's queen and shifted on his own from all four suits. This is far more account to the ace and a low heart. confusing than the process of con- West properly ducked the second of world sea power.

Control of

the usual problems are present, such had noted the fall of East's ten on the sea can no longer be fitted as maintaining communication be the first heart lead and now went tween partnership hands, conserving right up with dummy's queen. A addition, low diamond was led to the jack 1 Small High Explosive to the old-fashioned concept of

the past, though the prime stoppers, etc., and, necessity for this control as an

memories become sorely taxed with (West discarding t spade); then Bomb

the burden of noting discards that another lead up to dummy's remain effective and strategic weapon

come almost haphazardly instead of ing 9-5 of hearts was taken by West with the king (East discarding the 1 Large High Explosive remains unchanged.

"packages." To-day,

of clubs). five howover, sea warfare has be- In today's hand, the defenders

Wost, still fearing the spade situ Bomb

three-dimensional,"

Inst ation, exited with his

heart, While dummy's nino won, East manding control of the surface,

made the horrible discard of the

the now-take the skies above and the sea

club eight, hanging on to all his He's the backbone of the Army

"All the time he is filing up forms beneath. Planea and sub-

*pade guards for dear life, though well, marines are indispensible If a

12 should have been apparent from bonone of the knobs in the back-those awful, buff-coloured, com-

plex forms which drive men crazy. navy is to rule the seas; it is by

"He knows so much about train What A Man ! declarer's failure to continue with spade establishment

that

he, the ing. men that he's too valuable to these two weapons that the

declarer,

be reduced

little while. Ser- to release, even for

"Lose a glove. The C.Q.M.S, has Nazle

endeavouring to

geants' leave is nearly always late to start worrying. Your num the blank ace. Declarer let go the four of clubs. After cashing the

"And look at the Quarter-master- ber and your name; full initials, In who had last diamond trick, declares, whe Sergeant

case there are others of your name; followed East's club discards with on On The Watch

Gloves, knitted, Pairs. One; how enger eye, entered his hand with the

The Company Quartermaster-Ser- much the new price amounts to: that, spade ace and laid down the club

geant-the man they sing about in minus such-and-such a percentago; jack. West won, but. East's inglori

the camp songs a long, lean man how much it is going to cost you, ously falling ten-spot settled the fate

with, a snail, trimmed moustacho. "It's all entered in block letters, of the defenders. West was forced

Ilo has a penetrating, sudden, checked, double-checked, and double- to return a club, to declarer's miracu-

brusque, nasal volco; a sharp face; double checked to eliminate the lously promoted seven-spot, for the

prominent eyes.

slightest possibility of error. doubled contract's fulfilment.

To-morrow's Hand North, dealer. Both sides vulnemble.

aro

Bombs & Potrol for a threaten and challenge the sea

Squadron of Fighters

de-

came off second best in just such a contest.

South, dealer. Both sides vulnerable.

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might of Britain. But the British have learnt one valunblo

a lesson; the discovery that the

bomb dropped from an aeroplano is much less of a threat to war-

1 Spitfire or Hurricaneships than the torpedo. This is

1 Flying Fortress

2 Coastal Motor Boats

1 Destroyer

1 10,000 Ton Cruiser

1 35,000 Ton Battleship

The: South China Morning Post, Ltd. will be pleased to supply cards 14′′ x 11" of the above list, with the name printed thereon of any Firm or Club wishing to start a Shrapnel: Box.

demonstrated by the fact that not a single modern capital ship has yet been sunk in an air attack.

and

Dbl. (final bid)

No one could accuse North of Britain and her Allies have

umidity in the bidding. He should now adjusted themselves to the have responded to the opening club Nazi idea of totalitarian war, bid with one diamond, in the hope recognising that only by strik- that South then could name a major ing back with similar methods suit at the one level. North's spades hearts were hardly so robust can that menace be successfully that each should come in for a full countored and finally obliterated; bid and lien the notrump be raised. and while the instruments of as well.

West, deciding to open the only modorn warfare are more fear- unbia sult, laid down the ace and ful and destructive, the deciding another diamond. Dummy won and factor remains the same tho led the jack of spades. East and Individual skill and morale of declarer ducked; West won with the the combatants. This, In the king. On the theory that a spade ultimate, will bring about tho defeat-of-Nazliem.........

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How should this hand be played

return would give declarer a free at a six spade contract with Bouth nnesse against the possible queen the declarer? Opening lead, dia- in East's hand-(as though-the-de- mond three..

Ho

of the Army.

moves like

a

a cracked whip. Ho Usco, In the course of one day,

to drive enough nervous energy train from here to Aberdeen.

His hair is an unknown quantity, Onca A Rink-Skator. because Ito kas - never been

"And that sort of thing is worked out by him, day in, day out, month after month. And the accounts aro right, and nobody is wronged.”

without his cap.

sten

"I wonder," says the Lad from the

He is so tense and the that one Elephant, what kind of a lob feels it would take a make-charmer he did in. Cilvvy Street.

to make him re- lux.

and then

he will rest in a

coll, still exceed- ingly watchful. Ho Knows.

Everything "He" says the

Schoolmaster, "for a few shillings 'a -day......does....COM. OŽ.

A further extract from

PRIVATE LIFE

⠀ OF A PRIVATE

Book-

keeper, perhaps? Corporal Bents broath growls: "Bookkeeper my fook Do You knoty what ho A pepfos- sional, roller-

want

the diary of a journalist, skater now, serving in the Army.

"Transvaluation

of vntues,”

the-Schoolmaster

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