FROM HONG KONG
ROAD INTO CHINA GOODS NOW SHIPPED ARMS BAN REMAINS (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Oct. 19. 3.15 p.m.) HONG KONG. Oct. 18 The Colonial Secretary, 31 r N. L. Smith, stated that the Government intended to revert to the position obtaining before the Burma Road agreement as regarded trade between Hong Kong and China. This will mean that from midnight the ban on the shipment of various goods, including gasoline, oils and I raw materials will be lifted, but the ! ban on arms and ammunition will remain in force, as this was subject j to a separate undertaking given last year, having no connec- i tion with the Burma Road agree- I meat. The assurance given by Britain. I that Hong Kong’s decision to close ! the road by which supplies formerly ; reached China would be respected, j lapsed with the cessation of the I Burma Road agreement with Japan. ' It then remained for the Governor j of Hong Kong to decide whether I the road should be re-opened.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21248, 19 October 1940, Page 8
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172FROM HONG KONG Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21248, 19 October 1940, Page 8
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